Five Towns Jewish Times The horrifying saga of the Nechemya Weberman trial and the guilty
verdict on 59 or 60 of the consolidated counts has caught the attention
of the world.
If the allegations are true, as guilty verdicts tend to indicate, and
as the existence of 11 other victims too fearful to step forward
indicates, then what we have here is truly sickening.
We have a 12-year-old girl that did not quite meet the standards of
the community around her. The school officials refused to admit her back
into the school unless her parents pre-paid for therapy—to the tune of
$12,900.
And then she suffers three years of horrifying abuse at the hands of
the very “therapist” that the school had required her to meet with
regularly. Imagine the pain of such a girl who must endure the sickest
of acts—with the knowledge that no one would believe her if she told of
what was being done to her.
The Navi cries out, “Bagda Yehuda v’soaivah ne’esasa b’Yisrael!” Our
schools are named after our heilege imahos and avos. And the matriarch,
Mama Rachel, is crying now. Of that there is no doubt.
Our schools have handed over these precious souls to monsters for
abuse. And then, when they ultimately come forward, we vilify them and
their families. We exclude them from our camps and our schools.
Hakezona ya’aseh es achoseini?
And this was aided and abetted by the kehilah leadership, rachmana
litzlan! The kehilah leadership! Not even a brush full of the blackest
of paint could put such horrors on a canvas!
Has there ever been such a parallel in our entire history? [...]
Our reaction must be to immediately dissolve this Vaad HaTzniyus which forced Yiddishe girls into the hands of a monster. Their names should be recorded and never again must such people be put in charge of such grave matters of responsibility. A vaad of tzniyus must only be direct representatives of choshuvah and leading poskim well respected throughout the Torah world. And no matter who it may be, which meyuchasdika person, we must never forget the holy words of Chazal, “Ein apitropus l’arayos—no one, absolutely no one can be trusted alone in matters of arayos.”
Our reaction must be to immediately dissolve this Vaad HaTzniyus which forced Yiddishe girls into the hands of a monster. Their names should be recorded and never again must such people be put in charge of such grave matters of responsibility. A vaad of tzniyus must only be direct representatives of choshuvah and leading poskim well respected throughout the Torah world. And no matter who it may be, which meyuchasdika person, we must never forget the holy words of Chazal, “Ein apitropus l’arayos—no one, absolutely no one can be trusted alone in matters of arayos.”
Suggestion: for the people who think Weberman is innocent, the other victims who do not want to testify can contact the therapist who called the police and tell her their story. The therapist can then confirm with the press that she spoke to other victims who seem reliable.
ReplyDeleteWhen is Matzav.com going to report about this? ;)
ReplyDelete"Our schools have handed over these precious souls to monsters for abuse. And then, when they ultimately come forward, we vilify them and their families. We exclude them from our camps and our schools."
ReplyDeleteWe? Our? This goes on in the 5 towns? Just because people want to move to the right and act frum doesn't mean you have to imitate everything, you poseur. Where's your seichel?
"A vaad of tzniyus must only be direct representatives of choshuvah and leading poskim well respected throughout the Torah world. And no matter who it may be, which meyuchasdika person..."
This is so sad. There is no wise sage or sages that can control your life for you. We can all use a little third party opinion every now and then, but we don't need a secret police force enforcing anything bein adom l'makom.