SPEAK UP! 7 Orthodox Abuse Survivors Break the Silence
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- Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2014
- More information at jewishcommunitywatch.org/
JCW is proud to release a new short film called Speak Up, telling the stories of seven young adults from the Orthodox Jewish community who suffered the horrors of child sexual abuse and have journeyed from being victims to survivors.
PLEASE SHARE THIS VIDEO which was produced in order to raise awareness of abuse and to send a message of solidarity to survivors, that they are not alone.
If you are a survivor, please know that you have nothing to be ashamed of! You can come forward and speak up, and when you do, JCW will be there to support you!
"Speak up" -
Produced and directed by Daniel Finkelman
DP Alex Zingaro
Sound Michael Puro
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ABOUT JEWISH COMMUNITY WATCH
Jewish Community Watch was founded in 2011 with the stated goal of breaking the silence and shame that surrounds CSA in the Orthodox Jewish community. JCW prevents further abuse by notifying the public of the threat of the abusers in their vicinity, educates the public about what to look out for, and helps survivors of abuse heal by reminding them that they are not alone and by supporting them through their battles.
JCW recently re-launched JewishCommunityWatch.org which represents the most extensive Jewish website combating child sexual abuse. It hosts extensive content, including a vast education center, the Wall of Shame with 93 profiles of alleged abusers, information for survivors to get help, relevant laws with regards to each state, myths and facts on CSA and much more.
Abuse is painful and shameful. God bless those for coming forward! Shame on the abuser not the victim!
GO JCW!!
Each of you were beautiful, trusting children who deserved protection, not abuse that stole your childhood. You are all brave, strong, worthy, beautiful souls. Sending you much love & support. 💕
Wow the guy getting stick from the elders, for opening his mouth about abuse, astonishing. These people are so brave.
Thank you so much for producing this Video, we must protect our children!
Thank you JCW for preventing abuse and standing as a vanguard to protect our precious children from monsters who can look like family and friends. We are obligated to support your important work. Thank you Chaim Seewald, Eli Nash, Chana Holtzberg, Booray Deutch, Mordy Feinstein, Brocha Mishulovin,and David Huebner for having the courage to share your story, cry out and lose your personal privacy for the sake of ensuring their will be one less victim. May this evil in our midst be eradicated forever.
One word comes to mind when I watched this film: BRAVERY.
Your courage in coming forward and facing this horrible experience publicly for the sake of helping others cannot be overstated. Tizku lmitzvos and may HKBH fill your lives with joy, love, happiness and every brocha possible. Thank you! !
Amen!
Yasher koach times a million to JCW for reaching out and to each of these brave heroes for speaking up.
I am humbled by your strength. May Hashem continue to give you the strength you need to turn your suffering into growth, inspiration and power.
Chava'le
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Prayers for all of the survivors of abuse. You were all innocent children worthy of a happy, nurturing and carefree childhood.
No words! !!!! U people are so brave...
With every shift from shaming the victims to shaming the abusers, we move closer to the way the community should be. Thank you, all of you for sharing.
Thank you to the brave heroes who spoke up. Thank you to Meyer Seewald for producing this film and everything you do for JCW. Meyer and Eli, I'm proud to call you my friends. This is an inspiration and will change lives.
Every single one of you is a hero. My soul is crying for the innocent children right now going through the torture that your innocent bodies and souls experienced. But I'm reassured by this video, knowing that at least some monsters will be deterred. Thank you for sharing your story. May Hashem bless you all. (P.S. What an outstanding video production. You can tell a lot of thought and time went into it.)
Great video , what an inspiration!
Be strong !
Great video. Thank you to all people featured for their incredible bravery.
These abusers can continue to hide and abuse except when victims like this are strong and fight. These people are so brave.
Phenomenal work by all of you. Keep it up! Hatzlacha!
I'm so glad to hear about this project. Is very helpful thankyou.
Such an inspiration!
I am amazed and inspired by the courage this took. Gd willing the sacrifice you all made in going public and coming forward will be be the driving force in creating change in the community and saving future victims from not only the physical abuse, but the mental and emotional abuse that comes from the communities reaction or lack thereof
Each of these beautiful people is incredibly brave! All of your healing out loud is changing the community and making families talk more* and put love and care and restorative justice before fear. ❤️
Thank you for jcw!!!!!
It takes real courage to speak up about child abuse in such a closed community as the Hasidic one. I hope JCW goes from strength to strength in its fight against child abuse within the Jewish community.
Thank you for this video. My siblings and myself were abused as children and it is something that doesn't get talked about. There's a lot in the media, but most of the abusers never see the pain they've caused. This video helps victims not feel so alone.
God bless them for breaking the cycle. Peace.
My mother converted to Catholicism to marry my supper catholic father. I thought it only happened with Catholics. It's so disappointing it seems to be everywhere, I thought the Jewish community would be safer. Keep up the good work.
Wow!!! Bravo!!! Thank you so much!!! Great work!!! I aploud you!! I will definetely donate !
Beautiful, heartrending. A must watch. And Boorey my dear friend, I am proud of you. You give us strength and chizuk to continue, keep up the amazong work!!
Great work
Great work
miriam i agree with u 100% i felt like a million pounds lighter after seeing this video!!! and it gives me great chizkuk knowing that i have support from all of u!!! and meir i love u brother!!!!
I am sorry that anyone suffered abuse by some one who was a trusted spiritual leader. No matter what one's beliefs, I pray that they know their lord knows they are victims and that their suffering can be healed and that their suffering has meaning in the eyes of the lord.
So appreciate your courage and refusal to be intimidated or humiliated or shut down and shut up.
You have every right to talk about your experience.
Thank you JCW very much.
Maybe you can translate this important video?
Meyer you are a man of God and a fine human being.
You are permitted to be treated good ... it was your right and obligation to protect others from those abusers ,,
Wow. What an inspiring and powerful video. JCW: you are truly doing God's work, and you will be forever blessed and guided. Child Sexual Abuse THRIVES on secrecy, isolation, intimidation of victims and their families, deception, and guilt/shame. The beginning of this long end of the night for the Jewish Community, is your organization and the powerful work that you do. The survivors that came forward are truly brave and courageous, and I am touched to my core. The refusal to be a victim to the perpetrators and their enablers, is evidence of the triumph of the human spirit. It is irrelevant of one's background, religious upbringing or the like: sexual abuse of children destroys souls, shatters childhoods, and has life-long implications. I agree that to come forward, work together, and get professional help is the urgent intervention to address and stop this evil. On behalf of myself as a survivor, and for those who haven't yet found their voice: Yaasher Koach - THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. You have brought me some relief today, knowing that I am living in a day and age where, finally, the responsibility has shifted from the child, to the perpetrator and all their enablers. We no longer need to be a slave to our secrets. Your courage and bravery are trail-blazers for the survivor who is too scared to cry.
With utmost love and respect,
-Rivka Edery
Wonderful people,thank you for being so brave,may God bless you
To the rabbi below who worries about the danger of us leaving .please respect us and our choices whether to stay.
For some if us leaving is best and not dangerous. G
For some staying is best
Maximum playlist shows up when I try to add it to my You Tube Library under the Category of Pediaphilia.
Many of my videos on this topic in that file have been DELETED.
support this !
Very good you are making awareness...i am.a survivor⭐
It broke my heart when the elder men were yelling at the victim. They think that it brings shame on them for him to tell. No, they are bringing shame on their sect for keeping it a secret and for protecting the perpetrator and not the victims.
Lakewood NJ abuse occurs daily
Meyer Thank you.
how sad and I know the feeling it happened to me.
This is really troubling to hear, the very people that should have the highest moral and ethical values who should know better. Its like they read the Torah and Talmud and failed to internalize the immorality of child abuse. What are these so called pious people thinking???? How can these ultra orthodox criminals even think of this? Did they not learn anything with all that religious training? I am so shocked, appalled and ashamed that my people would commit crimes that should be utterly eliminated by simply believing and follow Torah. Something is dreadfully wrong. We need these communities to have a ZERO tolerance for such behavior. I know that no community any where is immune e.g. catholic priests come to mind, but we expect behavior at a higher level of pious from all human beings especially Chassidim. Sins of this magnitude surely carry consequences in this world and the next. I hope some Chassidim read this and internalize their obligation to report to the Police child abuse, regardless of any consequences.
Where can i find the website ? I tried a website is not working anymore . Can someone give me the address of the new website ?
so painful. my father was a famous reform rabbi. he was an abuser. i was the only one who spoke up. i was punished for it.
Poor souls.
They are so brave.
I am grateful to jcw. I wish it were there when I was young. I grew up orthodox and was raped molested and strangled by my orthodox father and molested by 2 orthodox rabbis.
The constant emphasis on. modesty was most destructive..pulkes pulkes pulkes cover up cover up.
It lead to a cover up.
The damage and also the potential for healing is very great..
Women and girls need equality now. Also no abuse of boys too.
Community or religious that doesn’t respect the innocence of they our children and made those victims doble victims is not worth .
Is only hypocritical community
Although this is of course very important, and indeed this organization can accomplish quite a bit, a nasty dangerous side effect is that any victim might feel justified in abandoning their true roots due to the abuse they suffered.
Now,I don't really blame someone for going off on a tangent -for whatever reason- (especially abuse) but many abused victims who haven't even contemplated such a radical move, even after the abuse, might feel justified in doing so by watching this video and/or communicating with victims who have fallen.
Let's face it. [The story behind the story.] An obvious [not so subtle] take on the victims here screams out "I was abused and THAT''S why I abandoned you!". (One person in this video looks like Purim in his/her current attire. I mean it's obvious that the "uniform" being worn is masking a broken heart -not due to the abuse- but due to not staying religious.)
If rebellious feelings (as opposed to depression or helplessness) is the motive, that's a real problem.
I am not only criticizing, I also have a solution as to how you can continue with this great project without causing innocent people to lose their way. (Again, I don't blame you for slipping, but you need ensure that you don't cause others to follow suit:))
As tough as it may be, get hold of abuse victims who have remained chasiddish/religious/whatever they were/, who have overcome the abuse and are now happily married in the community, who have forgiven, who have wonderful friends and families within their original community, and interview THEM. And... THEIR message to current victims, besides therapy, is "mein kind! Hold on! I KNOW what you might be going thru but Hashem will help you!" etc.
And YOUR message, my dear JCW organizer, would then be: "Although I personally slipped a bit due to abuse, you DON'T follow me! I and JCW are here to help you, abuse victims, AND assure that you remain in your school/family/environment. "
This way you might eradicate this evil and help others stay the course in spite of their experiences.
May Hashem shine his light upon you to illuminate the correct path for you to achieve this noble goal.
A Good Shabbos.
you are bringing out a good point, equal or maybe more powerful than the video itself
STOP trying to keep them in the darkness of that *satanic* grip! The Lord God of Israel is with them! GOD does not need any of your help! HE brought them out of Egypt!
Dear G-d, if you want to ensure that victims don’t leave their faith, you need to SUPPORT Jewish Community Watch! It is an organisation that drives abuse out of the Jewish community and creates a safe space for victims. These 2 elements will ensure the future of Judaism.
I am troubled by your post. It ought to be up to us to stay or leave.
For some if us orthodoxy does not work. this is not due to rebellion but because it does not fit for us.
I wish your concern was more for our wellbeing than for keeping us religious.
I don't think the people here are doing anything wrong or are off path.
Check yourself please. I am no longer orthodox. Yet I respect those who choose to remain orthodox. Please show us the same respect .
Thank you.
nat101yt it is the community that abandons these children. Not the other way around. This organization supports the victims and not the predators. Okay? The truth must be supported. Not the lies.
I challenge the people who do not like this video to comment why they don't. It is halachicly ok to warn people when someone is a danger to others. Period! It is not lashon hara to call people out and tell others about them if what is being said is true. I hope people do not let any Rabbinical authority to prevent them from going to the police. They should not ever be intimidated by them. People choosing to keep what a molester did a secret is doing chillul Hashem.
And these are “The Chosen People”?! 😳
A society that shuns those who expose the truth and protects evildoers condones that evil.
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You might want to blur out the credit card info at 8:12
one ounce sets free the soul, heart, mind , i am a survivor also. God says we are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus . God is our healer.
Brooklyn has the biggest Orthodox jews communities ever.
Williamsburg , Crown Heights, Sheepsheadbay , Bensonhurst,
East flatbush and Bedfordsty Bushwich
This is what happens when you insulate yourself from everyone. You are the only people who can help them
Unfortunately, within many segments of the ultra-orthodox Jewish community, it is more important to protect the cultural norm of not going to the police to report these sexual abuse crimes than it is to protect their children. There are many reported instances of families being shunned and vilified by their community for going to the police. This needs to change.
This is not about religion, it's about abuse, or let's call it what it is, child Rape. Your children are your world, keep them safe.
YESHUA Seh HaElohim, YESHUA Aryeh Yehuda, YESHUA Ben DOVID, YESHUA MELECH Hamlachim, YESHUA HaMOSIACH - He alone can SAVE and Completely Heal ALL THOSE WHO ARE HURTING. YESHUA is the SUFFERING SERVANT in ISAIAH 53. YESHUA is the COMPLETION of the whole LAW. Todah rabah Ruach HaKodesh. COME TO YESHUA HaMosiach- HE IS LOVE.
Sooo sick and then these Orthodox Rabbi"s are held to such high esteem discussing. Shame on them and they declare that they are the chosen of GOD. This is a horrible shame for the Jewish community.
abuse is horrible but women are even more discriminated, at a disadvantage and abused than men....plus it has become so dangerous to date and marry than women prefer to stay out ...