tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post4629698706461424978..comments2024-03-27T15:07:31.495-04:00Comments on <b><center>Unorthodox-Jew </center></b> <br><small>A Critical View of Orthodox Judaism</small>: THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ARE STARVING BECAUSE THEIR FATHERS' ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE RABBIS NOT TO FIND JOBS! **MENU FOR CHEVRAH CHAZERIM PESACH ORGY**Paul Mendlowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-56524722224189081082008-04-11T18:24:00.000-04:002008-04-11T18:24:00.000-04:00A Mother In Israel writes: I heard Rabbi Metzger o...A Mother In Israel writes: <BR/><BR/>I heard Rabbi Metzger on the radio (Channel two) Thursday am and he was asked why the haredi press didn't report about the child abuse cases. He said three things: <BR/>1) The abuse is a Baal teshuva phenomenon. <BR/><BR/>2) Anyone growing up with a haredi education wouldn't beat their children, among other reasons because they don't call their teachers by their first names. <BR/><BR/>3) The charedi press doesn't consider these BTs charedim so they feel no need to report about it. <BR/>Metzger is a PRICK. The man stands accused of fraud, of extortion, of sexual harassment of both females and males – in fact, a panel of senior Rabbinut judges in effect found him guilty of all this before haredim led by Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv brokered Metzger's "election" as chief rabbi. <BR/><BR/>Yet BTs, Jews who became Orthodox at some point after childhood, are the only child abusers in Orthodoxy? <BR/><BR/>Metzger should be run out of the Rabbinut, run out of Israel and run out of Judaism. <BR/><BR/>And so should the evil man who made this incompetent, bigoted boob "chief rabbi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-78102762916111305122008-04-11T17:41:00.000-04:002008-04-11T17:41:00.000-04:00The Mah Nishtana hints at four contemporary Jewish...The Mah Nishtana hints at four contemporary Jewish societal ills that prolong our exile: internal strife, obsession with possessions, hedonism and haughtiness.<BR/><BR/>However one may view that approach to Mah Nishtana, looking around we certainly see that much of modern Jewish society indeed exhibits such spiritually debilitating symptoms. Arguments, which should be principled, are all too often personal. “Keeping up with the Cohens” has become a way of life for many. Pleasure-seeking is often a consuming passion. And pride is commonly taken in petty, temporal things instead of meaningful ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-51702781149078768562008-04-11T12:36:00.000-04:002008-04-11T12:36:00.000-04:00Ploni;1. Is it not curious and interesting that th...Ploni;<BR/><BR/>1. Is it not curious and interesting that the co-pods only made their appearance and turned into a Shturm und Drang issue in NYC??? <BR/><BR/>Never have been sighted in Lakewood, Ihr-HaKodesh, Monsey, Yerushalayim, London, Florida, etc. wherever you have a sizeable Jewish population.<BR/><BR/>And $hevach Finkel got a free pass in those precincts for over 10 years. Unzerer D-A$$ Toiyreh has elevated OX-GORING to a selective fine art.<BR/><BR/>This "issue" is a crock.<BR/><BR/>2. Cell-phone Porn: You can't Kol Koreh morality and the fact that Bochrim and married guys watch this stuff is proof-positive. Ever hear of self-policing? Is Mussar only for those turgid prose hyper-ventilating F-Art Scroll books, Yated, and Hamodia. BTW, speaking of bans; Rav Ovadiah has given the green light for Shwekey to concert on Chol Hamoed. Yidden darfen zine B'Simcha!<BR/><BR/>3. Rav Elyashev, Shlita: It is well known that he is unfortunately fed mis-information by his close advisors and hanger-ons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-82281995720170137642008-04-11T10:45:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:45:00.000-04:00So let's see. The Jewish Press went on a rampage t...So let's see. The Jewish Press went on a rampage to protect Mordechai Tendler and went beserk against anyone trying to stop him, including the RCA Beis Din. So much for journalistic "principals" in "full disclosure" that Naomi Klass Mao-er is a Tendler bas bayis.<BR/><BR/>Where is Steven I Weiss and his cannon fodder shock troops who hold up the fort (fart?) of journalistic "integrity"? Or do you only come in for SIW's criticism if you author a competing blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-8565662062154686412008-04-11T10:40:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:40:00.000-04:00You may not take a whiff of farts that linger from...You may not take a whiff of farts that linger from previous generations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-5104961320914788052008-04-11T10:38:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:38:00.000-04:00Contrary to what these pornographic bloggers would...Contrary to what these pornographic bloggers would have you believe, there is actually a very good reason why Isaac's farting was controlled at the Mormon boot camp in Jamaica.<BR/><BR/>Rav Aron Schechter was very distressed that Isaac once farted mitten shmoyne esrei with his tefillin on. It was time Isaac got a little discipline to learn how to fart like a mentch.<BR/><BR/>Does the Agudah really have to spell out the obvious?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-16413046938937578622008-04-11T10:31:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:31:00.000-04:00I am against restricting farting of any kind.And w...I am against restricting farting of any kind.<BR/><BR/>And who is that am haaretz who only mentioned Kochav & Merchav? There is also a poor man's Bungalow Colony near the Camp Morris bunks that is a hangout for a bunch of rosh yeshivishe dudes like Ausband from Riverdale.<BR/><BR/>If you modern orthodox losers don't know the first thing about bungalow trivia, you shouldn't speak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-70060109274559964182008-04-11T10:26:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:26:00.000-04:00Rabbonim are not supposed to make takkonos that th...Rabbonim are not supposed to make takkonos that the tzibur cannot be oymed in. It would be an achzoriyus to restrict my farts to once a day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-90364816415647485542008-04-11T10:20:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:20:00.000-04:00R' Aron Schechter is a specialist at making takkon...R' Aron Schechter is a specialist at making takkonos for the Bungalow Putzes at Camp Morris.<BR/><BR/>How about a new one like hold your farts in and let them out once daily in front of the wig store on Coney Island Ave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-77254752613929874812008-04-11T10:18:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:18:00.000-04:00Why the heck do they need sommeliers at Pesach Fre...Why the heck do they need sommeliers at Pesach Fressers with the Chevrah? They can't pour a glass of wine themselves.<BR/><BR/>Seudas Achashverosh was shesiya kadoss ain oness. Kaminetsky is practically forced feeding these katchkas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-35303895177730250892008-04-11T10:14:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:14:00.000-04:00http://life-of-rubin.blogspot.com/2008/04/question...http://life-of-rubin.blogspot.com/2008/04/questions-about-issac-hersh-story.html<BR/><BR/>I just wanted to update this post by telling whoever is reposting the same talking points on every single J-blog that I'm not dumb. I hope other bloggers that can see IP's are seeing that at least one person is pretending to be 4 or 5 different people with different names all postings supportive and defensive comments FOR the Hersh's. <BR/><BR/>Here is a piece of free advice. Instead of trying to control the direction of the conversation the blogs by deceivingly infiltrating their comments sections, why don't you release "the other side" of the story. Although as time goes on I don't think being sent to that torture camp can ever be defended. I'd rather Issac have been sent to a U.S. Jail, where he would have at least be treated with due process and rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-1073881584406814402008-04-11T10:11:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:11:00.000-04:00http://blogindm.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-is-jewish...http://blogindm.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-is-jewish-music-blogger-writing.html<BR/><BR/>According to the rulebook, students had to ask permission to pass gas. If a student passed gas without permission, he was disciplined severely. If a student did ask permission, he was escorted to a side area and his gas passing was monitored. If he then didn’t pass gas, he was disciplined severely. It gives you an idea of the type of dehumanizing atmosphere at these places.<BR/><BR/>I’m not going to focus much on the abuse that occurs at these places, except to point out that the information is clearly available online. Even a few minutes of Googling will provide enough information to scare any reasonable parent away from the Tranquility Bay program, which is apparently the worst of all of these programs.<BR/><BR/>I am also disturbed by the reception that some, including the aforementioned Jewish music blogger, have given these posts.<BR/><BR/>First, about the comments. These comments take one or more of the forms listed below.<BR/><BR/>These commentors suggest that people shouldn’t assume the obvious conclusions are correct because “Da’as Torah,” in this case Rav Aharon Schechter, signed off on Isaac being sent to Tranquility Bay. They argue that no one is qualified to question Rav Schechter’s judgement.<BR/><BR/>In my opinion, this suggestion is pernicious. Dr. Pelcovitz has confirmed that Isaac was abused at Tranquility Bay. So, whether Rav Schecter was misled by Isaac’s father, or whether he was aware of the issues in advance, it’s clear that he exercised poor judgment here. Especially when he refused to reverse himself after he was contacted by a number of gedolim including Rav David Feinstein and Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky who felt that this was a case of pikuach nefesh, and made him aware of the abusive situation at TB. One does not ignore abuse because a rav, no matter how well-respected, is willing to allow it to continue.<BR/><BR/>If anything, when taken with Rav Schechter’s recent participation in a number of recent unfair bans including the Lipa ban and the wig store ban, this story clearly demonstrates that Rav Shechter has been more than willing to participate in and even initiate unfair and anti-halachik behavior.<BR/><BR/>The notion of rabbinic infallibility implied by these commentors has strong negative ramifications for our community and ensures the perpetuation of avlos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-20216942212140726842008-04-11T00:24:00.000-04:002008-04-11T00:24:00.000-04:00I have to prove I am a somebody and the best way t...I have to prove I am a somebody and the best way to accomplish that is to hang out with all the big movers & shakers at Pesach mit der Chevrah. If I was just stam a Fresser, there are plenty of places to stuff my face.<BR/><BR/>We all owe a big shkoyich to Chaim Kaminetsky for creating the ultimate status & chashivus symbol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-10651090559094436442008-04-11T00:20:00.000-04:002008-04-11T00:20:00.000-04:00The kosher cellphones should be the worse thing. I...The kosher cellphones should be the worse thing. I still think they should be mandatory at least for bochurim. You'd also be surprised by the way how many married men are addicted to internet porn. Some of them wind up having illicit relationships through chat rooms and if they do or not, marriages have been ruined over it. They say the Tort Putz's brother has tried to treat some of these sad cases.<BR/><BR/>Copepods<BR/><BR/>There are different opinions of course of "normal viewing conditions". I know of only 3 poskim who are mattir the water as is. 2 of the 3 are corrupt individuals. Rav Elyashev has reviewed Belsky's teshuva and says it's irrelevant in light of the facts. R' Dovid Feinstein going leshitas his father R' Moshe also agrees it is forbidden.<BR/><BR/>Indian hair<BR/><BR/>It may be a moot point anyhow. It is very difficult to control the supply despite the shaytelmachers waving around teudos kashrus that are most likely a joke.<BR/><BR/>You see, according to knowledgable people in the industry, the "Italian" hair is often Indian in disguise. Ask Yudel Shain and investigative journalists from the New Yorker Magazine & elsewhere how Italians get first prize for adulterating just about anything food or other items they sell. Unless your wife's wig is from a small supply of Scandinavian or British hair, it most likely originated in India. At least one rosh yeshiva advises people not to waste their time trying to avoid the unavoidable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-67940899399563894012008-04-11T00:01:00.000-04:002008-04-11T00:01:00.000-04:00Well, I spoke to that Young Israel old timer but h...Well, I spoke to that Young Israel old timer but he didn't have much to offer that we don't already know from newspaper reports & UOJ.<BR/><BR/>Except this:<BR/><BR/>Apparently Chaim Kaminetsky, all 500 lbs of him, had some monkey business going on with the National Council at another facility he owns, this one in Mount Vernon.<BR/><BR/>And yes, he is the same Kaminetsky of Pesach with the Fressers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-27063614015219155182008-04-10T22:39:00.000-04:002008-04-10T22:39:00.000-04:00Ploni;1. The possibility that bochurim are accessi...Ploni;<BR/><BR/>1. The possibility that bochurim are accessing X rated material from high-end expensive cell phones does not merit an across-the-board banning. That's Talibanesque and such bans produce behavioral consequences opposite to its intended outcome. Mayim Genovim Yimtoku. Obviously the Yeshivas and Rebbeim are striking out<BR/>and not positively influencing their charges. <BR/><BR/>2. You're actually supporting my point. Chazal never assered what an average person can not see under normal viewing conditions. What "normal" Ben-Torah is going to spend time cleaning out slime from his water pipe with one hand and a magnifying glass fitted with a filter lens in the other hand?<BR/><BR/>If you relish straight jacket Chumros become ah Brisker.<BR/><BR/>Indians today do not worship their Indian womens hair as Avodah Zora nor ascribe any elements of deity to it as defined in the times of the Gemorah. If such practice was still extant, it would have received extensive coverage in National Geographic and the general press.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-4935196701091022302008-04-10T20:36:00.000-04:002008-04-10T20:36:00.000-04:00UOJ & Boog,I understand that there are many frustr...UOJ & Boog,<BR/><BR/>I understand that there are many frustrating issues out there but I think you are going a little too far.<BR/><BR/>I don't know that the kosher cellphones are such a bad idea. Why? Because I happen to know about the extent that bochurim in NY yeshivos are misusing internet equipped phones. One of largest vendors in the NYC area to the frum segment told me that the most expensive phones with the most advanced features are purchased primarily by yeshiva boys. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that they are acccessing all kinds of forbidden material. Did you know for instance that the most hard core porno, once only available with hefty subscription fees is now 100% free. Without giving away the details & causing further michshol, the NY Times explained where it can be accessed & how once lucrative XXX businesses are taking a major hit.<BR/><BR/>Copepods<BR/><BR/>I find it ironic that Boog is siding with Belsky of all people, one of the only mattirim. These bugs are not microscopic. They are hard to see because they are translucent. If you clean out the green slime from a filter you can see them coated in it.<BR/><BR/>Indian Hair<BR/><BR/>I don't know enough in the sugyos in Avodah Zara to pass judgement and I suspect neither does Boog.<BR/><BR/>The rest<BR/><BR/>Sock it to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-74265067058998673832008-04-10T20:03:00.000-04:002008-04-10T20:03:00.000-04:00What hath D-A$$ Toiyreh wrought?1. Kosher Cell Pho...What hath D-A$$ Toiyreh wrought?<BR/><BR/>1. Kosher Cell Phones<BR/>2. No Internet<BR/>3. Filtered Internet for those who actually 'work' (four-letter word) for a living-Hashem Yiracheim.<BR/>4.Filtered water against the super-microscopic copods.<BR/>5. No Indian Hair Sheitlach <BR/>6. No human features, faceless styrofoam store-window heads to model sheitels.<BR/>7. Banning of separate-seating music concerts.<BR/>8. Rampant coverups and protection of child molesters and predators which includes Hall-of-Shame inductees such as Kolko, Mondro-Pervo, Tendlers, Eisgrau, Bryks, Lanner..... and the enablers have their special wing-Ichud Molestas Gur, Agudah, Torah Umersorah.<BR/>9. Ka$hru$ Supervision that's a tragic joke: Ruba$hkin, Finkel, Heinee-Man, Katz, Gorni$h.<BR/>10. Corrupt Botei Din.<BR/>11. The development and perpetuation of a Welfare State and Underclass by the insistence and brainwashing by the "Ro$hei-Ye$hiva that EVERY Bochur/Yungerman must learn full-time. Work is Batlonus and Treif. Hashem will provide... Translated that means find yourself a rich Shver. Have Bitachon, young man. And every year the Kimche D'Pischa lists grow bigger and bigger and so does the number of Guests at Kaminetskys Pesach-Fresage Chevrah Hotel and other Hotel Peasch Getaways around the World. A Tale of Two Cities. It is the Best of Times, It is the Worst of Times.<BR/>12. Signed Takonos by Unser Gedolim against lavish Simchas which our middle-class work-like a ferd-Yossel Schmucks can't afford to make anyway; but these Drek-Tachtonim Shveig and appear at the fancy big-gelt Simchas their fat-cat donators make.<BR/>13. Matzoh Shmurah at $22/pound. Lechem OiyNee, indeed.<BR/>14. The arbitrary jacked up prices of all Kosher L'Pesach foods. Screw the M-asses. A Reisman's Pesach round chocolate cake at $15.00 each; who ever imagined that a little bit of potato starch and sugar could cost so much? Hey "Rabbi" Reisman, are you gonna talk about this at your next Noveeh Shiur?<BR/><BR/>And the dysfunctional beat goes on...<BR/><BR/>Ah Freilichen Und Kusherein Pesach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-92124293610849984412008-04-10T18:43:00.000-04:002008-04-10T18:43:00.000-04:00I COULD NOT MAKE THIS STUFF UP NO MATTER HOW MUCH ...I COULD NOT MAKE THIS STUFF UP NO MATTER HOW MUCH I TRY!<BR/>----------------------------<BR/><BR/>NEWS - DEIH V'DIBUR<BR/><BR/>Vaadas HaRabbonim Approves New Exchange for Kosher Cellcom Subscribers<BR/><BR/>By Yechiel Sever<BR/><BR/>Due to the large number of Cellcom subscribers using kosher phones, phone numbers with a prefix reserved for kosher phones have run out and the company had to make a new exchange prefix available. After receiving the approval of Vaadas HaRabbonim LeInyonei Tikshoret a new kosher prefix is set to open with the numbers beginning 052-71.<BR/><BR/>Since the special prefixes were introduced, each of the cellular companies has set aside a two-digit prefix capable of accommodating 100,000 subscribers. Now Cellcom, which has the largest number of kosher cell phone users, has become the first cellular provider exhaust its supply of kosher phone numbers.<BR/><BR/>Company executives, led by CEO Mr. Amos Shapira, Deputy Director of Marketing Mr. Adi Cohen, Director of Private Marketing Mr. Yoni Sabag and Chareidi Sector Marketing Manager R' Yechezkel Chorzhavsky, appeared before Vaadas HaRabbonim LeInyonei Tikshoret at the home of one of its members, HaRav Yosef Binyomin Wosner.<BR/><BR/>Cellcom heads showed the rabbonim the precise sales figures of over 90,000 kosher phones (7,500 have been set aside for existing organizations and institutions to allow them to expand their phone use).<BR/><BR/>A comprehensive survey of the general communications market was also presented at the meeting, including figures on the impressive growth of kosher cell phone use, in contrast with third-generation devices, which pose grave spiritual dangers and have claimed many victims Rachmono litzlan.<BR/><BR/>Company executives expressed their appreciation to those involved in the effort to make kosher cell phones available, namely Vaadas HaRabbonim, which operates at the behest of maranan verabonon gedolei Yisroel shlita to seek communications solutions suited to the chareidi sector.Paul Mendlowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-31199561754639092692008-04-10T17:00:00.000-04:002008-04-10T17:00:00.000-04:00By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Writer LEESB...By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Writer <BR/><BR/> LEESBURG, Va. - A jury convicted an iconic civil-rights figure of incest Thursday after concluding that he had sex with his teenage daughter 15 years ago. The Rev. James L. Bevel, 71, a top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. who also helped organize the Million Man March, faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced. <BR/><BR/> The four-day trial in Loudoun County Circuit Court included bizarre testimony about Bevel's philosophies for eradicating lust, and parents' duty to "sexually orient" their children.<BR/><BR/>Bevel's daughter testified that she was repeatedly molested by Bevel beginning when she was just 6 years old, culminating in an act of sexual intercourse in 1993 or 1994 that formed the basis of the incest charge.<BR/><BR/>Jurors heard a phone call between Bevel and his daughter in which he never explicitly admits to sexual intercourse but seems to take for granted that it occurred. During the call he explains the importance of teaching his daughter "the science of marriage" and admits that he did not want her to get pregnant after the incident.<BR/><BR/>Family members who confronted Bevel in 2004 testified that Bevel read a written accusation by his daughter and replied that he did not contest the facts she laid out.<BR/><BR/>But Bevel denied the charge on the witness stand. He testified that his family mistakenly perceived his refusal to deny the specific allegations against him as an admission of guilt.<BR/><BR/>Public defender Bonnie Hoffman urged the jury to ignore evidence that Bevel led an unconventional, communal lifestyle in which he taught that it was parents' duty to "sexually orient" their children.<BR/><BR/>Instead, she told the jury to focus on the single incident for which Bevel was charged: an act of sexual intercourse that occurred in 1993 or 1994 while the daughter was a teenager and was living with her father in Leesburg.<BR/><BR/>Hoffman said there were questions about the timeline — the daughter said she could not recall exactly what year the act occurred, and her recollection of when she lived in Virginia did not fully mesh with school records and other testimony.<BR/><BR/>Hoffman also questioned why the daughter returned to voluntarily live with her father after the alleged incest. The daughter testified that she went back because she had nowhere else to go.<BR/><BR/>Prosecutor Nicole Wittmann warned the jury against getting confused by Bevel's sometimes convoluted explanations of his philosophies and his justifications for his actions.<BR/><BR/>"There's no excuse for his philosophy in the law, or whether he's eccentric, or whether he's an historical figure. ... There's no exception" Wittmann said.<BR/><BR/>The Associated Press generally does not identify the victims of sexual abuse. The daughter is one of 16 children Bevel said he has had with several different women.<BR/><BR/>In the 1960s, Bevel was a leader in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), two of the stalwart organizations that led efforts to desegregate the South.<BR/><BR/>In 1992, he was vice presidential running mate to political maverick Lyndon LaRouche, who has a home in Loudoun County but at the time was in a federal prison for a tax conviction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-73280723869461167442008-04-10T16:31:00.000-04:002008-04-10T16:31:00.000-04:00where did luke ford get the following:Save Isaac e...where did luke ford get the following:<BR/>Save Isaac emails:<BR/><BR/>Here is a letter publicized by Michael Hersh. The lines that start with FACT – are the counter claims to his propaganda.<BR/><BR/>It is also EXTREMELY important to let everyone know the sequence of events PRIOR to [Yeshiva University’s David] Pelcovitz interviewing my son in Jamaica. The fact that we asked him 3 days beforehand to travel to Jamaica on our behalf to do an independent evaluation of the boy AND the school – and he refused to go. Yet 3 days later he traveled there without our knowledge and without having ANY facts about Yitzchok Meir’s psychiatric history or behavior at home; he never even spoke to us or the prior mental health professionals even once. <BR/><BR/>FACT: Dr. Pelcovitz had no knowledge of this case prior to 5 hours before getting on the plane, there is talk that someone may have said he would be a good candidate to go, but was never approached himself by the family<BR/><BR/>FACT: We have a letter from Dr. Hizami, who only saw Isaac Hersh ONCE, and for a very short period of time, (10 – 15 minutes), but before speaking to Isaac, he spent over an hour with Michael Hersh, and said that based on his assessment, this child needs to be in a “special school” – even if this was true, which we know was not, Tranquility Bay was definitely not the right place” “Dr. Pelcovitz realized that the opinion of the parents and the “professionals” have been tainted, and wanted to hear first hand from Isaac about the allegations of abuse in tranquility bay and the allegations of abuse by his own father, Michael, both in Israel and NY.<BR/><BR/>However, he had spoken at length to Wolbe, Rivka Cohen, Yitzchok Meir’s twin brother, and everyone who had an agenda to distort the truth. Pelcovitz even traveled to Jamaica together with Arye Wolbe and his father, so he really just went there with a clear intention to confirm what he had been told. He even refused to look around the school at all. <BR/><BR/>FACT: What agenda? We have a letter from Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe, sent to Rabbi Aron Schecter dated Dec 2007, begging him to look into the case, and not to blindly believe all that Michael was telling him, and clearly stating that he wants to take him into his home once again.<BR/> <BR/>Also, no mention was ever made that the parents were trying for 8 months to get a team of people from the community to travel to Jamaica and visit the school and their son to provide an objective report; no one was willing to go. <BR/><BR/>FACT: The above statement is an absolute LIE. The parents went so far that no one should even know that Isaac was there.<BR/><BR/><BR/>It should also be made clear that Arye Wolbe kicked Yitzchok Meir out of his house prior to his parents sending him to Tranquility Bay; Arye Wolbe’s statement was that he would “bring the kid to New York and leave him in the middle of the street if his parents are not willing to take him in” since he did not want to have him in his own house for even one more day. <BR/><BR/>FACT: Once again a lie. Aryeh Wolbe and his wife were expecting their fourth child, and did not have room in their home. They made arrangements to have the child near by, at another frum family, and Michael Hersh would not hear of it. They also made plans to send Isaac to Toronto, where he would have been warmly received by Rabbi Moishe Fuerst. Michael Hersh agreed, and this is the only reason why Isaac came back to NY, in order to get a passport so he can go to Toronto. No one ever thought that Michael would send his child to such a brutal facility in Jamaica.<BR/><BR/>The parents then called friends in Israel and England to look all over for a school that would accept Yitzchok Meir, but there was no school anywhere in the US, Israel, or England that was willing to accept Yitzchok Meir that he himself was willing to go to.<BR/><BR/>FACT: Once again, lies fabricated by the Hersh parents.<BR/> <BR/>The embassy was in the process of interviewing Yitzchok Meir only because the parents gave full written permission for the US embassy (and any other 3rd party official) to interview their son in private any time they wanted to.<BR/><BR/>FACT: Somewhat True, the embassy told the facility to Bring Isaac there, and the facility called Michael to notify him. Michael then called the embassy, and FORBADE any outsiders (or what he calls 3rd party) from speaking to his son. It was only when Isaac saw the Wolbe’s at the entrance to the embassy, that Isaac requested to be able to see the visitors from the states, that the consular officials allowed them to enter.<BR/><BR/>Last but not least, we gave full permission for the New York ACS (Administrative Child Services) agency to speak directly to our son Yitzchok Meir on a private telephone call while he was in Tranquility Bay. They called him just about 2 weeks before this entire “rescue” happened and the ACS caseworker told me that it was clear from speaking to him that he was calm, relaxed, and not in any danger whatsoever. He wanted to get out of the school but said he was fine, had adequate clothing, food, and a place to sleep, and did not mention anything about abuse whatsoever.<BR/><BR/>FACT: Isaac was called by ACS, and during the entire interview, he was in front of two of the staffers and was not able to speak freelyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-66953500056144420042008-04-10T14:22:00.000-04:002008-04-10T14:22:00.000-04:00There was a big kerfuffle at a banquet for the eli...There was a big kerfuffle at a banquet for the elite with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. His low class peasant wife chapped oiss all the freebies she could get her hands on that were meant to be shared by all the guests such as $1000 designer handbags. When the other guests told her they didn't get anything, she refused to hand over the loot.<BR/><BR/>The Daily News noticed that some of these one-of-a-kind handbags are now being sold by someone with an alias for $3500 on eBay.<BR/><BR/>Putz Markowitz first defended his wife but after all the newspapers got involved he is pulling a David Paterson and offering to pay back although it's not clear how all the de facto robbery victims will be located. <BR/><BR/>Actually, both Markowitzes are peasants. I happen to know some of their friends. They are a bunch of shleppers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-81657515425692262792008-04-10T14:13:00.000-04:002008-04-10T14:13:00.000-04:00I am against $100,000 eruvin at the bungalow colon...I am against $100,000 eruvin at the bungalow colony of any kind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-6612464014771485692008-04-10T14:12:00.000-04:002008-04-10T14:12:00.000-04:00Revelations this week that Binyamin Netanyahu and ...<I>Revelations this week that Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara spent some £15,000 on a six-day visit to London during the 2006 Lebanon war have damaged the Likud leader’s image</I><BR/><BR/>While extravagant, as long as it was his personal money and not state funds, he can spend it as he pleases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-17142956865899879582008-04-10T14:03:00.000-04:002008-04-10T14:03:00.000-04:00Matzah prices — fueled by skyrocketing wheat costs...<I>Matzah prices — fueled by skyrocketing wheat costs — are soaring, </I><BR/><BR/>While the price of grains have gone up due to increased energy costs and the use of corn for ethanol (farmers are switching from wheat to corn, so there is less wheat and costs go up), if the 33-50% increase in the cost of matza was really due to increased wheat prices, then the price of regular bread would have gone up correspondingly. While bread has gone up, it hasn't gone up as much as matza.<BR/><BR/>What's interesting is that I spoke to a baker and he told me that flour is about 300% what he was paying a year ago. Since matza is just flour and water, one would expect an even larger price increase based on the higher cost of flour. While matza went up, it didn't go up 300%. Why? Because the $14/lb price already has such a substantial profit margin that they could absorb some of the cost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com