When: Friday, May 5, 2006 at 2:00 pm.
Where: Public sidewalk in front of Yeshiva Torah Temimah, 555 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY.
Who: One of the victims and attorney Jeffrey Herman will make a statement and take questions.
Herman & Mermelstein, P.A.
Jeffrey M. Herman, Esq.
18205 Biscayne Blvd.
Suite 2218
Miami, FL 33160
(305) 931-2200
www.hermanlaw.com
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 279 of 279The suit names YTT Inc. not Margo. Is there any way for Margo to separate himself from YTT and come away alive (injured but still breathing)? Is his only choice to start a brand new school (called Yam Hatalmud), or can he keep this up?
No donor is going to bail him out of $20M.
He should bankrupt YTT and start over in the same location. Maybe call it Yeshiva Tomchei Torah of Kensington.
http://www.theawarenesscenter.org/Brauner_Jerry.html
Convicted sex offender working at his family's bakery on 13th Ave and 54th St.
DEAR DOC:
The problem as UOJ knows, is that if you start out repectful nothing can be accomplished because no one defends their action on the merits anymore. Every challenge to heinous, immoral and sometimes just ludicrous acts is sssh do not say loshen hora, or have respect for this or that "godol" or leave it to our institutions and "leadership".
Only when the gauntlet is thrown down by professing no respect for anything or anyone, can all that smoke be cleared away and a legitimate debate on the merits of the actions at hand whether it be R kolko or metizah b'peh or anything else have a chance to be looked at on their own merits.
To: Somebody who asked about progress on a background check bill
From: Somebody in the network
There is a bill, and the number is S. 007381, that will authorize all nonpublic schools to conduct fingerprint-based national criminal background checks on employees. The bill is supported by both the RCA and Aguda. More supporters are likely to follow. You can read the bill by going to the website of the New York State Senate, and going onto the page of Senator Dean Skelos, the Deputy Majority Leader, who introduced the bill.
A few wrinkles need to be ironed out. The bill allows fingerprinting of prospective employees - the bill advocates want to fingerprint current employees also. In addition, the bill authorizes fingerprinting, but does not require it - some bill advocates want it required, just as it is for public schools.
It seems very likely that a bill in some version will get introduced and passed, and whatever version it is, it can only be for the good.
People should be encouraged to make their opinions respectfully known to the bill's introducer, Senator Skelos, by email or letter.
I'm seriously contemplating attending the YTT dinner and will speak from the podium. I will have a police escort.
How on earth are you going to get the police to give you an escort to a dinner?!?
I'm seriously contemplating committing Yooj to bellevue. On what planet where you're the god of all and decider of justice (and have the ability to speak at a dinner, let alone command a police escort) do you reside?
Sure you do. Don't worry we beleive you. (quick, get the haldol.)
Herman? A mensch? An ambulance chaser who's carved out a niche in the abuse world?
If he were a mensch, he'd be taking the case pro bono. but he's not, is he.
All attack dog suit lawyers spend out of their own pocket when doing discovery. That's the whole point of how they operate! its free till you win, then its big bucks for everyone but the victims...
Why dont you disclose what commission he's working on? 20%? 40%?
Call me back when he's taking the case of poor people and donating the money to charity to stop future abuse.
Till then, your respect is as warped as your worldview.
Rav Moshe Wolfson in Brooklyn is a tzaddik gamur, although I've had many disagreements with him.
"Rav Moshe Wolfson in Brooklyn is a tzaddik gamur, although I've had many disagreements with him."
I agree 100%, although I never had any disagreements with him. I learned in both YTT & YTV.
DEAR DOC:
The problem as UOJ knows, is that if you start out repectful nothing can be accomplished because no one defends their action on the merits anymore. Every challenge to heinous, immoral and sometimes just ludicrous acts is sssh do not say loshen hora, or have respect for this or that "godol" or leave it to our institutions and "leadership".
Only when the gauntlet is thrown down by professing no respect for anything or anyone, can all that smoke be cleared away and a legitimate debate on the merits of the actions at hand whether it be R kolko or metizah b'peh or anything else have a chance to be looked at on their own merits.
To the above Anonymous,
Thank you! I tried every other method available to mankind on so many issues; nothing.
There have to be changes or Judaism chokes itself to death.
I am representing thousands of people that have thanked me and thousands others who agree that enough is enough!
Let this be an incentive for intelligent rabbonim to band together and form an organization that represents Toras emes...and get rid of the false prophets, fake Messiahs and gangster/evil rabbis.
V'nomar Amen!
Rabbi M's Daughter, thanks for the encouragement. My plate is too full right now to blog Detroit's frummie nonsense but who knows? Besides, I'm a bit of an outsider at this point.
Don't get me wrong. There are quite a few Jews here that act with integrity, which I believ is one of the meanings of shlaimut. I have the highest admiration for Rabbi Irons and Rabbi Schwab and their spouses as well. R. Daniel Arm is a talmid chacham of the first rank. I've already mentioned R. Durden and Eli Gordon. The Pollacks and their sons are exemplary Jews and it's an honor to know the Ungar family (LOL, I just realized that I covered Polish and Hungarian Jews with that one). The Landsmans are very sweet and erlich. Ilya and Adele Kozadayev are inspirational and few people in the world practice hachanasat orchim with the personal dedication of David and Shari Klein. Hell, even my ex is an exemplary Jew.
It's not that there aren't examples of Jews that try to walk the talk. It's just that so many others that turn something magnificent into something petty and puny.
That's what I think is so hilarious about all this. I can discuss any subject in the world with Shmuel Irons. He's never told me that my subject matter was inappropriate and at the very least he's indulged my rantings without calling me an apikores.
Rabbi Horowitz in Monsey sounds like he has his head on his shoulders. We need teachers, leaders and true rabbis, not just folks who preach to the choir.
Amen.
cf. Isaiah 58
You have tried nothing. From the start, all you have done is smeared people's names, often without any clear benefit (for example, what great benefit accrues from cursing out the gerrer rebbe - what do you think that will accomplish? what goal do you have in mind other than this general lack of respect for any rabbi). If you didnt start out with your loshon hora from teh outset, you'd have a little more credibility.
Also, I love it how you respect "these" rabbis - b/c theyre silent on your issues. I bet if you went and asked rav wolfson whether he agreed with your MO he'd say absolutely not. And then, of course, you'd use that as grounds to pasul him too.
Ah. its convenient when you have a bully pulpit fortified by the utter self-certainty that chracterized lunatics from hitler to stalin to yigal amir.
uoj is a tzaddik gamur, although i've had many disagreements with him.
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Rabbi in sex suit
NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY AUSTIN FENNER
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
A Brooklyn rabbi and his yeshiva were hit with a $20 million civil lawsuit yesterday, accusing him of molesting two students more than 25 years ago.
One of the alleged victims said Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, 60, sexually assaulted him when he was a seventh-grade student attending Yeshiva-Mesivta Torah Temimah, an Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, religious school.
"It happened in his car on the way to school and at recess during summer camp," the 48-year-old man said at a press conference.
The plaintiff, identified by his Miami lawyer, Jeffrey Herman, only as John Doe No. 1, was allegedly molested during the early 1970s over a two-year period, Herman said.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 02:00 PM
SNAP Says Abuse Law, Blessed by the Church, Falls Short
TOLEDO (OH)
Court TV
By Seamus McGraw
May 10, 2006
TOLEDO, Ohio (Crime Libarary) — If nothing else, advocates for survivors of sexual abuse by priests had hoped that the steady drumbeat of media attention focused by allegations of bizarre rituals and depraved assaults against children, committed, they maintained, over three decades by disgraced priest Chet Warren and others, would in the end lead the state legislature and the church to greater accountability.
It was clear, said Claudia Vercellotti, an activist with the Toledo chapter of SNAP, that law enforcement could do little, the allegations were too old, and whatever hard evidence there may have been about the claims had long since been obscured or erased by time.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 01:57 PM
Prosecutor Confronts Accused Priest
TOLEDO (OH)
San Francisco Chronicle
By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
(05-10) 10:32 PDT Toledo, Ohio (AP) --
A Roman Catholic priest accused of killing a nun 26 years ago in a hospital chapel shaped stab wounds into an inverted cross on her chest to humiliate her, a prosecutor said Wednesday in closing arguments at his murder trial.
The Rev. Gerald Robinson was so angry with Sister Margaret Ann Pahl that he also tried to anoint her with her own blood in a "bastardized" version of the last rites, prosecutor Dean Mandros told the jury.
The defense countered that DNA evidence doesn't link Robinson to the crime. The nun's underwear and fingernails had traces of DNA that was likely from a man but not from Robinson, said his lawyer, John Thebes.
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Diocesan Priest Placed on Leave
VIRGINIA
Catholic Herald
I'm a little confused. Besides Judge Townes, someone also mentioned a Judge Go, who seems to have a lot of experience trying cases of mafia boiler rooms manipulating stocks, drug dealers and fraudsters. Both judges are based at Cadman Plaza. Which judge is trying the case ?
More on Judge Marilyn Go here:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&q=%22Judge+Marilyn+D+Go%22
And here:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&q=%22Judge+Marilyn+Go%22
http://www.senatordeanskelos.org/senate_update.asp?id=713
I took a peek at the website of Senator Dean Skelos. It says that the State Assembly is refusing to support his legislation. Where the hell is Dov Hikind ? Under current law, police will notify yeshiva administrators that someone is a pedophile, but it seems that the Margos of this world are not prevented from employing them.
And then I saw this:
http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/distsen.cgi
S7381 SKELOS
Education Law
TITLE....Authorizes private elementary and secondary schools to require prospective employees to submit fingerprints for a criminal history background check
04/20/06 REFERRED TO EDUCATION
SUMMARY:
SKELOS
Amd SS305 & 3035, add S3001-d, Ed L
Authorizes nonpublic and private elementary and secondary schools to require their prospective employees to submit fingerprints through the commissioner of education for the purpose of criminal background checks.
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BILL TEXT:
STATE OF NEW YORK
7381
IN SENATE
April 20, 2006
___________
Introduced by Sen. SKELOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing nonpublic
and private elementary and secondary schools to apply to the commis-
sioner of education for criminal history record checks on prospective
employees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 30 of section 305 of the
2 education law, as added by chapter 180 of the laws of 2000, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (a) The commissioner, in cooperation with the division of criminal
5 justice services and in accordance with all applicable provisions of
6 law, shall promulgate rules and regulations to require the fingerprint-
7 ing of prospective employees, as defined in section eleven hundred twen-
8 ty-five of this chapter, of school districts, charter schools and boards
9 of cooperative educational services and authorizing the fingerprinting
10 of prospective employees of nonpublic and private elementary and second-
11 ary schools, and for the use of information derived from searches of the
12 records of the division of criminal justice services and the federal
13 bureau of investigation based on the use of such fingerprints. The
14 commissioner shall also develop a form for use by school districts,
15 charter schools [and], boards of cooperative educational services, and
16 nonpublic and private elementary and secondary schools in connection
17 with the submission of fingerprints that contains the specific job title
18 sought and any other information that may be relevant to consideration
19 of the applicant. The commissioner shall also establish a form for the
20 recordation of allegations of child abuse in an educational setting, as
21 required pursuant to section eleven hundred twenty-six of this chapter.
22 No person who has been fingerprinted pursuant to section three thousand
23 four-b of this chapter or pursuant to section five hundred nine-cc or
24 twelve hundred twenty-nine-d of the vehicle and traffic law and whose
25 fingerprints remain on file with the division of criminal justice
26 services shall be required to undergo fingerprinting for purposes of a
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14534-01-6
S. 7381 2
1 new criminal history record check. This subdivision and the rules and
2 regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall not apply to a school
3 district within a city with a population of one million or more.
4 § 2. The opening paragraph and subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of
5 subdivision 30 of section 305 of the education law, as added by chapter
6 180 of the laws of 2000, are amended to read as follows:
7 The commissioner, in cooperation with the division of criminal justice
8 services, shall promulgate a form to be provided to all such prospective
9 employees of school districts, charter schools [and], boards of cooper-
10 ative educational services, and nonpublic and private elementary and
11 secondary schools that shall:
12 (i) inform the prospective employee that the commissioner is required
13 or authorized to request his or her criminal history information from
14 the division of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of
15 investigation and review such information pursuant to this section, and
16 provide a description of the manner in which his or her fingerprint
17 cards will be used upon submission to the division of criminal justice
18 services;
19 § 3. Subparagraph (vii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 30 of section
20 305 of the education law, as added by chapter 180 of the laws of 2000
21 and as renumbered by chapter 182 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read
22 as follows:
23 (vii) been informed that in the event his or her employment is termi-
24 nated and such person has not become employed in the same or another
25 school district, charter school [or], board of cooperative educational
26 services, or nonpublic or private elementary or secondary school within
27 twelve-months of such termination, the commissioner shall notify the
28 division of criminal justice services of such termination, and the divi-
29 sion of criminal justice services shall destroy the fingerprints of such
30 person. Such person may request that the commissioner notify the divi-
31 sion of criminal justice services that his or her fingerprints shall be
32 destroyed prior to the expiration of such twelve month period in which
33 case the commissioner shall notify the division of criminal justice
34 services and the division shall destroy the fingerprints of such person
35 promptly upon receipt of the request; and
36 § 4. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3001-d to
37 read as follows:
38 § 3001-d. Criminal history record checks; nonpublic and private
39 schools. Any nonpublic or private elementary or secondary school may
40 require, for the purposes of a criminal history record check, the fing-
41 erprinting of all prospective employees pursuant to section three thou-
42 sand thirty-five of this article, who do not hold valid clearance pursu-
43 ant to such section or pursuant to section three thousand four-b of this
44 article or section five hundred nine-cc or twelve hundred twenty-nine-d
45 of the vehicle and traffic law. Prior to initiating the fingerprinting
46 process, the prospective employer shall furnish the applicant with the
47 form described in paragraph (c) of subdivision thirty of section three
48 hundred five of this chapter and shall obtain the applicant's consent to
49 the criminal history records search. Every set of fingerprints taken
50 pursuant to this section shall be promptly submitted to the commissioner
51 for the purposes of clearance for employment.
52 § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 3035 of the education law, as added by
53 chapter 180 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
54 1. The commissioner shall submit to the division of criminal justice
55 services two sets of fingerprints of prospective employees as defined in
56 subdivision three of section eleven hundred twenty-five of this chapter
S. 7381 3
1 received from a school district, charter school or board of cooperative
2 educational services and of prospective employees received from nonpub-
3 lic and private elementary and secondary schools pursuant to title two
4 of this chapter, and the division of criminal justice services process-
5 ing fee imposed pursuant to subdivision eight-a of section eight hundred
6 thirty-seven of the executive law and any fee imposed by the federal
7 bureau of investigation. The division of criminal justice services and
8 the federal bureau of investigation shall forward such criminal history
9 record to the commissioner in a timely manner. For the purposes of this
10 section, the term "criminal history record" shall mean a record of all
11 convictions of crimes and any pending criminal charges maintained on an
12 individual by the division of criminal justice services and the federal
13 bureau of investigation. All such criminal history records sent to the
14 commissioner pursuant to this subdivision shall be confidential pursuant
15 to the applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and
16 shall not be published or in any way disclosed to persons other than the
17 commissioner, unless otherwise authorized by law.
18 § 6. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 3035 of the education
19 law, as amended by chapter 147 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read
20 as follows:
21 (a) Clearance. After receipt of a criminal history record from the
22 division of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investi-
23 gation the commissioner shall promptly notify the appropriate school
24 district, charter school [or], board of cooperative educational
25 services, or nonpublic or private elementary or secondary school whether
26 the prospective employee to which such report relates is cleared for
27 employment based upon his or her criminal history. All determinations to
28 grant or deny clearance for employment pursuant to this paragraph shall
29 be performed in accordance with subdivision sixteen of section two
30 hundred ninety-six of the executive law and article twenty-three-A of
31 the correction law. When the commissioner denies a prospective employee
32 clearance for employment, such prospective employee shall be afforded
33 notice and the right to be heard and offer proof in opposition to such
34 determination in accordance with the regulations of the commissioner.
35 § 7. Subdivision 3 of section 3035 of the education law, as added by
36 chapter 180 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
37 3. After receipt of a criminal history record from the division of
38 criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investigation the
39 commissioner shall promptly notify the appropriate school district,
40 charter school [or], board of cooperative educational services, or
41 nonpublic or private elementary or secondary school whether the prospec-
42 tive employee to which such report relates is cleared for employment
43 based upon his or her criminal history. All determinations to grant or
44 deny clearance for employment pursuant to this subdivision shall be
45 performed in accordance with subdivision sixteen of section two hundred
46 ninety-six of the executive law and article twenty-three-A of the
47 correction law. When the commissioner denies a prospective employee
48 clearance for employment, such prospective employee shall be afforded
49 notice and the right to be heard and offer proof in opposition to such
50 determination in accordance with the regulations of the commissioner.
51 § 8. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
52 the date on which it shall have become a law, provided that the amend-
53 ments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 3035 of the education
54 law, made by section six of this act, shall not affect the expiration
55 and reversion of such subdivision and shall expire therewith, when upon
56 such date section seven of this act shall take effect.
Boog,
Can you be a little more specific about Weinfeld "gravitating to money" ?
He allows outside appeals in his shul, so it's not like he's trying to hog all the wealth for himself.
Sigh. Who's calling me this morning and waking me up from my beauty sleep ?
You actually want your representatives to do something ? I thought I can get elected by just saying good Shabbes to people on Ocean Parkway when I'm walking off the chulent.
"Someone in the Network" mentioned that the Agudah is collaborating with the RCA on the sex offender registry. Did Zweibel finally smarten up after his previous history of obstructionism ? Is there someone from the RCA reading this that can confirm the Agudah is doing the right thing for a change ? This would call for a Shehecheeyanoo beshaim umalchus. After Elliot Pasik put Torah Umesorah on the spot by going public, Fishman is also at least paying public lip service to this.
UOJ,
Do you or Jeff Herman have any estimate how long it will take to battle Kolko and Margo in court? Will this be a long protracted battle that will last years or can we schedule a pickup for these two pieces of oversized garbage ?
The Assembly is not receptive to legislation on pedophiles from Senator Skelos ? Maybe that's why Tom Suozzi wants to get rid of Sheldon Silver.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/10/nyregion/10gov.html
May 10, 2006
Suozzi Seeks Replacement of Leaders in Legislature
By JENNIFER MEDINA and PATRICK HEALY
ALBANY, May 9 — Stepping up his attacks on the political establishment in the halls of the State Capitol, Thomas R. Suozzi, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor, called on Tuesday for the two leaders of the Legislature to be ousted.
In his remarks at a conference on government reform, Mr. Suozzi, the Nassau County executive, said voters should demand that rank-and-file lawmakers replace Joseph L. Bruno, the Republican majority leader of the State Senate, and Sheldon Silver, the Democratic speaker of the Assembly, "because they have failed to fight for the reforms we seek."
Ah. its convenient when you have a bully pulpit fortified by the utter self-certainty that chracterized lunatics from hitler to stalin to yigal amir.
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Pratim:
You forgot to include Margulies in your list of self certain lunatics. He is the Hitler/Stalin of your circles and has done more damage to your children than Hitler and Stalin combined.
Chew on that.
Bill Pusher:
What is the point in pushing for a Bill that will allow yeshivas to do something they don't want to, and won't, do in any instance?
Please explain.
http://www.canonist.com/?p=691#comment-12041
Liezerowitz is a molester Says:
May 11th, 2006 at 12:59 am
Breaking News!!! “Rabbi A. M. Leizirowitz, Dean of Gerrer Yeshiva in Boro Park has been deposed and ordered back to Israel. Ger had been threatened by a major sex scandal if he werent removed by the time thier rebbe comes to the US next week. They removed him from sheer feer of scandal, not because they realized a molester should not be exposed to children. He is now saying he is leaving because his mother-in-law is not well. We have no problem with that. Let him screw all the kids in ger-israel and they will reap the “seeds” of thier coverup. I hear civil litigation is still being considered and if he is not gone by next week all hell breaks loose with leaflets and mailings a-la-Kolko. Funny how this high holy sect cares more for thier prestige than for the safety and well being of hundreds of young innocent boys. At least the victims are hopping for joy although I cant see how they will feel vindicated without an all out apology from the system or substantial civil settlements. Lawyers start your engines.
Check out Chaptzem. He's got the real scoop and he's got the guts to say it.
Do you think that Kolko was ranting and raving about the fiery hell reserved for those who masterbate and spill semen while, during or after he was raping these kids?
I too grew up in a 'great frum' family and went to the 'best yeshivas.' Although I still practice some of the 'essentials'- I alwasy have the urge to projectile vomit when I see a 'frum' walking in the street.
Our religion has gotten so crazy that listining to a shabbos speech by a 'rav' is probably considered worshipping a strange God.
I wondered if Kolko, while jerking-off these children- served them bug-free water?
And at least these kids weren't exposed to all the sex on the trash 'TV' out there.
The focus of Judaism is in the toilet- better to have a miserable kid in a hat and jacket then a well adjusted child, enjoying life, walking around in a short sleeve polo shirt- or heaven forbid- yes, I will say it- jeans?!?!?
UnorthodoxJew- I am not embarrased to say- you represent everything that I aspire to be. You actually are making a difference in our crazy religion while I just stand helplessly by, furious at everyone involved, but unable to do anything about it.
To all who give a damn:
Please call 718-853-8500--+
Ask to speak to R. Kolko- they will say they will take a message.
Then say the message is "Will he be molesting any children today?"
PLEASE PASS THIS ON!!!!!!
Kolko camp threatens victims and family
In the last couple of weeks, since serious litigation has begun with regard to the abuse case against Rabbi Yehudah Kolko and Yeshivah Torah Temimah, close to one hundred victims have come forward alleging that they had been abused by Rabbi Kolko over the last forty years. However, each person that has come forward in an attempt to help put some closure on their brutally disturbed childhood, has received threatening phone calls. The person on the phone threatened these people with things ranging from having their kids expelled from Yeshivah (any Yeshivah not only Torah Temimah), to having them thrown out from Shul and ostracized from the community. I guess that this is the Torah way of dealing with abuse, first abuse them and then scare them away, adding insult to injury. What is the most shocking about this is how today's Rabbonim have no problem going along with what is going on. They keep their eyes, ears and mouth closed, ignoring any possibility to what may have happened. Who knows what skeletons they have in their closet waiting to come out. Shteekah K'hoyduah!
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Comments:
This type of action has probably driven more Bochurim away from Yiddeshkiet, never to return, than any "outside influence" that the (as the Holy Kotzker reffered to them,) Ra - Bonim are so concerned about. Hashem yikkum dommum hashofuch, L'a na nu.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by Anonymous : May 11, 2006 11:11 AM
Don't worry. Alittle Tanya will cure everything.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by Anonymous : May 11, 2006 11:12 AM
This gives new meaning to "being Mkarev" and have a "Chibur with your Talmedim"
Comment Credit ---This article posted by Anonymous : May 11, 2006 11:13 AM
above anon^ you idiot
I hope a rabbi molests you
then I will tell you
a little "tanya" can cure you
fucktard
Comment Credit ---This article posted by Anonymous : May 11, 2006 11:13 AM
The Kotzker says "Rebbe" can be an accronym for Ra Bainai Hashem. I guess this best describes why Kolko and the others in power can call themseves Rabbi. It sure fits them.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by Anonymous : May 11, 2006 11:18 AM
Hey fucktard
It happened to 2 friends of mine and that is exactly what they were told. One committed suicide and the other died of AIDS. Now what do you have to say?
Comment Credit ---This article posted by Anonymous : May 11, 2006 11:19 AM
I guess you really are the basest of a true Nefesh Habahama ( in your case not even Bahamis)
Comment Credit ---This article posted by Anonymous : May 11, 2006 11:21 AM
Hey Annon @ 11:13
Can't you recognize sarcasm when you see it? I agree with you, but the Chamur B'lee Daas group solves everything with Tanya or a sign from Igros.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by Anonymous : May 11, 2006 11:27 AM
while i have no problem and i do incourage those abused to come out and finaly get their inner immotions released there is no reason for the kind of talk you above commentors are using! very inappropriate for our community! true the people who did do those terrible things - that they are accused of doing - are to be charged for it there is no reason for slandering them because of a sickness - except of course if they took their job for the sole purpose of being able to............ i believe that being such a closed minded community (which is a very good thing!) these guys never knew what was happening to them and probably felt silly telling anyone about it not realizing that anything wrong went on until they got much older! and for those threats i can understand reason to keep this quite as not to let our youngsters get to smart here and start accusing every principle when he does anything not to their liking.......and beside they might get curious beyond this....thats my opinion and it is debatable
Comment Credit ---This article posted by Anonymous : May 11, 2006 12:01 PM
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
Comment Credit ---This article posted by rabbi m's daughter : May 11, 2006 12:07 PM
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UOJ,
OrthoRev's post is a classic example of the problem with your blog. Ortho says he still practices "some essentials". (Which essentials have you given up, by the way?) Your stated purpose is one that respects true orthodox observance while trying to rid our community of the hypocracy that debases it. Ortho on the other hand does not want to be frum. (Let's face it ortho, I'm saddened by the fact that your inner conflicts have lessened your observance. But there are inumerable kind, intelligent, nonjudgemental resources in the frum community who would gladly help you try resolve those issues (even if you showed up wearing jeans) if you were genuinely willing to take the first step. The boy in the street with the hat and jacket who induces your urge to vomit is not your problem. He's his own problem if anyone's at all.
UOJ, your tone and approach atttracts the "orthos" of the community to you becasue you come accross as one of them - someone who would just as soon chuck it all and who enjoys seeing the frum community trip over itself.
I don't think you are one of them, but it's up to you to make that clear.
I am permitting just about everyone to express their anger and feelings. This is therapeutic for all of us who have been sickened by the rabbinic leadership in much of the Orthodox world.
I have rejected the outright obscene comments and the ones coming from the rasha Margulies's camp trying to paint the victims as lunatics.
Margulies's day in Hell has not even begun. I will destroy whatever is left of his reputation.
Much more to come.
To our beloved friends who have been abused by Kolko and threatened by Margo,
The allegations on the Chaptzem blog that you are receiving threatening phone calls are very disturbing. There are a number of state and federal laws that are possibly being violated here. You are encouraged to contact local Police and the FBI to bring these nefarious individuals to justice.
UOJ, just remember that you are a shaliach from H' to set these people straight and put them in their place. If you are overzealous and act out of personal hatred or the like then you will find yourself in the same boat as Paroh. Of course I am alluding to the famous Ramban in the beginning of Sefer Shemos.
"Margulies's day in Hell has not even begun. I will destroy whatever is left of his reputation.
Much more to come."
Would UOJ be so kind as to provide the public with a couple of hints ?
Since Margo is monitoring all this, it would have an especially profound effect as actor Steven Seagal told a corrupt politician in the movie "Hard to Kill":
"Fear of impending death is worse than death itself"
My anger at Margulies is on behalf of the Klal.
'Ubearta Hara M'kirbecha' applies to all of us...b'makom sh'ain ish....there's UOJ!
Anonymous:
1. 'Essential given up'- Davening- as my own person 'Kolko' rebbe in high school molested me during Kedusha (FYI- that also took care of T'flin as well Shma and a couple of others).
2. "Ortho does not want to be frum"
no shit shirlock- and in truth, I am stuck in inner turmoil- I have resonsibilities to wife and kids etc. but yet the religion, as practiced today, makes me sick.
But I guess, thats my fault, since I probably, on purpose, instigated my own yetzer hara- to give myself an 'excuse' for not wanting to be frum.
3. Are you one of the "innumerable kind intelleging non-judgmental resources"-- the type of resources who see another jew in tremendous emotional pain (as evidenced by my post) and has the 'kind nonjudgmental' response of:
a. First, (and showing your true goal- which comes across loud and clear- to attack the 'less frum') the hilarous and very sharp sarcastic 'stinger' of-- "what essentials have you given up anyway" (good one).
Then you move to--
"you are attracting the people who would chuck it all" (of course, implying such people are not worthy of being attracted- and in your own compassionate way you don't wonder why- just mad at one who would 'chuck it all'.
3. You actually proved my post(thank-you)-- Here you are, faced with 1000 posts about child molestation and what catches your eye and your emotions is what---
"Someone not so frum expressing his emotions" (Hashem Yercham Al Nafshenu)
Lastly- I end with this question-
Is it halachicly allowed to molest a boy with cancer wearing a wig made from Indian Hair?
One final point-
My kid-- who I am rasing as a healthy functioning child who will be able to practice Judaism without the inner turmoil and hate I have, and who I respect and love and treat as a human being (even though he is, in Jew World, a non-human age of four- at which age, in, Ortho Jew-World, children are meant to be only spoken to when impressing upon them the importance of 'Kibud Av'- --
As I was saying- my kid would see this website and feel bad about the molestation and would ALSO feel bad that there are so many others who are expressing rage at Judaism- he would feel bad for them as people and not mad that they would maybe perhaps 'Chas-V'Sholom' "chuck it all".
OrthoRev
UOJ is Moshiach. Well maybe that's a little too far. But why can this only be done anonymously. Why can't you and me and all your supporters band together and openly rally for truth?
Condo...
I'm going to destroy whatever is left of his miserable life...I'm not going to divulge what I have; by now he knows I don't putz around with trivialities.
Midah k'neged midah...he's destroyed hundreds of lives...by the time he is put in the ground with the worms, he'll be happy to be out of the limelight.
OrthoRev,
There are many who are embarassed as hell of people in our midst like that Anonymous. I wouldn't make any decisions about any religion until I've come to some terms with the past. Coming forward and doing something about it is the best thing you can do for yourself and others and that should be your priority. Don't be afraid. What was going on there during Kedusha? Hmmmm. I don't know if I want to know. Good luck to you.
r' gil student gave you a plug at his speech to the RCA.
youre listed on his powerpoint slide under scandals.
see serandez.blogspot.com for more info
UOJ
Did you ever considfer trying out for the villian role in a James Bond movie? You have the requisite "g-d complex" and then some!!
Did Gil Student deride UOJ for being a scandal monger ? He might be upset that a couple posts on this blog made fun of him by pointing out he's a joke in thinking he knows it all and that he spreads his gospel to the masses like he's some kind of authority figure.
Gil is a hypocrite for even mentioning UOJ, Luke and Shmarya.
Gil tries to profit off scandal by placing ads for his book about mesarev beis din in the middle of newspaper articles on the Tendler scandal. Journalist Steven Weiss attacked Gil for that, commenting that "it takes a special kind of person to do that."
He also wrote a despicable blog post engineered to get hits about that poor baby girl in Flatbush that was killed by falling furniture. Gil picked up on false media reports that it was a TV, when the very frum family doesn't even own a TV. Gil wrote some insensitive comments at the expense of the nifteres & the avaylim so he could grind his axe against right wing chareidim.
I'm disappointed that the RCA gives this amateur the podium.
OrthoRev,
Hi. I'm the Anon who commented on your original post and whom you subsequently flamed.
Touche.
For what it's worth, you're right. I was out of line and I'm sorry about what you went through as a kid. My initial reaction, while impulsive, I suspect reflects the feelings many people would have to your suggestion that all those "who give a damn" should leave a message on the Koko number asking if he will be molesting anyone today. Very productive suggestion. Clearly I don't have the monopoly on sarcasm here. It can be difficult to distinguish the hurt sarcasm of those in pain from the disdainful sarcasm of the resolutely alienated. Be that as it may, you're correct that no Jew should be considerd beyond reach.
No, I guess I'm not one of those kind and nonjudgemental types... yet. But I hope to get better at it.
Surprised, to see this post.
Good.
I hoped you would be.
Don't give up on us all yet. And those people are out there. There are several names of some really good guys I know. CSWs, Aish Hatorah staff and the like.
The suit names Camp Agudah as a defendant. Who is Camp Agudah? Are they The Agudah of 84 William Street? Who will decide who to hire as a lawyer for the camp and who will pay the legal bills? If they are found liable who will pay the damages?
Victims of Yidi Kolko:
Call Jeff Herman, the attorney suing Kolko and Margulies and Agudah. His phone number is 1-800-686-9921 and his email address is jherman@hermanlaw.com.
The awards will range from $100,000.00 to over $1,000,000.00. He is a big mentsch and will protect your identity. The lawsuits are being filed using John Doe instead of the victims names.
Please don't wait untill it's too late. Torah Temimah's money will not last forever.
"Un-Orthodox Jew said...
I'm going to destroy whatever is left of Margo's miserable life..."
Hey Margo, you stubborn, recalcitrant ferd. I told you so.
out of curiosity, does ne 1 think that "uoj", is a frum yid, or more likely he is someone who went off the derech.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/ness/3.html
There is another way to take care of scumbags like Kolko, Margo and Pinter. You can "put them in the car", literally. That's what Federal agents Elliot Ness and "The Untouchables" did when they flushed dirty criminals out of Chicago. They had to resort in at least one case to throwing a guy off a building into a vehicle.
If one of my vehicles from Yitz Auto Sales takes a hit for a worthy cause like this, it's on the house.
When this is all over, UOJ and whoever pulls their kid out of TT gets 10% off suits at Emporio.
Anon-
Yes your post did surprise indeed.
For what its worth- there is really only one psychologist in brooklyn who is worth anyone's time- Dr. Bentzion Sortzkin.
He is beyond the best and- since the crazies will be nervous about speaking to an 'outsider'- he is as big a 'talmud chachum' as they come.
To answer the obvious remark that this will post will get- here is the answer:
Yes- I went to him (and still go to him) and yes, I am still very messed up. However, if you knew where I started from you would understand my recommendation.
The difference between pre/post Dr. Sortzkin is the difference between living as a thinking feeling human and being one of the walking dead.
Please contact me if you would like more information. Over a dozen people have went to him because of me- not one regretted it.
orthorev;
I hear you loud and clear and agree with your points.
It's truly amazing that this tinaf MF kolko is still walking on two legs and threathening his victims.
Is there a way to freeze Kolko's and Margo's assets in case they try to convert them in something easier to hide and move around like diamonds?
Hey END....
How many guys you signed up.
Kiss my end....hahaha
(From PUTZ-ENDUOJ'S BLOG)
EndUOJ
No more jokes. This is the real deal. The time to fight UOJ is finally here and I am going to be the one with a websight to. UOJ has met his match. Join the revolution. EndUOJ@hotmail.com
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Join us whiloe you can
The cheshban is coming and those who are for us will won and those who are for the rasha mechutziv UOJ will lose. Let me know if you are with us or against us.
enduoj@hotmail.com
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Hey Josh;
Reserve one of them there suits and a nice silk tie for zwiebel.
Sruly Singer is paying for it.
hey endo, putzyan;
Make sure you abstain min Ha'Isha three days before and immerse in da mikveh on the fateful day and then be wearing your Shevet Levi black hat when you go into battle against UOJ. Klei Koidesh and all that good holy stuff.
SPECIAL TO UOJ
Is END-UOJ finally in?
Today the two-member END-UOJ party has pretty much agreed to join the coalition government in return for a bill providing for a monthly grant to large families including families that were molested by rabbis. According to the deal, END-UOJ would drop demands to receive NIS 3 billion (about USD 700 million) in funds that were cut in 2003 while the government will commit to allocating a monthly grant of NIS 500 (USD 113) to families with five children or more that were molested, in addition to the Social Security grant. According to Ynet, END-UOJ MK Lippy Margulies has said "the compromise offer is reasonable, but we have not yet examined it closely and it has not been presented to the rabbis who are supposed to decide on the matter.”
The Rabbis deciding on this matter are R' Shteinman Shitty & The Gerrer Rebbe Shitty who are leaving Israel on a 10 day trip abroad without broads.
EndUOJ--
Undoudetly you are one of the crazies- probably a rebbe- who is just sick and tired of having yeshiva split-pea soup being stuck in his beard.
Since you think being against molestation is being 'mechetzi' (notice the use of a hebrew word --that his father spewed at him-- being a substitute for a logical argument)--
Which type of molestation to you approve of--what position to you favor?
Perhaps you are one of those whose sole focus in life is to "focus on externalities" or, in other words,
"Come hell or highwater- no matter what- we will not allow boys to watch tv- we will make them go to mishmar at all hours of the night- even if they are stressed out/depressed/or just plain tired-
We will never falter in our concious vigilance against all things meaningless- the instituional degradation of our youth must remain- or else we as split-pea soup beard 'rebbes' will have no control and realize the whiny pathetic people that we truly are.
You say-
"The time to fight the 'mecheetziv' UOJ is here'-- you can't even sound tough if you tried--("meechitziv"-??!!- what planet are you from).
You are trully pathetic.
I just heard that yidi cocoa was just fired....check it out.
I'm serious about this!
OUJ: Are you considering revealing your identity anytime soon?
Can you imagine if Koko was of another ethnic group, e.g., Italian and did this crap? He would have been wearing cement shoes a long time ago.
OrthoRev,
You are very brave for disclosing details about yourseld. Sure would be nice to have those therapt bills paid for. Has Dr. Sorotzkin encouraged you to speak out? And what do you know about intimidation and obstruction?
What's going to be tomorrow afternoon's entertainment?
Kolko must be pretty ticked off after Gross spilled the beans about Margo secretly being told by Zwiebel and the Agudah gedolim to get rid of him. The Novominsker has been getting crank phone calls at all crazy hours of the night.
YTT has been making security preparations for their dinner. They are concerned that there will be a group of people that intend to disrupt the dinner.
I have confirmed that indeed there has been talk that if Kolko shows up there is no telling what certain groups of people intend to do.The press has been notified.
My personal opinion is that the dinner should be called off, the last thing the yeshiva needs is more publicity.
UOJ,
You mentioned that you have been blocking posts that attack Kolko's victims of all people. Do you have any idea if this is a single demented individual or multiple attackers ? There are websites where you can type in an IP number to see what kind of computer the person is using. If they are not using a personal computer, it will tell you what company or institution they are operating from. Some firewall software will even tell you which ISP a personal computer is logged on with.
Do you think that Kolko actually has chassidim ? Or is this Kolko himself, maybe with the help of his kids ?
Shmaltzy...
Interesting question. The YTT talking points are that ALL the victims (and more are coming out daily)are lunatics, drug addicts, come from broken homes, and misfits that were kicked out of YTT.
There must have been a few hundred of these. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE COMMENT CLAIMING THAT KOLKO IS INNOCENT OF THESE CHARGES.
The comments are coming from multiple computers; there are some duplicates.
Margulies will pay a very dear price for his smear campaign against the very people whose lives he destroyed.
Stay tuned!
"My personal opinion is that the dinner should be called off, the last thing the yeshiva needs is more publicity."
Nobody asked you for your opinion. Ven vas da last time I took anybody's advice you little gurnisht ?
According to what UOJ is saying, it seems that it's probably Margo and not Kolko who is orchestrating the smear campaign against the victims. We also already knew that Margo was behind the motzie shem ra on Eli Greenwald. Margo refused to show up to that din Torah too.
It looks like Margo is dead meat and there is nothing he can do now to go back and cover his tracks. During the discovery phase, the judge can subpoena all the internet records and even who Margo has been making phone calls to.
Intimidating and tampering with witnesses is a very serious crime. Even worse, I shudder to think what they do to someone in beis din shel maala for carrying out such a rishus.
How can anyone with a conscience send their kid to Torah Temimah ?
To all who give a damn:
Please call 718-853-8500--+
Ask to speak to R. Kolko- they will say they will take a message or transfer you to voicemail.
Then say the message is "Will he be molesting any children today?"
PLEASE PASS THIS ON!!!!!!
UPDATE: KOLKO's voicemail was full and they stopped transfering the calls--must have been couple of hundred calls received yesterday.
UOJ- There are so many issues to fight against-- (although, less serious than the abuse- but in the aggregate they have a terrible destructive and detrimental effect on the kids).
In short, the entire yeshiva system is now set up to not only ignore the child- but to ensure that they are beaten-down and come-out with no soul or spirit left whatsoever.
All that matters is how many "blatt" they can give a test on- how many shtick "diveryeh chachma" they can fill up the Hagaddah with...
Not a damn about the happiness and emotional well being of the kid.
Not a damn about kids realizing that they have the right to be loved, respected and that..
Not only is G-d not an evil ogre monster- who is looking at every opportunity to punish you (especially for not respecting your rebbe!) but he actually wishes for your happiness.
It is a culture of fear and rules- a culture suited for african slaves, not for our young, energetic children- who with proper education can grow into happy and self-actualized frum adults, who actually don't hate judaism and god and everything associated with the insane assylum known as the yeshiva system.
I would very much appreciate input from you as to how this insanity can be stopped- up until I discovered your website I thought it to be impossible.
OrthoRev@gmail.com
UOJ said:
"The Rabbis deciding on this matter are R' Shteinman Shitty & The Gerrer Rebbe Shitty who are leaving Israel on a 10 day trip abroad without broads."
So y r no protests planned for when they come at all the stops on the trip? At least mass mailings or fliers in the streets?
It seems that YK has taken a leave of absence......
I just called TT's office. They are closed, but when I accessed the directory, I see that Kolko has been removed.
We have to hand it to you UOJ. You brought down the corrupt system. Kolko has one foot out the door and Margo will soon be toast.
You wouldn't believe how many Monday Morning Quarterbacks are no longer slamming you.
orthorev,
If you are like me family was a problem and the Yeshiva (not saying which) did not recognize there was a problem on their hands or didn't want to face it. I don't know if we can ask a Yeshiva to be our family, but they must be trained to recognize problems and refer them to professionals. It's their neglegence to do so and the belief many Rebbeim and Rabbonim have that they are qualified to counsel that must change. Given their attitudes towards the secular world I don't see how that will happen. So it's that attitude that must change. But given the example set by most of their "leaders"... sigh.
Somebody mentioned that the Senator Skelos's nonpublic school background check bill lacks an Assembly sponsor.
Not true. His page indicates that in 2005 much, but not all, of his Megan's Law reforms were enacted. The Assembly did not agree to all of his bills.
The new background check bill has Assembly sponsors.
Do you want to help? Go onto the sites for the NYS Senate and Assembly, and send emails to the following key players:
Senate: Bruno (Majority Leader); Skelos (Deputy Majority Leader; Saland (Education Committee Chair).
Assembly: Silver (Speaker); Weisenberg; Karben; Hikind.
Please ask them to support S.007381, which will allow for the fingerprinting and criminal background checks for all nonpublic school employees. This is what is done for public school employees, and it should be the same for us.
I have the right to remain silent. Anything I say or fart can be held against me in a court of law, so stop calling the yeshiva at 718-853-8500 and overloading our switchboard.
This calls for front page coverage in the NY Post:
"MARGO GETS BURNED BY HOT COCOA, POURS HIM DOWN THE DRAIN"
I came to this site by accident and i couldn't believe my eyes. shame on all of you. being that you are a "rabbi" i question how you can write any of this being that the halacha is that even if in your perverted view of things there was even an iota of truth to any of this total nonsense it would still be forbidden to publicy it, may hashem have mercy on all of you and show you the light of repentance speedily.
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