- Report: #487350
Complaint Review: www.jewu.info Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg - Skokie Illinois
-
Author Confirmed
Why?
www.jewu.info Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg
4500 Dempster , Illinois, 60076 Skokie, Illinois, United States of America
Phone:
Web:
N/A
Categories:
Business Rating:
(0)
Tell us has your experience with this business or person been good?
jewu.info Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg JewU Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg Gail Ginsburg Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg sexual Abuse of converts Skokie, Illinois
Sexual Abuse of convert in Skokie
Stay away from Rabbi Gail Ginsburg Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg
Let's not forget that Rabbi Ginsburg resigned as the senior rabbi at Temple of Aaron, and apologized "for an admittedly regrettable incident." The synagogue's board of directors said the rabbi "frankly acknowledged his errors in judgment and expressed his profound and deeply felt apologies.
Woman sues St. Paul rabbi, temple alleging sexual exploitation
By Paul Gustafson
Star Tribune (St. Paul, MN) - January 22, 2004
www.startribune.com/stories/462/4332508.html
A former female member of the Temple of Aaron in St. Paul charged Wednesday in a lawsuit that Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg sexually exploited her while counseling her for more than two years.
The Maplewood woman alleges that Ginsburg knew that she was an emotionally vulnerable person because he learned while counseling her that she was recently divorced, and had been sexually and emotionally abused in the past.
Philip Villaume, her attorney, said she has been "extremely traumatized" by Ginsburg's conduct, and feels that temple officials "did virtually nothing" when she complained to them.
Betty Sue Lipschultz, the temple's board president, said an investigation of Ginsburg was done after the woman complained about him that "did reveal an error in judgment" by the rabbi.
"We have not stood idly by. . . . We investigated the charges fully, and we took and are continuing to take appropriate remedial steps. The Temple of Aaron is a wonderful, caring congregation, and it cares deeply both about its congregants and its staff," she said.
Ginsburg, who is the temple's senior rabbi, could not be reached for comment.
The suit, filed in Ramsey County District Court, seeks damages in excess of $50,000 for sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and sexual exploitation by a member of the clergy.
Temple of Aaron is also named as a defendant in the suit, which alleges that it failed to supervise Ginsburg properly or take appropriate actions against him.
The woman said she complained to temple officials in May 2002. In June 2002 the congregation received letters from Ginsburg and the temple's board informing it that he had had an inappropriate relationship with a female former congregant. Ginsburg apologized for what he called "an admittedly regrettable incident," according to the suit.
The woman alleged, however, that the letters did not disclose the full scope of Ginsburg's sexual misconduct toward her.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
emes1
skokie,Illinois,
USA
false accusations
#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, May 26, 2011
I just loved coming to Services and hearing your D'vrei Torah, which were always excellent. I have known many Conservative Rabbis, but you are really one of the best!March 2011 8820 Skokie Blvd
suite 108
Skokie, IL 60077
ph: 847-331-3584
[email protected] UsConversion online and localPara Rabbi trainingOnline TV600+ youtube videosparsha by parsha video lessonsIntro to Judaism blog video classesPresidents and Prime MinistersClasses live and streamedTESTIMONIALSNew Jews graduates of our conversion programssample videosIsrael advocacyJOIN ESYNAGOGUEABOUT USRabbi Jonathan Ginsburg, a congregational rabbi for 29 years and recently senior rabbi of Ezra-Habonim, Niles Township Jewish Congregation in Skokie Illinois. He is now full time director of Esynagogue, an online synagogue he created. A native of Chicago, Rabbi Ginsburg received his B.A. in religion from the University of Chicago where he was the valedictory orator and received his Masters and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary where he received the Krasne Award for outstanding student.He was a National Merit scholar and 1974 National High School Debate Champion. Rabbi Ginsburg, before coming to Ezra-Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congregation, was the senior Rabbi at the Temple of Aaron, a 1400-family Conservative synagogue for 17 years, and adjunct faculty of St. Catherine College and Metropolitan University. Prior to that, he served as senior Rabbi at the kane street Synagogue in Brooklyn for 5 years. He served on the National Rabbinic Cabinet, United Jewish Appeal, as Associate Chair of the State of Israel Bonds Rabbinic Cabinet Executive Committee and on many Boards of Jewish Institutions. He has served as coordinator of the Minnesota Rabbinical Association, and on the Nominations and Professional Development Committee of the International Rabbinical Assemblyvideo on youtubeWhy did I become a Rabbi? Jewu337 There are also no words to properly convey the depth of my appreciation to Rabbi Jonathan and, yet mere words will have to suffice. Thank you for this gift, for which I can never truly repay you. I will instead repay it learning, living and loving Jewishly everyday.
