The accounts of alleged abuse by Walder, author of the popular children’s book series “Kids Speak,” led to an unusually strong reaction within the haredi Orthodox community. (JTA) — Chaim Walder, an ...

(JTA) — Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi called for victims of sexual abuse to bring complaints to the “relevant authorities,” saying “there is an obligation to complain to the authorities in charge of ...

(JTA) — Chaim Walder, an Israeli haredi Orthodox children’s book author who was accused last month of sexual abuse by several teenage girls, was found dead Monday in an apparent suicide, according to ...

About a year and a half ago, I moved across the country to escape my Hasidic community. After years as an activist and abuse advocate, I was exhausted and defeated. I had finally admitted to myself ...

The books of haredi children's author Chaim Walder were burned in front of his grave in the Sgula cemetery in Petah Tikva Tuesday. The Bnei Brakit Library sent all of Walder's books in its possession ...

Members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community are at odds after an elementary school principal in Brooklyn encouraged parents not to engage with their kids about sex abuse allegations involving a ...

Allegations of child sexual abuse against Chaim Walder, the author of children’s books beloved in the haredi Orthodox market, and the uncharacteristically swift and harsh community response, have left ...

To subvert a phrase, it is a truth not universally acknowledged that a man in a position of power may all too often abuse that power. This is a story of voices, men’s voices and men’s voices, and no, ...

I hosted a ZOOM meeting yesterday with the prominent children's author and educator Chaim Walder in the presence of 5th-9th grade girls. Walder shared four pieces of advice appropriate for girls in ...

(JTA) — Chaim Walder, an Israeli haredi Orthodox children’s book author who was accused last month of sexual abuse by several teenage girls, was found dead Monday in an apparent suicide. His body was ...

“There is an obligation to complain to the authorities in charge of these issues, and not hide it,” Lau said in a statement. (JTA) — Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi called for victims of sexual abuse ...