Hear (me), O Israel…

I have an essay in the latest issue of Sh’ma magazine, about the code of silence in the Orthodox community:

A spate of highly publicized abuse cases has exposed a rift between communal leaders who would prefer that such cases be handled “internally,” and victims and their advocates who insist that invoking mesira ["no snitching"]has become a way to protect the reputations of the accused and their employers.

Read the whole thing here.

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