In Winnipeg, MB and Brooklyn, NY, allegations of pedophilia shock two quiet and devout Orthodox Jewish communities, as if the accusation itself has broken a covenant. The effects on the victims are devastating. With unusual access to both of these tightly bound communities, we find hope that openness and justice will purge the crime from the community and clear the collective conscience. Written and Directed by Alan Mendelsohn.
It should be no surprise that children are molested in religious communities. For many children of Jewish and Muslim and Christian parents the sexual abuse is ritualized and the genitals of children are cut. That is a severe form of child sexual abuse that is too rarely discussed.
What about mohels that perform "metzitzah b'peh"? You know when they lean over immediately after circumcising and take the baby's raw penis in their mouth and suck off the blood?
RoseFink 10 months ago
May G-d bless those working hard to bring justice to these innocent victims.
frickinmatchbox 10 months ago