Conservative movement to investigate abuse allegations Jewish relief for Haiti ‘must-see’ synagogue for New York pols

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#METOO ACCOUNT

The conservative movement will investigate how its program officials have handled complaints of sexual abuse, following decades-old allegations against a young leader from Long Island.

The Times of Israel this week reported allegations that Ed Ward, former Nassau County division director for the movement’s United Synagogue Youth, fostered a hypersexualized environment for male teens at a summer camp and elsewhere. youth circles. The movement said it would implement new security measures and hire a third party to manage its reporting hotline, JTA reports. It will pay an independent consultant to investigate the allegations and the involvement of program officials or volunteers. The announcement comes months after the movement’s Rabbinical Assembly launched an audit of its own ethical complaints process, and a week after the reform movement said it would also hire outside companies to handle complaints. current and historical.

HAITITI RELIEF

The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York is working with its partners in the local Haitian community to recommend organizations that provide direct assistance to survivors of this week’s deadly earthquakes there.

MEMORY

Stanley Aronowitz, professor of sociology at the City University of New York who had a great influence in the labor and civil rights movements, has died at 88, reports our colleague Ron Kampeas.

After a career as a union organizer in the late 1950s and 1960s, when he organized union members to attend the March on Washington, the Bronx native entered academia and wrote and co -wrote dozens of books on the labor movement, social class, social movements and Jewish history. A frequent critic of Israel, he has described himself as “a Jew who does not unreservedly follow the dictates of Israeli foreign policy, particularly on the Palestinian question, and will criticize the policies of the Israeli and American governments.”

THE BIG IDEA OF THE DAY

Elad Nehorai, a former member of Brooklyn’s Chabad Hasidic community, writes how an episode of “Schitt’s Creek” helped him cope with his decision to “leave a community that has proven toxic to me.” Read his essay on Alma here.

PEOPLE & PLACES

New YorkLt. Governor KathyHochulis was scheduled to speak at Hampton Synagogue on Sunday, days before she replaced Governor Andrew Cuomo.

“The congregation is emerging as a staple forum for New York City pols,” reports Page Six. The Eastern Long Island Orthodox Synagogue recently hosted Brooklyn Borough President and Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams, Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-Bronx) and Attorney General Letitia James.

Executives from The Times of Israel, The Jewish Journal, The Atlanta Jewish Times and 70 Faces Media (the parent company of The Jewish Week) discussed the impact of Jewish journalism on the Jewish future with Mike Leven, co-founder from the Jewish Future Pledge. Watch Monday’s webinar video here.

WHAT IS TODAY

Israel Therapy is for those who love the Jewish state or “love to hate it, hate to love it and wonder why it doesn’t always love them back.” Today’s Discussion: Why does it seem like Israel expects us to keep sending money without having a say in how the country is run? Register here for this Streicker Center Temple Emanu-El NYCevent. 11:30 a.m.

Join My Jewish Learning to learn more about the history of the Jewish community in Rome, Italy, the oldest in Europe from 161 BCE to today. Through images, maps and videos, tourist guide Sara Pavoncello will discuss the ghetto, the Nazi occupation, as well as exclusively Jewish culinary and linguistic traditions. Register here. Midday.

Photo, top: Brooklyn Borough President and Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams, left, visited the Hampton Synagogue for a breakfast forum led by Rabbi Marc Schneier, right, on 15 August 2021. (Hampton Synagogue)

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