EXCLUSIVE: Leifer sentencing ‘good – but not good enough’
THE AJN - Disgraced former school principal Malka Leifer is sentenced 15 years imprisonment for 18 sexual offences – including six counts of rape. An exclusive interview with one of her accusers, Nicole Meyer.
An investigation, a culture of silence, and the one conversation we need to be having.
MAMAMIA - “I can’t change what has happened to you in the past – but if we work together, we may be able to put your pain to some productive use." It was the line that The New York Times (NYT) investigative reporter Megan Twohey offered to fellow NYT journalist Jodi Kantor; an appeal to the women who were too afraid to talk…
Grace Tame jailed her abuser 11 years ago. He’s still threatening 'revenge'.
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Leifer returns to Australia to face charges
THE AJN - “A day that many feared would never come is here, and for that the [alleged] victims and advocates in this case deserve our deepest gratitude.” Malka Leifer was extradited to Australia on Wednesday.
Malka Leifer extradited to Australia
After a six-year legal battle, former Adass Israel School principal boards a plane from Israel to face 74 charges of sexual abuse in Australia.
Jodi Kantor: This is what She Said
New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor is one half of the reporting duo that broke the story that would expose Harvey Weinstein as a sexual predator and reignite the #MeToo movement. Three years later, she reflects.
‘When we share our stories, we gain power’
Academic Dr Keren McGinity led the #MeToo movement in the US Jewish community. She shares her very personal story.
Leifer to be extradited, alleged victims ‘jumped for joy’
Malka Leifer has been ordered to be sent back to Australia to face 74 charges of child sex abuse after an Israeli judge on Monday agreed to extradite the former Melbourne principal.
Rights to be heard won - ‘It’s such an insult’
Survivors of sexual abuse in the Jewish community were left feeling “shame” and “re-traumatised” following changes to Victoria’s Judicial Proceedings Reports Act that silences victims from speaking out. Alleged sexual abuse victim Dassi Erlich said, “The government does not have the right to choose how and when victims tell their story”.
Sixty days and counting
The extradition hearing for alleged child sexual abuser Malka Leifer has concluded, with Jerusalem District Court Judge Chana Lomp set to hand down her decision on September 21, 2020.
The countdown to Leifer’s extradition
The Jerusalem District Court's ruling that Leifer is mentally fit to stand trial marks a long-awaited and long-overdue milestone in the quest to bring her to justice in Australia.
‘Aiia would love this project’
The Aiia Maasarwe Memorial Medical Fellowship will provide financial support to Palestinian physicians to be trained in Israeli hospitals, in honour of the 21-year-old who was raped and murdered in Melbourne in January.
‘We mourn alongside her family and friends’
Aiia Maasarwe came to Melbourne to study as an exchange student at La Trobe University. But on Monday evening, her father Saeed helped to carry her coffin at the Albanian Islamic centre and mosque in Dandenong.
Ari’s way: Far from Satmar
Ari Hershkowitz rose to prominence in the 2017 Netflix documentary, One of Us, which followed his journey towards leaving ultra-Orthodoxy. He spoke candidly about his past struggles with sexual abuse, substance addiction and self-harm during his visit to Australia.
The Weinstein factor: A catalyst for real change?
As details have emerged of Weinstein’s alleged behaviour over the decades, one is left asking, how? How, in this age of the ever-present smart phone, eager to tweet, snap and share, has one of Hollywood’s best-kept secrets evaded the spotlight? As director Judd Apatow asks, what about the people who were signing the cheques for all these years?