דבר הי בוזא Agudath Israel of America Mourns the Loss of its Honorary Member of Their Board of Directors Ztz”l, Z"tl, Z'l, A"H,..."All Our Policy Decisions Are Made By Our Rabbis Who Grew Up Watching & Influenced by Bozo ...And We Are Determined To Keep Carrying Bozo's Legacy Forward "

Performer known for Bozo the Clown act dies at 89

By JTA March 26, 2018

Frank Avruch, a Jewish entertainer known for his portrayal of Bozo the Clown on television, has died.

Avruch, a longtime Boston television personality, died Tuesday at his home there from heart disease, his family said in a statement to WCVB-TV. He was 89. 

He played Bozo from 1959 to 1970, when local TV stations franchised a character originally created by another Jewish American, record producer Alan W. Livingston. Avruch became the first nationally syndicated Bozo the Clown.

“He had a heart of gold,” manager Stuart Hersh told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “He brought the Bozo the Clown character to life better than anyone else’s portrayal of Bozo the Clown.”

Avruch was an active philanthropist and a board member of UNICEF’S New England chapter. He toured the world performing as Bozo for UNICEF, the United Nations organization dedicated to helping children in need.

In an interview for “TV Party,” Avruch, who was born in Boston to Russian-Jewish parents, revealed that he did not use his real last name when he first started out in television.

“You had to go on television, you had to change your name. Frank Stevens was my name. And when I came out of the Army, I decided to use my real name,” he said.

The decision to use his real name was after seeing “a very famous announcer from the network television called Andre Baruch,” he recalled in the interview. “And I said, well, if he can do it, I can do it, too.”

http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/performer-known-for-bozo-the-clown-act-dies-at-89/

The Magazine of the ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS -- Keep Women In The Kitchen & Fress Your Way To Freedom! The Religion That Lost its Soul To Crass Materialism, Consumerism & Frivolity!

90% of Orthodox Women Are In Kitchen Jail Over Pesach

 The other 10% ---- Quoting from a person who is so happy with the numbers and statistics below - He is "baked" in to the Orthodox  Establishment! AKA AGUDAH KOSHER FRESSER.

Direct Quote From This Genius:

"We’re on the verge of breaking a record this Pesach: 

100,000 Jews will be going away for Pesach to an estimated 125 properties and programs. 30,000 Jews have virtually taken over the Orlando area. Economics? When you add up hotels, food, travel, new clothing, car rentals, admission to attractions etc. and go conservative and allocate $1,000 per person…that’s $100 million right there and guess what? I suspect that it is much higher. When you put it all together, if my math is correct, Pesach is about a $1.5 billion industry. 

So now I understand when the Torah says that we left Egypt with a “big fortune!”

From - "A People of the Book" to A People of Slaves to their Desires.  These New Jews Will Never Be Free!

Coach Jim Cleamons WILL BE OUR GUEST

Coach Jim Cleamons was selected in the very first round of the 1971 NBA Draft by the L.A. Lakers. Coach Cleamons has 10 NBA Championship rings, 1 as a player with the 1972 Los Angeles Lakers and 9 coaching the Chicago Bulls and LA Lakers. Coach Cleamons and his 1972 Laker team still hold the record for most games won in a row, 33! He played his college ball at Ohio State and was named All NBA Defensive Team in 1976 with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Coach Clemons was also an NBA Head Coach with the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Hornets. He coached superstars such as Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, and many other elite NBA and College players. Coach Cleamons was selected to be in the Ohio basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. He continues to energize and teach our youth on a daily basis and currently consults and assists with the YULA Boys varsity basketball team in Los Angeles. Coach also runs a one of a kind Community summer basketball and life camp in South Los Angeles. He conducts numerous basketball clinics throughout the country and is also working on a new book detailing his incredibly successful life journey. Coach Cleamons and his wife, Cheryl, reside in Manhattan Beach, CA and have two daughters.

The law in most jurisdictions require that any reasonable cause to suspect abuse must get reported to the authorities so that well trained investigators, not rabbis, can do their job without hinderance.

There is Talmudic precedent for dealing with abusive rabbis. The Talmud in Moed Katan, 17a tells of a rabbi who had a bad reputation, because as the Talmudic interpreters indicate, he was sexually inappropriate. He was excommunicated and not allowed back to the community. It is a simple direct and highly relevant position that some of our current religious leaders might want to restudy before making questionable pronouncements.

Rabbis Misunderstand Sexual Abuse

by Michael J. Salamon --- Dr Michael Salamon, a fellow of the American Psychological Association, is the founder and director of ADC Psychological Services in … [More]

• Communities That Protect Abusers

Over the last few weeks there have been several displays of limited awareness by some rabbinic leaders regarding the subject of childhood sexual abuse. Rabbi Michael Broyde, in what might have been another wise reasonable article on the topic (http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/six-steps-for-dealing-with-abuse-scandals/), erred on several points. His most notable was the implication that in the case of abuse “false accusations are sometimes raised.”

False accusations are rarely raised! In fact, virtually every study reported in Israel, America and elsewhere, documented by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, indicate that false accusations of childhood sexual abuse occur in only about two percent of reported cases. 

There is also a tonal error on the rabbi’s part. One could read portions of his essay as suggesting that abusers be afforded the same treatment as those they abuse. Rabbi Broyde is also a lawyer, a professor of law at a prestigious law school so his sense of fairness and balance is understandable. But, his awareness of the reality of sexual abusers seems narrow.

Broyde implied that the media has a limited role, “while newspapers serve a valuable purpose of pressing for an initial investigation, they are almost never the right channel to conduct such an investigation… in an era of anonymous Internet accusations, we have to maintain a presumption of innocence in the face of an accusation”

In response to that I refer him to a USA today piece about Larry Nassar (https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation-now/2018/01/25/its-why-we-do-how-journalism-stopped-larry-nassar/109819500/), the doctor to elite gymnasts who abused as many as 250 young people. Rachel Denhollander, was the first to file an official complaint against Nassar. If not for a newspapers’ dogged investigation of her case it is likely that Nassar would still be in his exam room sexually abusing young athletes.

It took at least two years until a complete investigation of Nassar revealed the depth of his perversion and the vast number of young people he harmed.

Sometimes it takes even longer. In 2008 an 18-year-old who goes by the name Maria reported that she was raped at knife point. Initially she was not believed (https://www.propublica.org/article/false-rape-accusations-an-unbelievable-story). The disbelief created so much conflict for her that she recanted her story. It was not until years later that solid police work uncovered a pattern of similar rapes more than 1000 miles from where Maria was attacked, and her rapist was arrested. On the point of statute of limitations in cases of sexual abuse I also find Broyde’s position to be disingenuous.

Another misstep came from Rabbi Yitzhak Dovid Grossman of Migdal Ohr.

 Two weeks ago Rabbi Grossman testified on behalf of Malka Leifer, accused of 74 charges of sexually abusing young girls in a school that she ran in Australia. Grossman requested from the court that she be allowed to be under house arrest with his supervision rather than stay in jail. Leifer is finally being detained to determine if she should be extradited to face charges back in Melbourne and jail is where she should remain.

This is not the first time Rabbi Grossman was involved on the wrong side of a case of sexual abuse. 

Not that long ago He pleaded for leniency for Motti Elon (https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4439094,00.html). Just a few days after testifying for her, perhaps under pressure from the Migdal Ohr Board, Rabbi Grossman wrote “I notified the courts that I am completely withdrawing my involvement in the case of Malka Leifer, and my recommendation that she be placed under house arrest with my supervision.” Grossman purports to have sensitivity “to the pain and plight of children and adults who are abused” and I am sure that he does but his method of displaying that sympathy is questionable.

Rabbis have several issues to deal with and concomitant layers of conflict in addition to an ethical problem when confronted by cases of abuse in the community. They are put in a position of mixed and divided loyalties. Who in fact do they represent? Do they represent the victim, the abuser, the community?

Rabbis are often asked to provide counsel to victims and act as advocates on their behalf. Can they perform that role if they question the fact that abuse even occurred? What if the abuser also is part of the same community? Should rabbis decide if a suspected abuser is to be be reported to the authorities or not? The law in most jurisdictions require that any reasonable cause to suspect abuse must get reported to the authorities so that well trained investigators, not rabbis, can do their job without hinderance. And then there is the need for the community to gain guidance on how to handle not just the abuser but the victims as well. We have seen far too many instances where communities have turned against victims to support abusers even in situations where there was incontrovertible evidence that abuse occurred.

Three levels of responsibility and overlapping loyalties that rabbis find themselves saddled with. This problem is exacerbated by not having a licensing board and code of professional conduct. It should not be such a great dilemma though. There is Talmudic precedent for dealing with abusive rabbis. The Talmud in Moed Katan, 17a tells of a rabbi who had a bad reputation, because as the Talmudic interpreters indicate, he was sexually inappropriate. He was excommunicated and not allowed back to the community. It is a simple direct and highly relevant position that some of our current religious leaders might want to restudy before making questionable pronouncements.

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/rabbis-misunderstand-sexual-abuse/

A man who raped, sexually abused and then beat his victims - to ensure their silence - has been jailed for 22 years.

Man who raped and sexually abused young victims beat them to ensure their silence

 

David Glausiusz, 47, must sign the sex offenders register for life after being jailed for 22 years after a seven-week trial Manchester Crown Court

David Glausiusz convinced his victims they would not be believed if they reported his crimes

A man who raped, sexually abused and then beat his victims - to ensure their silence - has been jailed for 22 years.

David Glausiusz, 47, must sign the sex offenders register for life after being convicted after a seven-week trial Manchester Crown Court.

A sentencing hearing was told how he raped one of his victims, struck them with a piece of wood and stood on their stomach.

A member of Salford’s Orthodox Jewish community, Glausiusz also cut off one of his victims’ sidelocks, which the judge described as a ‘despicable act to cause him maximum humiliation and distress’.

He convinced his victims they would not be believed if they reported his crimes.

The court was told the victims were also threatened about potential repercussion in the community if they dared to report it.

Glausiusz, of Broughton Park, Salford , was convicted of three counts of rape of a boy under the age of 13.

He was also found guilty of six counts of sexual assault against a child under the age of 13, three counts of assault, and three counts of child cruelty.

Judge Martin Rudland told Glausiusz he will spend half of his sentence in prison, and the rest on licence.

Compensation is set to be awarded to his victims at a further hearing, to be held at the same court within 28 days.

Judge Rudland said: “Because of their youth and lack of understanding of sexual matters all children had some difficulty describing what had happened to them.”

Glausiusz was convicted after a seven-week trial Manchester Crown Court

The judge commended the police officers in the investigation for their work in bringing the case to court and supporting the victims.

In an unusual move, nine jurors who had served during the trial came back to court to hear the sentence passed for themselves.

Police were first alerted in April 2014, when a referral was made to Salford Children’s Social Care raising concerns about a young boy.

Officers said after months of further enquiries, both locally and internationally, they identified a number of other victims.

Glausiusz, of Leigh Road, was found guilty of recent and non-recent abuse against his victims including children as young as seven.

After the hearing, Det Ch Insp Alan Clitherow, of GMP’s Salford Borough, said: “The astounding bravery shown by those who suffered at the hands of Glauciusz has helped put a stop to his prolific and frankly evil actions.

“We are determined to continue working with a range of partners to safeguard victims and prosecute offenders and I’d like to recognise the valiant steps his victims have taken to put him behind bars.
“Tackling sexual and physical abuse of children and young people will remain a priority for GMP but protecting children and young people is the responsibility of us all.

“It is crucial that we work together to identify individuals who prey on vulnerable children and empower young people to speak up.”

An NSPCC spokesman added: “Glausiusz is a clear danger to children and his calculated and sickening attacks will have had a deeply damaging effect on his young victims.

“His lack of remorse, coupled with his attempts to evade justice by intimidating his young victims into silence, is deeply shocking.

“Their incredible courage in speaking out has helped bring Glausiusz to justice and we hope the sentence will give his victims some level of comfort and that they are receiving the necessary support to recover.”

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/man-who-raped-sexually-abused-12961737

MANCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY RESPONSE

Several parents came forward and testified that Jacobs urged them in 2012 to not report to the authorities, the sexual abuse suffered by their children at the hands of a teacher employed at the Cheider...

And They Excommunicated Baruch Spinoza....

Dutch Jewish Community distances itself from Chief Rabbi Jacobs

The organization representing the Jewish community in Amsterdam has severed ties with Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs because of the Chief Rabbi’s involvement in covering up child sexual abuse.

This is according to a letter by David Brilleslijper, Chairman of the Jewish community of Amsterdam (NIHS), which was obtained by The Parool. (A leading Dutch newspaper.)

These actions mark the first time that a Jewish organization has distanced itself from the Chief Rabbi, after years of allegations of his involvement in several abuse cases.

Jacobs is chief rabbi of all Jewish communities in The Netherlands, except for the capitol Amsterdam, the Hague and Rotterdam.

Several parents came forward and testified that Jacobs urged them in 2012 to not report to the authorities, the sexual abuse suffered by their children at the hands of a teacher employed at the Cheider.  

Jacobs warned them of “severe penalties” of falsely reporting crimes, and that their children, the abuse victims, would not be able to find suitable marriage candidates within the Jewish community.

Because of the delay in reporting to the police, the teacher suspected of sexual abuse, Ephraim S, was able to flee to Israel where he became a citizen.

After lengthy legal battles, he was extradited in 2016. On Wednesday he will appear in front of a judge for the initial hearing of the case.

Jacobs denied these accusations. He maintained that he followed the protocols of the education inspection.

However, this week it became clear from evidence of the Telegraaf and NRC (Leading Dutch newspapers), that only after severe pressure from the then Minister of Education, Marja van Bijsterveldt, did the school finally report the abuse of Ephraim S.

According to Brilleslijper, there have been numerous attempts to engage in a conversation with Jacobs regarding these abuse allegations, but the Chief Rabbi ignored these requests.

“With great regret we conclude that you (Jacobs) do not want to engage in a conversation about the allegations with the NIHS, therefore, we have to suspend any contact with yourselves until such date where this discussion takes place,” wrote Brilleslijper in his letter to Jacobs.

Brilleslijper added in writing that his community has suspended any contact with rabbinical organizations where Jacobs fulfils any roles, and that from now on they will only engage with Amsterdam based Rabbis.

In the meantime, the VVD (main Dutch political party) stated in Parliamentary questions on this matter that the board and management of the Cheider have been advised to step down.

http://www.jewishcommunitywatch.org/dutch-jewish-community-distances-chief-rabbi-jacobs/

Jerusalem syndrome, according to the study, is a behavioral phenomenon observed in eccentric and psychotic tourists who have been visiting the Holy Land and has been recorded since the beginning of the 19th century. The syndrome “should be regarded as an aggravation of a chronic mental illness, and not as a transient psychotic episode.”

Jerusalem syndrome: Caught up in the rapture of God  -  The syndrome “should be regarded as an aggravation of a chronic mental illness, and not as a transient psychotic episode.”

Their study, “The ‘Jerusalem Syndrome’ – Fantasy and Reality: A survey of accounts from the 19th century to the end of the second millennium,” published in the Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences (1999), aims to define this phenomenon and looks at nearly two centuries of patterns of tourists who experience a temporary insanity and often assume the role of biblical figures.

In Tel Aviv, a man claims to be the Messiah.

In Brooklyn, A Man Claimed To Be Yisroel Belsky (could be)

"Jerusalem syndrome” is a diagnosis commonly applied to explain the behavior of certain unique “characters” who are sometimes seen roaming the streets of the city.

Donning biblical garb, experiencing delusions or hallucinations, taking on a different name, and refusing to leave the city or Israel itself are some of the symptoms that are considered evidence of this unusual affliction.

Is Jerusalem to blame for these episodes? Is there even such a thing as Jerusalem syndrome? What is it about this place that has such a strong and sometimes dangerous effect on some people?

The phenomenon may have surfaced recently with the disappearance of a British tourist during a visit to Israel several months ago.

Oliver McAfee, 29, disappeared while cycling the Israel Trail in the Negev at the end of 2017.

In January, it was reported that McAfee, still not found, might be suffering from Jerusalem syndrome, as police confirmed that he wrote passages from the New Testament on several pieces of paper and rocks that were found in the desert. The police added to the report that it remained unclear if he had a psychological disorder.

The syndrome is featured in an episode of The Simpsons, aired in 2010, where the Springfieldians make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with their church group.

While the episode is loaded with fun Israeli-based satire – Sacha Baron Cohen speaking in Hebrew as an almost too accurate stereotypical Israeli tour guide – and a Simpsonified Jerusalem, near the end of the episode Homer has a spat with his devoutly Christian neighbor Ned Flanders, and the scene cuts to Homer riding a camel in the desert. Reaching the Dead Sea after a sandstorm, Homer passes out, face first, in the Dead Sea and awakens to proclaim he is the Messiah, after having a vision of being visited by talking anthropomorphic vegetables.

Homer returns to Jerusalem, donning a toga made of a bedsheet, and makes lofty prophecies. He is diagnosed with Jerusalem syndrome.

Homer ends up on the Temple Mount, standing before Christians, Muslims and Jews and calling for a new religion based on their shared love of chicken, after which all of the assembled stand up and proclaim that they, too, are the Messiah.

Satire often imitates real life, as Homer’s portrayal isn’t too far off from the description compiled by mental health professionals.

JERUSALEM SYNDROME  made its first appearance in the medical books in the 1930s thanks to Heinz Herman, who was a Jerusalem-based psychiatrist and one of the founders of modern psychiatric research in Israel.

However, the jury is still out on whether the syndrome arises independently or whether those who are afflicted with it had other preexisting conditions.

Psychiatrists Eliezer Witztum and Moshe Kalian, who for decades have worked extensively with patients suffering with this affliction, have concluded that it’s the latter.

Their study, “The ‘Jerusalem Syndrome’ – Fantasy and Reality: A survey of accounts from the 19th century to the end of the second millennium,” published in the Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences (1999), aims to define this phenomenon and looks at nearly two centuries of patterns of tourists who experience a temporary insanity and often assume the role of prominent biblical figures.

Jerusalem syndrome, according to the study, is a behavioral phenomenon observed in eccentric and psychotic tourists who have been visiting the Holy Land and has been recorded since the beginning of the 19th century. The syndrome “should be regarded as an aggravation of a chronic mental illness, and not as a transient psychotic episode.”

The study notes the spiritual significance of Jerusalem which has been embedded in both Jewish and Christian messianic traditions. The syndrome is related to this notion of Jerusalem being the center of the universe as well as the location of the “end of days” or redemption, depending on whom you ask.

Witztum was a full professor in the division of psychiatry at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is the director of the School for Psychotherapy of the Beersheba Mental Health Center. Speaking with In Jerusalem, he explains that nearly all of the cases he has dealt with through the years have proven that a preexisting mental condition is the common thread of all of these cases, and that when a tourist visits Jerusalem, this preexisting condition is triggered in one form or another.

“It’s not a disease but a cultural phenomenon,” says Witztum. “The Judeo-Christian faiths have a lot of messianic prophecies that call on the tourists to have visions, hear voices and go to the Holy Land and do this type of holy work explained in the Bible; but when they get off the plane, it’s another story.”

One of the triggers of the syndrome comes from unrealistic expectations before visiting holy sites.

“When people land here, specifically on religious- based tour groups, they have very high expectations of spiritual significance that were built up prior to the trip; and when they get to these places and their expectations are not met, they become disappointed, and this triggers the symptoms of what is known as Jerusalem syndrome,” Witztum explains.

“Or the expectations are built up so much that, upon reaching such places, especially around the Old City, they become delusional and lose themselves in the moment, triggering a psychotic or schizophrenic episode.”

When this occurs, they most likely end up at Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center, where Witztum has treated dozens of tourists stricken with the syndrome.

“But when these people get to us, nearly all of the patients have preexisting mental conditions on record, and 50% of them are schizophrenic,” he adds.

He related the case of a German chef who walked into a hotel, asked for access to the hotel’s kitchen and spoke with the chef and the kitchen staff.

After a while, he told the staff that he would be taking over the kitchen because he was sent by God to prepare the “Last Supper,” as the end of days was coming.

Naturally, the staff refused and a scuffle ensued, before the police were called.

The German chef was brought to Witztum, who treated him.

Although this phenomenon primarily affects those of the Judeo-Christian faiths when visiting Jerusalem, Witztum notes that similar patterns can be seen among Muslims when they visit Mecca.

“So far, there has been one paper written about this, but I believe this is just a hint of a much larger phenomenon that can be seen in Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.”

DEBRA NUSSBAUM STEPEN,  a Jerusalem-based licensed tour guide and former psychotherapist originally from Los Angeles, has seen this phenomenon in the clinical world and now also in her daily life as a tour guide.

“Walking around the Old City, I have seen people speaking in tongues and having ecstatic experiences in and near holy sites,” Stepen tells IJ. “You are walking in the footsteps of Jesus or King David... and that brings out the connection with the land and the person’s connection with their spiritual side.

“I’ve seen the Christian pilgrim groups and they are experiencing where Jesus walked, and the pastor reads them Scriptures and it just clicks or something.

“You see the Nahman guys singing and dancing – that’s not Jerusalem syndrome; that’s them being them and it’s not crazy. Same thing with newly religious people who dress in all white and dance fervently with their eyes closed on the roof of the Aish HaTorah building [which overlooks the Western Wall].”

She explains that diagnosing Jerusalem syndrome can be a slippery slope: “It is very important not to misdiagnose something that could either be considered psychosis or a spiritual experience.”

Stepen says that people in their late teens and early twenties who are predisposed to schizophrenia and other mental illnesses tend to experience their first episode the first time they leave home.

“I have seen the sudden change and stress of this experience, particularly among gap-year participants, but this is not Jerusalem syndrome and should not be labeled as such.”

“What we are dealing with,” says Witztum, “are mainly the cases that are disturbing the peace: people who sleep on the street or make a scene; but I believe there are more cases that are going unreported.”

http://www.jpost.com/In-Jerusalem/Jerusalem-syndrome-543868?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=18-3-2018&utm_content=jerusalem-syndrome-543868

Phillip Kravetsky – who’s well known in Toronto’s Jewish community as a family law mediator, psychotherapist, teacher, family man and DJ – is being investigated by the Toronto Police Service on a child sexual assault complaint.

Well-known Torontonian charged with child sex assault

Phillip Kravetsky – who’s well known in Toronto’s Jewish community as a family law mediator, psychotherapist, teacher, family man and DJ – is being investigated by the Toronto Police Service on a child sexual assault complaint.

The 51-year-old Torontonian was arrested on March 13, after police were called in to investigate a claim that a child was assaulted in the Lawrence Avenue and Bathurst Street area of the city.

Kravetsky is charged with sexual assault and sexual interference and is scheduled to appear in court on April 27.

Although police released Kravetsky’s photo and a request for information from anyone who might have any details related to the case, Toronto Police Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu said that, “In order to protect the identity of the victim, we cannot provide any further details.”

According to a police press release, Kravetsky was arrested by members of the Child & Youth Advocacy Centre, a group that partners child abuse investigators from the Toronto Police Service with community and government agencies, including the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto and Jewish Family & Child.

READ: WINNIPEG RABBI ON THE LAM FOLLOWING SEX-ASSAULT CHARGES

The age and sex of the victim, as well as when the assault allegedly took place, remains unreported.
According to the website for Kravetsky’s company, PCK Psychotherapy and Mediation, he works with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General’s Mandatory Mediation Program, the Ontario Community Care Access Centres and other organizations.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Kravetsky is an instructor at Durham College in Oshawa, Ont., and previously worked at Yeshivas Binyan Hatorah High School in Toronto as a counsellor, and at Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu as a teacher. On Facebook, Kravetsky promoted his services as a Jewish music DJ for bar and bat mitzvahs, weddings and other simchot.

Guila Benchimol, a PhD candidate in sociological criminology at the University of Guelph and a security consultant for a number of Jewish organizations, said she has received a number of calls from concerned members of the community who were looking for details relating to the case.

“Phil Kravetsky is a well-known community figure in Toronto. I had never heard that it was an open secret that people knew about this, or that there was any weirdness around him. He has DJed at community events. People haven’t said, ‘Oh yeah, watch out for that person,’ which does often happen when it comes to these issues,’” Benchimol said.

It seems like the community doesn’t wake up to this until one of their own is arrested.
– Guila Benchimol

She said it’s important for people to understand that although she has never heard any rumours about Kravetsky and she is unfamiliar with this particular case, “There is a process the police follow in terms of an investigation before making an arrest, so if they are making an arrest, there is a reason they needed to do so. Many times, these cases are not isolated. There is usually a pattern or a number of victims, which is why they make it public.”

Benchimol addressed the fact that many people often don’t believe the allegations at first.

“False reports do a lot of damage … but the false report rate is two to eight per cent, and when it’s children, it’s four to six per cent. Why do we rush to assume it’s a false report? For some reason, we forget about the victimized party,” she said, adding that her experience is that the general consensus is that sexual abuse doesn’t affect the Orthodox community.

“It seems like the community doesn’t wake up to this until one of their own is arrested,” she said. “If we want to become responsible about this, we have to start noticing, not just when someone we know is arrested – that is not the way to have empathy for those who are most affected by these issues.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-2922, or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or 222tips.com.

http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/well-known-torontonian-charged-with-child-sex-assault

Great evening. Songs about goats #strange...

If Trump live tweets the Seder …

Donald Trump's sure to get an invitation to Kushner's Seder night.

Trump at the seder: #eatcementlosers

 Invited to Ivanka and Jared’s for Seder dinner. I’m all set to go. #happypassover

The failed New York Times says Passover starts today. FAKE NEWS #sad

 Just called Jared. It seems it actually is Passover today. #let'smakepassovergreat

Very excited and honored to be leading the Seder service tonight. It’s going to be a TERRIFIC evening, the BEST SEDER ever!

 Jared says I’m not quite Jewish enough to lead the service. He'll do a FANTASTIC job!

 Jews celebrate freedom from slavery. We all celebrate freedom from Obama!

 So the Egyptians made the Israelites build massive pyramids. AND the Jews had to pay for them. Smart work, pharoah!

Seems pharoah is bad guy. Horrible. Never liked him.

Service underway. It seems quite complicated and long. Someone pour me a large Scotch.

 You can’t even have ONE GLASS OF SINGLE MALT?!? #sad

 Jared serving Bread of Affliction. It's gonna be delicious.

We're eating some kind of big cracker with no flavor! #fakebread #passthejelly

 Big immigrant population don’t wanna work hard to make Egypt great again #sad

OK BIG NEWS. Serious pressure on Egypt to let the people go.

 Pharoah dithering. Cut a deal! Losing patience with Egypt here.

 Moses using alternative facts to play with the heads of the Egyptians. THERE ARE TEN PLAGUES

 Lucky Egyptians weren’t on Obamacare — they’d be sick and poor (if first born, dead and poor) #fail

I’m warming to this idea bigly. WATCH OUT KIM JONG UN #tenplaguesforKorea #boils #frogs #riversofblood

 Israelites migrating. Fortunately for them they are not headed for #USA. They still have to get over the Red Sea #badidea

 OK so the Red Sea has parted. LET’S BUILD THAT WALL FOLKS

Egyptian military total fail #drowned. Big lesson for NATO here

 We’re singing a song called Dayenu. It means we’ve had enough. Just like the American people have had enough of FAKE NEWS

Correction, it means ‘it would have been enough’. So had POTUS just got rid of evil Hillary, it would have been enough #dayenu

Had POTUS saved America from Muslims carrying bombs, it would have been enough #dayenu

 Had POTUS simply built the wall, it would have been enough #dayenu

Gonna have a word with Sean Spicer. #dayenu is going to be our next press conference

 Everyone is saying “Next Year in Jerusalem”. Let’s get that embassy built there.

 Next year in Scotland! Terrific country. The Scottish people love me so much #Let’sPlayGolf. #singlemalt

 Prayer books have been put away. Four glasses of wine drunk. Now the feast. Happy Passover to all my Jewish friends — even the Democrats

 Is Hillary Jewish? #alternativefacts

 They just brought an egg. And they poured salty water all over it. Someone get me a Chinese takeout — and let’s make the Chinese pay for it

 OK there’s a crisis developing. Afi Koman has gone missing. Let’s get together and start searching for him.

 I seem to remember that Afi was Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister. Terrific guy. I hope his family are doing well and staying strong

 FAKE NEWS! Turns out Afi wasn’t the foreign minister, but a piece of matzah they hid. I led the search . Made sure Ivanka found it

 Everyone says we need to let in a guy called Elijah in. Has Elijah got a #greencard? Is he #muslim???

  They are putting wine in a glass for this guy. AND THEY ARE LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN #verysad

 We owe a debt to all of our immigrants but this is not the way we do business here anymore. No one gets a free pass. LET’S PUT AMERICA 1st!

 OK, Elijah is a dead prophet who comes back for a glass of wine. Who can blame him?

  Winding up. Great evening. Songs about goats #strange



  Looking forward to corned beef on rye at Trump Tower #signaturedish — hold the elevator!

https://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/trump-tweets-seder-1.435991

The Age of the Imbecile --- The World is Turning Catastrophically Stupid. Here’s How Not to Join It.

I’d bet, these days, shortly after reading the headlines, you’ve thought, shaking your head and muttering, something like: “OMG. We live in an age of impossibly catastrophic stupid.”

You’re not wrong. About a decade or so ago, hot on the heels of the financial crisis, something happened — an old story began to be rewritten, as the world found itself poorer once again. There was an explosion, somewhere deep in the human heart, and a tsunami rippled across the globe — one boiling and bubbling with every imaginable variety of stupid: human folly, gleeful ignorance, self-destructive greed, reckless spite, dim-witted cruelty parading itself as enlightenment.

And so now a tsunami of imbecility is rolling like a slow-motion thermonuclear bomb across the globe. Lightning bolts of foolishness shiver down it. Smoke clouds of idiocy billow from it. Here are the five kinds of stupid wrecking the globe — because your first job, these days, as a human being, is to make sure you’re not being turned into an imbecile by this wave of stupid, too.

Economic stupid is nationalism, populism, or austerity, three words that craftily mean the same thing. It’s the idea that “we don’t have the money to pay for it!!”, whether “it” is school lunches, healthcare, education, parks, libraries, media, or trains. Sure we have the money. What do you think an era of zero interest rates mean? It means that there is so much money sloshing around in the treasure chests of the global economy, so much loot piled up by Jeff Bezoses and Bill Gateses, that there is nowhere left to put it. Not a single place: all the yachts, super mansions, and trophy castles have been bought. 

Nada left to buy equals zilch interest to lend at. Zero interest doesn’t just means “societies can borrow for better than free and give everyone healthcare, education, an income, and savings” — it means that if they don’t, the economy will go right on cruising into oblivion, because that money will go on piling at the top, instead of doing anything remotely useful, beneficial, or necessary.

Now, who’s the prime exemplar of austerity? America, of course. There, thanks to four decades of people imbecilically destroying their very own government, those very people live in rank indignity — they have no healthcare, retirement, pensions, safety nets, and therefore, they have no mobility, opportunity, stability, security, and therefore, quite reasonably, they have no hope or optimism left, which is why they’re turning to harder and harder drugs to numb the pain of it all. But see the point: the nationalist says: “us first!!!”, but ironically, he only means “them last!!” He is too stupid to invest in his very own society. He wants, instead, to kick out the scapegoats, exclude the minority, scorn the weak. But he doesn’t see that “us first” and “them last” are not opposites — they quite often go hand in hand in a race to the bottom of the abyss. Ah, only a true imbecile would confuse up for down...

Denial. Self-chosen ignorance. Socially constructed mass delusions. Overweening folly. About the world, humanity, life, and each other. Things will be OK, go back to normal. We stick our fingers and cry “LA LA LA LA!!” at the merest mention of even the tiniest inconvenient truth — quick, change the channel, unlike that person, unfollow. So here are a few of those truths, now that I’ve got you in a position where you can’t squirm away so easily.....

 READ ENTIRE ESSAY AND APPLY THE EXAMPLES TO THE PEOPLE & CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND YOU:

https://eand.co/the-age-of-the-imbecile-c52ee205d94c

CALL THE POLICE IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY - "Depriving a child of necessary care that either caused serious harm or created a substantial risk of serious harm...."

New Jersey State Vaccine Requirements

Posted Date: February 23, 2018

https://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/state-vaccine-requirements/newjersey.aspx

New Jersey Minimum Immunization Requirements for Kindergarten

-Grade 12 Attendance

N.J.A.C. 8:57

-4 Immunization of Pupils in School

http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/documents/k12-parents.pdf

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Making and Screening Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect

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Individual Responsibility to Report

Citation: Ann. Sat. § 9:6-8.10 Any person who has reasonable cause to believe that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect shall report the same to the Division of Child Protection and Permanency by telephone or otherwise.

Content of Reports

Citation: Ann. Stat. § 9:6-8.10 The report, where possible, shall contain:

• The names and addresses of the child and the child's parent, guardian, or other person having custody
• The child's age, if known
• The nature and possible extent of injuries, including any evidence of prior injury
• Any other information that might be helpful with respect to the child abuse and the identity of the perpetrator

Reporting Suspicious Deaths

Citation: This issue is not addressed in the statutes reviewed.

Reporting Substance-Exposed Infants

Citation: This issue is not addressed in the statutes reviewed.

Agency Receiving the Reports

Citation: Ann. Stat. § 9:6-8.12 The division shall maintain, at all times, an emergency telephone service for the receipt of calls involving a report, complaint, or allegation of child abuse or neglect.

Initial Screening Decisions

Citation: Ann. Stat. § 9:6-8.11; Admin. Code Tit. 3A, §§ 10-2.1; 10-2.3 Upon receipt of a report, the division shall immediately take such action as shall be necessary to ensure the safety of the child and to that end may request and shall receive appropriate assistance from local and state law enforcement officials. The division shall initiate an investigation within 24 hours of receipt of the report, unless a delay is authorized based upon the request of a law enforcement official. The division also shall, within 72 hours, forward a report of such matter to the child abuse registry.

In regulation: The central registry shall deem a call to be a report if it contains at least one allegation that, if true, would constitute a child being an abused or neglected child, as defined by law.

Child Protective Services (CPS) shall start the investigation of a report no later than the end of the work day or within 24 hours of the central registry determining the timeframe. Each report that meets one or more of the following criteria shall be investigated no later than the end of the work day of receipt:

• Law enforcement personnel request an immediate response.
• An immediate response will prevent the loss of evidence.
• A child has died due to abuse or neglect and a sibling remains under the care of a parent or guardian.
• A child is born drug-exposed.
• A child under age 6 is alone at the time of the report.
• A child requires medical attention at the time of the report.
• A child is being seriously physically abused at the time of the report.

Agency Conducting the Assessment/Investigation

Citation: Admin. Code Tit. 3A, §§ 10-2.1; 10-5.4; 10-5.5 CPS shall investigate each new report, regardless of whether or not the alleged child victim and his or her family are known to the department. CPS shall investigate each report alleging abuse or neglect on a military installation, to the extent permitted by the base commander.

Each child protective investigator shall request assistance from and make every effort to coordinate investigative activities with local law enforcement when conducting an investigation and whenever:

• The child protective investigator needs personal protection.
• The nature of the report suggests it.
• There is an immediately life-threatening situation.
• Violence is occurring or is immediately threatened.

Each child protective investigator shall, when conducting a child protection investigation of a report in which law enforcement, a regional diagnostic and treatment center, a child advocacy center, medical and psychological personnel, or a multidisciplinary team is involved, participate in the coordination of the following activities:

• Interviewing the alleged child victim and the alleged perpetrator
• Accessing appropriate investigative medical and psychological services
• Making timely and appropriate linkages to treatment

Each child protective investigator shall make information developed during the investigation available on a timely basis to any party identified above and involved in the case, within the limits of the law.

Assessment/Investigation Procedures

Citation: Admin. Code Tit. 3A, § 10-3.1 In conducting an investigation of a report containing any allegation, the child protective investigator shall:

• Complete a safety assessment
• Interview, in person and individually:
  • The caregiver and each adult in the home
  • In cases that had been open within the previous 2 years, the worker who is the most knowledgeable about the family
  • Each other child residing in the home of the alleged child victim
  • The reporter and each other person identified as having knowledge of the incident or as having made an assessment of physical harm
  • The alleged perpetrator
• Read and review each available prior investigation relevant to the report
• Complete a child abuse record check of each household member and each other individual regularly frequenting or living in the alleged child victim's home
• Conduct a criminal history record check to identify a paramour's record of criminal history, when the report involves a paramour
• Complete a risk assessment
• Observe the environment in which the alleged abuse or neglect occurred or that poses a threat to the child
• Obtain a medical assessment of the injury

In completing an investigation, the investigator shall:

• Assess the strengths and needs of the caregiver and the alleged child victim
• Confirm child care arrangements reported by the caregiver, when appropriate
• Interview:
  • At least two collateral contacts, including school personnel, child care providers, witnesses, and community professionals who have first-hand knowledge of the alleged abuse or neglect
  • Each person residing at the address of occurrence and each witness offered by the alleged perpetrator
  • Each investigative law enforcement officer working on the report
  • Each primary response law enforcement personnel called to the scene of the alleged abuse or neglect
  • Each physician and advanced practice nurse directly involved with the treatment of the child

Timeframes for Completing Investigations

Citation: Admin. Code Tit. 3A, § 10-7.3 The child protective investigator shall make the finding for each report within 60 days of the report being received at the central registry, except for good cause approved by the office manager. The officer manager may grant extensions in increments of 30 days if the child protective investigator is continuing efforts to confirm credible information.

Classification of Reports

Citation: Admin. Code Tit. 3A, §§ 10-7.3; 10-7.4 For each allegation of abuse or neglect, the department shall make a finding on whether an allegation is substantiated, established, not established, or unfounded, as follows:

• An allegation shall be 'substantiated' if the preponderance of evidence indicates that a child is abused or neglected and the investigation indicates the existence of any of the circumstances listed below.
• An allegation shall be 'established' if the preponderance of evidence indicates that a child is an abused or neglected child, but the act or acts committed or omitted do not warrant a finding of substantiated as defined above.
• An allegation shall be 'not established' if there is no preponderance of evidence that a child is an abused or neglected child, but evidence indicates that the child was harmed or was placed at risk of harm.
• An allegation shall be 'unfounded' if there is no preponderance of evidence indicating that a child is an abused or neglected child, and the evidence indicates that a child was not harmed or placed at risk of harm.

The existence of any one or more of the following circumstances shall require a finding of substantiated when the investigation indicates:

• The death or near death of a child as a result of abuse or neglect
• Subjection of a child to sexual activity or exposure to inappropriate sexual activity or materials
• The infliction of injury or creation of a condition requiring a child to be hospitalized or to receive significant medical attention
• Repeated instances of physical abuse committed by the perpetrator against any child
• Failure to take reasonable action to protect a child from sexual abuse or repeated instances of physical abuse under circumstances where the parent or guardian knew or should have known that such abuse was occurring
• Depriving a child of necessary care that either caused serious harm or created a substantial risk of serious harm.

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To Vax Or Not To Vax? There Is No Question!

In May 2016, Grossman flew to South Africa to offer assistance to Rabbi Eliezer Berland, an ostracized leader in the Bratslav Hasidic sect who was later convicted of sexual asault. He Has a Long History of Very Questionable & Troubling Behavior When It Comes To Sexual Predators...

Malka Leifer - Adorned With Non-Tiffany Bracelets

Leifer Demeaned By Wearing Not Your Typical Bracelets For Jewish Women - Grossman Said Initially That Was Punishment Enough!

 BRACELETS FOR JEWS

Prominent rabbi withdraws support for alleged Australian child molester

 

Yitzchak Dovid Grossman expresses regret that his offer of a home to a suspect awaiting extradition called into question his mission to help at-risk youth

Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman 

A prominent Israeli rabbi on Monday withdrew his support for an ultra-Orthodox woman accused of 74 charges of sex abuse, including rape, while she taught at a Jewish school in Australia, just a week after he had recommended to the court that she be place under house arrest under his supervision.

“I am very sensitive to the pain and plight of children and adults who are abused,” said Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman in a statement explaining his decision to “completely withdraw” his involvement in the case.

“It is regretful that the current turmoil has in any way called into question that mission and dedication,” he wrote.

Last month, the Petah Tikva Magistrate’s court ruled that it would delay consideration of whether to extradite the suspect to Australia until a psychiatrist could review her case. Her name is gagged in Israel by court order because she has not been accused of committing a crime in the country.

An Australian woman wanted in her home country for child sex abuse crimes is seen at the Jerusalem District Court on February 14, 2018

During a hearing last week, Grossman served as a character witness for the defendant in the Jerusalem District Court, saying that “for her to be in custody is a humiliation.”

He offered to host her under house arrest at his home, adding that if she left the house “for even a second, we will take her straight to the police immediately,” according to the Brisbane Times.

The judge agreed to release her to Grossman’s custody in the town of Migdal Ha’emek, prompting harsh criticism from an activist who wants to see her extradited to Australia and held to account.

The decision was overturned days later by the Supreme Court, which ordered her kept in police custody.

Grossman was criticized for attempting to shield the suspect. On Monday, critics commended his decision to withdraw his offer, but slammed him for failing to offer an apology as well.

“Once he takes full and unequivocal responsibility for what he has done, we expect him to undergo an education process regarding the issue of child sexual abuse, so that he will be better placed to address such cases in the future,” victims rights advocate Manny Waks said in a statement.

Dassi Erlich, who has accused the woman of abusing her when she was a pupil, issued an angry statement after last week’s court decision was announced.

The woman “has been released on bail based on some random rabbi’s testimony that he will supervise her,” Erlich charged on Facebook. “If Rabbi Grossman can have a voice, someone who is not a part of this case at all, where is our voice?!”

Grossman received the Israel Prize in 2004 and the Presidential Medal of Distinction in 2013 for having rehabilitated tens of thousands of disadvantaged children through his educational work, which began in 1972. He was twice offered the position of chief rabbi of Israel, but declined in order to focus on his position as head of a yeshiva in Migdal Haemek.

“In these difficult and highly charged situations, I have had to find a balance between my life’s goals for Migdal Ohr and the needs of Israeli society,” he wrote in his Monday statement, referencing the organization he runs for at-risk youth.

Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman seen during a mass prayer at the Western Wall

While often lauded for his philanthropic work, this was not the first time Grossman sought to assist an accused sex offender.

In May 2016, he flew to South Africa to offer assistance to Rabbi Eliezer Berland, an ostracized leader in the Bratslav Hasidic sect who was later convicted of sexual assault.

The suspect in the current case is accused of sexually abusing children while she was a teacher and principal at a Melbourne school, Adass Israel.

She fled to Israel in 2008, days before allegations of sexual abuse against her surfaced.

She was arrested last month on suspicion of obstructing court proceedings and attempting to hide evidence of a case, according to a joint Justice Ministry and police statement. She had been living in the West Bank settlement of Emmanuel.

Israeli police have said she is feigning mental illness to avoid extradition to Australia.

Her lawyer, Yehuda Fried, said last week that the court ruled she should be dealt with “in the realm of mental illness.” Fried said that likely meant a years-long process before her extradition can be reconsidered.

But Israel’s Court Administration later said that the court will convene again on March 28 after a psychiatric evaluation has been carried out, indicating an extradition decision could be made sooner.
She was arrested following an undercover investigation at Interpol’s request and is suspected of obstructing Israeli court proceedings by attempting to hide evidence.

A court previously stopped extradition proceedings after determining she was not fit to stand trial.

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Victims are silenced; sexual predators are protected; and high-ranking members of the community do everything they can to prevent news of the incident from getting out for fear it will reflect badly on the entire community....

Extradite Leifer 

 

After years of foot dragging, it has become clear that the Israeli legal system is unable to process Leifer’s case fairly.

By JPost Editorial

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israeli Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun. (photo credit: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun) 

The details of the Malka Leifer sexual abuse case are frighteningly familiar. They follow a pattern common to sexual abuse cases in faith communities, whether Jewish or not.

Victims are silenced; sexual predators are protected; and high-ranking members of the community do everything they can to prevent news of the incident from getting out for fear it will reflect badly on the entire community.

Defending the good name of the community justifies covering up the child abuse of rabbis, priests or mullahs.

Allowing crimes to go unpunished and ignoring the suffering of victims – often helpless children – is, in the eyes of the faithful, a small price to pay to prevent the entire community from being disgraced.

Leifer, former principal of the ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel School in Melbourne, is wanted in Australia on 74 counts of sexual assault against Jewish girls aged 14 to 15.

Until 2008 when Australian law enforcers sought to arrest her, Leifer was shielded by the haredi community in Melbourne from allegations that emerged of her destructive behavior. Victims and their families were intimidated to remain silent or face ostracism by the community.

These families, which have internalized the norms of the ultra-Orthodox community, were wary of being labeled a moser, a derogatory term for a Jew who turns to the gentile law enforcement authorities for help against a fellow Jew. Further weakening the position of the families was the knowledge that a young woman who exposes herself as a victim of sexual abuse would have a difficult time finding a husband within the insular ultra-Orthodox community.

Meanwhile, Leifer was allowed to continue to cause pain and trauma to girls.

When the community could protect Leifer no longer and law enforcement authorities were on the verge of arresting her, Leifer and her family were smuggled out of Australia to Israel by staff members at Adass Israel. She found refuge in the haredi community of Immanuel in Samaria, just north of Ariel.

In 2015, the Melbourne Supreme Court awarded $1 million in damages to a former student of Leifer. Justice Jack Rush said the actions taken by staff at the Adass Israel School to protect Leifer and help her flee Australia were “deplorable and disgraceful.”

Hadassah Ehrlich, one of three sisters sexually abused by Leifer, told the court that at the time of the abuse, which started in 2002, she was too fearful to complain because of the power Leifer wielded in the ultra-Orthodox community. “She was seen as the head of the school and the whole community looked up to her and basically idolized her,” Ehrlich said. “She was seen as someone who was holier than holy.”

Compounding the atrocity is that the State of Israel is also complicit in obstructing justice. Leifer continues to be sheltered in Israel, not just by the ultra-Orthodox community but by the State of Israel, which has refrained thus far from extraditing her to Australia.

In June 2016 – eight years after first arriving in Israel – an Israeli court stopped the extradition process after a psychiatric assessment found she was not fit to stand trial.

But a police undercover investigation concluded last month revealed signs she was feigning mental illness to avoid extradition. Leifer was jailed. The court has asked for a new psychiatric evaluation but, inexplicably, has yet to receive one.

In another outrageous twist to the story, however, Leifer was released to house arrest after the intervention of Migdal Ha’emek Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Dovid Grossman, who testified on her behalf and claimed that Leifer was unfit to remain in custody. The Jerusalem District Court agreed to release Leifer to house arrest provided Grossman vouch for her adherence to court orders.

After years of foot dragging, it has become clear that the Israeli legal system is unable to process Leifer’s case fairly.

She must be extradited to Australia where her psychiatric status can be objectively assessed. 

 

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Extradite-Leifer-544617