about Amy Neustein, Ph.D.
(partial list)
• December 21, 1987 “Home is Where the Hurt Is,” by D. Blake Hallanan and Nancy Suefert. Time Magazine (pg. 68).
• Winter 1988 “Mother Loses Custody Over Alleged Sexual Abuse by Father,” by Margot Schneier. NOW-NYS Action Report (pp. 1-2).
• February 5, 1988 “Kidnapped? Children Can Run Away, be Kidnapped or ‘Legally’ Stolen,” by Marguerite Shrader. The Manteca Bulletin (California) (pg. B-1) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• April 21, 1988 “Child Abuse Explored at Forum,” by Karen Winner. The Westsider (pg. 5).
• August 11, 1988 “Officials Say Abuse Case Review Due,” by Karen Winner. The Westsider (pp. 3, 11).
• September 11, 1988 “Mother Fights to get Custody of Her Two Sons,” by Denise Reynolds. Times Geauga Leader (Ohio) (pp. 1, 4) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• September 21, 1988 “Mother Seeking to Protect Child ‘Abused’ by Court,” by Eleanor Bader. The Guardian (pg. 6).
• October 1988 “Mothers Who Go to Jail for Their Children,” by Marianne Jacobbi and Rosalind Wright. Good Housekeeping (pp. 234-238) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• January/February 1989 “Incest Creates Havoc in Orthodox Home,” by Eleanor Bader. New Directions for Women (pp. 1, 15).
• January 5, 1989 “Custody Fight Splits Family,” by Allen Norwood. The Charlotte Observer (Local News Section, pp. 1-2) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• March 10, 1989 “Judges Deny Moms' Claims,” by Ellen Tumposky. New York Daily News (pg. 6).
• March 13, 1989 “Exposing Dads Who Rape Their Children: Albany Has Taken First Bold Step,” by Ray Kerrison. New York Post (pg. 2).
• March 22, 1989 “Family Court Fails Abused Children,” by Eleanor Bader. The Guardian (pg. 2).
• April 5, 1989 “Another Lisa Steinberg Horror?” by Ray Kerrison. New York Post (pg. 2).
• June 11, 1989 “Growing ‘Underground Railway’ Hides Moms, Kids from Court,” by Jim Howe. Syracuse Herald American (Lifestyle section, pp. 11-12) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• June 21, 1989 “Despite Abuse, Judge Sides with Father,” by Eleanor Bader. The Guardian (pg. 2).
• June 24, 1989 “Maine Court Deciding Custody Fate of Island Kids,” by Raymond A. Wittek. Staten Island Advance (pg. A12) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• June 29, 1989 “National Organization for Women Urges Veto of Bill Outlawing False Child Abuse,” by Deborah Gesensway. The Times Union (Albany, NY) (lead story: pp. A1, A13).
• July 13, 1989 “ ‘Underground’ Hides Fleeing Families — And Draws Some Criticism,” by David R. Anderson. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (pg. 5) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• July 20, 1989 “New Law Aims at False Reports of Child Abuse,” (AP story). The Buffalo News (pg. A-6) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• July 21, 1989 “New Law is Menace to Abused Children,” by Ray Kerrison. The New York Post (pg. 2) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• August 1989 “Cloaked Justice: Does Secrecy in Sex-Abuse Cases Really Protect Children?” by David Berreby. Savvy Woman Vol. 10, Issue 8 (pp. 11-12) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• August 14, 1989 “Found N.H. Mother on the Run Says Underground Was Difficult,” by Clare Kittredge. The Boston Globe (pg. 19) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• Fall 1989 “Child Sex Abuse Case in Brooklyn,” by Susan Mahler. NOW-NYC Newsletter (pp. 4, 6).
• Fall 1989 “Morgan and Neustein: Mothers Against the Courts,” by Susan Mahler. NOW-NYS Action Report (pg. 10).
• September 27, 1989 “Moms Mad at Family Court,” by Bill Farrell. New York Daily News (pg. KSI 1).
• October 1, 1989 “Claims of Sex Abuse Color Custody Battles,” by Deborah Gesensway. The Times Union (Albany, NY) (pp. 1, 8).
• October 16, 1989 “Rancorous Debate Over Herpes Colors Battle for Custody of 5-Year-Old Girl,” by Charles Bosworth, Jr. Illinois Post (pp. 1, 6) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• November 1989 “The Horror of Family Court,” by Viva. New York Woman (pp. 110-115).
• December 27, 1989 “Two Bills Fight Sex Abuse by Parents,” by Ray Kerrison. The New York Post (pg. 2).
• January/February 1990 “Child Doomed by Family Court,” by Marylou Greenberg. New Directions for Women (pg. 2).
• March 30, 1990 “Controversial Judge Stepping Down,” by Alexis Jetter. New York Newsday (pp. 19, 37).
• April 29, 1990 “Kids on the Lam,” by Sheila Anne Feeney. New York Daily News (pp. 1, 4, New York Life section) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• June 19, 1990 “Faye Yager’s Crusade,” by Tanya Barrientos. The Philadelphia Inquirer (pp. 1-F, 10-F) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• August 31, 1990 “Incredible Return of Misogynist a Disgrace,” by Ray Kerrison. New York Post (pg. 2).
• September 1, 1990 “Group Protests Custody: Says Girls Unhappy with their Father,” by Todd Nelson. The Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) (pp. 1A-2A) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• November 19, 1990 “A Tradition of Silence Hides Family Violence,” by Clara Hemphill. New York Newsday (pp. 2, 35) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• Spring 1991 “Fighting for Child Custody,” by Eleanor Bader. Lilith Magazine (pg. 5).
• May 6, 1991 “Critics Say Lawmakers Fail to Address Family Court Flaws,” by Naomi Zabala. The Legislative Gazette (pg. 19).
• June 20, 1991 “The Ball is in Monitors' Court Now,” by Merle English. New York Newsday (pg. 25) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• July 1, 1991 “Custody Case A Travesty of Justice,” by Ray Kerrison. New York Post (pg. 2).
• January 11, 1992 “Family Courts: Are They Meeting Their Mission? A Father Says No,” by Charles Baillou. The New York Amsterdam News (pg. 18) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• March 2, 1992 “Expert Sees Trend of Moms Losing Kids,” by Amy P. Hathaway. Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY) (pg. 2A) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• March 8, 1992 “Life in the Underground: Frustrated Moms Take Kids, Law into Own Hands,” by Steve Mills. Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) (pp. 1A, 9A) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• March 8, 1992 “Safe-House System is Tight Network of Ordinary Citizens,” by Steve Mills. Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) (pg. 9A) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• May 29, 1992 “Speaker Berates Family Courts,” by Richard Eisen. Staten Island Advance (pg. A6).
• October 23, 1992 “Powers that be Doom this Little Girl,” by Ray Kerrison. New York Post (one of ten columns Kerrison wrote on Neustein).
• November 7, 1992 “Pols Demand Look into Child’s Case,” by Michael Powell. New York Newsday.
• November 8, 1992 “A Mother Battles the Bureaucracy,” by Merle English. New York Newsday.
• November 9, 1992 “Pleas for a Dying Child Go Unheeded,” by Ray Kerrison. The New York Post (pp. 7, 14).
• January 15, 1993 “State Pol Acts to Bare Tale Of Horror - ‘Travesty of Justice’ Menaces Girl’s Life,” by Ray Kerrison. The New York Post (pg. 2).
• April 22, 1993 “Fugitive Mom Regains Custody of Her Child,” by Steve Mills. Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) (pp. 1A, 11A) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• May 17, 1993 “ ‘Protectors’ Hide as Girl is Abused,” by Ray Kerrison. The New York Post (pg. 20).
• May 21, 1993 “Children’s Cries for Help Deserve More Attention,” by Barbara Reynolds. USA Today (pg. 11A).
• May 22, 1993 “Children's Advocate at Hearing Urges Probe of Family Court,” by Charles Baillou. The New York Amsterdam News (pg. 24) (Neustein case discussed as platform issue for NYC's contested race for Public Advocate).
• May 1993 “Can the State Murder a Child?” by Ian Jeffreys. The New York Guardian (pg. 4).
• June 17, 1993 “Lawyer-Mom Kills Child, Self,” by Mel Juffe. The New York Post (pg. 20) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• June 17, 1993 “A Family’s Tragedy,” by David McClendon. Rockland Journal-News (pp. A1, A15) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• June 18, 1993 “She Helped Others, But Rimland Died without Asking for Help,” by Len Maniace. Rockland Journal-News (pg. A10) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• July 5, 1993 “Wise Guys” (political column), by Terry Golway. The New York Observer (pg. 5) (Neustein case discussed as platform issue for NYC's contested race for Public Advocate).
• July 26, 1993 “ ‘No Choice,’ She Kills Self and Daughter,” by Raurie Sherman. National Law Journal (p. 8) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• September/October 1993 “Will It Ever End?” by Lynn Wenzel. New Directions for Women, Vol. 22(5), (lead story: pp. 3-5, 29-30).
• September 17, 1993 “Why Paterson Deserved Vote,” by Ray Kerrison. The New York Post (pg. 12) (Neustein case discussed as platform issue for NYC's contested race for Public Advocate).
• December 1993 “Code of Denial: Victims of Domestic Violence in Traditional Jewish Homes Face a Complicated Escape,” by Hannah Liebman. City Limits (New York, NY) (pp. 10-12) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• December 31, 1993 “Lightle Parole Bid is Opposed,” by J. Swygart. Wapakoneta Daily News (Ohio) (pp. 1, 3) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• June 1994 “What Every Woman Must Know About Divorce,” by Melinda Blau. McCall’s (pp. 90-94, 97,150) (Neustein cited as expert).
• December 11, 1994 “Abuse Victims Flee Aboard Underground Railroad of 90’s,” by Michael G. Wagner. Sacramento Bee (CA) (lead story: pp. A1-3, A10-12). Story received award from the National Women’s Political Caucus and Radcliffe College on May 5, 1995 for its feature on women’s issues (Neustein, as expert).
• November 3, 1995 “Judges Sentence Kids to Life of Pain,” by Barbara Reynolds. USA Today (pg. 13A).
• Divorced From Justice: The Abuse of Women and Children by Divorce Lawyers and Judges by Karen Winner. New York, NY: HarperCollins Pubs., Inc. (story referenced in book as “the most tragic, highly profiled case…”).
• January 14, 1996 “Whistleblower Punished at CWA,” by Susan Forrest. The New York Post (pg. 3) (Neustein case cited).
• October 1, 1996 “A Child’s at Stake: A Custody Fight Becomes a Political Nightmare,” by Adam Fifield and Michael Lesher. Village Voice (pp. 10, 12-13).
• November 1, 1996 “Speaking with Their Silence: A Troubling Child Sex Abuse Case in Orthodox Community Raises the Question, Where Are Our Leaders?” by Michael Lesher. The Jewish Week (pg. 28).
• May 11, 1997 “A Mother Who Mourns the Day,” by Merle English. Newsday (pg. 35).
• May 16, 1997 “American sociologist warns Danish mother of dangers of New York City foster care system,” by Karsten Bronnum. Ekstra Bladet (Denmark) (pg. 9) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• June 30, 1997 “Orthodox Community Reacts to Arrests of Rabbis,” by Daniel Starling. Kings Courier (pp. 2, 22) (Neustein quoted as expert on crimes in the Orthodox and Hasidic community).
• No I Won’t Shut Up: 30 Years of Telling It Like It Is by Barbara Reynolds (USA Today columnist). Nashville, TN: Winston-Derek Publishers, Inc. (two USA Today columns about Neustein reprinted in the book).
• March 26, 2002 “It’s Not Just Catholics Who Have to Worry,” by Douglas Montero. The New York Post (pg. 13) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• April 16, 2002 “Orthodox Jews Have Faced Abuse Scandals As Well,” by Karen Matthews. Associated Press (picked up in Newsday, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Dallas Morning News, The Rockland Journal-News (NY), The Guardian (UK), among others; Neustein quoted as expert).
• January 10, 2003 “Custodians of Abuse,” by Kristen Lombardi. Boston Phoenix (pp. 1, 12-20) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• May 28, 2003 “Tripping up the Prosecution,” by Stephanie Saul. Newsday (pg. A6) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• December 5, 2003 “Rabbi Blau Weighs in on Custody Case,” by Nacha Cattan. The Forward (pg. 11).
• June 2, 2004 “Tug-of-Love Ends in Agony,” by Brad Hamilton and Heidi Finger. New York Post (pp. 4-5).
• September 10, 2004 “Facing A Mixed Legacy: First Carlebach Conference to Grapple with Issue of Abuse Head On,” by Adam Dickter. The Jewish Week (pp. 1, 14-15) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• December 17, 2004 “Mothers Push Reforms in Family Courts' Handling of Custody Cases,” by Jennifer Friedlin. The Forward (pg. 6).
• January 7, 2005 “From Childless Mother to Family Court Reformer” by Amy Neustein. The Jewish Press (pg. F1).
• January 8, 2005 “Abused at home, and then in courts” by Kate Gurnett. The Times Union (Albany, NY) (pp. B1, B7).
• March 2005 (Adar II 5765) “A 20-Year-Old Custody Battle Brings Charges of Abuse to the Orthodox Community: In Edgewater, a Mother Waits for Her Daughter To Come Home [Waiting for Sherry Part I]” by Rachel Bluth and Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pg. 30).
• April 22, 2005 “Let My Children Go” by Amy Neustein. The Jewish Press (pg. 8).
• May 2005 “From Madness to Mutiny” by Jesse Rosenthal. The Residential (pg. 10).
• May 2005 (Iyar 5765) “Waiting for Sherry Part II: Who Doesn’t Want From Madness to Mutiny Published ... and Why?” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pg. 3).
• May 2005 (Iyar 5765) “Correction/Clarification/Apology” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pg. 17).
• May 2005 (Iyar 5765) “Dear Sherry” letter by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pg. 19).
• May 9, 2005 “Psychologist's profile sent her packing” by Judy Masterson. The News Sun (Chicago), (pp. 1-2) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• May 20, 2005 “Neustein Reveals Family Court Flaws” by Daniel Hubbard. Edgewater View (pg. 3).
• May 27, 2005 “Mothers protect children from family courts” by Shira Schoenberg. The Jewish Advocate (Boston), (pg. 12).
• May 27, 2005 “Locals Co-Author New Book” Community News section. New Jersey Jewish Standard (pg. 13).
• June 2005 (Sivan 5765) “Waiting for Sherry Part III: Was That Really Sherry Orbach Writing in The Jewish Press?” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pg. 22).
• June 2005 (Sivan 5765) “Letters to the Editor” by Mo Therese Hannah, Ph.D., Rosalie Harman, Larry Molton, and Jeremy H. Griffith. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pp. 68-69).
• June 3, 2005 “From Madness to Mutiny” Community News section. Jewish Community News for the Clifton/Passaic Area (pg. 11).
• September 2005 (Elul 5765) “Letters to the Editor: The Courts and the Community Failed” by Henry Meller. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pg. 85).
• September/October 2005 “Groundbreaking Book: From Madness to Mutiny.” Bergen County The Magazine (pg. 61).
• Autumn 2005 “Book Review: From Madness to Mutiny” by Helen Grieco, Executive Director, California NOW, in California NOW Activist (pg. 6).
• November 2005 “A New Release Examines Why Family Courts Are Failing” by Barbara Clarke. Women's VU (the monthly newsletter of the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center at Vanderbilt University) (pg. 4)
• November 2, 2005 “Custody ruling protested: Mother, supporters decry judicial system amid battle over child's fate” by Michele Morgan Bolton. The Times Union (Albany, NY) (pg. 1) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• November 2, 2005 “OCA Opens Files to Counter Judge's Critics” by John Caher. New York Law Journal (pg. 1, 10) (Neustein quoted as expert).
• December 2, 2005 (Kislev 5766) “From madness to mutiny: How one woman challenged the system” by Vicki Cabot, Contributing Editor. Jewish News of Greater Phoenix (pg. 6).
• December 2005 (Kislev 5766) “Dr. Amy Neustein: Battered Mothers Custody Conference ‘Woman of Valor’ ” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pg. 3).
• December 15, 2005 “Award for Activist , Author Neustein at Siena Conference on Mothers Custody.” The Jewish World (Albany) (pg. 5).
• December 30, 2005 “Dr. Amy Neustein: ‘Woman of Valor’ at BMCC” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Press (reprint of article from The Jewish Voice and Opinion, December 2005) (pp. F1, F3).
• December 30, 2005 “Judging Amy.” The Jewish Standard (pg. 3).
• Winter 2006 “Battered Mothers Custody Conference Gives Woman of Valor Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Amy Neustein” by Mo Hannah. NOW New York State Reporter (pg. 7).
• January 6, 2006 “State delegates at family court talk.” The Jewish Advocate (Boston) (pg. 2).
• January 20, 2006 (20 Tevet 5766) The Jewish Press (pg. 9) (photo of Amy Neustein, Professor Mo Hannah, and Michael Lesher at the Battered Mothers Custody Conference, January 8, 2006)
• March 17, 2006 “ORT Courts a Younger Crowd” by Lois Goldrich. New Jersey Jewish Standard (pp. 6-7) (Neustein profiled as featured speaker for ORT).
• May 12, 2006 “Pirro: Moms Must Have a Level Playing Field in the Family Court” Yonkers Tribune (Neustein and Lesher cited as experts on family court reform).
• May 13, 2006 “Pirro's 'Family' Pal” by David Seifman. New York Post (pg. 2) (Neustein cited as expert on family court reform).
• May 13, 2006 “Pirro Criticizes Family Courts” by Liz Anderson. The Journal News (pp. 1B-2B) (Neustein and Lesher quoted as experts on family court).
• May 22, 2006 “On the Rabbi's Knee: Do the Orthodox Jews Have a Catholic-Priest Problem?” by Robert Kolker. New York Magazine (pp. 28-33, 102-103) (Neustein quoted and her case cited as the “best-known cause celebre” of its kind).
• June 2006 (Sivan 5766) “Now It's Bipartisan: Jeanine Pirro and Chris Owens Adopt Family Court Scandal Raised by Dr. Amy Neustein and Michael Lesher” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pg. 3).
• July 2006 (Tammuz 5766) “Abuse in the Orthodox Community and the Beit Din” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pp. 11-21) (Neustein cited as expert and investigative reporter).
• July 14, 2006 “Bipartisan Interest in Family Court Scandal” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Press (pp. F2-F3) (reprint of June 2006 article from The Jewish Voice and Opinion).
• July 21, 2006 “Alienation Smacks of Stockholm Syndrome” by Anne Grant. The Providence Journal (Opinion: Letters to the Editor).
• July 28, 2006 “Victims Press Brooklyn D.A. To Seek Abuse Suspect's Extradition From Israel” by Nathaniel Popper. Forward (pp. 1, 7) (Neustein quoted as “anti-abuse activist”).
• August 22, 2006 “Film Documents Systemic Family Court Problems Nationwide” by Elizabeth Stull. Brooklyn Eagle (p. 12) (citing the review of From Madness to Mutiny in the New York Law Journal).
• October 27, 2006 “Amy Neustein Fights for Sex Abuse Victims” by Robert Schmelter. Edgewater View (pp. 2, 14).
• October 27, 2006 “Amy Neustein Fights for Sex Abuse Victims” by Robert Schmelter. Fort Lee Suburbanite (pp. 4, 21).
• December 2006 (Kislev/Tevet 5767) “Jewish Women International Tackles Child-Abuse by Rabbis in the Orthodox Community” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pp. 13-17) (Neustein quoted as authority on child sexual abuse in Jewish communities).
• December 15, 2006 “Kolko Scandal Now Criminal” by Adam Dickter. The Jewish Week (Neustein cited for seeking the appointment of a special prosecutor for other cases of child sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community of Brooklyn, NY).
• March/April 2007 (Adar/Nissan 5767) “Bookends: From Madness to Mutiny” VA Jewish Life (p. 17) (describing the book and Neustein's history as “a religious Jew who has dedicated her life to exposing the family court system's prejudice against mothers trying to protect their sexually abused children”).
• July 6, 2007 “Association Pushes Terrace Repairs -- Tenants Say Repairs Are Not Urgent” by Vincent Cavalier. Edgewater View (p. 2) (describing a court's interruption of a renovation project at Admiral's Walk Condominium, and citing Neustein's role in opposing the project).
• July 27, 2007 “Unit Owners Conflict with the Admiral's Walk Board of Directors” by Jee H. Jung, Associate Editor. Korea Times (p. 3) (in Korean) (concerning Neustein's warnings of serious public health risks to Korean unit owners, especially families with young children, posed by poorly planned construction project).
• October 11, 2007 “Israel Asked To Extradite Fugitive Rabbi” by Nancie L. Katz. Daily News (p. 30) (alleged victims of Avrohom Mondrowitz express “some relief” at the news of the renewed extradition effort after many years -- see above, July 28, 2006 and elsewhere, and in Broadcast Media, for Neustein's activist role in this case).
• October 17, 2007 “Abuse Victims Hope Healing Begins with Rabbi's Arrest” by Nancie L. Katz. Daily News (Brooklyn section, p. 47) (followup to the October 11 article listed above, citing “critics” who charge the case had been stalled due to Orthodox community pressure).
• October 19, 2007 “Hynes Now Seeks Mondrowitz Extradition” (Staff Report). The Jewish Week (p. 19) (quoting Neustein as an “advocate for victims of abuse who has been closely monitoring the Mondrowitz case”).
• November 2007 (Kislev 5768) “After 23 Years, Fugitive Wanted for Child Sex-Abuse in Brooklyn's Orthodox Community Faces Extradition from Israel” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pp. 3, 6, 8, 10, 12) (Neustein quoted for her twenty years of activism on the Mondrowitz case and the issue of child sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community).
• November 15, 2007 “Extradition Decision Renews Focus on Alleged Abusers Who Fled to Israel” by Ben Harris. Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) (stating that “activists on sexual abuse in the Orthodox community,” including Neustein, “will hold a news conference in New York [on November 16, 2007] to renew pressure for action in the case of Avrohom Mondrowitz”).
• November 15, 2007 “In the Basement, Behind a Closed Door” by Aviva Lori. Ha-aretz (cover story, Weekend magazine) (Neustein quoted as sociologist about her work in bringing Avrohom Mondrowitz to justice and improving conditions for sex abuse victims in the Orthodox Jewish community).
• November 16, 2007 “22 Years Later, a Child Abuse Suspect's Extradition Is Sought” by Tina Kelley. New York Times (p. B4) (Neustein quoted as author and editor of upcoming book “on rabbis and pedophilia,” commenting on the background of the Avrohom Mondrowitz case).
• November 16, 2007 “Mondrowitz Arrested in Israel” (staff report). Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) (Neustein among “activists” cited as appearing at a press conference with Michael Lesher and speaking of the slowly changing attitude toward reporting sex abuse in the Orthodox community).
• November 16, 2007 “Breaking: Activists Cheer Arrest of Mondrowitz in Israel” by Adam Dickter. The Jewish Week (Neustein, quoted as editor of upcoming book on sex abuse by rabbis, calls the arrest “a ray of sunshine for the victims”).
• November 21, 2007 “Alleged Pedophile Held in Israeli Prison After Extradition Request from Brooklyn” by Anthony Weiss. Forward (Neustein cited as “anti-abuse activist” who campaigned successfully for Mondrowitz's arrest).
• November 22, 2007 “Activists Welcome Suspect's Extradition” by Robert Wiener. New Jersey Jewish News (Neustein quoted criticizing rabbis for “discouraging victims from coming forward” and stating, “It is my hope and my surmise that [Mondrowitz] is going to point a finger at others”).
• December 25, 2007 “To Keep the Secret (Lishmor al ha-Sod)” by Aviva Lori. Ha-aretz (in Hebrew) (Neustein cited as supporter of victims of Avrohom Mondrowitz).
• March 12, 2008 “Jewish Community Has Warm Feelings for Spitzer Successor” by Ben Harris. Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) (Neustein quoted regarding her years of close contact with David Paterson, New York's new governor, his support for her cause, and his hearings and testimony on “the failure of the legal system to adequately protect children”).
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