NATIONAL JEWISH WEEK FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE

OCTOBER 17-24, 2010

JEWISH BOARD OF ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN
IN COOPERATION WITH
RABBINICAL COUNCIL OF AMERICA
ORTHODOX UNION
IGGUD HARABONNIM - RABBINICAL ALLIANCE OF AMERICA
J-SAFE - THE JEWISH INSTITUTE SUPPORTING AN ABUSE-FREE ENVIRONMENT
CHICAGO RABBINICAL COUNCIL
ASSOCIATED TALMUD TORAHS OF CHICAGO
NCSY
PRESENT:

“PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN FROM ABUSE”

The goal of the seminar is to help parents, school personnel, clergy, therapists, and all concerned community members to:
• become more aware of the incidents of molestation and their impact on individuals and our community
• learn how we can better recognize and report knowledge about such incidents
• hear first hand what survivors of abuse feel the community and parents need to do to support victims of abuse."

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2010

Registration -- 1:00 PM
Associated Talmud Torahs
Ida Crown Jewish Academy
2828 W. Pratt Blvd., Chicago, IL 60645

Speakers:
Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz, Av Beth Din, Beth Din of America and Chicago Rabbinical Council
Halachic Insights Regarding Child Abuse
Rabbi Mark Dratch, founder of JSafe and JBAC Rabbinical Committee member
Jewish Law and the Prevention of Sexual Abuse
Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk, and JBAC Rabbinical Committee member
The Issue in the Local Community and Where Parents Should Turn for Help
Vivian Skolnick, Ph.D., psychoanalyst and JBAC Executive Committee Member
Profile of a Pedophile
Asher Lipner, Ph.D., school psychologist and JBAC Executive Vice President
The Psychological Struggle of the Victim of Abuse
Elliot Pasik, Esq., Attorney and JBAC President
Legal History of Child Abuse; We're Winning the Battle; What We Need to Do for the Future
Mark Weiss, JBAC Executive Committee Member
The Personal Story of One Survivor of Abuse and Thoughts on What Parents Need to Know
Pinny Taub
The Personal Story of One Survivor of Abuse and Thoughts on What the Community as a Whole Needs To Do
Patricia Sudendorf, Esq., Chief, Sex Crimes Division, Criminal Prosecutions Bureau, Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Procedures for Reporting and Investigating Sexual Abuse of Children

No Admission Fee
Mincha at Conclusion of Program
For more information, contact: chicago.awareness@gmail.com
Jewish Board of Advocates for Children, Inc. (JBAC) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation
52 East Olive Street, Long Beach, NY 11561 www.jewishadvocates.org
Elliot Pasik, Esq., President: efpasik@aol.com Asher Lipner, PhD, Exec. Vice President: lipnera@gmail.com
Child Advocates, With A Jewish Heart
About the Jewish Board of Advocates for Children

The Jewish Board of Advocates for Children, a nonprofit, IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation based in New York, was founded
three years ago by a group of lawyers, doctors, rabbis, other professionals, and activists who recognize the need for a new voice to be
heard that addresses the painful problem of the sexual, physical, and emotional abuse of children.

JBAC was born out of the recognition that existing efforts to curb child abuse are inadequate, and new solutions need to be pursued.

Our seminal document, Position Paper to the New York State Legislature, issued in February 2009, can be found on our web site at
www.jewishadvocates.org. We strongly advocate for new laws that will better protect the children who attend religious and other
nonpublic schools.

JBAC has already achieved great success. We were the original and successful proponent of a new law in New York State which
authorizes yeshivas and all nonpublic schools to fingerprint and background check their employees. In this manner, our schools can
avoid hiring registered sex offenders and other dangerous persons who should not work near children.

Additional legislation we seek, both state and federal, are mandatory employee background checks; the strengthening of mandatory
reporting laws; a national registry of abusive educators; no silent resignations; banning of religious school corporal punishment.

Our members have been quoted in many general and Jewish media.

We have successfully been involved in several criminal and civil prosecutions of deviant sex offenders.

We have accompanied sex abuse survivors to court, and referred them to treatment.

JBAC has also been involved in several conferences addressing the sex abuse problem in the Jewish community, held at Young Israel
of Flatbush (Brooklyn); Congregation Ohab Zedek (Manhattan), Congregation Ahavas Israel (Passaic, N.J.), and elsewhere.