Child Abuse

Six daycare staff arrested

Six staffers at Beit Aryeh daycare arrested on suspicion of abuse.

End of circumcision in Britain?

The Crown Prosecution Service in Britain intends to issue guidance to local prosecutors that circumcision is to be defined as child abuse.

Senior member of Lev Tahor cult sentenced to prison

Elazar Rompler was convicted of assaulting a minor in the cult. He was extradited to Israel after fleeing trial.

Shocking footage:

Infiltrator passes girl over security wall

Suspect arrested on suspicion of smuggling illegal entrants through the separation barrier and abusing a minor.

California:

Parents of missing infant arrested on suspicions of murder

Rebecca Renee Haro, 41, and Jake Mitchell Haro, 32, parents of missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, arrested approximately one week after their son went mysteriously missing.

Meet the man who helped bring down the Lev Tahor cult

Yoel Levi, 23, who escaped the extremist Lev Tahor cult in Guatemala seven years ago, has successfully led an eight-month mission that resulted in the dismantling of the cult.

Police complaint filed after clown tied boy to chair at daycare

A mother filed a police complaint after claiming that a clown tied her son to a chair and applied glue to his mouth during an activity at the daycare last week. "The tears haven’t stopped. The supervisor said it was a failed joke and a mistake, as if they had broken some object."

Shocking testimonies on children held by 'Lev Tahor' in Guatemala

Witnesses describe abuse, starvation, and forced child marriages; NIS 1.5 million allocated to aid rescue efforts.

Maaleh Adumim: Two daycare workers convicted of abuse

Jerusalem District Court convicts Maaleh Adumim daycare workers Esther Nehemia and Tzionit Mizrahi of abusing young children left in their care over a period of approximately two months.

Senior Lev Tahor member faces extradition to Israel

Elazar Rompler was arrested in El Salvador and now could be returned to Israel to face charges of child abuse.

Staff at two daycare centers investigated for abuse

Arrest of Modi'in daycare staff extended, police interrogate staff at Or Yehuda daycare center.

Tel Aviv: Daycare staff arrested on suspicion of abuse

Daycare owner and two assistants, employed in childcare center in northern Tel Aviv, arrested on suspicion of child abuse.

Preschool teacher: 'We'll tell the parents a kid scratched her'

Court extends arrest of Hadera childcare provider Levana Shem Tov, following investigation of child abuse.

Daycare provider arrested on suspicion of abuse

Daycare provider, 22, employed in private childcare center is arrested on suspicion of abusing the young children in her care.

New details emerge on Lakewood infanticide

A mother who killed her two young daughters claims to have done so 'for religious reasons,' defense attorney claims client suffered 'mental illness.'

Kiryat Gat:

Two daycare providers charged with physical abuse of children

Daycare providers who threw children on mattresses, kicked them, and hit them, are indicted.

Assailant beats, kicks Jewish children in Brooklyn

11-13-year-old Orthodox children playing on the sidewalk viciously attacked by man who threw 2 of them to the ground and repeatedly kicked one of them.

Protest at home of preschool teacher who abused toddlers

Teacher's family threw stones, used pepper spray on demonstrators and police.

Kiryat Gat security guard arrested for sexual abuse of minors

A security guard in Kiryat Gat was arrested after having sold drugs to and sexually abused minors.

Arab parents suspected of abusing children

Arab couple in their 20s is jailed due to suspicions of child neglect and abuse.

One-year-old boy found living in a cage in northern Israel

Police search house in northern Israel for drugs, but make a much bigger bust - finding a young child locked in a cage.

Abusive daycare provider sentenced to community service

Parents furious after daycare provider with criminal background, who threw child in her care, is sentenced to community service.

Three daycare assistants charged with attacking children

Three Arab daycare assistants are indicted for alleged attacks on infants and toddlers in their care.

Newborn found abandoned in cardboard box in Acre

Baby just a few days old is in good condition, currently being cared for at Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya.

Mother, drunk, arrested on suspicion of child abuse

Police discover bruised child in rolled-up blanket, arrest mother.

Parents from southern Israel suspected of abusing children

Parents attempted to hide 2-year-old's bruises using makeup products, report says.

Police arrest daycare assistant suspected of child abuse

Parents of children at the center filed multiple complaints of abuse over the past 6 weeks, report says.

Assistant from Tel Aviv daycare arrested

Daycare assistant, age 56, arrested on suspicion of attacking infants in her care.

Five daycare employees arrested in northern Israel

Police open investigation after parent files complaint claiming daycare staff threw a girl on the floor.

Daycare assistant sentenced to 18 months for beating children

Yelena Stravinsky will serve the sentence after she was convicted of assaulting children in the "Masha and the Bear" daycare in Petah Tikva.

Nursery teacher arrested on suspicion of abusing children

Teacher in Ma'ale Adumim daycare arrested on suspicion of abusing helpless children.

Mother who caused infant severe brain damage gets light sentence

Woman who injected infant with insulin, causing severe and irreversible brain damage, receives nine months of community service, 1k fine.

Daycare abuse:

Children were hit in their sleep, forced to eat off the floor

Abuse by daycare director and her daughter included beating a sleeping infant, forcing children to eat off the floor 'like animals.'

Petah Tikva daycare director, teacher arrested for child abuse

Women arrested on sup suspicion of violence against toddlers at daycare center.

Father and girlfriend arrested for suspected child abuse

Father and girlfriend arrested for locking children into a room, beating them, and starving them.

Daycare assistant sentenced to two years in prison

Assistant at 'Baby Love' daycare run by Carmel Mauda sentenced to prison, ordered to pay compensation to victims' parents.

Manipulating a child’s simple faith

Anywhere else in the world, the international community would have been outraged by the use of child soldiers. Op-ed.

Gush Etzion daycare worker suspected of child abuse

In Gush Etzion, a daycare worker is arrested on suspicion of child abuse, manager is detained for questioning.

Tel Aviv court convicts daycare provider of child abuse

Daycare provider is convicted of child abuse, attack by a responsible party. 'Incidents are ugly but most aren't criminal,' attorney says.

Police arrest mother suspected of starving infant daughter

Infant whose mother is suspected of starving her 'is a year-and-a-half old, and weighs as much as a newborn,' top doctor says.

Convicted child abuser Carmel Mauda enters prison

Mauda will remain behind bars for almost a decade.

150 sex abuse lawsuits filed against NY Jewish institutions

Since Child Victims Act of 2019, at least 150 child sex abuse lawsuits filed against Jewish institutions in New York.

Mother indicted for purposely burning child

Child calls his mother a 'swine' - and gets a hot teaspoon to his neck.

Daycare closed after staff suspected of child abuse

Sharon-region daycare center ordered closed for two months after recording devices raise questions of abuse.

Child-abusing daycare provider sentenced to 9.5 years in prison

Operator of 'Baby Love' daycare, Carmel Mauda, sentenced to 9.5 years in prison for abusing nearly a dozen babies and toddlers.

Abusive daycare provider to be sentenced

Court expected to hand Carmel Mauda, who abused children in her daycare, several years behind bars.

Daycare assistant reported abuse - and got a criminal record

Daycare assistant who exposed severe child abuse in Rosh Ha'ayin daycare is left with a criminal record - for not reporting the abuse.

Indictment against daycare worker accused of beating children

Caregiver accused of abuse against year and a half to 2-year-old children at daycare center.

Daycare employee arrested on suspicion of child abuse

Footage from daycare security camera shows toddler may have suffered abuse at the hands of his daycare teacher.

Parents of infant detained for questioning

Three-month-old is brought to Ashkelon emergency room - and her parents are detained for questioning.

Parents arrested on suspicion of child abuse

Police arrest parents after hospital reports serious injuries to toddler; parents deny allegations.

Court delays hearing on abusive daycare assistants

'G-d should take you for what you did to our children,' parents scream at daycare assistants accused of abuse.

Principal of Sanhedria school addresses abuse crisis

"A child who experiences a break-in to their home, or a child who experiences a sexual assault, it is hard to return him to a normal life"

Baby dies after suspected abuse by his parents

Four-month-old baby boy who was brought to Ashkelon Hospital dies. Parents suspected of abuse, causing brain damage to the child.

Parents suspected of abusing 4-month-old son held in prison

Remand extended for parents from town near Ashkelon suspected of causing "irreversible" brain damage to their son.

Brooklyn rabbi accused of child molestation dies of COVID-19

Joel Kolko, a 74-year-old former teacher at Brooklyn Jewish school who was accused of abusing students, dies of coronavirus infection.

Trial of daycare owner suspected of abuse begins

Carmel Mauda, daycare owner suspected of abusing children, denies charge against her as trial begins.

Abuse suspected at daycare in northern Israel

Police open investigation after parents suspect abuse at Haifa childcare center.

Vandalism at childcare center: 'Burn in hell, monsters'

Suspects brought for extension of arrest as police open investigation into vandalism of childcare site.

Suspicion: Daycare employees hit kids, threw them on mattresses

Five childcare workers arrested on suspicion of abuse. 'It was natural that we brought our twins there, we trusted her,' father says.