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Judy Klitsner

Oct 1, 2024, 3:37 PM

We sued the Orthodox Union and settled; now we want it to make amends

The Orthodox Union building, located in Manhattan. (Wikimedia Commons)

Had it not been for the OU’s silent complicity, Baruch Lanner would not have had access to the many hundreds of trusting teens he abused

Nov 2, 2023, 10:06 AM

Thanks for asking…

Dear Deborah, I was very touched to hear from you, especially since we haven’t been in regular contact in recent years. It means a lot to know that you, along with so many other friends from the US, are grieving...

Jan 20, 2022, 3:50 PM

Can We Be a ‘Holy Nation’ While Abuse Persists?

״השכינה בצבע״, by Meira Goodfriend (www.meiragoodfriendart.com @meira_batya) (used by permission)

Charismatic Jewish leaders and teachers are in the headlines again: abusing their power by betraying the trust of unsuspecting followers. As is too often the case, it appears the offenses were widely known, or at least strongly suspected, by...

Jul 5, 2020, 3:09 PM

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About Me

Judy Klitsner is a contemporary Bible scholar, author and public speaker. A senior educator at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, she holds the Rabbi Joshua S. Bakst Chair in Tanakh. She is an international lecturer and the author of 'Subversive Sequels in the Bible: How Biblical Stories Mine and Undermine Each Other,' which won a National Jewish Book Award. Judy is a founding board member of Sacred Spaces, a US based organization that seeks to address abuse in Jewish institutions.