Manny Waks’s alleged abuser to fight charges at trial

A man accused of molesting victim advocate Manny Waks more than three decades ago has been committed to stand trial on four child abuse offences.
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Leifer: Who is saying what…and the timeline of a gruelling experience

Sisters sexually molested by their ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer felt a wave of relief and validation as they learned their abuser would spend years behind bars. Read more

Manny Waks’ alleged abuser arrested in New York

Long-time victims’ advocate Manny Waks says his alleged abuser is set to be extradited to Melbourne. Read more

Leifer trial swansong for Manny Waks

VoiCSA (voice against child sexual abuse) founder and CEO, Manny Waks, has announced that he plans to step down from his role as a public advocate in the context of child sexual abuse, including as CEO of VoiCSA. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Podcast with Manny Waks

Morry Frenkel speaks with Manny Waks, CEO of VoiCSA (Voice Against Child Sexual Abuse) about the work of this organisation in the areas of advocacy, awareness and enablement. Read more

Video: Manny Waks in town to cover the Malka Leifer hearing

Manny Waks gets out of lockdown quarantine after flying from Israel to Melbourne to be present for Malka Leifer’s court case. Read more

Leifer hearings go in reverse

In the Jerusalem District Court Judge Chana Lomp has accepted the request by Malka Leifer’s legal team to allow them to bring two of the psychiatrists that they previously brought in testify on Leifer’s behalf in order to hear their views on the most recent psychiatric panel’s decision. Read more

Leifer applies for bail

The day after Rosh Hashana, the case to extradite Malka Leifer who is wanted in Australia to face 74 charges of child sexual abuse, will be in a Jerusalem court again as her lawyers apply for bail. Read more

Manny Waks talks with Henry Greener

While Manny Waks was in Melbourne recently, he spoke with Henry Greener about his journey as a victim, and now the globe-trotting advocate for justice in the field of child sex abuse….a video report. Read more

Groner event causes distress

An event to commemorate the 10th yahrzeit of Rabbi Yitzhak Groner has caused distress to victims of child sexual abuse according to The Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Read more

Chabad’s hollow statements on child sexual abuse…writes Manny Waks

The report of a new public statement by seven (seemingly random) Chabad rabbis calling for the immediate reporting to state authorities of reasonable suspicions of abuse is welcome news, especially their unequivocal announcement that prior rabbinic advice is unnecessary. Read more

Silent no more

Billed as a night for reflection, understanding, healing and regret, Silent No More is Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre’s response towards the widespread child sexual abuse which has existed in the school system since the 1980s. Read more

On reflection – Manny Waks post the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse yeshiva and yeshivah hearings

Nearly four years ago, when I publicly disclosed the sexual abuse I endured as a child at Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre, I did not envisage that today so many around the world would know exactly what had happened to myself and so many other children at that institution. Read more

At peace with the Groners

Manny Waks was a victim of child sexual abuse whilst attending Melbourne’s Yeshivah College when it was under the supervision of the late Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner. He has accepted an apology from Rabbi Groner’s children. Read more

Mikveh Rules

Tzedek, the advocacy group working against child sexual abuse, has published guidelines for those involved in the operations of a male mikveh, a ritual bath, when boys are involved. Read more

Waks apologises

Tzedek welcomes jail sentences for failing to report child sex abuse

Victorian Premier Denis Napthine has introduced new laws giving courts the power to jail those who fail to report to the police  instances of child sex abuse for up to three years. Read more

Melchior to advise Tzedek

Former Member of Knesset and Cabinet Minister, Rabbi Michael Melchior, has joined the Tzedek Board of Advisors. Read more

David Cyprys – suppression order lifted

Former security guard at Melbourne’s Yeshivah College David Cyprys has been facing charges in Melbourne’s County Court since last month of more than 40 offences against children in the 198os and 1990s….but proceedings have been subject to a suppression order until today. Read more

Waks in Africa

Manny Waks is CEO of Tzedek, an advocacy organisation which champions the cause of the cictims of sexual abuse. He has been on a visit to South Africa. Tali Feinberg reports from Cape Town… Read more

The Spirit of Manny

ABC’s Rachael Kohn has interviewed Manny Waks…the oldest member of seventeen children who was sexually abused as a child attending Yeshiva in Melbourne…. Read more

Kramer sentencing: the aftermath and a repeated apology

The Rabbinical Council of Victoria has its say, the Yeshivah College apologises again and Tzedek responds… Read more

Now is the time

The Commonwealth Royal Commission Inquiry into child sexual abuse within organisations has now commenced.  Tzedek, an Australian-based advocacy group for Jewish victims and survivors of child sexual abuse, is uniquely positioned to provide evidence to the Royal Commission about the nature and extent of past and present child sexual abuse within Jewish organisations. Read more

Senior Yeshivah Officials may face tribunal

The father of child sex abuse victim Manny Waks is taking two senior officials at the Yeshivah Centre to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

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Perth Rabbi’s abuse claim refuted

Tzedek applies to appear at the Royal Commission

Tzedek, the Jewish organisation which has been established to end the silence on child sexual abuse within the Jewish community, has made an application to appear at the Royal Commission into child abuse. Read more

…and Manny Waks responds

Following the publication of the letter to the ECAJ’s letter to the Victorian Government Inquiry into Handling of Child Abuse, Manny Waks, himself an alleged victim of sexual abuse who made a submission to the Inquiry, responds… Read more

Organisations v Community

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has written to the Victorian Government Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and other non-Government Organisations criticising a submission claiming that sections of the Jewish community may have been at fault. Read more