Convicted sex offender Yona Weinberg is suing me for slander, because I warned Har Nof residents of the danger he poses to their children in 2015. You can read more about it in yesterday's Rockland Journal Newshere: https://www.lohud.com/
It's honestly a bit surreal, as I never imagined the lawsuit would ever go this far without being tossed out by some judge along the way.
But here we are, and the stakes are very high. One way or the other, there will be a precedent set for future cases. If Weinberg wins this lawsuit against me, child-safety advocates, health professionals, teachers. law enforcement officers and even your average next door Israeli neighbor will likely be inhibited and think more than twice before informing others about the presence of a sex offender in the area, for fear of being sued for slander.
I am in Israeli court because securing the rights of our children to be protected from known sex offenders is a battle worth fighting, and we will defend that right to the very end.
I will use this email list keep you posted about tomorrow's developments.
Yakov.
Today we found out
I would like to thank our readers for their outpouring of emails and other forms of communication, digital or otherwise, supporting the rights of all of our children to be protected from child abusers.
Today we found out
I would like to thank our readers for their outpouring of emails and other forms of communication, digital or otherwise, supporting the rights of all of our children to be protected from child abusers.
A significant part of today's proceedings - which set October 25th as the date for the next hearing - centered around this attached letter (see below) we recently obtained from the New York City Police Department which clearly states that Yona Weinberg IS a fugitive from justice in the USA.
This is important because one of Weinberg's main claims to have been slandered was that I tweeted that he fled America to avoid additional charges, which he said was incorrect. To prove this point, Weinberg submitted a letter (early in the proceedings) from one of his attorneys who claimed that a New York City police officer had said that Weinberg is not a fugitive.
And although Weinberg's lawyer keeps saying that Weinberg, "wants to be left alone," and, "has served his time," they cannot dispute the fact that he is a level-3 sex offender. Hence, a main point of Weinberg's slander claim is based on the "fugitive" issue.
Today, the judge listened to arguments from both lawyers regarding the admissibility of the New York City police department letter - since the officer who wrote it won't be available for cross examination in Israel. She will accept input from the two lawyers and give her ruling in 30 days.
Bottom Line - regardless of the long and winding road this lawsuit has followed, we are deeply committed to continue fighting for the safety of our children - namely that their parents be warned when convicted sex offenders move near them without fear of retribution from their predators.
Yakov
Who is paying for Yankie's considerable expenses for flying frequently to Israel and paying lawyers for this lawsuit?
ReplyDelete“Rav Yakov Horowitz How can you slander a sex offender?- Tomorrow, we'll find out”
ReplyDeleteTo you, Rav Yakov Horowitz, I apply from this week\s haftarah Shabbat Hagadol:
“Proper rulings were in his mouth, And nothing perverse was on his lips; He served Me with complete loyalty And held the many back from iniquity” (Malachi 2:6).
Actually the haftorah starts Malachi 3:4. Also, see “For I detest divorce—said the Lord, the God of Israel—and covering oneself with lawlessness as with a garment—said the Lord of Hosts. So be careful of your life-breath and do not act treacherously”(Malachi 2:16). The wicked act treacherously, with animosity and subterfuge.
Also see “Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we break faith with one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors? Judah has broken faith; abhorrent things have been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned what is holy to the Lord— what He desires—and espoused daughters of alien gods. May the Lord leave to him who does this no descendants dwelling in the tents of Jacob and presenting offerings to the Lord of Hosts. And this you do as well: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears, weeping, and moaning, so that He refuses to regard the oblation any more and to accept what you offer. But you ask, Because of what? Because the Lord is a witness between you and the wife of your youth with whom you have broken faith, though she is your partner and covenanted spouse." (Malachi 2:10-14).
ReplyDeleteMy theory is that Malachi, here, is against Jewish men abandoning and being unfaithful to their Jewish wives and going after non-Jewish ladies. Terrible !
Megilah 15a:
“It has been taught: R. Joshua b. Korha said: Malachi is the same as Ezra, and the Sages say that Malachi was his proper name. R. Nahman said: There is good ground for accepting the view that Malachi was the same as Ezra. For it is written in the prophecy of Malachi “Judah has broken faith; abhorrent things have been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned what is holy to the Lord— what He desires—and espoused daughters of alien gods” (Malachi 2:11). And who was it that put away the strange women? Ezra, as it is written “Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel of the family of Elam spoke up and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God by bringing into our homes foreign women from the peoples of the land; but there is still hope for Israel despite this” (Ezrah 10:2).”
This is the assimilation we’re seeing in the USA where non-Jewish ladies are seeking Jewish men. Both Ezra and Malachi are talking the same, especially Ezra chapters 9 and 10, e.g.
When this was over, the officers approached me, saying, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the land whose abhorrent practices are like those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. They have taken their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has become intermingled with the peoples of the land; and it is the officers and prefects who have taken the lead in this trespass. When I heard this, I rent my garment and robe, I tore hair out of my head and beard, and I sat desolate. Around me gathered all who were concerned over the words of the God of Israel because of the returning exiles’ trespass, while I sat desolate until the evening offering” (Ezra 9:1-4).
why not ask a more urgent and relevant question
ReplyDeletewhat does he eat for breakfast cherios or cornflakes??????!!!!!
Who cares.
ReplyDeleteI say his wish to be left alone should be granted. Here in Canada we have a lot of empty space. It's called The Northwest Territories. I say we crowdfund and buy him an isolated cabin in the middle of nowhere with no roads leading to it but a nice river nearby so he has fresh water.
ReplyDeleteI think it's important how Yankie is able to shoulder tens of thousands of dollars or hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses for lawyers and flying back and forth to Israel that it is surely costing him.
ReplyDeleteand that is more important than the issueof publicizing molestors?
ReplyDeletewhy do you think your question is important or even relevant to the issue raised by r horowitz????
ReplyDeleteBravo to Rabbi Horowitz: “I am in Israeli court because securing the rights of our children to be protected from known sex offenders is a battle worth fighting, and we will defend that right to the very end.”
ReplyDelete“Today, the judge listened to arguments from both lawyers regarding the admissibility of the New York City police department letter - since the officer who wrote it won't be available for cross examination in Israel. She will accept input from the two lawyers and give her ruling in 30 days.”
Really? This judge may be part of the Left that hates Netanyahu and his supporters.
See https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/21903
“No place to go but up after journalism reached rock-bottom from Sunday night’s “60 Minutes,” which featured “Adult Film Star” Stormy Daniels who spent 30 Minutes accusing President Trump of…what? I need help from the millions of Americans who watched the broadcast, because I missed the point, and still do…This much I got from Sunday’s program. Anderson Cooper did not merely interview the porn actress. He coached her. He deferred to her as if she were Mother Theresa.”