Takana is a forum of prominent personalities with the objective of fighting sexual abuse in the National Religious sector in

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. The forum came to the spotlight in February 2010 when it published a statement claiming that

Rabbi A rabbi (; ) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi—known as ''semikha''—following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of t ...

Mordechai Elon was breaking his commitments to refrain from public activity, which followed complaints of sexual misconduct. In 2008 the forum was involved in the

Makor Rishon ''Makor Rishon'' ( lit. "Firsthand Source") is a semi-major Israeli newspaper associated with Religious Zionism and the educated liberal-conservative right-wing. History ''Makor Rishon'' was founded as a weekly magazine in July 1997 in order ...

exposé of Megirot and its founder, Sylvia Dahari.

Criticism

The forum has been criticized for allowing the religious community to settle matters "in-house" rather than have alleged offenders subject to open public investigation.

References

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