Abuse

Ending the party of abuse

Israel is a safe haven for pedophiles, and every other week a daycare worker is accused of abuse. Here is a possible solution. Opinion.

No more shame: Abuse and infidelity in the Jewish home

Even in the "best of homes" there may be secrets lurking. Shifra is a survivor.

Amudim helps abuse victims combat deadly silence

International organization fights community tendency to sweep societal ill under carpet.

Mother who gave children insulin indicted

Mother who injected infant with insulin charged with five counts of attacking a minor, one count of abusing a minor.

Ex-principal fleeing abuse charges fit for extradition hearing

Malka Leifer fled to Israel in 2008 amid allegations she sexually abused students; wanted on 74 charges of child sexual abuse in Melbourne.

Report: Mother who injected insulin also beat her children

Mother beat her children with thick rods, investigation shows.

North Carolina mom tries to poison sons

Police arrest, imprison mother after she mixed lighter fluid into sons' drink.

Texas: Police arrest two women after identifying dead toddler

Texas police identify 4-year-old Jayden Lopez, arrest his mother and her girlfriend.

'She threw babies on the floor multiple times'

Daycare assistant who smothered infant identified after indictment charges her with manslaughter, multiple accounts of child abuse.

Haredi rabbis push to drop complaint against violent teacher

Haredi student calls police, files complaint against teacher who hit him, but parents drop complaint under pressure from local rabbis.

Daycare assistant will be charged with manslaughter

Petah Tikva daycare assistant who suffocated infant will be charged with manslaughter, reports say.

Lesbian mom who drove off cliff was drunk, police say

Investigations show at least two children were sedated when a drunk lesbian mother drove her family off a California cliff in March.

Lesbian moms committed homicide-suicide, investigations suggest

Car crash investigations suggest lesbian 'couple' had history of abuse, intentionally killed their adopted children.

US: Parents dump hot cooking oil on teen who refused marriage

Muslim immigrants from Iraq abuse daughter for refusing arranged marriage which would have brought the family $20,000.

A different approach for treating victims of abuse, neglect

Jerusalem campus pioneers new approach for treating abused children.

'It's criminal to use child actors in domestic violence ad'

MK Shasha-Biton says using children to promote women's organizations' agenda is a crime, notes statistics on children abused by mothers.

Wife hits husband, forces emergency landing

Woman explores sleeping husband's smartphone, starts hitting him.

J'lem preschool assistant charged with hitting 4-year-old

Police interrogate preschool assistant, after mother complains child was hit.

Chabad leaders: Report child abuse to secular authorities

Chabad rabbis rule Jewish law permits abusers to be reported directly to non-Jewish authorities, say no reason to ask rabbi first.

Baby-throwing mother: A voice told me to do it

Abusive mother's lawyer says she 'suffers postpartum depression,' then lists in her favor symptoms of schizophrenia. Abusive, or just ill?

Condition of infant tossed from car improves

Infant does not need operation, authorities extend mother's arrest.

NY woman and son murder husband, then dump acid on his face

Divorcing wife kills husband, gets grown children to help in murder, mutilation, and hiding of the body.

The basement of horrors in Jerusalem

Allegations of sexual assault, abuse, and incest as uncle, nephew arrested for subjecting teen to years of torment in family basement.

Police arrest parents suspected of abusing baby

Hadera couple in their 20s finds themselves arrested on suspicion of abusing, neglecting infant.

Officer given only 10-day detention for abusing haredi soldier

According to the complaint, officer slammed haredi youth's head against the wall for no reason.

Daycare manager interrogated by police

Baby arrives at hospital unconscious, tests show skull fracture.

Indictment filed against haredi traffic blockers

Jerusalem District Attorney files indictment against nine haredi protesters.

Footage reveals systematic child abuse in daycare centers

Video and audio clips show daycare workers abusing and neglecting babies, toddlers at multiple daycare centers.

Health Minister to close Haifa nursing home accused of abuse

Haifa nursing home CEO steps down amid abuse scandal as five staff members arrested, Health Minister vows to close it down entirely.

'It's hard knowing the parents have other children at home'

Tel Hashomer doctor explains arrest of Modi'in Illit parents.

Police arrest mother for abusing toddler

Israeli Police arrest mother after father reports signs of abuse on toddler's body.

Abusive father to pay 1.4 million NIS

Jerusalem Family Court orders haredi father to pay 1.4 million NIS to his daughter in compensation for abuse.

Rabbi Berland begs for his release

Berland appeals to chief rabbis for help saying he is in poor health.

No evidence of crimes by Lev Tahor sect

A delegation of Israeli officials visited the Lev Tahor community in Guatemala amid allegations of abuse and child marriages.

Helping Friends Who Don't Want Help

How do you begin to approach a subject that is sensitive?

What is the Rabbi's role when dealing with abuse?

Rabbi's need to use the tools at hand in order to properly diagnose and help those who come to them seeking advice

Rescued from Arab Villages: Six Weddings and a Brit

Only recently rescued from abusive relationships while trapped in Arab villages, 7 Jewish women finally find true happiness.

Not your average bar mitzvah

'Muslim Boy' Has His Bar Mitzvah at The Western Wall

Yad L'achim rescued Jewish mother and her three children from abusive imprisonment in Arab village, now her son has become a bar mitzvah.

Lebanese Revolution? Death Sentence For Wife Beater

Man accused of brutally beating wife to death with pressure cooker given unprecedented sentence, raises hopes of reform.

PA and Hamas Guilty of Rampant Human Rights Abuses

New report from Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Gaza reveals systemic abuses and oppression by PA and Hamas governments.

Expert: Women Abuse as Often as Men

Professor Murray Straus tells Arutz Sheva: People refuse to believe it, but women abuse men just as much as men abuse women.

Israeli Domestic Violence Conference to Focus on Battered Men

Men are less likely to report being hit or to obtain treatment, says a domestic abuse expert. First conference on the subject in Israel.

Book Guiding Arab Men to Abuse Wives On Sale in Canada

A book advising Muslim men how to abuse and control their wives is being sold in a local Canadian bookstore.

A Womens Shelter Grows in Gaza

A First-Time Women's Shelter Grows in Gaza

For the first time ever, a battered women's shelter has opened its doors in Gaza, protected by Hamas police officers. Adults and minors are