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Complaint Review: Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg Gail Ginsburg - Skokie Illinois

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  • Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg Gail Ginsburg 4500 Dempster Skokie, Illinois U.S.A.

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Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg accused of sexual abuse now targets potential new victims on youtube. Read here: http://www.theawarenesscenter.org/Ginsburg_Jonathan.html http://jewishsurvivors.blogspot.com/2007/06/rabbi-jonathan-ginsburg-on-youtubecom.html http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/404/RipOff0404059.htm
A former member of the Temple of Aaron accused the St. Paul congregation's senior rabbi of sexual exploitation, intentionally inflicting emotional distress, sexual battery and 12 other charges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Ramsey County District Court.

(NAME WITHHELD), who lives in Maplewood, claimed Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg had inappropriate sexual contact with her for three years. The contact took place while Ginsburg was counseling (NAME WITHHELD) and serving as a mentor for her rabbinical studies.

(NAME WITHHELD) has complained of her treatment in the past and now says she is being shunned by the Jewish community, her lawyer said. She has given up her plans of becoming a rabbi.

'When he is a member of the clergy, he can't do this, ' attorney Philip G. Villaume said Wednesday. Those seeking guidance and counseling are vulnerable to clergy members and those who are helping them, Villaume said.

Neither Rabbi Ginsberg nor (NAME WITHHELD) could be reached for comment on the lawsuit, which seeks damages in excess of $50, 000.

According to the lawsuit, (NAME WITHHELD) met Ginsburg in 1996 when she took classes to convert to Judaism, her husband's faith. Ginsburg officiated at her conversion service in 1997, counseled her through the break-up of her marriage that same year and helped her as she earned a bachelor's degree in Jewish Studies in August 1999 from Metropolitan State University.

The lawsuit claims their first sexual encounter took place on Dec. 13, 1999. As she studied to become a rabbi and continued to go to him for counseling, the sexual relationship continued through April 15, 2002, the lawsuit claims.

About a month after their last sexual encounter, (NAME WITHHELD) filed complaints with local and national Jewish leaders. On June 26, 2002, Ginsburg and Temple of Aaron leaders wrote letters to the congregation. Ginsburg 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.'

Gail Ginsburg a Lutheran minister, was ordained in a long distance scheme as a 'rabbi' and NO movement of Judaism recognizes her as a rabbi. Now she pretends to be a Kabbalist and runs this conversion program. Her understanding of judaism and hebrew is less than any 10 yrs old Jewish child.

Some say that Jonathan Ginsburg was having inappropriate sexual relations with Gail Ginsburg at the time when he converted her.


CALL TO ACTION is to prevent another vulnerable woman from becoming the next victim of a sex crime. There are no board members of Ezra Habonim/Niles Township Jewish Congregation listed on their web page, the only contact person provided below is the executive president of the Rabbinic Assembly, Rabbi Joel H. Meyers.

Contact:

The Rabbinic Assembly

Rabbi Joel H. Meyers - Executive Vice President

3080 Broadway

New York, NY 10027

(212) 280-6000

Fax: (212) 749-9166

jmeyers@rabbinicalassembly.org

Survivin
la, California
U.S.A.

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#10 Consumer Comment

BASELESS ACCUSATION

AUTHOR: Kadosh Yom Tov - (United States of America)

POSTED: Sunday, August 07, 2011

"Anonymous" poster posts pure hate without a shred of solid information.  Reports of this being a scorned woman attack might very well be true.  If there is a suit, what is the docket number?, time and date of filing, if it is settled, what were the terms? Was there a criminal investigation?  This is precisely how a baseless accusation gets started on a pseudo-official website like this.  This is precisely why the accused gets to face the accuser, not hide behind an "anonymous" post.  We are so conditioned by the drive-by media that any time a woman utters the magic words "sexual abuse" the planet shakes with excitement.  Truth is, some women know this to be true and exploit it to damage other human beings when there is no other avenue to avenge their hurt feelings over an otherwise petty issue.

Is this the case here? Could be.  One thing is certain, with NOTHING to back up the claims, not one reference to a hard piece of evidence, this is nothing more than a script candidate for the USA network.

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#9 Consumer Comment

BASELESS ACCUSATION

AUTHOR: Kadosh Yom Tov - (United States of America)

POSTED: Sunday, August 07, 2011

"Anonymous" poster posts pure hate without a shred of solid information.  Reports of this being a scorned woman attack might very well be true.  If there is a suit, what is the docket number?, time and date of filing, if it is settled, what were the terms? Was there a criminal investigation?  This is precisely how a baseless accusation gets started on a pseudo-official website like this.  This is precisely why the accused gets to face the accuser, not hide behind an "anonymous" post.  We are so conditioned by the drive-by media that any time a woman utters the magic words "sexual abuse" the planet shakes with excitement.  Truth is, some women know this to be true and exploit it to damage other human beings when there is no other avenue to avenge their hurt feelings over an otherwise petty issue.
Is this the case here? Could be.  One thing is certain, with NOTHING to back up the claims, not one reference to a hard piece of evidence, this is nothing more than a script candidate for the USA network.

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#8 REBUTTAL Owner of company

great rabbi

AUTHOR: emes1 - (USA)

POSTED: Wednesday, May 25, 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
rabbi@esynagogue.orgHomeAbout 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.

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#7 REBUTTAL Owner of company

he is a great rabbi

AUTHOR: emes1 - (USA)

POSTED: Wednesday, May 25, 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
rabbi@esynagogue.orgHomeAbout 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.

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#6 Consumer Comment

YES DK! ***Did you happen to 'Google' this- 3 NEW JERSEY MAYORS AND 5 RABBIS AMONG THOSE ARRESTED, and read the.....

AUTHOR: Karl - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, January 13, 2010

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#5 Consumer Suggestion

No Karl

AUTHOR: D K - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, February 23, 2009

Please don't "go on" please GO AWAY! No one cares about your outlandish and ridiculous conspiracy theories that have NOTHING to do with the original posts. GET A LIFE!

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#4 Consumer Comment

ALMOST ALL RELIGIOUS 'LEADERS'.......

AUTHOR: Karl - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, February 23, 2009

WANT ONLY YOUR MONEY, or they want to CONTROL & MANIPULATE you!!! These people are no different than JUDGES, LAWYERS, BUSINESSMEN, ATHLETES, and POLITICIANS.

You can go to www.9news.com and type in- NOTTINGHAM, and then click on 'GO'. Then click where it says- 9NEWS (35), and go to the March 20th story about the PROSTITUTION RING that catered to QUOTE: 'prominent clients including JUDGES, LAWYERS, BUSINESSMEN, ATHLETES, and POLITICIANS.' (end quote)

'Google' this- SEN CRAIG LOSES APPEAL IN AIRPORT SEX STING CASE, and read it.

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#3 Consumer Comment

YOU HAVE TO BE CONVERTED TO ORTHODOX JUDIASM BY AN ORTHODOX RABBO

AUTHOR: Joe - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, February 23, 2009

I DON'T THINK AN ONLINE PROGRAM, COVERS THE GAMUT FOR CONVERTING TO JUDAISM.

THIS HAS TO BE DONE IN PERSON.

IN ORDER FOR A CONVERSION TO BE RECOGNIZED BY ISRAEL AND JEWS IN GENERAL YOU HAVE TO BE CONVERTED BY AN ORTHODOX RABBI WHO WILL REFUSE YOU THREE TIMES BEFORE HE AGREES TO HELP YOU.

I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I WAS RAISED IN A JEWISH HOUSE.

REFORM JUDAISM IS TO JUDAISM AS THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IS TO THE XTIANS.

I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD WANT ME IN THEIR SYNAGOGUE.

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#2 Consumer Comment

they have best brilliant online conversion program. go to www.convertjudaism.org and see testimonials

AUTHOR: Sam Jones - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, February 20, 2009

its so obvuiis this is scorned woman just trying to get the man who would not date her after they were friends. everyone knows it. meanwhile his brilliant videos and online programs help many. check out his unbelievable learning opportunities.

We believe that some of these other posters are anti-semites trying to undermine jewish teaching, unless they are all from the same person

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#1 Author of original report

Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg and gail ginsburg will not make new victims

AUTHOR: Survivin - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, January 03, 2009

If it were not for this report, the opportunity to meet and work with other victims... in the exposing of Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg Gail Ginsburg for the fraud/sex abuse case/... without our knowledge?... I would still be living in my cave wanting to die.

This has been a place to not only file complaint, but heal as well. Meet new friends and share, so that we are not alone in having been violated. Where we have not been protected in the past, this board now enables us to speak out and help to save many lives. Anyone considering Gail Ginsburg as a real rabbi? NOT! I only wish this powerful venue had been available... when I was researching them on the Internet. But it is now! Thank God!!!

This has been a roller coaster emotions , only that I would like to see Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg held accountable. I do not hate him, nor do I want for him to suffer as we have... I doubt that he could survive it. "Justice" though... would be having him removed from his rabbinical duties where he is a danger to others. Now everybody knows the truth, many thanks to the poffreport

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