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When rabbis abuse : power, gender, and status in the dynamics of sexual abuse in Jewish culture

Title
When rabbis abuse : power, gender, and status in the dynamics of sexual abuse in Jewish culture / Elana Sztokman.
Author
Sztokman, Elana Maryles
Publication
  • [Place of publication not identified] : Lioness Books and Media, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Description
viii, 420 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"The Jewish community has been rocked by shocking stories about rabbis and other community leaders sexually abusing their congregants, their students, or their coworkers. And the question on everyone's mind is: How is this happening? With a portrait of high profile figures, including their personality types and tactics, Dr. Sztokman's analysis is grounded in interviews with 84 abuse victims/survivors, Jewish communal professionals, and volunteers. The book documents how communal settings are ripe for abuse, how abusers coopt Jewish values as a grooming tactic, how high-profile abusers often receive high-profile support, and how the search for support and accountability often doubly victimizes the abused. Dr. Sztokman concludes with sweeping recommendations for social and cultural change, reminding us that we are not free to desist from action, especially not now." --
Subject
  • Rabbis > Sexual behavior
  • Authority > Religious aspects > Judaism
  • Jewish ethics
  • Religion and culture
  • Jewish women > Social conditions
  • Sex crimes > Religious aspects
  • Women > Abuse of
  • Sexual abuse victims
  • Sexual practices
  • Sexual violence
  • Women
  • Gender identity
  • Rabbis
  • Sex
  • Authority
  • Jewish women
  • Sex crimes
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-401) and index.
Call Number
JFE 23-785
ISBN
  • 9781957712017
  • 1957712015
OCLC
1337382422
Author
Sztokman, Elana Maryles, author.
Title
When rabbis abuse : power, gender, and status in the dynamics of sexual abuse in Jewish culture / Elana Sztokman.
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : Lioness Books and Media, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-401) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 23-785
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