KINGS Supreme Court
Docket: 00197-2007
Defendant: KOLKO, JOEL
Born 1946
| Arrest/Incident Date/Time | Arrest Date: September 11, 2007 |
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| Case Related Numbers | Criminal Justice Tracking Number: 59460080K |
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| Docket 00197-2007 |
| Defendant KOLKO, JOEL |
Appearance Information:
| Appearance Part & Date | Judge | Calendar Section | Court Reporter | Release Status | Arraignment Type | Hearing Type | Docket Detail |
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| 30, October 2, 2007 | MULLEN,C | TRIALS AM | No Type | ||||
| 30, September 12, 2007 | MULLEN,C | ARRAIGNMENTS | NAPOLI,F | Bond $50,000 Cash $25,000 (Cash) | Regular | PLED NOT GUILTY, RETURNED ON WARRANT | |
| GRAND JURY, August 29, 2007 | MISCELLANEOUS | No Type | TRUE BILL, WARRANT ORDERED |
Docket Information:
| Standards and Goals Age | Defendant Status |
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| 20 days | Violent Felony Offender |
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Assistant District Attorney Information:
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| NA, | September 12, 2007 |
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Docket: 09538-2006
Defendant: KOLKO, JOEL
Born 1946
| Arrest/Incident Date/Time | Arrest Date: December 7, 2006 |
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| Case Related Numbers | Criminal Justice Tracking Number: 58608619Y |
| Arresting Officer Info | Agency: NYPD |
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Appearance Information:
| Appearance Part & Date | Judge | Calendar Section | Court Reporter | Release Status | Arraignment Type | Hearing Type | Docket Detail |
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| 10, October 2, 2007 | WALSH,JOHN P | TRIALS AM | No Type | ||||
| 30, September 12, 2007 | MULLEN,C | TRIALS AM | NAPOLI,F | Bail Continued | No Type | ADJOURNED - Temporary Order of Protection Issued | |
| 10, June 7, 2007 | WALSH,JOHN P | TRIALS AM | BLANDING,N | Bail Continued | No Type | ADJOURNED - Temporary Order of Protection Issued | |
| 10, May 7, 2007 | LOTT,P | TRIALS AM | STERNLICHT,E | Bail Continued | No Type | ADJOURNED - Temporary Order of Protection Issued | |
| 10, March 15, 2007 | WALSH,JOHN P | TRIALS AM | CAPUANO,M | Bail Continued | No Type | ADJOURNED - Temporary Order of Protection Issued | |
| 10, March 8, 2007 | WALSH,JOHN P | ARRAIGNMENTS | BRANDON,G | Cash $5,000 (Cash) | Regular | PLED NOT GUILTY - Temporary Order of Protection Issued | |
| 10, February 20, 2007 | WALSH,JOHN P | ARRAIGNMENTS | MILO-SMITH,T | Cash $5,000 (Cash) | Not Arraigned | ADJOURNED - Temporary Order of Protection Issued | |
| GRAND JURY, January 4, 2007 | MISCELLANEOUS | Bail Continued | No Type | TRUE BILL - Temporary Order of Protection Issued | |||
| December 8, 2006 | Cash $5,000 (Cash) | No Type | BAIL PAID |
Docket Information:
| Standards and Goals Age | Defendant Status |
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| 271 days | Violent Felony Offender |
Docket Sentence Information:
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Defense Attorney Information:
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| TULMAN,S | Private (Retained) | February 20, 2007 | 10 |
Assistant District Attorney Information:
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| FLIEDNER, | February 20, 2007 |
Motion Information:
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W. Clement Stone quotes
“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.”
“There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.”
“Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.”
“Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/2007/09/13/2007-09-13_rabbi_yehuda_kolko_accused_of_molesting_-2.html
Rabbi Yehuda Kolko accused of molesting boy
BY SCOTT SHIFREL
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, September 13th 2007, 4:00 AM
Rabbi Yehuda Kolko
A rabbi in a tallith, black hat and handcuffs was hauled before a Brooklyn judge hours before the Jewish New Year yesterday for allegedly molesting another boy at a Midwood yeshiva.
Rabbi Yehuda Kolko - already out on $10,000 bail on charges of sexually assaulting two other male students - rocked back and forth on his feet as his lawyer argued with the judge about bail on new charges that he molested a first-grader at the school in 2005.
"This is the holiest time of the year and to [increase] bail at this time is punitive," lawyer Jeffrey Schneider said, arguing that the charges stemmed from a malcontent who had it in for the 61-year-old Kolko. "[The higher bail is] just bizarre."
"Counselor, you chose this time to surrender him," Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Cassandra Mullen shot back.
She raised the bail to $50,000 bond, $25,000 cash.
Kolko's wife, Edith, brought the cash within the hour and he was released in time to pray at evening Rosh Hashanah services.
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newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--rabbi-sexabuse0913sep13,0,5369511.story
Newsday.com
NYC rabbi facing new charges of sex abuse
4:53 PM EDT, September 13, 2007
NEW YORK
A rabbi of an all-boys Orthodox school who has been charged with sexually abusing two students is accused of fondling a third.
Rabbi Yehuda Kolko faced a Brooklyn judge Wednesday on new charges of sex abuse and child endangerment. He is accused of molesting a first-grader in 2005 at the Yeshiva-Mesivta Torah Temimah, where he worked for several years.
Kolko's attorney, calling the case against his client weak, said the charges stemmed from an angry student who had it in for the 61-year-old rabbi. The attorney also criticized the high bail set by the judge, $50,000 bond or $25,000 cash.
The rabbi's wife posted the cash bail and Kolko was released Wednesday.
Kolko had already been free on $5,000 bail, awaiting trial on charges he sexually abused two young students, one decades ago and one more recently.
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New York Post
RABBI HIT WITH NEW PERV RAP
By ALEX GINSBERG
September 13, 2007 -- A Brooklyn rabbi already facing trial for allegedly molesting two students was charged yesterday with fondling a third.
Rabbi Joel Kolko, an administrator and a teacher at a Midwood yeshiva, posted $25,000 additional bail a few hours before sundown signaled the start of Rosh Hashanah.
He had been free on $5,000 bail, awaiting trial on charges he touched a 6-year-old boy in one of his classes, as well as a now-31-year-old former student who confronted the rabbi about abuse he claimed occurred decades ago.
The new sex-abuse and child-endangerment charges focus on a 2005 incident in which Kolko alleged fondled the genitals of a first-grade boy.
Lawyer Jeffrey Schwartz scoffed at the new accusations, saying they were fabricated by a disgruntled former student now dragging the rabbi's name through the mud on an Internet blog, The Unorthodox Jew, and trying to recruit new victims to bring cases.
"In 21 years of trying criminal cases, both as a prosecutor and a defense attorney, I have never seen a case so weak," Schwartz told the judge, adding that his client had taken and passed two polygraph tests and been cleared by a rabbinical court.
"It's an orchestrated hit."
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http://lazerbrody.typepad.com/lazer_beams/2007/06/rachem---hashem.html
"Rachem" - Hashem, please have pityRachem na literally means "please have pity." In the Birkat HaMazon - the grace after meals - we pray, "Please have pity, Hashem our G-d, on Your people Israel, on Your city Jerusalem, on Zion the dwelling of your exalted countenance, on the kingdom of David Your anointed, and on the great and holy house that is called by your name." This prayer is especially relevant in light of the repeated nationally-sanctioned attempts to defile our beloved holy city.
What I fail to express in words, 12 year-old Mordechai Shapiro of the Miami Boys choir and popular singing star Yaakov Shwekey do in song. Here they are singing Rachem. May Hashem have pity on all of us, and end this long and painful diaspora soon, amen.Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from the cowards that do people bad. Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from the Rabbits who have defaced and defiled our holy Torah by looking the other way. Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from the weasels who turn a blind eye to corruption. Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from the sinners who shrug their shoulders in the face of unspeakable horror. Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from the gutless punks who refuse to accept the true reality and severity of the situation. Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from the lowlifes disguised in the black hat and beard. Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from the two-faced thugs versed in halacha; who have butchered the lives of so many of our Jewish brethren. Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from the sissy and worthless ‘leaders’ who constantly mislead their flock. Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from the misfits and psychopaths who are in power. Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from those who abrogate their duty by lying to the Tzibur. Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from the nitwits who redirect blame. Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from the scum of the earth who refuse to shoulder any responsibility for their crimes.
Please Hashem our G-d, have pity on the Jewish nation and save us from the clergy members who accept bribes and desecrate your holy name.
P.S.
I recommend very highly that the olam listen to all of Yaakov Shwekey’s albums. His songs pertain very much to what we in Klal Yisroel pray for. And not only is Yaakov Shwekey a great singer, but he’s a terrific human being too!EM
http://torahjudaismandisrael.blogspot.com/2007/02/rachem-mercy.html
Rachem - Compassion/Mercy
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnmbo_rahem-duo-live
Rah'em (duo live) - Miami Boys Choir - 12-year-old Mordechai Shapiro duets with an alumnus of the choir, Yaakov Shwekey
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RACHEM -- (Have Compassion)
...Most of the wordings can be found in the NCSY Bencher, Birkat HaMazon/Grace after Meals on page 66.
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Words and Translation:
...The wording in English is not the exact literal meaning. It is to make the words and the feel of what is being said come out. Literal meanings: Rachem - Be compassionate/Have Compassion.
Suggestion for those who do not know Hebrew: Follow the video with the words in Hebrew/Hebrew translitaration first and when you get a feel for how the song goes, follow it in English to better understand.
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Rachem, -- Have compassion
Rachem Nah, Hashem Elokeinu, Rachem -- Have compassion please, Hashem our G-d, have compassion
Al Yisrael Amecha, Rachem -- On Israel; the People that is Yours, have compassion
Veh Al Yerushalayim Irecha; -- And on Jerusalem; the City that is Yours;
Rachem, Rachem, Rachem -- Have compassion, have compassion, have compassion
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Veh Al Tziyon Mishkan Kevodecha -- And on Zion; the dwelling place of Honor that is Yours
Rachem... -- Have compassion...
Veh Al Malchut Beit Daveed Meshichecha -- And on the monarchy of the house of David, the Anointed that is Yours
Veh Al Malchut Beit Daveed Meshichecha.... -- And on the monarchy of the house of David, the Anointed that is Yours
Veh Al HaBayit HaGadol Veh HaKadosh -- And on the house that is Great and Holy
oy, Rachem, Rachem, Rachem -- oy, Have compassion, have compassion, have compassion
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Veh Al Tziyon Mishkan Kevodecha -- And on Zion; the dwelling place of Honor that is Yours
Veh Al Malchut Beit Daveed Meshichecha -- And on the monarchy of the house of David, the Anointed that is Yours
Veh Al HaBayit HaGadol Veh HaKadosh -- And on the house that is Great and Holy
Yirachem, Yirachem, Yirachem -- He will have compassion, He will have compassion, He will have compassion
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Rachem -- Have compassion / Rachem -- Have compasion
Rachem Nah, Hashem Elokeinu, Rachem -- Have compassion please, Hashem our G-d, have compassion
Al Yisrael Amecha, Rachem -- On Israel, the people that is Yours, have compassion
Veh Al Yerushalayim Irecha; -- And on Jerusalem; the City that is Yours;
Rachem, Rachem, Rachem -- Have compassion, have compassion, have compassion
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...Ribonoh Shel Olam! -- ...Master of the Universe!
Rachem, -- Be compassionate
Rachem Nah, Hashem Elokeinu Rachem! -- Be compassionate please, Hashem our G-d, be compassionate
Al Yisrael Amecha, Rachem -- On Israel;, the people that is Yours, be compassionate
Veh Al Yerushalayim Irecha; -- And on Jerusalem; the City that is Yours;
Rachem, Rachem, Yirachem... -- Be compassionate, be compassionate, He will be compassionate
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Veh Al Tziyon Mishkan Kevodecha -- And on Zion; the dwelling place of Honor that is Yours
Veh Al Tziyon Mishkan Kevodecha -- And on Zion; the dwelling place of Honor that is Yours
Veh Al Malchut Beit Daveed Meshichecha -- And on the monarchy of the house of David; the Anointed that is Yours
Veh Al Malchut Beit Daveed Meshichecha -- And on the monarchy of the house of David, the Anointed that is Yours
Veh Al HaBayit HaGadol Veh HaKadosh -- And on the house that is Great and Holy
o, Rachem, Rachem, Rachem -- o, Have compassion, have compassion, have compassion
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Veh Al Tziyon Mishkan Kevodecha -- And on Zion; the dwelling place of Honor that is Yours
Veh Al Tziyon Mishkan Kevodecha -- And on Zion; the dwelling place of Honor that is Yours
Veh Al Malchut Beit Daveed Meshichecha -- And on the monarchy of the house of David, the Anointed that is Yours
Veh Al HaBayit HaGadol Veh HaKadosh -- And on the house that is Great and Holy
Veh Al HaBayit HaGadol Veh HaKadosh -- And on the house that is Great and Holy
** Yirachem, Yiracheim, Yirachem -- He will have compassion, He will have compassion, He will have compassion
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Tehilim / Psalms 130:1-4
From: yossi - Video in honour of the kidnapped/missing IDF Soldiers
http://www.dailymotion.com/yossi
Mima'amakim Kraticha Hashem - Song
Lyrics and Translation (Tehilim 130:1-4) It may be sang in English...
...The wording in English is not the exact literal meaning. It is to make the words and the feel of what is being said come out. Literal meanings: Tivareh: means feared with awe, Kol: voice, Tishmor: keep/guard/preserve. HaShem/TheName: It is forbidden to say the name of G-d. It is replaced with the word Hashem. The word Hashem is also replaced for the other allowable names of G-d that can be said when refering to G-d not in prayers.
Suggestion for those who do not know Hebrew: Follow the video with the words in Hebrew/Hebrew translitaration first and when you get a feel for how the song goes, follow it in English to better understand.
1. Mima'amakim Kraticha Hashem
Out of the depths I call out to You Hashem
מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ הי
2. Hashem, Shma Ve'Koli,
Tiheyena Ozneycha Kashuvot -- L'Kol Tachnunai
Master, listen to my voice;
Let Your ears tune in -- to the sound of my pleas
אֲדֹנָי, שִׁמְעָה בְקוֹלִי:תִּהְיֶינָה אָזְנֶיךָ, קַשֻּׁבוֹת-- לְקוֹל, תַּחֲנוּנָי
3. Im Avonot Tishmor, Kah, -- Hashem, Mi Ya'amod
If iniquities you record/keep, G-d, -- Master, who will stand
אִם-עֲוֹנוֹת תִּשְׁמָר-קהּ-- אֲדֹנָי, מִי יַעֲמֹד
4. Ki Imchah HaSlichah -- Lema'an, Tivareh
For within You there is forgiveness -- so that, You may be revered
כִּי-עִמְּךָ הַסְּלִיחָה-- לְמַעַן, תִּוָּרֵא
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- Lack of compassion and mercy - The bitter resentment and denial is clearly evident from some of the commentators on the UOJ blog. Their blatant disregard for abuse survivors is astonishing and mind boggling. Who would have ever dreamed that tolerating the pain and suffering of other human beings was the choice that many in am yisrael will make. Ribono shel olam, when will this nightmare ever end? Their lack of compassion is so atrocious and sickening. Where's their outcry for all the victims? There is zero empathy in the Rabbinical infested cesspool and beyond, when it comes to securing the safety of klal yisroel. Sex abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, Kashrut abuse (Rubashkins, Shevach/Finkel, "The Treifa spot" on ave J, now under new management, Le Marais, to name a few) - what more can go wrong with the Jewish orthodoxy movement? It's not just Rabbi's permitting and allowing known abuse to escalte, the stench emanates a lot further than that. Jews who excuse other Jews that are abusive, especially towards children, are very much culpable for this terrible plight and predicament that we in Klal Yisrael are enduring. For a person who has to live two lives everyday, one being the scarred for life victim, the other pretending it never happened, it's just so excruciating and painful. The wounds never heal. The terrible memories are permanently etched in the victims hearts. Rosh Hashonoh, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and all the other holidays come and go, but the survivors of abuse will have to live with their pain and flashbacks from the past for the rest of their lives. N'bach, these strong survivors will never fully heal. The scars remain. How many countless families were destroyed and ripped apart because the gedolim and rabonim refused to intervene? Can we place a number on it? How many neshamas became not frum, or committed suicide, all because of the ineptitude and malicious intent of our so called leadership? And yet, these same gedolim, these same rabonim, these same poskim - are given kovod and honor at every opportunity. They speak and advocate for saving little boys and girls who would otherwise have remained strangers to yideshkeit. They talk about helping the needy. They stress the need to keep the commandments of the Torah. This would all be great if only they didn't speak out of both sides of their mouths. It would all be good if spilling the blood of another jew was permissible. However, to lie about, manipulate, deceive, and overshadow, the same cause you are supposedly fighting for is ludicrous. The title of "rabbi" afforded to such individuals is absurd. And yet, it seems alright to ruin a child's life in one case but not in another. Raboisay, you are not normal and sane if you throw your support behind such scoundrels and hypocrites. You're just not. Not only that; but you are aiding in the destruction of human life; how's that going to reflect with Hashem? Yudi kolko is a monster who deserves the death penalty, never mind prison. Now I know that most of you just sat through yom kippur saying the vidui and asking Hakodosh baruch hu for life and prosperity; but you can throw that all down the toilet if it was just a formality. Do anyone of you still have the gall and chutzpah to feel bad and excuse Rabbi Yudi Kolko's 40 year history of sexual predatory allegations against boys? My goodness! As Albert Einstein stated : "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." Potential Yudi Kolko play sites include - yeshivas, camps, bungalow colonies, swimming pools, automobiles, shuls, offices, classrooms, boiler rooms, roofs, hallways, bathrooms, and mikvas. (btw, the main gate keeper of YTT, the "big chazer"(Lipoid Marguelis) is al achas kama vekama so much more responsible than his employee, for his pitiful role and betrayal of all the hearts and souls he kicked to the curb.
- The blame Game. So whose to blame here for the children who have endured horrific life altering experiences at the hands of a sick and vicious pedophile, their Rabbi? Should we blame the messenger for exposing the abuse that the Rabbi's did not want the public to ever find out about it the very first place, never mind the abuse that's going on these days? Should we blame the Rabbi's who did everything in their power to try and derail the information from being publicized by resorting to criminal cover ups of said abuse? Should we blame the Belsky's of the world who ignored hazmana after hazmana after hazmana and let the abuse continue unbated and unchecked for over 40 decades? Should we blame all those people who KNEW of such abuse taking place, yet chose to remain QUIET while all those children were continually being subjected to sexual assault by their Rabbi? Should we blame Israel, heck; they get blamed for everything anyway? Why don't we blame the climate we live in or the pollutants in the air, perhaps they are the cause for the sexual abuse crisis taking place in our own neighborhoods? The "air" made me do it defense. Plausible explanation don't you gather? Next we'll be hearing, the "Rubashkins" treif meat made me do it defense. The bugs in the water had an effect in turning me into a murderer. The wigs from India made me a psychopath. The mixed seating by concerts made me delirious.
- The blamers - who come up with lame excuses for protecting the abuser time after time again, put up no such fight in protecting the rights, freedom, and dignity of the alleged victims. Rather, they resort to the "sweep it under the rug" syndrome. Not a bad tactic for the desperate and weak. They will manipulate, wreak havoc upon, change halacha, disgrace the torah, disguise the truth, intimidate, threaten, destroy, run over, maim, and wipe out anything and anybody that gets in their way of covering up these child abuse allegations. The Rabbinical and School authorities do not want to warn Klal Yisroel that a child molester may be teaching your son or daughter, because although many lives will be saved in doing so, the great chilul hashem caused by the publication of such horrid detail prohibits one from reporting such abuse to the police, and certainly not to fire the pedophile Rabbi, who afterall needs to make a parnassah. Signed; Vaad Haganavim committee of America.
- The excuses - keep piling up like a ton of bricks. how could you do this to Kolko? The man has done so much good. He's just guilty of being a little strict, so what, is that a crime? What about his wife and children? it's not fair to drag them through this muck and chaos that they had no part of creating. What about the aspect of mesira, loshan harha, rechilu, motze shem ra - isn't someone providing information about molesters in a public forum guilty of all those things? There's no concrete proof that kolko molested children; because after all, the only people that know the truth for certain are the ones involved - The victim and the victimizer - therefore we must assume in the innocence of yudi kolko. Why must you blog about such dark secrets and crimes that yeshiva institutions and rabbinical authorities are guilty of, it doesn't do anybody any good?
- What about solace for the victims? What about those who committed suicide because no one wanted to listen to them? What about those who were turned off the path because nobody cared about their 'problems'? What about those who were brutally violated and no Rabbi was willing to help them? What about all the survivors of abuse who suffer alone every minute of everyday because the powers turned their backs on them? What about all the families that were annihilated because of a lack of moral integrity by the Rabbinical establishments? What about all the generations that will perish as a result of incompetent 'leadership'? What about a shidduch for the victims? What about Justice for the abuse survivors, shouldn't they get their day in court? What about peace of mind for the victims and their families? What about the verse that says "al taamod al daam re'echa" (do not stand idly by while the blood of your neighbor is being spilled.) What about moral decency, does it still exist in the Rabbi's dictionary?
- The Great UOJ - One person can make the difference. How true it is. be strong my friend. Your place in Gan-Eden has already been reserved for you. What a breath of fresh air. Chazak Veematz!
I think we all can learn a lesson from this; especially the Jews who are big pussycats and are scared to speak up on behalf of sexual abuse survivors for lack of reprisal from the powers that be. These types of weasels are unfortunately all too common in the Jewish orthodoxy world.
http://www.campsci.com/hagadah/and_iyov_was_silent.htm
And Iyov Was Silent
By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum
Director, Torah Communications Network
One of the greatest philanthropists that ever lived was someone name Iyov. He was a very wealthy, righteous and pious man who feared G-d and shunned evil.( Bava Basra 15 b) He was also one of Pharaoh’s three advisors. He helped support every good and worthy cause. He gave charity to all that needed his help. He was a wise and clever man who was always ready to help those in need. He was a man of great moral character who always distanced himself from anything that might lead to sin. (See Avos d’Rabbi Nosson 2:5) He was a multimillionaire who owned much real estate all over the world and was blessed with a large family and everything that one’s heart desired. He was what we’d call "healthy wealthy and wise." And then all of a sudden he was struck by a horrendous tragedy. He lost everything he had. His entire family was wiped out. All his great wealth was taken away and his body became inflicted with the dreadful disease of leprosy. He was a stricken and broken man left in sorrow and pain - destitute. From great glory and honor he was now left with only three friends who tried to console him. He went from riches to rags. From joy and happiness to suffering, misery, agony and pain. He became the historical icon of misfortune, tragedy, and sorrow.
Chazal (Sota 11) reveal the reason for this very severe punishment. "Iyov sh’shoshak, nidon b’yisurim"- Iyov who remained silent, was punished with suffering.
This particular incident took place at a special meeting called by Pharaoh to discuss the Jewish population explosion that Egypt was facing. The meeting was attended by Pharaoh’s three brilliant personal advisors; Iyov, Bilam and Yisro. Bilam, of course, advised that the Jews be killed. Yisro spoke up in defense of the Jews even though this put his life in jeopardy. He thereupon fled for his life and was greatly rewarded. Iyuv, who was afraid to speak up and defend the Jews, remained silent. One cannot remain silent when people’s lives are in danger. One must cry out even when he knows that he may be endangering his own life or that his words will fall on deaf ears.
Today we all know what the world did when they heard what the Nazis were doing to the Jews during the Holocaust. Even our best friends stood by in total silence and apathy. Even the "land of the free" closed its doors to those who tried to escape. One couldn’t even hear a whisper of protest. Those that knew, remained as silent as the dead, and even tried to hide the information so that others could not act on it. There was total silence!
Today, once again, as Arab murderers spill innocent Jewish blood, the world stands by in total silence. While many nations parrot Bilam’s call and will surely meet Bilam’s end, others shrug their shoulders in silent apathy. They fear the Arab wrath if they voice their true opinion. Oil speaks louder than blood. Even those we thought were our best of friends have sympathized with our enemy. "Kol o’haveha bogdu voh, hoyu loh l’ovim." One wonders if the reason for the recent world economic crises and the destruction of all their cattle is in any way a result of their thundering silence. There is no novi around to answer this question. Historical precedent says that there may be a correlation. Only G-d knows the truth!
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Confucius quotes
China's most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist, 551-479 BC“The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about”
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
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