NEW YORK (VINnews) — Decent people respect justice, and the ones who make the world a better place, because they protect and defend what is right and just. It used to be back in the day that when a child would complain about an adult being inappropriate, the viewpoint was not to believe a child, and that children live in their own make-believe world. How horrifying that must have been for children who were victimized.
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Not only that, but the old-fashioned mentality was that the educator is always right. It had gotten to the point where children knew that they might as well keep quiet about inappropriateness perpetrated against them. Oftentimes, these children went through life bearing the pain of their abuse.
In fact, there are adults today who say that when they were growing up how it was known in specific schools who the perpetrating educator was, and these children knew to watch out for that person.
Fast forward several years later when the people became savvier, and actually uttered the words, “sexual abuse” if their child was victimized. These parents would scream and try to bring the perpetrator to justice. But, for those who followed the renowned stories, we know that things did not go well for those families, and not only was justice never served, but the family was ostracized for daring to accuse a so-called respectable person of abusing their child.
Well, we have come a long way since then, because an educator of children said enough is enough, and risking his own self and family, he started going after perpetrators and calling them out.
Rabbi Yakov Horowitz who conducts child abuse prevention and parenting workshops eloquently explains the situation and how to combat this issue. He goes into detail about why a particular child might be targeted, and what to look out for to prevent such a tragedy from occurring. Rabbi Yakov Horowitz also talks about his new book, A Safety Book in Every Home that every parent must read.
Baila Sebrow is an acclaimed journalist, inspirational international speaker, and 5TJT columnist who hosted numerous radio and Cable TV shows, including Insight/Israel. Baila is also an educator, and active on many human rights and political causes. Baila is the Founder and President of Neshoma Advocates, Inc., servicing children and families at-risk. She is also a world renowned matchmaker and relationship coach, and president of Baila Sebrow Events, LLC. She has been been featured in various publications, including The New York Times.
May we be zocheh to fix this situation and make the world a better place.
I hope and pray that this approach helps in the fight against sexual predators, but at best, it’s a long, difficult and protracted battle. The intro says that “we’ve come a long way”, but the facts on the ground don’t show that “long way”. The most recent infamous perpetrator in Israel was only able to keep doing his damage for more than 20 years because many “in the know” kept quiet and thereby forced the victims to ultimately keep quiet as well. The other recent story in Israel regarding an extradition to Australia was torturously expanded for years due to “trusted leaders” amongst us meddling in ways that announced to victims the world over that there is no real support for them. A recent case in the US where the perpetrator had admitted his guilt to a victim’s family nevertheless resulted in the Gedolim amongst us destroying the victim and his family, forcing them to move to another state (b”h that perp is behind bars).
So good luck with the long way we have yet to come…
The issue here is though that Horowitz actually lost his case and he owes Weinberg 3,000,000 shekels after the Judge called him a liar. This man is being propped up by Public Relations firms only.