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Rabbis who Publicly Support the Efforts of The Awareness Center

To End Sexual Violence in Jewish Communities Around The World

(Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Rabbinical Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Harassment)

Below is a list of Rabbis who support the efforts of The Awareness Center.  If you are a rabbi (of any recognized affiliation) and would like to be included, please send an email to: Vicki Polin or a "snail mail", with a note giving us permission to add your name.  Please include your full name, synagogue, organization, city, state, and country.

If you are or are not a rabbi, please share this request for supporters with every rabbi you know. 

Related Information:  

  1. The Awareness Center's Brochure  

  2. Certification Program for Rabbis, Cantors and Other Jewish Community Leaders  

  3. Articles Written by The Awareness Center:  Past and Present Board Members

  4. Finding A Rabbi: Tips for Survivors of Sexual Violence (Incest, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Rape)

  5. Rabbis, Confidentiality and Other Ethical Issues

  6. Legal Issues On Child Abuse and Halacha (Jewish Law)

  7. How to Report Child Abuse in the State of Illinois: A Guide for the Practicing Mental Health Care Provider, Educators . . .

  8. Offenders: Problems Our Parents Wouldn't Speak Of

  9. Networking Group/Newsletter for Rabbis to discuss Sexual Violence and Halacha

  10. Support Networks for Rabbis who are survivors of sexual violence. One for Female Rabbis who are survivors of sexual violence and one for Male Rabbis who are survivors of sexual violence.

List of Rabbis

  1. Rabbi Jonathan F. Adland - Indianapolis, IN

  2. Rabbi Barbara Aiello - Milan, Italy

  3. Rabbi Morris Allen - Mendota Heights, M

  4. Rabbi Ruth Alpers - Cincinnati, OH

  5. Rabbi Camille Shira Angel - San Francisco, CA

  6. Rabbi Benjamin Arnold - Evergreen, CO

  7. Rabbi Stephen A. Arnold - South Easton, MA

  8. Rabbi Jeffrey Astrachan - Old Bethpage, NY

  9. Rabbi Craig Axler - Spring House, PA

  10. Rabbi Ian J. Azizollahoff - New York, NY

  11. Rabbi Stephen Baars - North Bethesda, MD

  12. Rabbi Jeremy Barras - Charlotte, NC

  13. Rabbi Lewis M. Barth - Los Angeles, CA

  14. Rabbi Bernard Baskin - Temple Anshe Sholom, Hamilton, Ontario

  15. Rabbi Lia Bass - Arlington, VA

  16. Rabbi Marcelo Bater - Oranjestad, Aruba

  17. Rabbi Micah Becker-Klein - Keene, NH

  18. Rabbi Arnold Mark Belzer - Savannah, GA

  19. Rabbi Jim Bennett - St. Louis, MO

  20. Rabbi Joshua L. Bennett - West Bloomfield, MI

  21. Rabbi Matthew Berger - Long Grove, IL

  22. Rabbi Leslie Bergson - Claremont, CA

  23. Rabbi Alexis Berk - Nashville, TN

  24. Rabbi Joel Berman - Boardman, OH

  25. Rabbi Shmuel Birnham - West Vancouver, BC, Canada

  26. Rabbi Joseph R. Black - Alburquerque, NM

  27. Rabbi Yosef Blau - New York, NY

  28. Rabbi Barry H. Block - San Antonio, TX

  29. Rabbi David Blumenthal - Atlanta, GA

  30. Rabbi Lewis E. "Buz" Bogage - Greencastle, IN

  31. Rabbi Reuven Bulka - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  32. Rabbi Elina Bykova - Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

  33. Rabbi Kenneth Carr - Lafayette Hill, PA

  34. Rabbi Donald P. Cashman - Albany, NY

  35. Rabbi Adam Chalom - Highland Park, IL

  36. Rabbi Joshua Chasan, Burlington Vermont

  37. Rabbi Michael Chernick - New York, NY

  38. Rabbi Paul Citrin - San Diego, CA

  39. Rabbi Avraham Citron - Belfast, Ireland

  40. Rabbi Howard A. Cohen - Bennington, VT

  41. Rabbi Phil Cohen - Wyncote, PA

  42. Rabbi Stephen Cohen - Santa Barbara, CA

  43. Rabbi Hillel Cohn - San Bernardino, CA and Las Vegas, NV

  44. Rabbi Allison RH Conyer - Santa Barbara, CA

  45. Rabbi Sigma Faye Coran - Williamstown, MA

  46. Rabbi Meryl Crean - Media, PA

  47. Rabbi Eric Cytryn - Harrisburg, PA

  48. Rabbi Gail Diamond - Jerusalem, Israel

  49. Rabbi Stephanie Dickstein, CSW - New York, NY

  50. Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb - Washington DC

  51. Rabbi Malka Drucker - Sante Fe, NM

  52. Rabbi Yaakov Dvorin - Skokie, IL

  53. Rabbi Laurence Edwards - Chicago, IL

  54. Rabbi Amy Eilberg - Palo Alto, California

  55. Rabbi Serena Raziel Eisenberg - Berkeley, CA

  56. Rabbi David Ellenson - New York, NY

  57. Rabbi Lawrence A. Englander - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

  58. Rabbi Helaine Ettinger - West Orange, NJ

  59. Rabbi Yeshaia Charles Familant - Menlo Park, CA

  60. Rabbi David Feder - Morgantown, WV

  61. Rabbi Stuart Federow - Houston, TX

  62. Rabbi Shaul R. Feinberg - Jerusalem, Israel

  63. Rabbi Marla J. Feldman - New York, NY

  64. Rabbi Natan Fenner - San Francisco, CA

  65. Rabbi Steven M. Fink, D.Min., D.D.- Baltimore, MD

  66. Rabbi Reuven Firestone - Los Angeles, CA

  67. Rabbi Irwin Fishbein - Westfield, NJ

  68. Rabbi Dov Ben Shlomo Forman, Phd - Weston, FL

  69. Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich - South Lake Tahoe, CA

  70. Rabbi Susan Friedman - Cary, North Carolina

  71. Rabbi Dov I. Frimer - Jerusalem, Israel

  72. Rabbi Eli Garfinkel - Somerset, NJ

  73. Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer - Philadelphia, PA

  74. Rabbi Jeffrey Gale, Wantagh, NY

  75. Rabbi Hillel Gamoran - Seattle, WA

  76. Rabbi Lisa B. Gelber - New York, NY

  77. Rabbi Gary S. Gerson - Oak Park, IL

  78. Rabbi William Gershon - Dallas, TX

  79. Rabbi James A. Gibson - Pittsburgh, PA

  80. Rabbi Melvin J. Glazer - Miami, FL

  81. Rabbi Gary Glickstein - Miami Beach, FL

  82. Rabbi Robert J. Gluck - Albany, NY

  83. Rabbi Brian Glusman - Birmingham, AL

  84. Rabbi Connie Golden - Philadelphia, PA

  85. Rabbi Irwin N. Goldenberg - York, PA

  86. Rabbi Eva Goldfinger - Toronto, ON, Canada

  87. Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell - Allentown, PA

  88. Rabbi Andrea Goldstein - St. Louis, MO

  89. Rabbi Maralee Gordon - Woodstock, IL

  90. Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum - Jerusalem, Israel

  91. Rabbi Fred Greene - Bridgeport, CT

  92. Rabbi Stanley Greenstein - New York, NY

  93. Rabbi Tina Grimberg - Toronto, ON, Canada

  94. Rabbi Arthur Gross-Schaefer - Los Angeles, CA

  95. Rabbi Susan Grossman, Columbia, MD

  96. Rabbi David S. Gruber, Frisco, TX

  97. Rabbi Yehoshua C. Grunstein - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  98. Rabbi Susan Gulack - Albany, NY

  99. Rabbi Larry J. Halpern - West Linn, OR

  100. Rabbi Ze'ev Harari - Lindenhurst, IL

  101. Rabbi Sidney M. Helbraun - Northbrook, IL

  102. Rabbi Rachel Hertzman,Baltimore,Md

  103. Rabbi Jay B Heyman - San Francisco, CA

  104. Rabbi Michael Hezbrun - Rochester, NY

  105. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield - New York, NY

  106. Rabbi Joshua Hoffman - New York, NY

  107. Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman - New York, NY

  108. Rabbi Daniel Isaak, Portland, OR

  109. Rabbi Mark Israel - Washington DC

  110. Rabbi Lisa Izes - New York, NY

  111. Rabbi Adam Jacobs - New York, NY

  112. Rabbi Howard L. Jaffe - Lexington, MA

  113. Rabbi Beth Janus - Aptos, CA

  114. Rabbi Eitan Julius - San Jose, CA

  115. Bruce E. Kahn - Chevy Chase, MD

  116. Rabbi Dr. Pinchas Kahn - Jerusalem, Israel

  117. Rabbi David Kaiman - Gainesville, FL

  118. Rabbi Gerald M. Kane - Las Cruces, NM

  119. Rabbi Harley Kartz-Wagman - Everett, WA

  120. Rabbi Robert Kasman - Schenectady, NY

  121. Rabbi Stuart Kelman - Berkeley, CA

  122. Rabbi Paul David Kerbel - Marietta, GA

  123. Rabbi Aviva Kipen - Victoria Australia

  124. Rabbi Marc Aaron Kline - Lexington, KY

  125. Rabbi Peter S. Knobel - Evanston, IL

  126. Rabbi Jamie S. Korngold - Boulder CO

  127. Rabbi Allen Krause - Aliso Viejo, CA

  128. Rabbi Yaacov J. Kravitz, Ed.D. - Abington, PA

  129. Rabbi Barry Krieger - Orono, Maine

  130. Rabbi David J.B. Krishef - Grand Rapids, MI

  131. Rabbi Vernon Kurtz - Highland Park, IL

  132. Rabbi Shira L. Lander, Ph.D. - Baltimore, MD

  133. Rabbi Eric M. Lankin, D.Min. - New York, NY

  134. Rabbi Alan LaPayover - Penn Valley, PA

  135. Rabbi Anson Laytner - Seattle, WA

  136. Rabbi Robert Leib - Abington, PA

  137. Rabbi Maya Leibovich - Mevasseret Zion, Israel

  138. Rabbi David Leipziger - Middletown, CT

  139. Rabbi Michele Lenke - Wellesley, MA

  140. Rabbi Rita Leonard - Ray Brook, New York

  141. Rabbi Joel Levinson - Patchogue, NY

  142. Rabbi Aaron Levy - Ithaca, NY

  143. Rabbi Shalom Lewis - Marietta GA

  144. Rabbi Yehoshua Lewis - New Brunswick, NJ

  145. Rabbi Dov Linzer - New York, NY

  146. Rabbi Ellen Lippmann - Brooklyn, NY

  147. Rabbi Daveen Litwin - Northampton, MA

  148. Rabbi Jessica E. Locketz - Alexandria, VA

  149. Rabbi Sarah E. Mack - Providence, RI

  150. Rabbi Jill L. Maderer - Philadelphia, PA

  151. Rabbi Mark Mahler - Pittsburgh, PA

  152. Rabbi Mark Mallach - Springfield, NJ

  153. Rabbi Richard J. Margolis - Melbourne, FL

  154. Rabbi Joseph M. Menashe - Baltimore, MD

  155. Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler - Sharon, MA

  156. Rabbi Brian I. Michelson - Reading, PA

  157. Rabbi Tamara Miller - Washington, DC.

  158. Rabbi Mendel Mintz - Fort Collins, CO

  159. Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh - Los Angeles, CA

  160. Rabbi Lon Moskowitz, San Luis Obispo, California

  161. Rabbi Len Muroff - Lakewood, CA

  162. Rabbi Ron Muroff - Harrisburg, PA

  163. Rabbi Michael Namath - New York, NY

  164. Rabbi Daniel S. Nevins - Farmington Hills, MI

  165. Rabbi Aharon Newman - Baltimore, MD

  166. Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky - New York, NY

  167. Rabbi Joseph S. Ozarowski - Chicago, IL

  168. Rabbi Sandy Roth Parian - New Hope, PA

  169. Rabbi Jordan Parr - Plano, TX

  170. Rabbi Jack P. Paskoff - Lancaster, PA

  171. Rabbi Stephen M. Passamaneck - Los Angeles, CA

  172. Rabbi Pinchas N. Pearl - Brooklyn, NY

  173. Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Pearlman - Dublin, Ireland

  174. Rabbi Eli B. Perlman - East Brunswick, NJ

  175. Rabbi Eliot H. Pearlson - Miami Beach, Florida

  176. Rabbi Aaron L. Peller - Scranton, PA

  177. Rabbi Deborah Pipe-Mazo - Barnstable, MA

  178. Rabino Baruj Plavnick - Buenos Aires, Argentina

  179. Rabbi Shalom Podwol - Forest Park, IL

  180. Rabbi Philip Pohl - Olney, MD

  181. Rabbi Seymour Prystowsky - Lafayette Hill, PA

  182. Rabbi Robert J. Ratner, Ph. D. - Asheville, NC

  183. Rabbi Mark R. Raphael - Gaithersburg, MD

  184. Rabbi Michael Reches - Baltimore, MD

  185. Rabbi Michael M. Remson - Pittsburgh, PA

  186. Rabbi Laurie Rice - Woodinville, WA

  187. Rabbi Philip Rice - Seattle, WA

  188. Rabbi Louis A. Rieser - Derry, NH

  189. Rabbi Daniel A. Roberts - University Heights, OH

  190. Rabbi Rochelle Robins - Ardmore, PA

  191. Rabbi Yair Robinson - Newtown, PA

  192. Rabbi H. David Rose - Potomac, MD

  193. Rabbi Kenneth D. Roseman - Corpus Christi, TX

  194. Rabbi Jeremy Rosen - London, England

  195. Rabbi Joel Roth - New York, NY

  196. Rabbi Ronald S. Roth - Nashville, TN

  197. Rabbi Jonathan Rubenstein - Saratoga Springs, NY

  198. Rabbi Elisheva Sachs - Cotati, CA

  199. Rabbi Douglas Sagal - Westfield, NJ

  200. Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin - Atlanta, GA

  201. Rabbi Scott Saulson - Atlanta, GA

  202. Rabbi Peter B. Schaktman - Honolulu, HI

  203. Rabbi Susan Shankman - Washington, D.C.

  204. Rabbi Zev Schechter - Silver Spring, MD

  205. Rabbi Binyamin Scheiman - Niles, IL

  206. Rabbi Judy Schindler - Charlotte, NC

  207. Rabbi Janine C. Schloss - St. Louis, MO

  208. Rabbi Michael Schudrich - Warsaw and Lodz, Poland

  209. Rabbi Burt Schuman - Altoona, PA

  210. Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz - Cherry Hill, NJ

  211. Rabbi Beth L. Schwartz - Knoxville, TN

  212. Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz - Chicago, IL

  213. Rabbi Amy Schwartzman - Falls Church, VA

  214. Rabbi Peter Schweitzer - New York, NY

  215. Rabbi Larry Sebert - New York, NY

  216. Rabbi Sam Seicol - Brookline, MA

  217. Rabbi Jerry H. Seidler - Amherst, NY

  218. Rabbi Drorah Setel - Buffalo, NY

  219. Rabbi Irit Shillor - Harlow, England and Vienna, Austria

  220. Rabbi Nahum Simon, PhD - Sunrise, FL

  221. Rabbi Mark L. Shook - St. Louis, MO

  222. Rabbi Howard Siegel - Houston, TX

  223. Rabbi Yaakov (Jeffrey) Siegel - Island Park, NY

  224. Rabbi Jonathan Siger - Macon, Georgia

  225. Rabbi Murray Singerman - Baltimore, MD

  226. Rabbi Ze'ev Smason - St. Louis, MO

  227. Rabbi Myra Soifer - Reno, NV

  228. Rabbi Eric Solomon - Bronx, NY

  229. Rabbi Steve Solomon - Baltimore, MD

  230. Rabbi Ned. J. Soltz - Arlington, TX

  231. Rabbi Jack D. Spiro - Richmond, VA

  232. Rabbi Miriam Spitzer - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  233. Rabbi Sonya Starr - Columbia, MD

  234. Rabbi Brian Strauss - Houston, TX

  235. Rabbi David Straus - Wynnewood, PA

  236. Rabbi Arthur Z. Steinberg - Portsmouth, VA

  237. Rabbi David Steinberg - Burlington VT

  238. Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman - St. Louis, MO

  239. Rabbi Shlomo Tenenbaum - Chicago, IL

  240. Rabbi Elliott Tepperman - Montclair, NJ

  241. Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen - New Haven, CT

  242. Rabbi Robert L. Tobin - Westport, CT

  243. Rabbi Daniel Treiser - Plantation, FL

  244. Rabbi Jason van Leeuwen - Los Angeles, CA

  245. Rabbi Nosson Vershubsky - Voronezh, Russia

  246. Rabbi Elyse Wechterman - Attleboro, MA

  247. Rabbi Neal Weinberg - Los Angles, CA

  248. Rabbi Daniel A. Weiner - Seattle, WA

  249. Rabbi Simkha Weintraub - New York, NY

  250. Rabbi David M. Weis - Northfield, NJ

  251. Rabbi Duvie Weiss - Newark, NJ

  252. Rabbi Harvey Well - Skokie, IL

  253. Rabbi Ann White - Venice, FL

  254. Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener - New York, NY

  255. Rabbi Shohama Wiener - New Rochelle, NY

  256. Rabbi Jeffrey S. Wildstein - Minneapolis, MN

  257. Rabbi Aryeh Wineman - Troy, NY

  258. Rabbi Joel Wittstein - London, ON, Canada

  259. Rabbi Julie Wolkoff - Waltham, MA

  260. Rabbi Yosef Wolicki - Netanya, Israel

  261. Rabbi Alan Yuter - Baltimore, MD

  262. Rabbi Doug Zelden - Chicago, IL

  263. Rabbi David J. Zucker - Aurora, CO

  264. Rabbi Julie Anne Zupan - Sharon, MA

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