Manny Waks Hebrew interview child sex abuse
SBS
Nitza Lowenstein
15 February 2015
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For the past fortnight the Jewish community has been in the spotlight.
The evidence of a Sydney Rabbi, Yosef Feldman, where he appeared to excuse paedophilia and to throw doubt on the obligation to report allegations to police, have been roundly condemned by many community leaders.
Rabbi Feldman who has issued an apology for his comments during the Melbourne commission hearings, has resigned on Wednesday from his position at the Yeshiva in Sydney.
Our guest today is Manny Waks. For Manny Waks it has been a long road to the royal commission investigating institutional responses to child sex abuse.
The only survivor of abuse within Melbourne's Jewish community to speak publicly, he told us that it has come with a cost.
Manny Waks has felt so ostracised by the ultra-orthodox Chabad community that he moved his family to Europe to start a new life.
Listen to the interview with Manny in Hebrew.
Originally published at SBS.
For the past fortnight the Jewish community has been in the spotlight.
The evidence of a Sydney Rabbi, Yosef Feldman, where he appeared to excuse paedophilia and to throw doubt on the obligation to report allegations to police, have been roundly condemned by many community leaders.
Rabbi Feldman who has issued an apology for his comments during the Melbourne commission hearings, has resigned on Wednesday from his position at the Yeshiva in Sydney.
Our guest today is Manny Waks. For Manny Waks it has been a long road to the royal commission investigating institutional responses to child sex abuse.
The only survivor of abuse within Melbourne's Jewish community to speak publicly, he told us that it has come with a cost.
Manny Waks has felt so ostracised by the ultra-orthodox Chabad community that he moved his family to Europe to start a new life.
Listen to the interview with Manny in Hebrew.
Originally published at SBS.