Monday, December 25, 2017

Conservative Jewry has #MeToo moment as decades-old sexual abuse surfaces | The Times of Israel

An anonymous November 9 Facebook post cracked a dam of silence surrounding a decades-long child sex scandal as allegations of abuse began trickling forth from the dozens of alleged victims of Jules Gutin, the longtime and much lauded director of the Conservative movement’s youth movement.

Earlier this week the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) severed ties with Gutin, 67, after an internal investigation substantiated an allegation of child sexual abuse dating back 33 years.

Conservative Jewry has #MeToo moment as decades-old sexual abuse surfaces | The Times of Israel

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