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Report of Sexual Assault on Cruise Ship Shows Gaps in International Law

A reported sexual assault aboard a cruise ship raised questions about which laws apply — and whether passengers are protected.

“Under United States law, the F.B.I. can choose to investigate cases involving American citizens, even when the cruise ship does not dock in United States ports, Dr. Klein said. The law provides passengers with the right to call the F.B.I. directly.”

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Prominent Orthodox school will stop accepting religious exemptions from vaccines - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

New York City's SAR Academy announced the policy amid a measles outbreak in the U.S. linked to the Orthodox Jewish community.

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Notre Dame will be rebuilt – but most European Jewish sites never will be - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Warsaw’s Great Synagogue will never be physically reconstructed. I look forward, though, to the day when Notre Dame is, writes JTA’s former senior Europe correspondent.

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Opinion | A photo of me and Joe Biden went viral. I want him to take ownership for his actions.

Because of his work against sexual violence, he should have realized much sooner that he could be making women uncomfortable.

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She fled a ‘Jewish Taliban’ sect with her children. Then kidnappers tracked them down.

For decades, members of a ultra-Orthodox sect have fled government investigations and bad press. Now members are facing kidnapping charges.

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Regarding Yaakov Bleich, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine

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Crown Heights Jewish Women Should Be Able To Vote In CH Jewish Elections-But They Aren’t

In Chabad Crown Heights, the Jewish community is holding elections, and women aren’t allowed to vote. Elections are being held in June in Chabad Crown Heights for the Vaad Hakohol and t…

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'The toughest story I've ever done': Inside Louise Milligan's investigation of George Pell

Four Corners journalist Louise Milligan discusses the challenges of her three-year investigation into George Pell and the handling of child sexual abuse by the Catholic church.

Four Corners journalist Louise Milligan discusses the challenges of her three-year investigation into George Pell and the handling of child sexual abuse by the Catholic church.

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George Pell jailed for 'breathtakingly arrogant' abuse of two choirboys

Cardinal George Pell is sentenced to six years' jail for sexually abusing two choirboys when he was Catholic archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s.

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At First I Didn't Believe the Stories about Him

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Hillary Clinton ruled out a 2020 presidential run for the first time on camera in an exclusive interview with News 12.

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Israeli health czar 'pressured psychiatrist' to soften assessment of pedophile

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It’s good news for Chicago — and this country — when its leaders aren’t all white men

It's not identity politics to acknowledge that representative government works best when it represents more than just white guys.

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Some of the worst sex abuse scandals in the orthodox Jewish world involved rabbis in kiruv (outreach), gittin (religious divorce) and geirus (conversion). Think of Leib Tropper, Baruch Lanner, Barr…

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Official distances HHS from sexual abuse of detained migrant children allegations

When a Trump administration official was grilled about more than 150 cases of alleged sexual abuse of unaccompanied migrant children, he sought to distance his department from responsibility for the abuse, emphasizing that the alleged perpetrators were contractors for the U.S. government, not staffers.

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Pope confirms Card. Pell prohibited from exercising public ministry - Vatican News

Pope Francis has confirmed the “precautionary measures” already taken in the case of Cardinal George Pell. The former Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, ...