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Members of the Red Cross watch while Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ktzi’ot Prison in southern Israel, February 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
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From Rutgers speaker to Kristof column, implausible anti-Israel dog rape claim goes mainstream
By PHILISSA CRAMER and Grace Gilson
Israeli officials reject allegation canines were trained to sexually abuse Palestinian prisoners, which Jewish groups call ‘modern day blood libel’ and experts say is virtually impossible
Members of the Red Cross watch while Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ktzi’ot Prison in southern Israel, February 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 14, 2026, 1:48 pm
From Rutgers speaker to Kristof column, implausible anti-Israel dog rape claim goes mainstream
Israeli officials reject allegation canines were trained to sexually abuse Palestinian prisoners, which Jewish groups call ‘modern day blood libel’ and experts say is virtually impossible
By PHILISSA CRAMER and Grace Gilson
Reuven Y., a rabbi and defendant in a court case, appears in the district court in Tiergarten, Berlin, January 16, 2026. His attorney, Galina Rolnik, sits next to him. (Courtesy via JTA)
January 23, 2026, 1:42 pm
Berlin rabbi convicted of ‘sexual assault and coercion’ of woman he offered to counsel
Conviction comes over two years after Jewish community fired him following allegations of abuse going back nearly 2 decades
By Toby Axelrod
Illustrative photo of an empty classroom at a school in Jerusalem, on September 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 7, 2025, 3:27 pm
Jaffa high school principal arrested over allegations of indecent acts against students
A number of former students say head of school touched them in genital area; suspect’s associates insist accusations fabricated to ‘settle scores’ over teacher’s sacking
By ToI Staff
Jewish women casting their votes in the New York City mayoral election face a choice between their priorities as Jews and as women. (ZAMEK/VIEWpress via Getty Images via JTA)
November 1, 2025, 5:38 am
Feminist vs. Jewish: These women say NYC’s mayoral election is forcing a painful choice
Many fear antisemitism could proliferate unchecked under virulently anti-Israel frontrunner Mamdani, while rival Cuomo has a track record of sexual harassment allegations, which he denies
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: Female soldiers train in the Negev desert. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)
July 12, 2025, 12:42 pm
IDF dismisses base commander over allegations of sexual misconduct against female soldiers
Reservist’s dismissal announced after report revealed complaints from soldiers who said he continued to serve on base despite allegations, reportedly because no replacement was available
By ToI Staff
Members of Or Tamid, an advocacy group in Frankfurt for survivors of sexual abuse, from left to right, Haleli Shomer Shalom, Roglit Ishay, Daniela Shemer and Niels Gerhardt. (Courtesy Or Tamid via JTA)
March 29, 2025, 10:27 am
Frankfurt Jewish community launches its own sexual abuse hotline amid crises and pressure
Unprecedented third-party hotline will protect 400 employees of local institutions, after advocacy by activist group; national Jewish group may also set up a wider system
By Toby Axelrod
Rabbi Yona Metzger arrives to enter the Maasiyahu Prison in Ramla, to serve his 3.5 year sentence over corruption issues on May 1, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
February 19, 2025, 8:26 am
Police investigate former chief rabbi Metzger on suspicion he molested teenage boy
Complaint reportedly filed against 71-year-old by youth he met on the beach; ex-chief rabbi has been accused of harassment in the past, was convicted of bribery offenses
By ToI Staff
Hamas terror suspects, caught during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and ensuing war in Gaza, crouch on the ground in the courtyard of a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 27, 2024, 10:42 am
Jailed Nukhba terrorists regularly sexually harass female guards, soldier says
A female reserve soldier details lax security at terrorist detention facility and sexual harassment she has experienced
By ToI Staff
The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 29, 2024, 10:24 am
Israeli diplomat fired for sexual harassment at Chicago consulate
Former consular officer accepts plea deal after being accused of having improper relations and harassing women who worked for her at the mission, but claims probe was flawed
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of the inside of a Dan bus in Tel Aviv on February 22, 2022. (Avshalom sassoni/Flash90)
September 1, 2023, 10:26 pm
In latest case of alleged harassment, woman says bus driver told her ‘You’re naked’
22-year-old says Dan driver repeated his comments twice when she boarded with a sleeveless shirt; company says it’s investigating complaint
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Participants at JOFA's inaugural London meeting brainstorm issues of concern. (Courtesy of JOFA)
July 13, 2023, 2:53 am
Orthodox feminist group addressed allegations against sex-guru founder, says report
A third-party investigation initiated by the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance into its own conduct finds that while the group fulfilled legal requirements, it could have done more
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Then-Israel Bar Association head Avi Himi speaks at a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government in Tel Aviv on January 21, 2023. (Gili Yaari /Flash90)
June 13, 2023, 2:16 pm
Former Israel Bar chief questioned over alleged sexual misconduct
Avi Himi says exposing himself to a lawyer on a Zoom meeting was consensual and claims that the revelations emerged to silence his opposition to the government
By ToI Staff
The Empire State Building in New York City, November 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
May 25, 2023, 6:43 pm
Israeli expelled from NYC drama school after sexual harassment allegations
26-year-old claims accusations against him by seven students are fabrications and misrepresentations, expulsion motivated by antisemitism
By ToI Staff
MK Limor Son Har Melech attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on February 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 17, 2023, 4:33 pm
Far-right bills against ‘enemy’ flags, ‘racist sexual harassment’ given initial okay
MKs pass in preliminary vote legislation that doubles punishment for sexual harassment if committed for racist motives, and a bill banning display of flags of hostile entities
By Stuart Winer
Lebanese former prime minister-Saad Hariri speaks to journalists after his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, March 22, 2021. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP)
April 2, 2023, 3:24 pm
Ex-Lebanese PM Saad Hariri sued for rape, sexual assault of private jet attendants
One woman accuses Hariri, regularly drunk and high, of brutal workplace rape; one assault allegedly en route to US state visit; his lawyer denies claims, says plaintiffs want money
By Ash Obel
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