2021
Many accused Jewish pedophiles in US flee to Israel — report
Jewish Community Watch research cited by CBS says more than 60 people accused of child sex abuse have escaped to Jewish state since 2014
Many Americans accused of sexually abusing children flee to Israel to escape justice, according to a report Wednesday — and bringing them back can be tough.
Those are the findings of a CBS News investigation, which cited research by Jewish Community Watch, a US-based organization that tracks accused pedophiles. Many of the accused go on to abuse children in Israel as well, the report said.
Jewish Community Watch, which started tracking accused pedophiles in 2014, said it has identified more than 60 such people who have fled from the US to Israel in that time and that the actual number is likely much larger, CBS reported. The organization said that most of its cases originate from Modern Orthodox to ultra-Orthodox communities in the US, but that it happens across the wider Jewish community as well.
“The same thing that is going on in the Catholic Church right now around the world, the exact same thing is happening in our community,” Jewish Community Watch founder Meyer Seewald told CBS News. “The cover-ups are the same, the stigma, the shame.”
Jewish men and women have been able to escape to Israel using the Law of Return, which grants any person with a Jewish grandparent the right to obtain Israeli citizenship automatically.
Jewish Community Watch’s chief operating officer, Shana Aaronson, said the blame starts with Jewish communities in the US and the US government for not seeking extraditions, but that Israeli law enforcement has come up short in prioritizing the search for suspects. Israel Police commented that they take the cases seriously and coordinate with the Justice Ministry and police worldwide.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/many-accused-jewish-pedophiles-in-us-flee-to-israel-report/
2020
How Jewish American pedophiles hide from justice in Israel
It's a tense stakeout, waiting for Jimmy Julius Karow to appear. He is a wanted man and is considered dangerous. Accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in Oregon in 2000, he fled to Israel before authorities in the U.S. could apprehend him or figure out where he went. Karow has been running from U.S. law enforcement ever since. Currently INTERPOL, an inter-governmental policing organization that works with 194 countries, has a Red Notice to alert police worldwide that he's a fugitive.
Two years after he fled the U.S., Karow was convicted by an Israeli court of child molestation in a separate case. He served time and was released. Now another alleged Israeli victim has come forward, saying he began abusing her when she was 5-years-old, and continued for years.
Karow has successfully evaded authorities by moving between communities in Israel for almost two decades, and he is not alone.
A widespread problem
A CBS News investigation has found that many accused American pedophiles flee to Israel, and bringing them to justice can be difficult.
Jewish Community Watch (JCW), an American organization that tracks accused pedophiles, has been trying for years to find Karow and help bring him to justice.
JCW says Karow and other wanted men and women have been able to exploit a right known as the Law of Return, whereby any Jewish person can move to Israel and automatically gain citizenship.
Since the small organization started tracking accused pedophiles in 2014, it says more than 60 have fled from the U.S. to Israel. Given its limited resources to identify these individuals, JCW says the actual number is likely much larger.
"The same thing that is going on in the Catholic Church right now around the world, the exact same thing is happening in our community," JCW's founder Meyer Seewald told CBS News. "The cover-ups are the same, the stigma, the shame."
Seewald says tightly-knit Jewish communities across the U.S. will sometimes meet accusations against a member with incredulity, and that can have a chilling effect.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-jewish-american-pedophiles-hide-from-justice-in-israel/