Manny Waks took a razor on the plane bound for Israel and shaved his whiskers after takeoff. He
hoped the journey and clean-shaven face would deliver him not only from
his community in Melbourne but from the Ultra Orthodox sect that so
reminded him of the sexual abuse he had endured as a boy.
He tried
to forget Jewish holidays, customs, language. The abuse had erased his
childhood innocence and taken from him his larger identity in the world.http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/in-depth/royal-commission/manny-waks-child-sexual-abuse-survivor-who-fought-back/news-story/4a6373e84d3918acf141d16ea8b3552f