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The Synagogue's Secret: How a Community Hid Children's Abuse
The Synagogue's Secret: How a Community Hid Children's Abuse
A whispered threat in a holy place sent eight women walking out of a Melbourne synagogue on July 16, 2011 - including the wife of a man whose children had been abused inside that same building. This episode follows Menahem Wax, one of seventeen children raised across the street from Chabad headquarters, and asks how abuse in the synagogue and mikveh could be allowed to persist for decades without public accountability.
In this episode, we tell the story of Menahem Wax and his family, the locations where abuse occurred, the community…
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