Hannah Katsman, at The Blogs

Oct 28, 2022, 12:43 AM

Jerusalem event honoring Shlomo Carlebach sends harmful message

Flyer for the Jerusalem municipal concert honoring Shlomo Carlebach, with Mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Lion as a featured guest. (courtesy)

Instead of a big public display of veneration for a rabbi accused of abuse, worry about the abuse survivors, for whom such events cause additional pain

Jun 14, 2015, 1:15 PM

The Rosenblatt case: Mentorship or abuse?

When the news came out that Washington rabbi Barry Freundel filmed women that he had encouraged to immerse in his private mikveh, the entire community was shocked. Yet when allegations emerged about the rabbi of the Riverdale Jewish Center,...

Jun 7, 2013, 10:59 AM

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The good, the bad and the fantastic: 65 surprising things about parenting in Israel

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Hannah Katsman is an advocate for abuse victims and a writer. Her work on parenting, public health, women’s rights and sex abuse has appeared in The Forward, Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post and Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and on her websites AMotherInIsrael.com and CookingManager.com.

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