• March 11, 2000 “Rabbis’ Ruling May Nix Bid To Indict Suspect in Kid-Sex Rap,” by Al Guart. New York Post (p. 10) (Lesher quoted as source re: a secret rabbinic tribunal that purportedly cleared a tutor criminally charged with abusing a young pupil)
• April 13, 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)
• May 29, 2003 “Tripping up the Prosecution,” by Stephanie Saul. Newsday (pg. A6) (Lesher credited with unearthing government documents “embarrassing” to a District Attorney responsible for pursuing a fugitive wanted for alleged child sexual abuse)
• July 20, 2004: Presentation, “Do’s and Don’ts in Dealing with Child Protective Services,” New Jersey Parents Against DYFS, New Jersey
• November 30, 2004: Presentation re: family court problems to Justice Jacqueline Silbermann, Statewide Administrative Judge for Matrimonial Matters, Supreme Court of New York, New York, NY
• 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) (Lesher quoted as authority)
• 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 10, 2005 “From Madness to Mutiny,” an interview with Amy Neustein and Michael Lesher. Nitebeat with host Barry Nolan, CN8 (Comcast Cable Network)
• May 27, 2005 “Locals Co-Author New Book” Community News section. New Jersey Jewish Standard (pg. 13)
• May 29, 2005 An interview with Amy Neustein and Michael Lesher. NewYorkOne News, New Jersey segment
• May 31, 2005: Presentation of From Madness to Mutiny with co-author Amy Neustein at Jewish Book Network of the Jewish Book Council at the Kraft Center for Jewish Life, Columbia University, NY
• 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 3, 2005 “From Madness to Mutiny” Community News section. Jewish Community News of Clifton/Passaic (pg. 11)
• June 3, 2005: Signing of From Madness to Mutiny with co-author Amy Neustein, at the Book Expo of America, Javits Center, New York, NY
• June 5, 2005: An interview with Michael Lesher and Amy Neustein. “The Week in Review” hosted by Bob Pickett and Charles Etheridge, III, KISS-FM
• June 23, 2005: Signing of From Madness to Mutiny with co-author Amy Neustein, at Clifton Commons Barnes and Noble, Clifton, NJ
• Autumn 2005 “Book Review: From Madness to Mutiny” by Helen Grieco, Executive Director, California NOW, in California NOW Activist (pg. 6)
• September/October 2005 “Groundbreaking Book: From Madness to Mutiny,” Bergen County The Magazine (pg. 61)
• September 19, 2005 “Playboy Mom Speaks” with Harris Faulkner, reporting. “A Current Affair” (FOX TV) (From Madness to Mutiny shown in connection with a notorious protective-parent case)
• November 2, 2005 “OCA Opens Files to Counter Judge’s Critics,” by John Caher. New York Law Journal (pg. 1)
• November 2, 2005 “Custody Ruling Protested: Mother, Supporters Decry Judicial System amid Battle Over Child's Fate” by Michele Morgan Bolton, Albany Times Union (pg. 1) (referring to From Madness to Mutiny)
• December 2005 (Kislev 5766) “Dr. Amy Neustein: Battered Mothers Custody Conference ‘Woman of Valor’ ” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pg. 3) (refers to From Madness to Mutiny and to the invitation to the authors to speak at the Battered Mothers Custody Conference in January 2006)
• December 15, 2005 “Award for Activist, Author Neustein at Siena Conference on Mothers Custody.” The Jewish World (Albany) (pg. 5)
• December 30, 2005 (29 Kislev 5766) “Dr. Amy Neustein: Woman of Valor” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Press (pg. F1) (reprint of JVO article above)
• December 30, 2005 “Judging Amy” by Jacob Berkman. The Jewish Standard (pg. 3)
• January 6, 2006 “State Delegates at Family Court Talk.” The Jewish Advocate (Boston) (pg. 2)
• January 8, 2006 Delivered keynote address
at third Battered Mothers Custody Conference, a symposium of lawyers,
judges, mental health professionals and others (with Amy Neustein)
• January 20, 2006 (20 Tevet 5766) The Jewish Press (pg. 9) (photo of Michael Lesher, Amy Neustein and Professor Mo Hannah at the Battered Mothers Custody Conference, January 8, 2006; photo at right by Joe Lombardo)
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