tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post6687143489730774094..comments2023-08-17T06:45:58.317-07:00Comments on "Yeshiva" of Brooklyn also Guilty of Child Abuse: Shocking Kars 4 Kids (Oorah scam) revelations and Chilul Hashem!exposemolestershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097300261898413798noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-41707863845885332792008-03-07T12:58:00.000-08:002008-03-07T12:58:00.000-08:00http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1204546...http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1204546426492&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull<BR/><BR/>'The entire country is in need of mercy'<BR/>JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST Mar. 7, 2008<BR/><BR/>Thousands were at Merkaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem Friday morning to eulogize the eight victims of the terror attack the night before. Family members gathered in the square at the entrance to the yeshiva and the bodies were laid on benches in front of them.<BR/><BR/>The head of the yeshiva, Rabbi Yaakov Shapira was the first to speak. Chocking back tears, he said: "This massacre is the continuation of the 1929 massacre [in Hebron] and the blood of the prophet is still boiling. The heads of the nation also understand that the heart of the nation is torah. It is time for all of us to understand that this is the truth. We all believe that the time has come for a dramatic spiritual change; for us to have strong, good and reliable leadership."<BR/><BR/>"We are all in need of mercy, the entire country," Shapira cried. "Pray for all of us and give good counsel to the families, to the anguished friends."<BR/><BR/>Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar was weeping as well. "We have paid with our best boys, who were sitting by their talmuds … torah was their entire world, they are the roses that have been picked … and God will have mercy on us for their merit.<BR/><BR/>Turning to the families, he said: "You should know, dear families, that this is a mourning of the entire house of Israel, as one person and one heart crying as one for the dreadful calamity that has befallen us. We will not be cruel at this hour when we are faced with such a wide crisis, and we will rise up to cast away strife; to further increase torah study."<BR/><BR/>Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski also addressed the crowd: "Lord, nations have invaded your land, desecrated your holy hall, eight of our sweet loved ones, may God avenge their blood, who only yesterday were living amongst us, are no longer with us. Their lives were severed by lowly murderers … but the murderer did not wish to target them alone, but rather each and every one of us, each and every resident of the holy city of Jerusalem.<BR/><BR/>For many years our enemies have been trying to ruin our lives, to harm us as much as they can. Jerusalem has paid heavily in blood, and the long long list was joined last night by our eight sons."<BR/><BR/>Many key figures in Religious Zionism were on attendance, including Rabbi Mordechai Elon, and MKs Nissan Slomianski and Zevulun Orlev (NU/NRP).<BR/><BR/>The crowd then split up to attend the funerals of the victims, which were scheduled to begin immediately after the eulogies.<BR/><BR/>Yohai Lifshitz, 18, from Jerusalem, was to be buried at Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem. Neria Cohen, 15, from Jerusalem, and Segev Peniel Avihail, 15, were scheduled to be laid to rest at the Mount of Olives. Avraham David Moses, 16, was to be buried in Kfar Etzion.<BR/><BR/>The funerals of Yonatan Yitzhak Eldar, 16, from Shilo, Yonadav Haim Hirschfeld, 19, from Kohav Hashahar, Roee Roth, 18, from Elkana and Doron Meherete, 26, from Ashdod, were being held in their respective hometowns.exposemolestershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097300261898413798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-34754809275656342662008-03-07T12:55:00.000-08:002008-03-07T12:55:00.000-08:00Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, spiritual leader of Congre...Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, spiritual leader of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun and recently retired head of the Ramaz Jewish day schools on the Upper East Side, is one of Modern Orthodoxy’s elder statesmen. He will soon celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination, but rather than reflecting on his accomplishments with unfettered joy — which include helping between 300 and 400 people convert to Judaism — he is feeling deeply pained about the direction the Orthodox rabbinate is taking when it comes to conversions, and conflicted about his own role in the system.<BR/>Rabbi Lookstein was part of the Rabbinical Council of America committee that drafted new guidelines for conversion, which are being called the GPS system, for Geirus [conversion] Policies and Standards. Though unhappy with the...<BR/><BR/>http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a4809/News/New_York.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-83286590314073951162008-03-07T12:53:00.000-08:002008-03-07T12:53:00.000-08:00Rabbis Form New Orthodox OrganizationBy Anthony We...Rabbis Form New Orthodox Organization<BR/><BR/>By Anthony Weiss<BR/>Thu. Mar 06, 2008<BR/><BR/>After years of tension between more liberal and conservative elements of the American Orthodox Jewish establishment, several liberal Orthodox rabbis have banded together to create a new rabbinic organization that offers an alternative to traditional Orthodox authorities.<BR/><BR/>Rabbis Marc Angel and Avi Weiss have convened an organization they are calling the Rabbinic Fellowship, a national affiliation of rabbis that they say will create a safe space for Orthodox rabbis to exchange ideas without fear of repercussions. The fellowship also could offer a home to rabbis frozen out of the established Modern Orthodox rabbinical union. In one sign of how the organization could influence the Orthodox world, Angel and Weiss said that it could set up an international network of rabbinic courts.<BR/><BR/>“We want to create an environment where rabbis can feel empowered to think, to speak, to make judgments, to make decisions and, when we come to a consensus among ourselves, to come to some practical plans of doing things,” said Angel, who is rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel, New York’s historic Sephardic synagogue.<BR/><BR/>The establishment of the fellowship was inspired in part by a series of negotiations between the Rabbinical Council of America, which is the leading union of Modern Orthodox rabbis, and the Israeli chief rabbinate over conversion standards in America. A number of critics, including Weiss and Angel, have accused the RCA of capitulating to the chief rabbinate.<BR/><BR/>It is also the latest attempt to set up more liberal Orthodox institutions alongside the more established organizations. A number of critics, including Weiss and Angel, have accused these institutions of becoming more restrictive and more authoritarian and of being less open to new ideas. Weiss, the champion of what he calls “Open Orthodoxy,” has played a particularly prominent role in those struggles as the leader of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, a seminary he founded in 2000. YCT has butted heads repeatedly with several of the leading Orthodox organizations. The lack of acceptance for YCT’s graduates helped lead to the foundation of the Rabbinic Fellowship.<BR/><BR/>The relationship that YCT has had with established Orthodox bodies was often tense. In the seminary’s early years, officials at Yeshiva University — the flagship institution of Modern Orthodoxy — attempted to block YCT graduates from landing rabbinical positions. In turn, Howard Jonas, chairman of YCT, accused Y.U. of moving to the right, under the leadership of “a combination of the gutless and the spineless in a coalition with the mindless and the senseless.” Jonas later apologized for his comments.<BR/><BR/>These tensions came to a head when YCT attempted to win accreditation from the RCA. According to the rules of the RCA, rabbis can be admitted only if they receive ordination from an RCA-accredited institution or by an accredited rabbi. YCT attempted to join, but its application ran into roadblocks and was ultimately withdrawn.<BR/><BR/>The result was that YCT graduates are now unable to join the RCA. Though YCT officials said they have had no trouble placing the school’s graduates in teaching and rabbinical posts across the country, graduates have no professional organization to join.<BR/><BR/>Weiss and Angel both have emphasized that the purpose of founding the Rabbinic Fellowship was neither to create a separate rabbinical union for YCT graduates — the two rabbis want the majority of members to be non-YCT grads — nor to compete with the RCA (of which both remain members). Rather, their goal is to create a safe space for rabbis to exchange ideas and develop their own opinions, in an environment they describe as fearful and often resistant to open dialogue.<BR/><BR/>Angel, who is a past president of the RCA, said he was particularly troubled by the growing notion that thinking and decisions about making rabbinic law were privileges reserved for a few eminent authorities, and by the idea that communal rabbis were supposed to make peace but not think — an attitude that he says has pervaded the RCA.<BR/><BR/>“The way they’re organizing themselves is around some rabbinical authorities — which are very few — and the rest of us are supposed to be sheep,” he said.<BR/><BR/>The fellowship has already met once, last October, at a conference attended by some 33 rabbis, and the organizers are scheduling another for next month, which they hope will be attended by 100 rabbis. The plan for the rabbinical courts is currently the idea of Angel and Weiss and not organizational policy, but Angel said he hoped it could be up and running within a year or two.<BR/><BR/>Rabbi Basil Herring, executive vice president of the RCA, said nobody involved in the rabbinic fellowship had discussed it with him directly.<BR/><BR/>“Frankly, we do not know what they’re trying to accomplish, how it might relate to the RCA, what their own personal ongoing relationship to the RCA will be, all of which is remarkable,” Herring said. “And frankly, we just find it very peculiar.”<BR/><BR/>Herring also warned that any competing court system would run the risk of issuing decisions that might not be accepted broadly in the Orthodox world.<BR/><BR/>“You don’t want to advance your particular ideology, noble as it may be, on the backs of good men and women,” he said.<BR/>Thu. Mar 06, 2008Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-45389700428363241022008-03-07T12:50:00.000-08:002008-03-07T12:50:00.000-08:00350 Years and Counting: OU To Honor Seven Rabbis W...350 Years and Counting: OU To Honor Seven Rabbis Who Helped Shape Growth of Orthodox Judaism<BR/><BR/>March 07, 2008<BR/><BR/>350 YEARS AND COUNTING: OU TO HONOR SEVEN RABBIS WHO HELPED SHAPE GROWTH OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM IN AMERICA, AT ANNUAL DINNER, APRIL 6 IN NEW YORK<BR/><BR/>When they started their rabbinical careers a half century or more ago, Orthodox Judaism in the United States was widely perceived to be a small and diminishing throwback, destined to become even more marginalized as Jews embraced newer, more liberal varieties of Jewish observance more in tune with the American post-war experience.<BR/><BR/>Now, with 350 years of combined service under their belts, they are witnesses to – or better said, primary forces behind -- the explosive growth of what has been termed the Orthodox Synagogue movement, which is flourishing while American Jewish demography overall is shrinking, and is rich in the resources that only a healthy community can provide. These resources include synagogues, yeshivot/day schools, mikva’ot, easy availability of kosher food, and the publication of every conceivable kind of religious book for the edification of adults and children alike.<BR/><BR/>Because of what they have seen and what they have done, the seven rabbis – Rafael Grossman, Joseph Grunblatt, David Hollander, Gilbert Klaperman, Ralph Pelcovitz, Fabian Schonfeld and Max Schreier – will receive the Orthodox Union’s Lifetime Rabbinic Achievement Award at the OU’s 110th Anniversary National Dinner, to be held Sunday, April 6 at 5:00 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt New York.<BR/><BR/>Their wisdom and their reflections on the growth of Orthodox Judaism in America will be on display for all to read in an upcoming edition of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine, when it publishes excerpts of a roundtable discussion in which the rabbis participated.<BR/><BR/>"In a generation devoid of heroes, we have chosen to honor seven authentic heroes -- men who chose a path of spiritual leadership when it was not popular to do so, and who succeeded eminently in inspiring hundreds of others to follow them along that path," declared OU Executive Vice President Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb. “As a veteran of the rabbinate myself, I consider each of these seven to be my own personal mentor."<BR/><BR/>OU President Stephen J. Savitsky was moderator of the discussion. “The seven rabbis represent American Orthodox life for the past 60 years; their insights and wisdom had to be captured in print,” Mr. Savitsky said. “It was my honor to moderate the session and to hear firsthand their thoughts regarding the past, present and future of Orthodox Judaism in America.”<BR/><BR/>At the dinner, the OU will also honor Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten of Indianapolis, IN with the Lifetime Achievement Award; Al Miller, who over 31 years built FEGS into one of the nation’s largest and most respected social service organizations, with the Lifetime Community Service Award; Jonathan Mell of Teaneck, NJ, with the Young Leadership Distinguished Service Award; and Osem USA, the American branch of Israel’s largest grocery, frozen and chilled food products manufacturing company, with the National Kashrut Leadership Award.<BR/><BR/>Emanuel J. Adler of Teaneck is Dinner Chairman. Mr. Adler urged “all those who were influenced by the seven rabbis to come to the event to share in honoring them.”<BR/><BR/>The bios of the rabbis follow:<BR/><BR/>Rabbi Rafael Grossman was senior rabbi of the famed Baron Hirsch Synagogue in Memphis, TN for thirty years, and is a past president of both the Rabbinical Council of America and the Beth Din of America, as well as a former chairman of the board of the Religious Zionists of America. Additionally, Rabbi Grossman is a practicing psychotherapist, and a noted professor, author and columnist.<BR/><BR/>Rabbi Joseph Grunblatt, a 1996 recipient of the esteemed Ben Zakkai Honor Society Harold H. Boxer Memorial Award, as well as the National Rabbinic Centennial Medallion Award, served for nearly four decades as rabbi of the Queens Jewish Center in Forest Hills, NY. He is also a former vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America and the Va'ad Harabonim of Queens, as well as an author and contributing editor to Jewish Action.<BR/><BR/>Rabbi David Hollander has been rabbi of the Hebrew Alliance of Brighton in Brooklyn for 28 years, but his notable career started well before, when he served as rabbi at K'hal Adath Yeshurun and Mt. Eden Jewish Center in the Bronx for 37 years. A former president of the Rabbinical Council of America, Rabbinical Alliance of America and Poalei Agudath Israel of America, Rabbi Hollander is also a columnist for various English and Yiddish publications.<BR/><BR/>Rabbi Dr. Gilbert Klaperman was the founding rabbi, in 1950, of Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence, NY. A distinguished professor and lawyer, he was a faculty member of institutions including Yeshiva College and Hofstra Law School. After his retirement from Congregation Beth Sholom in 1988, Rabbi Dr. Klaperman has continued to serve in various roles, including assistant district attorney in Kings County, New York.<BR/><BR/>Rabbi Ralph Pelcovitz, past recipient of the Enid and Harold H. Boxer Memorial Award of the Ben Zakkai Honor Society, is rabbi emeritus of Congregation Kneseth Israel in Far Rockaway, NY. A noted author and speaker, he has lectured extensively across the United States and Israel. Rabbi Pelcovitz is also a former president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America and a member of the OU's Board of Directors.<BR/><BR/>Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, recipient of the National Rabbinic Centennial Medallion Award, serves as rabbi of the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, a position he has held with distinction for 54 years. Current president of Poalei Agudath Israel, as well as past president of the Rabbinical Council of America and past chairman of the Council of Young Israel Rabbis, Rabbi Schonfeld is also the founder of the Va'ad Harabonim of Queens.<BR/><BR/>Rabbi Max N. Schreier has been the Rabbi of the Avenue N. Jewish Center in Brooklyn for the past 45 years. He is a past President of the Rabbinical Council of America, as well as a past President of the Rabbinic Alumni of RIETS. Yeshiva University conferred upon him a Doctor of Divinity Degree for distinguished service to the Yeshiva and the American Jewish Community. He is also a past President of the Va’d Harabanim of Flatbush. Rabbi Schreier is a member of the Board of Governors of the OU.<BR/><BR/>For further information on attending the dinner or placing a journal ad, contact Malka Laks at 212-613-8144, or malkal@ou.org.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-48276959334278675452008-03-07T12:46:00.000-08:002008-03-07T12:46:00.000-08:00May G-D avenge the blood of his children Amen!Yoha...May G-D avenge the blood of his children Amen!<BR/><BR/>Yohai Livshitz, 18, and Neria Cohen, 15 from Jerusalem<BR/><BR/>Yonatan Yitzhak Eldar, 16, from Shilo<BR/><BR/>Yonadav Haim Hirschfeld, 19, from Kohav Hashahar<BR/><BR/>Segev Peniel Avihail, 15, from Neve Daniel<BR/><BR/>Avraham David Moses, 16, from Efrat<BR/><BR/>Ro’i Roth, 18, from Elkana<BR/><BR/>Maharta Taruno, 26, from Ashdod<BR/><BR/>Please also daven for Seven of the wounded students in the shooting rampage that are still in the hospital, three in serious condition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-80579118459927230702008-03-07T12:40:00.000-08:002008-03-07T12:40:00.000-08:00DEBKAfile - We start where the media stopEight fun...DEBKAfile - We start where the media stop<BR/><BR/>Eight funerals Friday for students murdered by Palestinian terrorist at Jerusalem’s Yeshivat Harav Thursday night<BR/><BR/>March 7, 2008<BR/><BR/>Yohai Livshitz, 18, and Neria Cohen, 15 from Jerusalem<BR/><BR/>Yonatan Yitzhak Eldar, 16, from Shilo<BR/><BR/>Yonadav Haim Hirschfeld, 19, from Kohav Hashahar<BR/><BR/>Segev Peniel Avihail, 15, from Neve Daniel<BR/><BR/>Avraham David Moses, 16, from Efrat<BR/><BR/>Ro’i Roth, 18, from Elkana<BR/><BR/>Maharta Taruno, 26, from Ashdod<BR/><BR/>Many thousands gathered at the yeshiva from all parts of Israel heard the eulogies and the readings of Psalms for the eight victims.<BR/><BR/>Seven of the wounded students in the shooting rampage are still in hospital, three in serious condition. Two were hurt when they jumped from the second floor window of the yeshiva library to escape the massacre. The Jerusalem police have recovered the vehicle used by the killer, Ala Abu Dhaim, 20, a Jerusalem Palestinian with Israeli citizenship who lived in the southern village of Jebal Makaber and worked as a delivery-man. He used it to drive to the Jerusalem yeshiva Thursday night, March 6, with his Kalashnikov assault rifle and other weapons. It contained a large stock of ammo. His family set up a mourning tent and raised Hamas and Hizballah flags. Hamas praised the killings as “heroic.”<BR/><BR/>Security forces and emergency services are on national terror alert across the country for more terror. The West Bank is under closure. The security services and police are hunting the planners of the attack on one of Jerusalem’s largest yeshiva centers after imposing a blackout on the investigation. Hundreds of students attended the secondary school section and the seminary.<BR/><BR/>Police are on guard for the tension in Jerusalem sparking angry clashes between Jews and Arabs.<BR/><BR/>The Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert condemned the outrage but pledged not to derail “the peace process.”<BR/><BR/>The UN Security Council emergency session broke up Thursday after Libya blocked a resolution condemning the terrorist attack by demanding that Israel’s operation in the Gaza Strip be added. The US delegate refused, backed by Russia.<BR/><BR/>The Lebanese Hizballah’s TV station interrupted its broadcasts on the night of the attack to name the perpetrators as the “Imad Mughniyeh Liberators of Galilee.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-81622015339464781032008-03-07T12:38:00.000-08:002008-03-07T12:38:00.000-08:00DEBKAfile - We start where the media stopLeads to ...DEBKAfile - We start where the media stop<BR/><BR/>Leads to Hamas-Damascus, Hizballah – or both - in Jerusalem students’ murders<BR/><BR/>March 7, 2008, <BR/><BR/>DEBKAfile reports that the line of investigation developing the day after a Palestinian terrorist murdered 8 Israeli yeshiva students in Jerusalem is that the Hamas command in Damascus, or Hizballah in Beirut activated the killer, Ala Abu Dhaim 25, a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship from Jebal Mukaber in S. Jerusalem.<BR/><BR/>Hamas-Gaza first took responsibility for the massacre, then backtracked.<BR/><BR/>The gunman sprayed automatic Kalashnikov fire on group after group of students studying Thursday night, March 6, in the library of the Yeshivat Harav center in Jerusalem. Their deaths were mourned by many thousands Friday morning.<BR/><BR/>After the killer’s family raised Hamas and Hizballah flags on their mourning tent, Jerusalem police arrested more than 10 of his relatives and friends. Hamas celebrated the attack in Gaza as “heroic.”<BR/><BR/>DEBKAfile’s political sources report that an explicit Hamas admission would present the Israeli government with a dilemma. It has already drawn up a detailed plan of action to fight Hamas in Gaza over its rocket blitz against Israeli civilians. Trying to play down the issue of responsibility, the police commissioner Dudi Cohen said the attack may have been an isolated incident. At the same time, the security preparedness across the country was extended to the whole of next week and the West Bank sealed.<BR/><BR/>Our counter-terror sources point to the Hizballah television broadcast from Beirut after the attack naming a group called “Phalange of free Men of Galilee – Groups of the Martyr Imad Mughniyeh and Martyrs of Gaza.”<BR/><BR/>The Phalange of Free Men of Galilee, established by the Lebanese Hizballah, has been responsible for a number of murders and shooting attacks on Israeli soldiers and policemen in the northern Israel region of Galilee during the last five years. The Beirut statement suggests collaboration between Hamas and Hizballah, both backed by Iran, in planning the Jerusalem outrage. Investigators, working under blackout, are also considering the Hizb al Tahrir, a fanatical Islamic organization with a substantial presence in Jerusalem, as a possible collaborator in setting up the attack or as a connecting link between Hizballah and Hamas.<BR/><BR/>Hizb al Tahrir has lately spread its wings among Jerusalem Arabs and is attracting some of Hamas’ cells in the city to its ranks. This group was behind the violent riots staged in the streets of Jerusalem this week in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-27981574448723722862008-03-07T12:34:00.000-08:002008-03-07T12:34:00.000-08:00The slaughter at a Jerusalem Yeshiva is the latest...The slaughter at a Jerusalem Yeshiva is the latest - but sadly not the last. Until another Prime Minister with the brains, wit, and desire to safeguard the Jewish nation comes to power, there will be more tragedies. Rav Meir Kahane hy'd is screaming from his grave "I told you so!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-39725927360785099512008-03-06T22:24:00.000-08:002008-03-06T22:24:00.000-08:00Psalms Chapter 1421. A Maskil of David; A Prayer w...Psalms Chapter 142<BR/><BR/>1. A Maskil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.<BR/>2. I cry to the Lord with my voice; with my voice I make my supplication to the Lord.<BR/>3. I pour out my complaint before him; I declare my trouble before him.<BR/>4. When my spirit is faint inside me, you know my path. In the path where I walk they have secretly laid a snare for me.<BR/>5. I look on my right hand, and behold, but there is no man who knows me; no refuge remains to me; no man cares for my soul.<BR/>6. I cry to you, O Lord; I say, You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.<BR/>7. Attend to my cry; for I am brought very low; save me from my persecutors; for they are too strong for me.<BR/>8. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name; the righteous shall surround me; for you shall deal bountifully with me.<BR/><BR/> 142 - תהלים קמב<BR/><BR/><BR/>פרק קמב<BR/>א מַשְׂכִּיל לְדָוִד בִּהְיוֹתוֹ בַמְּעָרָה תְפִלָּֽה<BR/>: ב קוֹלִי אֶל־יְהֹוָה אֶזְעָק קוֹלִי אֶל־יְהֹוָה אֶתְחַנָּֽן<BR/>: ג אֶשְׁפֹּךְ לְפָנָיו שִׂיחִי צָרָתִי לְפָנָיו אַגִּֽיד<BR/>: ד בְּהִתְעַטֵּף עָלַי | רוּחִי וְאַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ נְֽתִיבָתִי בְּאֹֽרַח־זוּ אֲהַלֵּךְ טָמְנוּ פַח לִֽי<BR/>: ה הַבֵּיט יָמִין | וּרְאֵה וְאֵין־לִי מַכִּיר אָבַד מָנוֹס מִמֶּנִּי אֵין דּוֹרֵשׁ לְנַפְשִֽׁי<BR/>: ו זָעַקְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה אָמַרְתִּי אַתָּה מַחְסִי חֶלְקִי בְּאֶרֶץ הַֽחַיִּים<BR/>: ז הַקְשִׁיבָה | אֶל־רִנָּתִי כִּֽי־דַלּוֹתִי מְאֹד הַצִּילֵנִי מֵרֹדְפַי כִּי אָמְצוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי<BR/>: ח הוֹצִיאָה מִמַּסְגֵּר | נַפְשִׁי לְהוֹדוֹת אֶת־שְׁמֶךָ בִּי יַכְתִּרוּ צַדִּיקִים כִּי תִגְמֹל עָלָֽי<BR/>:exposemolestershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097300261898413798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-74294357757249774532008-03-06T22:21:00.000-08:002008-03-06T22:21:00.000-08:00Psalms Chapter 41. To the chief Musician for strin...Psalms Chapter 4<BR/><BR/>1. To the chief Musician for stringed instruments, A Psalm of David.<BR/>2. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.<BR/>3. O you sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? How long will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.<BR/>4. But know that the Lord has set apart the pious man for himself; the Lord will hear when I call to him.<BR/>5. Tremble, and do not sin; talk with your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.<BR/>6. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.<BR/>7. There are many who say, Who will show us good? Lord, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.<BR/>8. You have put more gladness in my heart than they have whose grain and wine are increased.<BR/>9. I will both lie down and sleep in peace; for you alone make me, Lord, dwell in safety.<BR/><BR/> תהלים פרק ד - 4<BR/><BR/>פרק ד<BR/>א לַֽמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינוֹת מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד<BR/>: ב בְּקָרְאִי עֲנֵנִי | אֱלֹהֵי צִדְקִי בַּצָּר הִרְחַבְתָּ לִּי חָנֵּנִי וּשְׁמַע תְּפִלָּתִֽי<BR/>: ג בְּנֵי־אִישׁ עַד־מֶה כְבוֹדִי לִכְלִמָּה תֶּאֱהָבוּן רִיק תְּבַקְשׁוּ כָזָב סֶֽלָה<BR/>: ד וּדְעוּ כִּֽי־הִפְלָה יְהֹוָה חָסִיד לוֹ יְהֹוָה יִשְׁמַע בְּקָרְאִי אֵלָֽיו<BR/>: ה רִגְזוּ וְֽאַל־תֶּחֱטָאוּ אִמְרוּ בִלְבַבְכֶם עַל־מִשְׁכַּבְכֶם וְדֹמּוּ סֶֽלָה<BR/>: ו זִבְחוּ זִבְחֵי־צֶדֶק וּבִטְחוּ אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה<BR/>: ז רַבִּים אֹמְרִים מִֽי־יַרְאֵנוּ טוֹב נְֽסָה־עָלֵינוּ אוֹר פָּנֶיךָ יְהֹוָֽה<BR/>: ח נָתַתָּה שִׂמְחָה בְלִבִּי מֵעֵת דְּגָנָם וְתִֽירוֹשָׁם רָֽבּוּ<BR/>: ט בְּשָׁלוֹם יַחְדָּו אֶשְׁכְּבָה וְאִישָׁן כִּֽי־אַתָּה יְהֹוָה לְבָדָד לָבֶטַח תּוֹשִׁיבֵֽנִיexposemolestershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097300261898413798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-53278720612163755462008-03-06T22:07:00.000-08:002008-03-06T22:07:00.000-08:00Israel is its own worst enemy. Their leaders are c...Israel is its own worst enemy. Their leaders are corrupt and arrogant. Massacres upon more massacres and they never learn their lesson. How much Jewish blood has to bee spilled for Israel to respond? These "peace talks" are an ever repeating broken record. We all know the end results already. The Israeli Government as constantly constituted are the biggest crock of dong. Disgrace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-33882931206819459322008-03-06T21:29:00.000-08:002008-03-06T21:29:00.000-08:00http://youtube.com/watch?v=PmNSI6zthg8http://youtube.com/watch?v=PmNSI6zthg8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-10539507431548822982008-03-06T21:27:00.000-08:002008-03-06T21:27:00.000-08:00This interview is hilarious! Although I think the ...This interview is hilarious! Although I think the interviewer is anti-semitic - he does make many some valid points about conniving Jews and some troubling Hashkafas that they have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-55873851071320045422008-03-06T21:17:00.000-08:002008-03-06T21:17:00.000-08:00This is sad and funny.This is sad and funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-86912230451350985942008-03-06T19:57:00.000-08:002008-03-06T19:57:00.000-08:00WebCrims Appearance DetailKINGS Supreme CourtDo...WebCrims<BR/> Appearance Detail<BR/><BR/>KINGS Supreme Court<BR/>Docket 04314-2007<BR/>Defendant COLMER, STEFAN<BR/><BR/>Appearance Information:<BR/>Appearance<BR/>Part & Date Judge Calendar<BR/>Section Court<BR/>Reporter Release<BR/>Status Arraignment<BR/>Type Hearing<BR/>Type Docket<BR/>Detail<BR/>11, March 17, 2008 MULLEN,C TRIALS AM No Type <BR/>11, February 27, 2008 MULLEN,C TRIALS AM DELVALLE,V Same Bail Conditions No Type ADJOURNED <BR/>11, February 25, 2008 MULLEN,C TRIALS AM DELVALLE,V Same Bail Conditions No Type ADJOURNED <BR/>11, January 8, 2008 MULLEN,C ARRAIGNMENTS LEE,N Bond $10,000,000 Cash $5,000,000 (Not Posted) Regular PLED NOT GUILTY, RETURNED ON WARRANT <BR/>GRAND JURY, May 18, 2007 MISCELLANEOUS No Type TRUE BILL, WARRANT ORDERED <BR/><BR/>Docket Information:<BR/>Standards and Goals Age Defendant Status<BR/>69 days <BR/><BR/>Docket Sentence Information:<BR/>Docket Sentence<BR/>No Data Available<BR/><BR/>Defense Attorney Information:<BR/>Name Type Court Date Court Part Firm Name Phone Number Address<BR/>EPSTEIN,D Private (Retained) January 8, 2008 11 <BR/><BR/>Assistant District Attorney Information:<BR/>Name Assignment Date<BR/>DOEFLER,E January 8, 2008 <BR/><BR/>Motion Information:<BR/>Motion Date Court Part Motion Type Motion Disposition Motion Activity Motion Filing Date<BR/>No Data AvailableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-23087220871627283392008-03-06T19:55:00.000-08:002008-03-06T19:55:00.000-08:00WebcrimsKINGS Supreme CourtDocket: 04314-2007Defen...Webcrims<BR/><BR/>KINGS Supreme Court<BR/>Docket: 04314-2007<BR/>Defendant: COLMER, STEFAN<BR/>Born 1976<BR/><BR/>Arrest/Incident Date/Time<BR/> <BR/><BR/>Arrest Date: January 7, 2008<BR/>Arrest Time: 19:20<BR/>Incident Date: January 28, 2006<BR/>Incident Time:<BR/><BR/>Case Related Numbers<BR/> <BR/><BR/>Criminal Justice Tracking Number: 59766853Q<BR/>NYSID Number: 2696869K<BR/>Arrest Number: K08602074<BR/>Summons/Ticket Number:<BR/><BR/>Arresting Officer Info<BR/> <BR/><BR/>Agency:<BR/>Officer Command:Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-78463381175352518942008-03-06T19:45:00.000-08:002008-03-06T19:45:00.000-08:00KINGS Supreme CourtDocket 00197-2007Defendant KOLK...KINGS Supreme Court<BR/>Docket 00197-2007<BR/>Defendant KOLKO, JOEL<BR/><BR/>Appearance Information:<BR/>Appearance<BR/>Part & Date Judge Calendar<BR/>Section Court<BR/>Reporter Release<BR/>Status Arraignment<BR/>Type Hearing<BR/>Type Docket<BR/>Detail<BR/>11, March 31, 2008 MULLEN,C TRIALS AM No Type <BR/>11, February 4, 2008 MULLEN,C TRIALS AM ENG,G Bail Continued No Type ADJOURNED <BR/>11, December 5, 2007 MULLEN,C TRIALS AM MARIN,M Bail Continued No Type ADJOURNED <BR/>30, November 1, 2007 MULLEN,C TRIALS AM DENEZZA,M Bail Continued No Type ADJOURNED <BR/>30, October 2, 2007 MULLEN,C TRIALS AM NAPOLI,F Bail Continued No Type ADJOURNED <BR/>30, September 12, 2007 MULLEN,C ARRAIGNMENTS NAPOLI,F Bond $50,000 Cash $25,000 (Cash) Regular PLED NOT GUILTY, RETURNED ON WARRANT <BR/>September 12, 2007 Cash $25,000 (Cash) No Type BAIL PAID <BR/>GRAND JURY, August 29, 2007 MISCELLANEOUS No Type TRUE BILL, WARRANT ORDERED <BR/><BR/>Docket Information:<BR/>Standards and Goals Age Defendant Status<BR/>201 days Violent Felony Offender <BR/><BR/>Docket Sentence Information:<BR/>Docket Sentence<BR/>No Data Available<BR/><BR/>Defense Attorney Information:<BR/>Name Type Court Date Court Part Firm Name Phone Number Address<BR/>SCHWARTZ, Private (Retained) October 2, 2007 30 <BR/><BR/>Assistant District Attorney Information:<BR/>Name Assignment Date<BR/>JAUS,R December 5, 2007 <BR/>NA, September 12, 2007 <BR/><BR/>Motion Information:<BR/>Motion Date Court Part Motion Type Motion Disposition Motion Activity Motion Filing Date<BR/>No Data AvailableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-82776444354288510862008-03-06T17:17:00.000-08:002008-03-06T17:17:00.000-08:00You can't run from the law. I know this all too we...You can't run from the law. I know this all too well!<BR/>---<BR/><BR/>03/06/2008<BR/><BR/>Police think sex abuse suspect faked suicide<BR/> <BR/><BR/>GREENWICH - Police are searching for a man they believe tried to fake a suicide to avoid sex abuse charges.<BR/><BR/>Greenwich Police Chief George Bell told NewsChannel 13's media partners at the Post-Star that 42-year-old Russell Wagner had been partying with several teenage girls at his Hill Street home.<BR/><BR/>Police say Wagner fled the area when he found out one of the girls went to police.<BR/><BR/>Wagner's truck was found in Maryland with a suicide note inside.<BR/><BR/>But cell phone records show he made calls in Virginia after the fake suicide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-20800884070018684852008-03-06T17:12:00.000-08:002008-03-06T17:12:00.000-08:00The Israelis are bad people. The occupation is a c...The Israelis are bad people. The occupation is a crime. You can't assassinate me!<BR/>---------------<BR/><BR/>Exclusive: Israeli cabinet okays Hamas, Jihad Islami targets for attack<BR/><BR/>March 5, 2008<BR/>Hamas hard-liner Mahmoud a-Zahar<BR/><BR/>DEBKAfile’s military sources disclose that Israel’s security cabinet approved Wednesday, March 5, a series of terrorist targets for early attacks as part of a sustained military offensive against escalated Palestinian attacks from Gaza on Israeli civilians.<BR/><BR/>Prime minister Ehud Olmert and defense minister Ehud Barak earlier obtained a quiet nod from US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice before she wound up her visit. These targets are revealed here by DEBKAfile:<BR/><BR/>1. Chiefs and senior officers of Hamas’ and Jihad Islami’s armed wings.<BR/><BR/>2. Their senior political officials in the Gaza strip, excluding prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, but including hard-line Mahmoud a-Zahar.<BR/><BR/>3. Hamas and Jihad institutions, including police stations.<BR/><BR/>These decisions were taken at the security cabinet’s first exhaustive review of Israel’s Gaza options.<BR/><BR/>DEBKAfile’s sources reveal the ministers considered demolishing urban districts in Gaza which serve as launching pads for missiles after evacuating their inhabitants. No final decision was reached on this.<BR/><BR/>Our military sources report that these strikes are expected to let loose a stepped up Hamas Grad rocket barrage against Ashkelon or even points further north, such as Ashdod, both important Mediterranean port cities. Sderot, Netivot and Ofakim may also come under heavy missile attack and Hamas will make a supreme effort to bring off suicide attacks inside Israel.<BR/><BR/>Notwithstanding this expectation, the defense minister is determined to deny Hamas the ability to create a balance of deterrent with Israel. Therefore, the Israeli operation will persist even under heavy Hamas assaults.<BR/><BR/>In any case, the Palestinians launched a fresh onslaught on the heels of Rice’s departure after her talks with Palestinian and Israel leaders.<BR/><BR/>Five Katyusha rockets fired from Gaza at Ashkelon exploded on empty ground south of the city; four Qassam missiles were aimed at as Sderot and the Eshkol farming region, raising the total from Wednesday morning to eight.<BR/><BR/>Our military sources believe that the five rockets were deliberately aimed to explode harmlessly as a warning from Hamas of the violence in store if Israeli goes ahead with more military offensives. Military experts informed the cabinet that this was further proof that Hamas is now capable of precise targeting against specific locations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-40151420021081273462008-03-06T17:09:00.000-08:002008-03-06T17:09:00.000-08:00At least 8 Israelis killed, dozens injured, in Pal...At least 8 Israelis killed, dozens injured, in Palestinian shooting attack at Yeshivat Harav Center in Kiryat Moshe, W. Jerusalem<BR/><BR/>March 6, 2008<BR/><BR/>Special anti-terror squad inspects scene of Jerusalem Yeshiva bloodbath<BR/><BR/>Of the many injured students, several are in critical or serious condition.<BR/><BR/>A Palestinian gunman armed with a Kalashnikov gun and a bomb vest stormed the Yeshiva library Thursday night, March 6, and opened automatic fire in all directions at the scores of seminarists studying there. After several minutes, he was shot dead bby a neighboring police officer. He has been identified as resident of the south Jerusalem suburb of Jebal Maqaber, bearer of an Israeli identity card.<BR/><BR/>Dozens of ambulances collected the casualties as heavy police forces and special military units arrived on the scene and scoured the four-story building in case more terrorists were lurking there.<BR/><BR/>All the roads leading in and out of Jerusalem were blocked amid a manhunt for the killer’s confederates.<BR/><BR/>The Lebanese Hizballah’s TV station interrupted broadcasts to name the perpetrators of the attack as the “Imad Mughniyeh Liberators of Galilee.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-53099549169167848032008-03-06T17:03:00.000-08:002008-03-06T17:03:00.000-08:00BREAKING: Leading Rabbi Apologizes For Shocking St...BREAKING: Leading Rabbi Apologizes For Shocking Statement<BR/><BR/>by Staff Report<BR/>03/05/2008<BR/><BR/>Rabbi Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva University's rabbinical school, issued an apology today for a statement he made that appeared to advocate shooting the Prime Minister of Israel should the government "give away Jerusalem."<BR/><BR/><BR/>The statement, part of a 39-second clip posted on YouTube this week, is from a discussion the rabbi had in Israel with American students learning at Yeshivat HaKotel in Jerusalem. It is not known when the statement was made.<BR/><BR/><BR/>In what appears to be a response to a question about serving in the Israeli army, the rabbi, a leading decisor in the Orthodox community, says: "First you have to know what the army is going to do. If the army is going to destroy Gush Katif, there's no mitzvah to<BR/><BR/>destroy Eretz Yisrael.<BR/><BR/><BR/>"If the army is going to give away Yerushalyim [Jerusalem], then I would tell everyone to resign from the army - I'd tell them to shoot the Rosh Hamemshalah [Prime Minister]," which prompted laughter from his audience.<BR/><BR/><BR/>"No one should go to the army if they [the army] are doing aveirus [sins," the rabbi continued. "We're talking if the army is seeing to it that the country is secure, if they're doing the right thing.<BR/><BR/><BR/>"I'm not sure if the army is doing the right thing," he added, "we have to look into that."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Rabbi Schachter, much revered by his many students and highly respected throughout the community as a Talmudic scholar, has been known to make blunt, politically incorrect statements in the past. In 2004, his remarks seemed to compare women to animals in expounding on the issue of reading from a ketubah at a marriage ceremony. He said the marriage would be valid "even if a parrot or a monkey would read the ketubah."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Prior to that incident, the rabbi described Jews as superior to other people, noting that "Jews and non-Jews "have different genes, DNA and instincts."<BR/>His defenders say he is naïve, not mean-spirited, in part because he has little dealing with the community at large, cloistered within the study halls of Yeshiva. They say he speaks casually in class, unaware of the larger ramifications of his remarks.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Critics agree, but note that such a person, despite his brilliance, should not be in such a position of prominence.<BR/><BR/><BR/>For example, Rabbi Schachter was just named as one of two American rabbis to oversee the conversion process for the Rabbinical Council of America in its agreement with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.<BR/><BR/><BR/>In a statement issued today, Rabbi Schachter said:<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Statements I made informally have been publicly excerpted this week. I deeply regret such statements and apologize for them. They were uttered spontaneously, off the cuff, and were not meant seriously. And, they do not, God forbid, represent my views. Jewish law demands respect for representatives of the Jewish government and the state of Israel."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Richard Joel, president of Yeshiva University, said:<BR/>"Rav Schacter has apologized for his off the cuff statements that certainly do not represent his views. Let me make it clear that Yeshiva University repudiates any such statements or any such sentiments."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-35965583257003861812008-03-06T16:54:00.000-08:002008-03-06T16:54:00.000-08:00newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--mi...newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--missingrabbi0306mar06,0,4279559.story<BR/><BR/>Body, car of missing rabbi found in Hackensack River<BR/><BR/>March 6, 2008<BR/><BR/>JERSEY CITY, N.J.<BR/><BR/>A vehicle containing the body of a 91-year-old rabbi who's been missing for more than a day has been pulled from the Hackensack River, authorities said Thursday.<BR/><BR/>The dark-green, four-door Mercury Marquis that had been driven by Rabbi Zev Segal was spotted in the water at low tide Thursday and pulled from the river, said Jersey City Police Chief Tom Comey.<BR/><BR/>"The person in the vehicle has been positively identified as Mr. Segal," Comey said.<BR/><BR/>Segal hasn't been seen since he appeared on radio station WFMU in Jersey City, where his son Nachum Segal is an on-air host, on Wednesday morning.<BR/><BR/>In a statement, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg mourned the rabbi's death.<BR/><BR/>"Like many New Yorkers, I knew of Rabbi Zev Segal's reputation as a scholar, as the builder of a strong Jewish community, and as a man who brought people together," Bloomberg said.<BR/><BR/>The mayor, who traveled to Israel with the rabbi's son to attend a dedication of the country's new Holocaust memorial and museum, added: "From his children, I know that Rabbi Segal was a man of sharp intellect and strong character, great spirit and good humor."<BR/><BR/>Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said it wasn't yet known exactly how the car ended up in the water. The investigation is ongoing, but DeFazio said at this point, authorities don't suspect foul play.<BR/><BR/>Segal was on his way to an appointment in Livingston when he went missing Wednesday morning, Comey said. It appeared his body had been in the water for at least 24 hours, he said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-90252500395871105792008-03-05T22:59:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:59:00.000-08:00I hope parents don't blame me for harboring molest...I hope parents don't blame me for harboring molesters and enabling abuse. <BR/>----------------------------------<BR/><BR/> Published March 05, 2008 11:33 pm - A civil suit against the Montgomery-Lonsdale school district in the sexual assault crimes of a former coach and teacher has been moved to federal court.<BR/><BR/>Sex-crime suit moves to federal court<BR/>Parents blame school district for teacher's crimes<BR/><BR/>By Dan Nienaber<BR/>Free Press Staff Writer<BR/><BR/>MANKATO —<BR/><BR/>A lawsuit filed against Montgomery-Lonsdale Public Schools, claiming the school district was partially responsible for a student being sexually assaulted by a former coach and teacher, has moved to federal court.<BR/><BR/>The lawsuit was filed by the parents of the 14-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted by 36-year-old Troy Michael Bernard, a former Montgomery elementary teacher and middle school girls volleyball and track coach. Bernard pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct in October and was sentenced to 12 years in prison in January.<BR/><BR/>The girl was not identified in criminal court records. Her parents, who filed the civil lawsuit in February on her behalf, are identified as “Father Doe 112 and Mother Doe 112.” Bernard admitted to having intercourse and participating in other sexual acts with the girl. Most of the several incidents cited by investigators took place at Bernard’s home, but at least one incident took place at the school, court records said.<BR/><BR/>For complete story, see the Thursday, March 6, print edition of The Free Press or sign onto our e-edition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-4672545489784067822008-03-05T22:55:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:55:00.000-08:00http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNmz...http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNmzgvTAn2GRPu7agWe7hZ-gfDUQ<BR/><BR/>Refusing to testify at sex-abuse inquiry gets ex-cop 6 months; possibility of more<BR/><BR/>TORONTO — A former police officer "central" to a judicial inquiry examining how the justice system and other institutions responded to allegations of widespread child sex-abuse in eastern Ontario was handed a six-month jail sentence Wednesday for refusing to testify at the probe.<BR/><BR/>To the added dismay of his supporters assembled in a Toronto courtroom, Perry Dunlop also faces the prospect of further jail time on a related conviction - flagrantly defying a direct court demand that he give evidence at the inquiry in Cornwall, Ont.<BR/><BR/>Dressed in a black casual shirt and pants, unshaven and looking slightly bewildered, Dunlop turned down one last chance to change his mind before his sentencing.<BR/><BR/>"Are you now willing to give evidence before the Cornwall Inquiry?" Divisional Court Justice Lee Ferrier asked him.<BR/><BR/>"No, I'm not," Dunlop, 46, responded.<BR/><BR/>Ferrier described the father of three, who has been in custody since his arrest more than two weeks ago, as a "whistle blower" with knowledge and information that was "central" to the establishment of the inquiry, which has cost $23 million to date, under Justice Normand Glaude.<BR/><BR/>Compounding the rare act of defiance to heed the order to testify was Dunlop's willingness to speak to the media, and his decision to "orchestrate" his arrest at home in Duncan, B.C., to ensure maximum publicity, the judge said.<BR/><BR/>It was, Ferrier said, done "flagrantly and publicly" and flew in the face of the contractor's express desire to prevent the sexual abuse of children.<BR/><BR/>The finding of civil contempt could be "purged" by giving evidence at the inquiry, the court said. He could then apply for immediate release.<BR/><BR/>Separate sentencing - on a criminal contempt conviction registered Wednesday - will be imposed after he has served his term for civil contempt. Crown lawyers suggested they would likely ask for several months.<BR/><BR/>However, Dunlop can mitigate the punishment for his criminal conviction by purging the civil contempt, Ferrier said.<BR/><BR/>Dunlop's wife Helen, who has denounced the inquiry as a "sham," stood during the proceedings and then stormed off without commenting after her husband was led away in handcuffs to begin his sentence in a segregation cell.<BR/><BR/>Other supporters, one of whom was ejected from the courtroom for being disruptive, harangued Crown lawyers following the hearing.<BR/><BR/>"It's a travesty," said Anne Winter, a psychotherapist in Toronto who deals with adult survivors of child sexual abuse.<BR/><BR/>"The worst part is that they've gone after Perry; they haven't gone after the pedophiles out there."<BR/><BR/>Dunlop was a cop in Cornwall in 1993 when he began probing, on his own time, an alleged pedophile ring that supposedly involved senior civic officials, clergymen, police officers and others.<BR/><BR/>A provincial police investigation laid 114 charges against 15 men - among them a doctor, a lawyer and three priests - but only one man, a bus driver, was convicted. Charges against one of the priests were dropped after a judge found he was denied the right to a timely trial and verdict.<BR/><BR/>Despite Dunlop's vehement assertions, police said they found no evidence of a organized ring.<BR/><BR/>In an interview in January, Dunlop told The Canadian Press that he didn't trust the justice system.<BR/><BR/>"I'm saying our judicial system is broken and they haven't listened to me for 15 years," Dunlop said. "I have no faith. Absolutely no faith, none."<BR/><BR/>On Wednesday, Crown lawyer Brian Gover said everyone was mindful that Dunlop and his supporters view him as a victim of a conspiracy of silence.<BR/><BR/>"No one wants to make a martyr out of Mr. Dunlop in his misguided efforts to avoid his civic duty of testifying and his disobedience of his court order," Gover said.<BR/><BR/>"It's very difficult to understand the position taken by Mr. Dunlop and his supporters."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-980227367180433752008-03-05T22:52:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:52:00.000-08:00UK children rescued from worldwide sex abuse ring·...UK children rescued from worldwide sex abuse ring<BR/><BR/>· Two-year inquiry smashes highly sophisticated group<BR/>· 22 new arrests follow jailing of six Britons<BR/><BR/> * Vikram Dodd, crime correspondent<BR/> * The Guardian,<BR/> * Thursday March 6 2008<BR/> <BR/>Detectives in three continents believe they have broken one of the most sophisticated paedophile rings ever. Eight British children between six and 14 years old have been rescued and arrests made in the UK, Australia and the US.<BR/><BR/>The ring used advanced techniques to avoid detection and one member boasted of belonging to the "greatest group of paedos ever to gather in one place".<BR/><BR/>Police traced the victims to addresses in the UK, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) Centre said. Some had been abused by their parents. The arrests followed a two-year inquiry which began in Australia, spread to Europe and was coordinated by the FBI in the US. The US was chosen as the base for police operations as most of the sex ring's members were American residents, police said.<BR/><BR/>A total of 22 people were arrested last week, including two men in the UK, in the final strike against the ring. Six further British men have already been jailed for their roles in trading and receiving pictures and videos on the network.<BR/><BR/>The newsgroup members gained access to the ring by providing pictures of child sexual abuse. According to US court documents, one member in Florida labelled one folder of images "mild" and another "wild". James Freeman, who used the nickname "Mystikal", bragged: "All I can say is they are worth the download." According to the US indictment against Freeman, seen by the Guardian, he wrote: "My thanks to you and all the others that together make this the greatest group of paedos ever to gather in one place."<BR/><BR/>Paul Griffiths, who heads the victim identification team at Ceop, based in the UK, said the children were subjected to horrendous abuse. "In every image there is a child. These images are crime scene photos where children are being subjected to sexual abuse. This is not 'child pornography'.<BR/><BR/>"It's important to remember too, though, that these children were not missing. They were located in the place where they were supposed to be safe - their own home - where their abuse was recorded and made available over the internet to satisfy sickening sexual desires of a deviant group of individuals."<BR/><BR/>Australian police said the international covert operation had uncovered 2,500 "customers" in 19 countries. As a result of the two-year operation, 400,000 images of child abuse were seized. Police also closed four commercial child sex web sites and arrested more than 100 people for allegedly purchasing child sex material. Officers in the UK used facial recognition software and a database called Childbase as they raced to identify victims from clues in each image.<BR/><BR/>The FBI's executive assistant director, Stephen Tidwell, said the online gang was run like a business, with indecent images used as a substitute for cash. He said: "This is beyond a quantum exponential leap for us to see folks that have gone to this much trouble to produce this kind of volume of horrific exploitation of children. But with 400,000 [images] we're going to be at this for years, trying to find the victims."<BR/><BR/>Peter Crawford from Queensland police's state sexual crimes squad, said: "It has been the most significant infiltration of an international child exploitation network by a law enforcement agency anywhere in the world. The major challenge for this investigation was to unravel the intricate web that networked offenders had weaved to protect themselves, incorporating strict guidelines, rules and encryption."<BR/><BR/>Members of the ring all used aliases, such as Box of Rocks, Crazy Horse, Lizzard, Methusaleh and Pickleman. In one example cited in the indictment, Raymond Roy, known as Nimo, posted videos of Thai children "to give everyone something to do for an afternoon".<BR/><BR/>"This one may offend here, so a word of caution, these girls are heavily drugged," Roy wrote on July 10 2007, according to the court documents. "Not much action to speak of, the girls are [sic] to [expletive deleted] up to move or resist. Three girls, the first one being the youngest, around eight or nine yo [years old]."<BR/><BR/>Noting the sophisticated process the porn ring used to outwit police, Tidwell compared the growing number of child pornography crimes to those of cocaine dealers, terrorists and the mafia. "If they had good operational security, that's a bad thing for us," he said. "When you've got that, you've got a real challenge for law enforcement."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com