My name is Kimmie Joy Zeltzer and my Hebrew name is Hadassah Chavivah bat Chaya Faiga Zeltzer. I also go by my Pseudonym name “Tzedeck” in my professional work as a multi-disciplinary artist and a former Judia teacher.

I have had the honor to teach little Jewish children in my local Jewish communities where I live in Brookline, Chestnut Hill and Cambridge Ma.  As well as mature adults in the Boston and Brookline Jewish communities in the State of Ma.

I am also a survivor of Clergy abuse.

It has taken me many years to feel confident enough to come out and say this publicly and to acknowledge all of the wonderful people and families and individuals in our local Jewish communities from the state of Massachusetts and Israel who have stood by me both privately and publicly throughout the many decades of my recovery and healing so I could  be able to  integrate back into the our beloved Jewish communities and be a active member of the Jewish people again.

I have also been fortunate enough to stay connected throughout the years to many local Jewish women and their families who created a safe space to for me to celebrate the Jewish........

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