appearances by Amy Neustein, Ph.D.
(partial list)
• August 4, 1987 Segment on Ten O’Clock News, WPIX, New York
• October 7-8, 1987 Special Report on Child Sexual Abuse, WCBS Five O’Clock News, New York
• November 18, 1987 Special Report on the Lisa Steinberg child abuse fatality, FOX News, New York
• January 21, 1988 “Gender Bias in the Family Courts,” Geraldo Rivera (Neustein was a repeat guest two more times in 1988-1989)
• April 8, 1988 “Do Family Court Judges Protect Children from Parental Abuse?” Sally Jessey Raphael (Neustein was a repeat guest several times in late 80s)
• August 4, 1988 “The News at Ten,” Coverage of New York City political press conference at City Hall, with Ruth Messenger, WWOR TV, superstation
• August 22, 1988 “Mothers Who Lose Children,” Sally Jessey Raphael
• September 4-8, 1988 “Run, Mommy, Run” investigative report on women across the nation who go on the run with their children, WWOR TV, superstation. News team (“I Team”) won an Emmy for this four-part documentary.
• September 9, 1988 “Repeated Victimization,” Phil Donahue Show
• September 27, 1988 “Sex Abuse and the Courts,” The Best Talk in Town, WPIX
• September 28, 1988 “Why Do Courts Fail Our Nation’s Children?” Gary Chessler Show, WKOA, Denver, CO
• October 13, 1988 “Mothers Who Lose Children to Adoption,” Geraldo Rivera
• October 25, 1988 “The New Underground Railroad,” Michael Jackson Talk Forum, KABC, Los Angeles, CA
• November 21, 1988 “Judicial Responses to Charges of Child Abuse,” People Are Talking, WBZ, T.V., Boston, MA
• December 8, 1988 “The Best of the 1988 Shows,” Geraldo Rivera
• December 13, 1988 “Removing Children from Abusive Homes,” Sonja Friedman Live, CNN, Los Angeles, CA
• January 30, 1989 “Bad Judicial Decisions in Child Abuse Cases,” Pittsburgh Today
• January 31, 1989 “Taking Children Underground,” Home Show, hosted by Christina Ferrare (repeat guest in March 1993)
• February 23, 1989 “Legalized Kidnapping in the Family Courts,” Morning Exchange, Cleveland, OH
• March 3, 1989 (11:30 am) “Why Mothers Go on the Run,” Straight Talk, The 700 Club (founded by Pat Robertson), Christian Broadcasting Network, Virginia Beach, VA
• March 8, 1989 “Family Court Abuses and Legislative Remedies,” a discussion on the New York State Joint Committee Hearing on Family Court Reform, with Jerrold Nadler, Sherrye Henry Program, WOR Radio, New York, NY
• April 7, 1989 “Run, Mommy, Run” update, WWOR TV superstation
• July 11, 1989 “Sex Abuse and the Courts,” People Are Talking, WWOR TV superstation
• August 10, 1989 “Women Who Accuse Ex-husbands of Abuse,” People Are Talking, WBZ TV Boston
• November 3, 1989 “Parents Who Kill Their Children” Sally Jessey Raphael (Neustein as expert)
• November 30, 1989 “Proposed Legislation for Child Abuse Cases,” New York and Company, WNYC (National Public Radio), hosted by Leonard Lopate
• December 6, 1989 “Are Judges Sexist?” Geraldo Rivera
• January 24, 1990 “Mothers Separated From Their Children,” Hard Copy
• March 26, 1990 “Mothers Without Custody,” Joan Rivers Show
• March 30, 1990 “Removing Family Court Judges from the Bench,” Gil Gross Show, WOR Radio, New York, NY
• April 18, 1990 “The Children’s Underground Railroad,” Jane Wallace Show
• February 17, 1992 “When Courts Give Custody to the Abusive Parent,” Montel Williams (Montel ran show 3 times that year)
• October 23, 1992 Report on Neustein case, FOX News, New York
• May 30, 1993 “A Troubling Case of Child Abuse: An Examination of our Child Welfare System,” a documentary appearing on All Things Considered, National Public Radio
• April 14, 1994 Documentary on Child Abuse in America, narrated by Gil Weinreich, Current Affairs Reporter for Voice of America
• April 28, 1994 “When Judges Make Wrong Decisions,” Rolanda (show repeated several times)
• March 8, 1995 “Working Mothers and Child Custody,” News Talk TV, hosted by Ernie Anastos
• May 10, 2005 “From Madness to Mutiny,” an interview with Amy Neustein and Michael Lesher. Nitebeat with host Barry Nolan, CN8 (Comcast Cable Network)
• May 29, 2005 An interview with Amy Neustein and Michael Lesher. NewYork1 News, NJ segment
• June 5, 2005 “An interview with Amy Neustein and Michael Lesher.” “The Week in Review” hosted by Bob Pickett and Charles Etheridge III, KISS-FM
• September 15, 2005 “Her Side: Our Take on the News,” host Helen Grieco. Voice America (web-based radio) by California NOW.
• September 19, 2005 “Playboy Mom Speaks” with Harris Faulkner, reporting. “A Current Affair” (FOX TV) (Neustein quoted as expert on Bridget Marks’ case and as co-author of From Madness to Mutiny)
• January 18, 2006 Stacey Sager, reporting. Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 6 pm (WABC T.V. New York) (Neustein quoted as expert on child welfare system)
• January 24, 2006 Jim Dolan, reporting. Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 11 pm (WABC T.V. New York) (Neustein quoted as expert on child welfare system)
• May 12, 2006 10 p.m. News (WWOR T.V. New York) (Neustein and Lesher are present as experts at press conference dealing with the problems of mothers in family courts)
• June 19, 2006 Paula Zahn Now. CNN (Neustein comments on Parental Alienation Syndrome as family court expert)
• October 11, 2006 Nightline, ABC TV, “Conspiracy of Silence: Child Sex Abuse Case Still Haunts” reported by Cynthia McFadden (Neustein appears as expert on Orthodox Jewish community’s suppression of child sex abuse cases, calling it a “conspiracy of silence”) (See video excerpt here)
• November 8, 2006 Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 11 pm (WABC TV New York), “Did an Alleged Sex Abuser Escape Justice?” reported by Sarah Wallace (Neustein comments on the “stranglehold” of the “rabbinic lobby” on Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes)
• April 25, 2007 Controversy over condominium building in Edgewater, NJ. NewYork1 News, NJ segment (Neustein comments on the needs of the elderly at the Admiral’s Walk condominium)
• April 27, 2007 Update on controversy over condominium building in Edgewater, NJ. NewYork1 News, NJ segment (again showing Neustein’s efforts on behalf of the elderly at the Admiral’s Walk condominium)
• June 29, 2007 Further followup on controversy over condominium building in Edgewater, NJ. NewYork1 News, NJ segment (discussing a lawsuit filed on behalf of unit owners of Admiral’s Walk condominium to protect the elderly and others)
• November 16, 2007 Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 6 pm (WABC TV New York), “Prosecutors Seek Extradition of ‘Rabbi’ in ’84 Sex Abuse Case” reported by N.J. Burkett (Neustein describes “an obstruction of justice” in the sex abuse case of Avrohom Mondrowitz; N.J. Burkett reports that Neustein and others “are hoping Mondrowitz will name names, potentially exposing others who may have been involved in a coverup”)
• April 4, 2008 Neustein discusses incoming New York Governor David Paterson’s legacy as a legislator for women’s and children’s issues. WLIB Radio (included in top-of-the-hour news summary)
• April 1, 2009 Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 6 pm (WABC TV New York), “Orthodox Sex Abuse Hotline” reported by N.J. Burkett (after announcement by Brooklyn D.A. of a new program for encouraging sex abuse prosecutions in the Orthodox Jewish community, Neustein expresses concern over “the history of cases in that office not being properly investigated or prosecuted”)
• May 11, 2011. The Canadian Jewish News, Documentary examines controversial issue by Sheldon Kirshner. Amy Neustein appears prominently on the documentary: “‘Victims are branded as liars, while offenders walk free,’ charges Amy NeuÂstein, an author.”
• May 16, 2011 Vision TV (Canada) documentary series Sex Scandals in Religion, Episode 2, “Wall of Silence” (video clip) directed by Alan Mendelsohn (Neustein, introduced as editor of Tempest in the Temple, describes the systematic suppression of child sex abuse allegations in Orthodox Jewish communities)
• January 3, 2012 Channel 11 WPIX News at 5 and 10 pm (New York), reported by Debra Alfarone, on Neustein’s brother, Josh Neustein, as one of New York’s worst landlords (a distressed Neustein says, “my parents didn’t raise us to be this way”)
• January 4, 2012 Channel 11 WPIX News at 5 and 10 pm (New York), reported by Debra Alfarone, continuing the previous special report (Neustein says, “I’m deeply embarrassed and ashamed of my brother’s treatment of his tenants”)
• January 9, 2015 WWDB AM (Philadelphia, PA) Bob Rovner Talk to the Stars, a live broadcast at 12:30 p.m., in which Amy Neustein speaks about her op-ed in The Jewish Exponent examining sexual abuse by rabbis and whether the Rabbinical Council of America is truly to blame for the Rabbi Barry Freundel (“Peeping Rabbi”) voyeurism scandal (audio of the interview can be heard here; Neustein’s interview begins about 36 minutes into the audio)
• November 4, 2015 WCCO (CBS) (Minneapolis, MN) John Williams Show: a live interview with Amy Neustein, discussing the recent case of two children who ran away after being ordered into the sole custody of a father they said abused them (Neustein’s interview runs from 1:35 to 19:45 of the segment)
• August 24, 2016 WGCH 1490 AM Women’s eNews Live, with Dr. Lori Sokol (Amy Neustein speaks about the family courts and how to make legislative changes to the system)
• August 2022 — The FX TV channel began running a trailer (“Official Teaser”) for their August 12, 2022 docuseries Children of the Underground. The FX trailer opens with a voiceover taken from interviews with Amy Neustein concerning mothers who fled with their children instead of relinquishing custody of them to abusive fathers, and the difficulties these mothers faced on the run.
• September 7, 2022 (9-10 pm) — Guest on 620am – Zev Brenner’s station, guest hosted by Attorney Avrohom Hoschander and childcare professional Soya Radin. Topic of show: the Destruction of Orthodox Families by Institutional Aggressors. Dr. Amy Neustein appeared as an author, expert, and advocate.
• September 14, 2022 (9-10 pm) — Guest on 620am – Zev Brenner’s station, guest hosted by Attorney Avrohom Hoschander and childcare professional Soya Radin. Topic of show: Dr. Amy Neustein's published Letter to the Editor appearing Wednesday, September 14th in the New York Times responding to the Hasidic education cover story.
• June 6, 2023 (8-9 pm) — Guest on KABC – Call for Justice, discussing the case of Catherine Kassenoff, a mother who committed suicide upon having been denied custody and visitation for her three children after extensive litigation, where the courts showed documented bias toward the father.
• May 12, 2024 (1:35-1:50 am) — Guest on Talkline with Zev Brenner (YouTube video link). Amy Neustein was interviewed about her great-grandfather’s antisemitic murder at Henington Hall, a community space that he had founded in the early 20th century — currently a landmark building and art studio/gallery — and about editorials she had recently published profiling the murder and its aftermath.
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