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The Awareness Center, Inc., also known as the international Jewish Coalition Against Sexual Abuse/Assault, is a nonprofit institution whose stated mission is to end sexual violence in the Jewish community.〔(The Awareness Center Home Page ). Retrieved 29 April 2013〕〔(''The Awareness Center's Mission Statement'' ). Retrieved 29 April 2013.〕〔 The Center, headquartered in Skokie, Illinois, has been both praised and criticized for maintaining a website whose policy is to identify Jewish clergy and officials as alleged sexual predators, by name, whether or not they had been charged or sued.〔(Clergy Abuse ), Washington Jewish Week (2007-01-17): "The center has been both criticized and praised for its policy of identifying rabbis and other sexual predators on its Web site, whether or not they have been tried in court."〕〔(Reining in Abuse ), Cleveland Jewish News (2007-01-25).〕 Critics say the Center made unfounded and unsubstantiated accusations.〔"Some of them have been convicted of crimes; some have not even been charged or sued." 〕〔(Trial by Internet: An archetypal spiritual drama, by Jeff Bell, Catalyst magazine, July 2008. )〕〔Rosenbluth, Susan, ("Dov Hikind’s Challenge: Who Should Sit — and Who Should Not — on Taskforce Dealing with Sex Abuse in the ''Frum'' Community" ), The Jewish Voice and Opinion, November 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2010.〕 The Center's founder and CEO made similarly unfounded accusations before incorporating the Center. Appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show under a pseudonym, she claimed to have been raised in a secret, Satanic Jewish sect that practiced both child sexual abuse and human sacrifice.〔〔〔 Video from this interview has been used by anti-Semitic groups to perpetuate the myth that Judaism countenances such practices. ==History, goals and leadership== The Awareness Center was founded by Vicki Polin, a licensed clinical professional counselor, in 2001〔 and incorporated in 2003.〔 It closed for a time in 2011,〔(Polin, Vicki, ''As Purim Rolls in The Awareness Center Closes'', The Awareness Center, Inc., 17 March 2011. ) Retrieved 18 March 2011.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Awareness Center Blog, "Saying goodbye to an era" )〕 but has resumed operations.〔 The Center's mission statement lists goals such as the development of an international data base and web page, an international speaker's bureau and an educational certification program for rabbis, cantors and other Jewish communal leaders.〔 In December 2010, the Center claimed the support of more than 260 rabbis from around the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Rabbis who Publicly Support the Efforts of The Awareness Center To End Sexual Violence in Jewish Communities Around The World )〕 Rabbi Yosef Blau, a religious adviser at Yeshiva University and an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse and other misconduct by clergy, described the Center's website as very valuable. "Since you can't get people arrested and there are no court cases, you have to use a standard that's reasonable and () works in that context."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Awareness Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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