ISRAEL
Jerusalem Online

After six teachers at a Tel Aviv Hassidic school were indicted this week for abusing their students, Rabbi Benny Lau wrote in an open letter to educators that he was “disgusted” by the revelation and urged them not to keep such incidents a secret.

Aug 7, 2016

Omri Ariel

Amid allegations of sexual abuse made against six teachers at a Tel Aviv Hassidic school, Israel’s Chief Rabbi Benny Lau published on Sunday an open letter to educators in the ultra-Orthodox community, urging them to keep their eyes open and to assist students who may be going through similar experiences.

“To hear that these places, which should have served as a stronghold and a safe haven to these children, became places of nightmare and fear, was extremely painful,” Rabbi Lau wrote. “All of us – parents, teachers and everyone who takes part in the sacred work of…