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In December, prominent children’s author and rabbi Chaim Walder killed himself after the Haaretz newspaper published a story accusing him of sexually assaulting nearly two dozen people, including children — allegations he had denied.

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, founder of the Zaka emergency response organization and winner of the Israel Prize — the country’s highest public honor — had sexually assaulted boys, girls and women. Meshi-Zahav, who denounced the claims as “lies”, also tried to hang himself in April before new allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced...

“Today we receive about 500 calls a month,” said Paris — evidence the #MeToo movement was impacting Israel’s religious communities.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-sexual-abuse-cases-hits-ultra-orthodox-community-some-vow-to-be-silent-no-longer/