Through the Grapevine: Soldiers who talk
The Jerusalem Post
Greer Fay Cashman
11 February 2016
NOT ALL whistle-blowers achieve fame and international recognition. One of the exceptions is Australian ex-pat Manny Waks, who has raised the issue of pedophilia and child abuse in general in Orthodox Jewish communities and has given extensive interviews and lectures on the subject in several countries.
One such case involves an Israeli, Malka Leifer, who was the principal of the Adass Israel School in Melbourne, Australia, where she allegedly abused three sisters and other girls in her care. She is facing charges in Australia for 47 indecent act offenses, 13 offenses of indecent assault of a minor, 11 rape charges and three additional charges. After one of the sisters made her allegations public, Leifer fled the country and returned to Israel in March, 2008, before an official complaint could be filed.
She now lives in Emmanuel. The official complaint was filed in 2011 and the Australian authorities are seeking Leifer’s extradition to face trial.
Waks has urged all those who support the extradition to show up at the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday, February 21, at 9:30 a.m. Waks founded Tzedek, an advocacy group for victims’ rights, which has succeeded in generating several convictions.
Originally published at The Jerusalem Post.
One such case involves an Israeli, Malka Leifer, who was the principal of the Adass Israel School in Melbourne, Australia, where she allegedly abused three sisters and other girls in her care. She is facing charges in Australia for 47 indecent act offenses, 13 offenses of indecent assault of a minor, 11 rape charges and three additional charges. After one of the sisters made her allegations public, Leifer fled the country and returned to Israel in March, 2008, before an official complaint could be filed.
She now lives in Emmanuel. The official complaint was filed in 2011 and the Australian authorities are seeking Leifer’s extradition to face trial.
Waks has urged all those who support the extradition to show up at the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday, February 21, at 9:30 a.m. Waks founded Tzedek, an advocacy group for victims’ rights, which has succeeded in generating several convictions.
Originally published at The Jerusalem Post.