The OHEL Investigation

September 21, 2008
David Mandel, CEO from OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services urges parents not to go to authorities to report sexual abuse!
By: Coalition Against Legal Abuse, CALANY

February 23, 2011
Abuse Case Tests Ohel’s Adherence To Reporting Laws.
By: Hella Winston, The Jewish Week

March 1, 2011
The Jewish Week has it Wrong, Again.
OHEL Responds to Jewish Week Article by Hella Winston
Ohel Says Jewish Week Accusations ‘Unfounded’

March 2, 2011
Jewish Week to Ohel: Where’s The Beef?
By: Gary Rosenblatt , The Jewish Week

March 15, 2011
Dr. Brian Leggiere’s Letter to the Jewish Week, writing about Harvey Jacobs, Esq. Ohel’s lawyer and his admiration of Dr. Asher Lipner, former Ohel psychologist and now, director of JBAC

May 3, 2011- URGENT! Andrea Kessler And Her Four Children Are Being Forcibly Evicted From Ohel’s Domestic Violence Shelter 5/5/2011

Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Ohel Campaign To Bolster Image Questioned – Jewish Week
In wake of Jewish Week story, social service agency shared confidential files about abuse case with outsiders.
By: Hella Winston, The Jewish Week

DAVID MANDEL IT IS TIME TO RESIGN. AND BRING NEW LEADERSHIP TO OHEL CHILDRENS HOME
Breaking the Silence about “Breaking the Silence”
by Dr. Asher Lipner, August 30, 2011

National Organization STOP THE VIOLENCE INC. opens the doors this month to the first strictly kosher shelter in New York for victims of domestic violence
September 1, 2011 - New shelter program leaves Ohel in a tizzy, floundering to get “in” on their nationwide competitor for federal funding.

A child abandoned once again: refocusing the discussion of Ohel vs. The Jewish Week
by Asher Lipner, Ph.D., September 6, 2011

May 3, 2012 – Caught on Tape! Dr. David Pelcowitz, admits he was ordered by the Rabbis not to tell parents to call the police for sex abuse.