Friday, July 11, 2025

The Moment Has Arrived

 https://mishpacha.com/the-moment-has-arrived/

 An interview with Rabbi Zev Cohen of Chicago’s Special Beis Din dealing with issues of abuse

Before we talk about how the Special Beis Din works, can I just ask: Why don’t you just tell victims to go to the police?

If a victim tells us that she wants to go to the police, she receives our encouragement.  But frequently, victims are too traumatized to testify to the police, and find it easier to speak to rabbanim. In addition, it is important to remember, one cannot just go to the police and have someone thrown in jail. We had one case where the victim wanted to go to the police. The accused immediately posted bail and was soon back on the streets. But at that point, we could no longer impose our own restrictions on the perpetrator, because the police were already involved.

1 comment :

  1. > victims are too traumatized to testify to the police, and find it easier to speak to rabbanim.

    25 years ago this was all the rage of the blogsphere. "Don't go to the police!" "Let the rabbis handle it!" "Don't be a moser!" "It's loshon horo!"

    And 25 years later it's still the same. No, don't involve the nasssty goyim. Go to the rabbis, you know, the ones with no training in how to assess and counsel the abused, the ones who want to sweep everything under the rug so no one finds out. Yes, them.

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