Alice Sparberg Alexiou

Child Molestation: How Lilith Reported the Story

My reporting on the multiple allegations of sexual abuse leveled against pediatrician Stuart Copperman (in the New York Times and Lilith in 2001, and more recently in 2018) has been particularly wrenching, because the alleged abuse happened to these girls when they were pre-adolescents—some as young as 10, none older than 14. 

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#MeToo Right Now

The articles in this special section:

The Hazards of Working in the Jewish Community

Sarah Seltzer

Sarah Seltzer asks Hannah Dreyfus how she exposed inappropriate behaviors by powerful men.

#MeToo in the Media

Sarah Blustain

Sarah Blustain, who investigated sexual misconduct by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach two decades ago, tells you what to look out for when reading a #MeToo report.

Child Molestation: How Lilith Reported the Story

Alice Sparberg Alexiou

Alice Sparberg Alexiou on girls' accounts of abuse at the hands of their Jewish pediatrician; how journalism helps change laws.