tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post7781983445862973310..comments2024-03-27T15:07:31.495-04:00Comments on <b><center>Unorthodox-Jew </center></b> <br><small>A Critical View of Orthodox Judaism</small>: Stefan Colmer's Bail Hearing This Wednesday - Bail Has Been Reduced To Just $500,000 - To Spring This Animal From Rikers Island!Paul Mendlowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-57755161324151804112008-07-17T00:31:00.000-04:002008-07-17T00:31:00.000-04:00ARE YOU AWARE ABOUT ROTTENBERG i dont know about t...ARE YOU AWARE ABOUT ROTTENBERG<BR/> i dont know about the molesters but his mizrach wall rivals frankels for convicted felons<BR/>maybe they fight over who gets the bigger crooks<BR/><BR/>He feels laws dont apply to him <BR/>he lost the shul school fight to convert the building <BR/><BR/>his school was closed down for fire code violations <BR/><BR/>city buses pick up his children for school thru grade 10 <BR/>why dont the feds just stop and check the buses <BR/>then the will know what a fraud he is while he claims only till 6 years old <BR/><BR/>always a lier that rottenbergAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-71596746389057757752008-07-17T00:27:00.000-04:002008-07-17T00:27:00.000-04:00FIND OUT WHO WAS MISSING IN THE ROTTENBERGS SHUL O...FIND OUT WHO WAS MISSING IN THE ROTTENBERGS SHUL ON TUES AND WEDS <BR/><BR/>HIS WIFE IS ONE OF THOSE THAT COME FOR HAVDALA TO SHUL BECAUSE THE HUSBANDS ARE ALREADY ON THE WAY TO THE CASINOS OR CLUBS <BR/><BR/>WATCH YOUR CHILDREN CAREFULLY IN THE SHULAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-42751016435083500432008-07-16T22:05:00.000-04:002008-07-16T22:05:00.000-04:00anyone aware that rabbi rottenberg in monsey just ...anyone aware that rabbi rottenberg in monsey just got someone accused of olestation released in his company <BR/><BR/>the guy who is a mispallel got out with no charges <BR/><BR/>how can this be<BR/><BR/>details and names or shutup!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-34521372904816366932008-07-16T21:46:00.000-04:002008-07-16T21:46:00.000-04:00Does anyone know what happened at the Colmer heari...Does anyone know what happened at the Colmer hearing today?<BR/>Please, please don't tell me that he was able to get out on bail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-26997561086060644852008-07-16T20:13:00.000-04:002008-07-16T20:13:00.000-04:00Deconstructing everyone's HogwashI was amazed by t...Deconstructing everyone's<BR/> Hogwash<BR/>I was amazed by the fantasy that seems to substitite for reality in certain peoples minds. So a few points are in order:<BR/>Yes, it's true that Rav Shach had lots of nasty things to say about lots of yidden, including rabbonim, rebbes, and drochim. Since he's been dead a few years already, and whatever influence his hate may have had is fading, why don't we leave him alone in the 'olam hoemes' to deal with these issues quietly. He may have had good intentions in attacking everybody, but it's clear that this was and is NOT the derech hatorah as taught by our gedolim. Was the Chofetz Chaim any less of a kanoie for torah than R' Shach ?! Of course not. Could anybody even imagine the CC attacking other jews like RS ? The same goes for the Chazon Ish. He was famous for his kanous in his derech and shittos. Did he go around screaming that those who printed a sefer he didn't hold of could never do teshuvah ?! The same goes for R' Chaim Oizer, R' Chaim Brisker, R' Chaim Volozhiner, and the many true gedolim of the last generations. When we try to defend behaviour that so clearly violates Torah, we only cheapen ourselves to look like fools. Many gedolim didn't hold of R'YB Soloveichik's derech either. Did they call him a kofer and continue to fight him after his passing ?!! THIS is torah ?!<BR/>R' Shach was elevated to 'godol' status by a political apparatus terrorizing the yeshivish-velt who used him for their narrow political agendas. Do you really think that our bochurim shteighing in learning today- our future gedolim- do you really think they won't realize that the Avi Ezri is really just a mediocre collection of biurim that never was and never will be a real classic ? How stupid do you think our children are ? The haskama from the Brisker Rov proves nothing at all. For starters, the Griz gave the haskama ONLY on condition that it be printed in the sefer, so why isn't it printed in any Avi Ezri in my yeshiva's library ? Then, for anyone bothering to read through the various hakdamas to the Avi Ezri's different editions, it becomes clear that either 1)much of it was written by different people, or 2) R' Shach was a severe schizophrenic. Go into Chevron today, into R'Dovids, into the Mir, into Merkaz Harav, into any major yeshiva, and find me even one where the Avi Ezri is a major focus. The sefer is a non-event, period. And for those fools who STILL claim the Brisker Rov supported R'Shach, learn some history. R' Velvil held that it's forbidden to take any money from the medina to support the yeshivos, and that a frumer yid should not be involved with them in any way. He was furious at R' Shach for going against the derech hatorah on this, and called any money that came to the yeshivos through this as a mitzva-habo-be'avera. My own uncle was in R' Velvil zlt's yeshiva at the time, and heard from R'Velvils OWN MOUTH- "er vill mishen tumos mit taharos, vos hot er, a nayer toireh". It's well known that for this reason, even though the Griz had held of R' Shach earlier on, he later distanced him and in his last few years was quite cold to him.<BR/>Our gedolim wre not baalei-loshon hora, they were not mechrchei riv, they did NOT wage war against other derochim, they merely focused on their own. In fact, they had derech-eretz for other geonim, and didn't make sinas chinam a new 'derech'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-76450768918716196512008-07-16T16:47:00.000-04:002008-07-16T16:47:00.000-04:00Rabbi Rottenberg from Forshea area also made sure...Rabbi Rottenberg from Forshea area also made sure that everyone in Monsey is nichshul in SHATNEZ, He defends Monsey test center even after is was proven to a group of Rabonim that Monsey test center doesn't know what he is doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-58057298404212919042008-07-16T15:21:00.000-04:002008-07-16T15:21:00.000-04:00anyone aware that rabbi rottenberg in monsey just ...anyone aware that rabbi rottenberg in monsey just got someone accused of olestation released in his company <BR/><BR/>the guy who is a mispallel got out with no charges <BR/><BR/>how can this beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-2701774438105072942008-07-16T13:59:00.000-04:002008-07-16T13:59:00.000-04:00Don't tell me that Lazer Cohen was getting oyros o...Don't tell me that Lazer Cohen was getting oyros on the cheap from Puerto Rico?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-39220861676007286042008-07-16T13:24:00.000-04:002008-07-16T13:24:00.000-04:00http://yudelstake.blogspot.com/2008/07/klaf-batim-...http://yudelstake.blogspot.com/2008/07/klaf-batim-scandal-in-eretz-yisroel.html<BR/><BR/>The "Klaf & Batim scandal" in Eretz Yisroel <BR/><BR/>There is brewing for a few months or longer the problem with the serious kashrus concerns of the Lazer Cohen Batim which was considered over the years as "prime".<BR/><BR/>There is also a serious kashrus concern about "Klaf" (parchment) from some of the prime sources of klaf.<BR/><BR/>Whoever has first hand information including the names of the recognized Poiskim that have formed opinions on the matter...(& their stated opinions) will greatly appreciated.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous said... <BR/>i heard r' malkiel had an esek with cohen<BR/><BR/>Yudel Shain said... <BR/>DETAILS please? What was the esek?<BR/><BR/>SDR said... <BR/>The esek w/ R. Malkiel is that he got his batim from Cohen. So far I know that R' Michaels from Bkly'n and R' Dovid Aryeh Morgenstern of Yerushalayim are telling people not to fix the batim.<BR/><BR/>I also heard there was a p'sak which is not being issued. R' Michaels known qan individual that saw it by R' Nissim Karelitz. The essence of the p'sak is that there are 8 things which must be inspected. If they check out then the owner must ask a shaila if he can wear the tefillin. <BR/><BR/>I also heard from a reliable source that Cohen is STILL SELLING BATIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All I can say is htat I want my $2000.00 back if that's the case.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous said... <BR/>r' malkiel got batim from cohen and after the tumel checked it out and it was pasel<BR/><BR/>Anonymous said... <BR/>and i heard that cohen went in front of r' nissim karelitz and his beis din and was modah because they showed him batim that he did that were totally pasel. they found holes in the batim which he used to cover up with stockings and painted over (he tanyed he was too under pressure thats why he did it)- not only were they not mehudar they were pasel many of them despite people paying top dollar for them because he had the name as the best. the briskers used him and were in denial about it originally and i dont know now what they say. basically its a finkel masah with tefillen. r' yankel schiff also had his batim done by him that were poselAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-19926334683729008772008-07-16T09:48:00.000-04:002008-07-16T09:48:00.000-04:00We need a mother's group to protect children I sub...We need a mother's group to protect children I submit we call it MASA-Mothers against Sexual Abuse please print this and I hope someone responds There are still many issues plaguing Torah Temimah and its staff and their own families who are dealing with sexual abuse in secret and it is affecting innocent lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-86260663866746585832008-07-15T20:48:00.000-04:002008-07-15T20:48:00.000-04:00Another no'ef named Joseph Kleinmanhttp://www.imdb...Another no'ef named Joseph Kleinman<BR/><BR/>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075473/bio<BR/><BR/>Biography for David Berkowitz<BR/><BR/>Date of Birth<BR/>1 June 1953, Bronx, New York<BR/><BR/>Birth Name<BR/>Richard David Falco <BR/><BR/>Nickname<BR/>The Son of Sam <BR/>The .44 Caliber Killer <BR/><BR/>Born David Falco to Betty Broder. His mother had him out of wedlock when she had an affair with a married real-estate agent named Joseph Kleinman. She named him Falco after her married name - her husband Tony Falco had left her and her daughter Roslyn a few years before that. His mother gave him up for adoption to Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz who named him David Berkowitz. Being rejected by his birth mother caused David to develop an inferiority complex especially with women and thought he was unappealing to them. He worked as a postman and a security guard. In 1974 he 'heard voices' in his head that ordered him to kill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-39174030704613344992008-07-15T20:39:00.000-04:002008-07-15T20:39:00.000-04:00Hey, wasn't there a Yossi Kleinman who was involve...Hey, wasn't there a Yossi Kleinman who was involved in the supposed "outing" of UOJ?<BR/><BR/>Steven I "Cannon Fodder" Weiss and the gang were hyperventilating something to that effect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-80511248446404352602008-07-15T20:34:00.000-04:002008-07-15T20:34:00.000-04:00Court: Queens Civil Supreme Index Number: 005209/...Court: Queens Civil Supreme <BR/>Index Number: 005209/2008 <BR/>Case Name: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. vs. KLEINMAN, JOSEPH S. ETAL. <BR/>Case Type: Foreclosure <BR/>Track: Standard <BR/>Upstate RJI Number: <BR/>Disposition Date: 05/14/2008 <BR/><BR/>RJI Filed: 04/28/2008 <BR/>Jury Status: <BR/>Justice Name: PHYLLIS ORLIKOFF FLUG <BR/><BR/>07/03/2008 PLAINT Judgement-Foreclosure & Sale No Decided: 14-JUL-08<BR/>PD - EXP ORDER SIGNED<BR/>Before Justice: FLUGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-84124228439717909332008-07-15T20:31:00.000-04:002008-07-15T20:31:00.000-04:00http://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/FCAS_docs...http://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/FCAS_docs/2008MAR/4000185142007100SCIV.pdf<BR/><BR/>NEW YORK SUPREME COURT - QUEENS COUNTY<BR/>Present: HONORABLE ALLAN B. WEISS IA Part 2<BR/>Justice<BR/>MARTIN KLEINMAN, x Index<BR/>Number 18514 2007<BR/>Plaintiff,<BR/>Motion<BR/>- against - Date December 5, 2007<BR/>JOSEPH S. KLEINMAN and Motion<BR/>BLIMA KLEINMAN, Cal. Numbers 9, 10<BR/>Defendants. x Motion Seq. Nos. 1, 2<BR/>The following papers numbered 1 to 37 read on this motion by<BR/>plaintiff for summary judgment in lieu of complaint pursuant to<BR/>CPLR 3213 for the principal sum of $300,000.00, together with<BR/>attorneys’ fees and costs and disbursements; this cross motion by<BR/>defendant Blima Kleinman to void the subject promissory note, to<BR/>join this action for trial with the matrimonial action, Kleinman v<BR/>Kleinman, Index No. 11358/2007, pursuant to CPLR 602(a), or for<BR/>leave to deem the cross-motion papers to constitute an answer with<BR/>affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims, to award<BR/>punitive and exemplary damages against plaintiff Martin Kleinman<BR/>and defendant Joseph Kleinman “for fraud,” and to award costs and<BR/>expenses, including attorneys’ fees; and this motion by plaintiff<BR/>for a protective order quashing the subpoenas duces tecum issued by<BR/>defendant Blima Kleinman, for an award of reasonable attorneys’<BR/>fees and costs in connection with the motion, pursuant to<BR/>22 NYCRR 130-1.1 and the subject note, and to impose sanctions<BR/>against defendant Blima Kleinman and her counsel, pursuant to<BR/>22 NYCRR 130-1.1; and this cross motion by defendant Blima Kleinman<BR/>to compel the nonparty law firm of Mallow, Konstam & Hager, P.C. to<BR/>comply with the subpoena duces tecum, or in the alternative, to<BR/>compel plaintiff to produce those documents demanded in the<BR/>proposed notice to produce; this cross motion by the nonparty<BR/>Mallow, Konstam & Hager, P.C. for a protective order quashing the<BR/>subpoena issued by defendant Blima Kleinman, for an award of<BR/>attorneys’ fees in relation to this cross motion and to impose<BR/>sanctions upon defendant Blima Kleinman and her counsel.<BR/><BR/>Defendant Blima Kleinman asserts<BR/>that the promissory note itself is the product of fraud committed<BR/>by defendant Joseph S. Kleinman in collusion with plaintiff in<BR/>anticipation of Joseph’s divorce action against Blima. She further<BR/>asserts this action is in furtherance of the fraudulent scheme, designed to deprive her from recovering her share of the equitable distribution of marital assets at the time of divorce, or later to divest her of any assets which may be awarded to her as part of any equitable distribution in the matrimonial actionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-30033429535851759722008-07-15T20:06:00.000-04:002008-07-15T20:06:00.000-04:00The trial started 13 months ago.The trial started 13 months ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-4872939747991053292008-07-15T20:02:00.000-04:002008-07-15T20:02:00.000-04:00Court: Queens Civil Supreme Index Number: 011358/...Court: Queens Civil Supreme <BR/>Index Number: 011358/2007 <BR/>Case Name: KLEINMAN, JOSEPH vs. KLEINMAN, BLIMA <BR/>Case Type: Matrimonial Contested <BR/>Track: Standard <BR/>Upstate RJI Number: <BR/>Disposition Date: <BR/>Date NOI Due: <BR/>NOI Filed: <BR/>Disposition Deadline: <BR/>Calendar Number: <BR/>RJI Filed: 05/02/2007 <BR/>Jury Status: <BR/>Justice Name: SIDNEY F. STRAUSS <BR/><BR/>Attorney/Firm For Plaintiff: <BR/>MALLOW, KONSTAM & HAGER Attorney Type: Attorney Of Record Status: Active <BR/>321 BROADWAY <BR/>NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10007 <BR/>212-964-7990 <BR/><BR/>Attorney/Firm For Defendant: <BR/>ESTHER A. MACNER, ESQ.,P.C. Attorney Type: Attorney Of Record Status: Active <BR/>26 COURT ST., <BR/>BROOKLYN,NY 11242 <BR/>(718)233-2976Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-76620199286187313812008-07-15T19:24:00.000-04:002008-07-15T19:24:00.000-04:00Hahaha! dese shoytim are lining up a gantze tog by...Hahaha! dese shoytim are lining up a gantze tog by da bank and fighting over deir money. Me and Belsky are safe mit money in da mattress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-42058760346726931102008-07-15T19:20:00.000-04:002008-07-15T19:20:00.000-04:00Police show up at IndyMac Branches in Encino, Nort...Police show up at IndyMac Branches in Encino, Northridge as waiting customers clash<BR/><BR/>By Andrea Chang and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers<BR/><BR/> July 15, 2008 <BR/><BR/>Los Angeles police were dispatched to IndyMac Bank branches in Encino and Northridge this morning when customers waiting to withdraw money became irate after several people tried to cut in line on the second day of the failed institution's federal takeover.<BR/><BR/>Police told customers to remain calm or face arrest as they tried to withdraw their money.<BR/><BR/>Three police units were dispatched shortly after 8 a.m. amid reports of a disruption outside branches at 17050 Ventura Blvd. in Encino and 8726 Tampa Ave. in Northridge, LAPD Officer Ana Aguirre said.<BR/><BR/>As many as 80 people were waiting outside the Encino branch when several people tried to cut in line, LAPD Officer April Harding said. Order was quickly restored at the branch and private security guards stood watch, with police acting as backup.<BR/><BR/>As the morning wore on, customers leaned over a metal railing separating them from a row of security guards and yelled complaints. The main point of contention surrounded a sign-up list that was started late Monday after many customers gave up and left for the day.<BR/><BR/>"He promised us there would not be a list," one woman yelled at a security guard. "We don't know who to believe!"<BR/><BR/>As tensions rose, customers began pointing fingers at one another and trying to cut in line.<BR/><BR/>"Listen to me, lady," Mahvash Barjasteh, 51, a loan broker from Woodland Hills said to a guard. "I was in front of him."<BR/><BR/>She was told to get to the back of the line.<BR/><BR/>Police left the branches at about 11:30 a.m. reporting no arrests or injuries.<BR/><BR/>Federal regulators seized Pasadena-based IndyMac on Friday and reopened the bank Monday under the control of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Deposits to $100,000 are fully insured by the FDIC.<BR/><BR/>Worried customers with deposits in excess of insured limits flooded IndyMac Bank branches on Monday, demanding to withdraw as much money as they could or get answers about the fate of their funds.<BR/><BR/>When it was clear some wouldn't get in before closing, FDIC employees apparently took down names and told them to return today.<BR/><BR/>By 9:30 a.m., there were more than 100 customers waiting in two lines -- one for people who had put their names on the list Monday, and one for everyone else. Many brought their own lawn chairs and umbrellas. Cars passing by on Ventura Boulevard honked in support.<BR/><BR/>Joanne Knauss, 40, returned to the branch this morning after being turned away on Monday, when customers in line began chanting: "Give us numbers!"<BR/><BR/>"It's only fair -- we were sitting in line for so many hours," said Knauss, an attorney from Woodland Hills. Officials "literally didn't know what to do."<BR/><BR/>Barjasteh, though, complained that she had set up an appointment for 10 a.m. but arrived to find that the staff wasn't honoring it.<BR/><BR/>"They have to honor their word. How can I trust? They told me 10 o'clock," she said. "I honored their word. Can you believe this is how they're treating people?"<BR/><BR/>At one point, a security guard took to blocking the entryway to the Encino branch to prevent angry customers from trying to barge in. IndyMac and FDIC staff members came out to repeatedly apologize and try to soothe the crowd, but were met with screams.<BR/><BR/>"Two days I'm out of work because I'm standing here and they have no solution," said Hanita Horowitz, 44, an aesthetician from Woodland Hills. "They think we have time on our hands."<BR/><BR/>Real estate appraiser Don Hinoj, 48, of Sherman Oaks, was vacationing with his wife in Salt Lake City when he heard about the takeover. The couple drove all day Monday to return to Southern California to check on their money.<BR/><BR/>"I don't know if I'll get in there today," Hinoj said outside the Encino branch. He said he had one money market account and two certificate of deposits at the bank. All told, they contained "over half a million dollars, money I worked all my life for," he said.<BR/><BR/>Hinoj said he came to the branch Wednesday before leaving on his trip and was told by the manager that his money was safe.<BR/><BR/>"I regret that. Had I known that was going to happen, I would have taken my money out," he said. "My business is slow on top of everything else. . . . I'm missing work today and I'm going to miss work until I resolve this issue."<BR/><BR/>Staff writer Molly Hennessy-Fiske contributed to this story.<BR/><BR/>andrea.chang@latimes.com<BR/><BR/>andrew.blankstein@latimes.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-63099028807183249692008-07-15T19:19:00.000-04:002008-07-15T19:19:00.000-04:00Does Oberlander have a problem with neighboring Or...Does Oberlander have a problem with neighboring Orange County? There is a daily minyan at Otisville.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-4640912990626286782008-07-15T19:17:00.000-04:002008-07-15T19:17:00.000-04:00http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/07/secret_tapes_...http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/07/secret_tapes_show_that_li_rabb.html <BR/><BR/>Secret Tapes Show That L.I. Rabbi Who May Topple Olmert Has a Threatening History<BR/><BR/>Morris Talansky is the ordained rabbi, former Great Neck macher, and sometimes successful businessman who may bring down the government of Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert. In May, Talansky told Israeli prosecutors that he delivered envelopes of cash to Olmert, which he claimed were for both campaign and personal expenses. Olmert insisted on cash, Talansky said. “I just didn’t really understand the system in Israel,” said Talansky, and so he acquiesced. <BR/><BR/>But in cross-examination scheduled for this week in Israel, Olmert’s lawyers are expected to paint the roly-poly 75-year-old Talansky as an aggressive, threatening businessman who has long had a reputation as a bully. Talansky has characterized himself as a naïve lover of Israel taken advantage of by a cunning politician. <BR/><BR/>A transcript of secret tapes obtained by New York Magazine suggests that Talansky can indeed be willful and determined, and even threatening.<BR/><BR/>Twenty years ago Talansky invested in a Pittsburgh office building which quickly went bust. He felt he’d been fleeced by the sellers, among them a couple of Long Island rabbis. <BR/><BR/>In the 29-page handwritten transcript, Talansky demanded his money back at meetings and in phone calls, which were secretly recorded. If he didn’t get it, he said, there’d be consequences. At one point an angered Talansky suggested that a bomb would be placed in the car of Richard Penzer, the lead seller on the building. One rabbi confronted Talansky over this. <BR/><BR/>“There were threats mentioned about blowing up his” — Penzer’s — “car,” he told Talansky.<BR/><BR/>At first Talansky denied that any threats had been made, then he acknowledged the bomb threat. <BR/><BR/>“Yeah, okay,” he conceded. “That was the anger when millions of dollars are at stake.” <BR/><BR/>Talansky, who one participant at the meetings described as a “wild man,” also introduced a mysterious character named Bernie into discussions. Bernie, he said, had lost a lot of money in the deal. No one ever met Bernie. But Talansky, Bernie’s confidant, let the rabbis know that Bernie was not someone to be trifled with. The transcripts make clear that the rabbis were afraid. For good reason: Bernie apparently wanted to kill one of the participants before Christmas. <BR/><BR/>Is he “some type of Mafia guy?” one rabbi asked. <BR/><BR/>Another participant responded, “That’s what Talansky implies … Someone told me this guy Bernie is someone you want to stay away from.”<BR/><BR/>The rabbis grew more frightened when, on Sunday morning, January 19, 1992, three bulky “goons” showed up at the Lawrence, New York, home of Richard Penzer. One of them, Michael Sciotto, later said that he’d gone to collect a debt for Morris Talansky, according to Sciotto’s affidavit.<BR/><BR/>“I was petrified,” says Penzer. “I had young kids at home.” <BR/><BR/>Sciotto later changed his story. After viewing a photo of Talansky, he said the person who sent him to Penzer’s door wasn’t Talansky, but someone who said he was Morris Talansky. <BR/><BR/>Talansky’s career has involved more than one charge of aggressive behavior. He’s currently under investigation by Nassau County for allegedly assaulting his 84-year-old former dentist over a bill dispute. Once he accosted Fed Schulman, a former business associate he claimed owed him $300,000, according to a police report filed by Schulman. Later a man calling himself “Rocco” and an associate began showing up at Schulman’s office. He claimed he’d bought the $300,000 note. He left threatening messages on Schulman’s phone, one of which Schulman recorded. Schulman’s attorney, Sheldon Gopstein, summarized the message this way: “We’ve been patient long enough. You owe us $300,000 … Me and my partner are going to come up there.” <BR/><BR/>—Steve FishmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-18883283085170745012008-07-15T19:13:00.000-04:002008-07-15T19:13:00.000-04:00DISGUSTING! CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER WANTS TO LIVE ...DISGUSTING! CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER WANTS TO LIVE CLOSE TO A SHUL:<BR/><BR/>In People v. Oberlander, 2008 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 4111 (Sup. Ct. Rockland Co., June 18, 2008), a New York trial court rejected a free exercise challenge by plaintiff to a violation of probation order that had been issued against him. Yoel Oberlander moved to an area that was off imits to convicted sex offenders. He claimed that as an observant Orthodox Jew he needed to live within walking distance of a synagogue, and that he could find no permissible site in the Town of Ramapo, his selected town, that met this requirement. The court however rejected his claim, stating: <B>"The defendant's 'need' to live in Ramapo is no stronger than those of the potential victims within the town that share the same religious beliefs.</B> The State has validly exercised its police powers to protect vulnerable citizens of all religions, in Ramapo, and throughout Rockland County. Undoubtedly, a compelling government interest in the legislation has been demonstrated."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-83892134321008555942008-07-15T17:25:00.000-04:002008-07-15T17:25:00.000-04:00David Axelrod: architect of Obama's unlikely campa...David Axelrod: architect of Obama's unlikely campaign By Amanda Paulson <BR/>Tue Jul 15, 4:00 AM ET<BR/> <BR/>Chicago - These days, it's hard to remember a time when Barack Obama wasn't a front-runner for the Democratic nomination. <BR/><BR/>But last fall, Sen. Obama was down 33 points in one national poll, Hillary Rodham Clinton was the presumptive nominee, and Obama's campaign staff was under enormous pressure to shake things up and try a different tactic.<BR/><BR/>They didn't.<BR/><BR/>That decision – to stick to a largely positive message rooted in hope and change, convinced it was the one that would resonate with the public – is due in large part to Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod.<BR/><BR/>"Barack was the insurgent here, and he won, and that's a testament to Barack and to David, because history is against the insurgent," says Rahm Emanuel, a Democratic congressman from Illinois and a friend of Mr. Axelrod. "These guys decided to double down on 'change' ... They took a gamble that people's attitudes would still be hungry for more of the same."<BR/><BR/>As political scientists dissect just what happened between last fall and this spring, and how a junior senator with a funny name and little experience on the national stage was able to dethrone the Clintons, much of the credit will likely go to Axelrod – and to what is a pairing of candidate and adviser who are unusually well suited to each other.<BR/><BR/>He's Obama's answer to Karl Rove, the big-picture architect of the campaign who always seems to have his pulse on what will resonate with voters. But he's also, say colleagues, a rarity among political advisers: someone who still carries the idealism that got him started in the business.<BR/><BR/>"In a world where cynicism reigns supreme, he's a believer," says David Wilhelm, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, who got to know Axelrod in 1984 when they were both working on the campaign of former Illinois Senator Paul Simon. <BR/><BR/>Axelrod cut his political teeth at age 13 as a boy living in Stuyvesant Town when he sold bumper stickers and buttons for Robert Kennedy's campaign. <BR/><BR/>"The times made people focused on politics, and David in particular," says Robert Swidler, a lawyer in Troy, N.Y., who grew up with Axelrod. <BR/><BR/>The assassinations of Kennedy and of Martin Luther King Jr. had a big impact, says Mr. Swidler. "You had to fight against disillusionment and cynicism and becoming angry. David just became committed."<BR/><BR/>Axelrod moved to Chicago for college, then spent several years as a rising young political reporter at the Chicago Tribune before deciding that he preferred practicing politics to writing about it, leaving to work for Simon's senatorial campaign. <BR/><BR/>While he's worked for a few "really bad machine hacks" over the years, there have been fewer and fewer of them as Axelrod became established, says Don Rose, a Chicago political consultant and early mentor of Axelrod. <BR/><BR/>And over the years he's mounted an impressive roster of clients – including Representative Emanuel, Sen. Herb Kohl, Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. <BR/><BR/>He has a close relationship with longtime Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, a client for 20 years, and he's done campaign work for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Edwards, and Sen. Chris Dodd – all vying for the nomination this year. But apparently Axelrod never has believed in a client as much as he does in Obama. "It's one of those things, where you pray for the day when you meet the right candidate and you meet at the right moment, and David Axelrod has done both of those," says Mr. Wilhelm. <BR/><BR/>Both men are from Chicago, and Axelrod first met Obama 15 years ago when Obama was a 30-year-old community organizer. Their friendship was solidified during Obama's 2004 run for the US Senate. Axelrod ran his campaign despite the fact that Obama was a little-known state senator who seemed to have little chance of beating his well-funded opponents. <BR/><BR/>Axelrod has a talent for mining his clients' biographies for details that will resonate with voters, and in Obama, he has found a uniquely American story to work with. <BR/><BR/>"David understands that the candidate himself – the candidate's values, the candidate's story – are what drives the message of the campaign," says Forrest Claypool, a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and Axelrod's partner when he first began a political consulting business. "One of his strengths is to tie the individual story of candidates to the message and values that they're conveying on the campaign trail." <BR/><BR/>Axelrod doesn't shy away from negative campaigning, and colleagues point to some brutal ones he has run in the past. But in Obama, he sensed that the message that would resonate – and that was most natural to his client – was one that focused on ideals, hope, unity, and change. <BR/><BR/>Indeed, since Obama announced his candidacy on a frigid Saturday in February of last year – telling the crowd of an "unyielding faith that in the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it" – that core message has remained largely unchanged. Axelrod "had the initial vision of how this campaign might succeed," says John Kupper, a partner at Axelrod's firm. <BR/><BR/>"To make this decision to run is a huge personal sacrifice and commitment. Barack didn't want to be out chasing rainbows here," he says. "I think David is the guy who felt that Barack had a winning message and saw the path and put together a team that could help execute that plan." <BR/><BR/>Still, the success of that message was tested over the months, as Obama continued to trail in the polls and many pushed the campaign to increase attacks on Clinton or to shake up the campaign. <BR/><BR/>Both observers and those inside the campaign give much of the credit for resisting that pressure not just to Axelrod, but to the team that he and Obama built up. <BR/><BR/>Many of them had worked together for years, and they were selected in part for their ability to work as a team – starting with David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager. Many credit Mr. Plouffe, who is a partner in Axelrod's firm and a longtime friend, with the ultimately successful decision to eschew traditional wisdom and focus on rural and caucus states. <BR/><BR/>The seamlessness of the operation bore a stark contrast to the constant bickering and shake-ups within the Clinton organization, a far more typical model for presidential campaigns. <BR/><BR/>"Oftentimes, presidential campaigns are organizations of ill-fitting pieces jammed together by competing power centers," says Mr. Claypool. "That results in rivalries, turf wars, backbiting, intrigue, and drama – all the things missing from this campaign." <BR/><BR/>Axelrod, Claypool and others say, is a collegial manager who values – and actively seeks out – others' opinions. He's constantly obsessing over whether he got something right and he seeks out countering viewpoints – a trait many say he shares with Obama. The two have meshed well together in other ways as well, including the premium both place on language and the power of words. <BR/><BR/>Referred to by many in the campaign as "keeper of the message," Axelrod has a knack for honing the phrases and ideas that will resonate with everyday voters – and for anticipating and dealing with attacks. <BR/><BR/>"He's got what musicians would call perfect pitch," says Mr. Rose. "That's something you can develop, but a great deal of it is inherent." <BR/><BR/>Emanuel, a close friend who had Axelrod sign the ketubah (the Jewish marriage covenant) at his wedding, remembers his first run for his north Chicago congressional district, when he was criticized as being a wealthy outsider. <BR/><BR/>Axelrod created an ad with a Chicago policeman endorsing him – revealed at the end of the commercial to be Emanuel's uncle. "One-third of the Chicago police department lives in my district. It grounded me here," says Emanuel. <BR/><BR/>When Axelrod ran Mayor Daley's first campaign, he anticipated the criticisms that the sometimes awkward Daley wasn't up to the job. He ran an unconventional ad in which Daley told his audience that he might not be the best speaker, but he knew how to lead a city. <BR/><BR/>"It took away in one fell swoop the most likely line of attack," says Wilhelm. <BR/><BR/>With Obama's campaign, Axelrod has dealt with several crises – most notably regarding the Rev. Jeremiah Wright – and he's now gearing up for an even more brutal fight in the general election. <BR/><BR/>As a bigger operation, the campaign has had to hire many more people and delegate more decisions, and some worry whether that same collegial dynamic can be maintained. "The circle is expanding, more people are involved, and it becomes an even bigger management challenge," says Mr. Kupper. "But I think we've tried to put a premium on bringing aboard people who we like and respect." <BR/><BR/>The campaign has already signaled a few unconventional strategies since clinching the nomination, from the decision to campaign seriously in as many as 25 states to the announcement that Obama will give his acceptance speech in Denver's Invesco Field, which can seat more than 70,000 people – a move reminiscent of John F. Kennedy, the last candidate to accept the nomination in a stadium. <BR/><BR/>It remains to be seen whether the message Obama and Axelrod crafted together will hold up through November, or resonate as well with general election voters as it did in the primary. But observers say the campaign, so far, will go down in history books as a premier example of how an underdog can take on the establishment. <BR/><BR/>"This was truly a marathon, not a sprint, and I don't think Barack Obama ever really lost a sense of what he was trying to accomplish," says Wilhelm. "I look at Axelrod and the team, and the fact that they were able to persevere and win in the face of the extraordinary challenge represented by Senator Clinton and the national campaign organization that she put on the field as being one of the seminal achievements of modern-day politics."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-81904520050083590502008-07-15T16:39:00.000-04:002008-07-15T16:39:00.000-04:00NEWSAgudath Israel of America 79th Anniversary Din...NEWS<BR/>Agudath Israel of America 79th Anniversary Dinner<BR/>by Yated Ne'eman Staff<BR/>Agudath Israel of America will pay tribute to three renowned Torah activists at its upcoming 79th Annual Dinner, to be held May 20 at the New York Hilton Hotel.<BR/><BR/>The organization's Rabbi Aharon Kotler Memorial Award will be presented to Elly Kleinman, president and CEO of the Americare Companies, a group of companies that are major providers of home health and rehabilitation services throughout 14 counties in New York State. A national officer and member of the Vaad Hanhala of Agudath Israel of America, Mr. Kleinman has participated in Agudath Israel missions to Washington and served as a delegate on the Am Echad mission to Eretz Yisroel. He is also actively involved in numerous Torah and chesed institutions here and in Eretz Yisroel, including Sinai Academy, Torah Academy of Brooklyn, Yeshivas Hatalmud-Adelphia, Yeshivas Or Dovid-Yerushalayim, Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Yoseph-Yerushalayim, Bikur Cholim of Boro Park, and Hatzolah of Flatbush. Mr. Kleinman is an active member of Bais Hamedrash Bais Yitzchok-Tenke in Flatbush. He and his wife, Brochie, have three children and five grandchildren.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-63128890915896166992008-07-15T16:34:00.000-04:002008-07-15T16:34:00.000-04:00Cheating husband is Yossi Kleinman-was living in B...Cheating husband is Yossi Kleinman-was living in Bayswater. He was a<BR/>"rebbe" in some kiruv school. He lost his job once someone informed<BR/>the school of his doings. <BR/><BR/>The girl he was cheating with was also working in the same school. Supposedly they both called in sick on the same days and spent time together.<BR/> His father is a bigshot At The Agudah and with one of the kiruv organizations dunno which one-lives on Bedford Ave in<BR/>Flatbush-owns "The Americare companies"http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5761/behar/adinner.htm<BR/><BR/>The lady he was cheating with her name is Effy Saftlas nee Kariti from Staten Island.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-77312774829387477832008-07-15T15:15:00.000-04:002008-07-15T15:15:00.000-04:00It's mamash a toyeless for the noyaif and noyefess...It's mamash a toyeless for the noyaif and noyefess to be named so we can yell at the Agudah Fressers to stop this travesty!<BR/><BR/>So lemaan kvod shomayim, what are their names? I will do the mitzva tzu mefarsem zein all over Sullivan County.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com