Meyer Seewald
Meyer Seewald | |
|---|---|
| Director, Jewish Community Watch | |
| Assumed office November 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1988 (age 35–36) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Meyer Seewald is a Crown Heights resident who, along with his brother Schneur Seewald, founded the Jewish Community Watch, a Crown Heights-based Jewish community watchdog group that investigates and exposes claimed child sexual abuse (CSA) predators in the Orthodox Jewish Community.[1]
Seewald's work has been covered in an article in Tablet Magazine. The article reported Seewald's supportive stance towards former victims and what that support meant to them personally.[2]
Awards and recognition[edit]
On December 12, 2012, the Brooklyn District Attorney, Charles Hynes, presented an award of excellence to Seewald for "tireless service and dedication to the community".[3][4][5]
Personal life[edit]
Meyer Seewald was born in Crown Heights to Tzvi and Fayge Seewald, who belong to the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Crown Heights.[citation needed]
Seewald first became involved in anti-abuse work following two of his friends confiding to him that they were abused by a local man who had organized youth program's in the community.[2] Seewald later published his own recollections of being vicitimized at an overnight summer camp.[2][6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Abuse Watch Returns With a Board." COLlive. July 7, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Jewish Community Watch." Tablet Magazine.
- ↑ "Brooklyn DA Awards Jewish Organization That Exposes Sexual Predators". Huffingtonpost. December 13, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Brooklyn DA Honors Jewish Community Watch". Crownheights.info. December 13, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Brooklyn DA Recognizes Jewish Organization That Exposes Sexual Predators". Algemeiner. December 14, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
- ↑ Abuse org to hold event. COLlive.com. Accessed Sep 15, 2014.
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