Growing Up Without Knowing You Can Be Abused: ‘I Didn’t Understand What We Wanted and Then He Started Touching Me’

Around 400,000 boys and girls are enrolled in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox education system, where there is no sex education of any kind and it does not look like there ever will be. This leads to sexual abuse and coverups, problems in adult relationships, low self-esteem and many other issues. Two young men and one young woman, who grew up in the ultra-Orthodox community, open up to Shomrim about how this has upended their lives

August 27, 2024