8 years after he was accused of sexual abuse, a once-beloved Orthodox rabbi will face a Maryland jury

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Steven (Shmuel) Krawatsky, accused of sexual abuse by families of three boys he worked with at Camp Shoresh in Maryland in 2014 and 2015, will face a civil trial where a jury will decide the validity of the claims and whether the families are liable for defamation. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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