tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post4140468138710146100..comments2024-03-28T02:08:17.990+02:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Hynes protects a kidnapper - R' HelbransDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-30569915698558901242012-06-06T03:28:29.308+03:002012-06-06T03:28:29.308+03:00Most of the time I do not like the Times reporting...Most of the time I do not like the Times reporting especially their coverage of Israel. But this time I can say 'God Bless the NY Times for taking the side of the Jewish kids and not the rabbis side'Joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-53745667625600706052012-06-05T10:30:17.258+03:002012-06-05T10:30:17.258+03:00As far as I understood when I researched the case,...As far as I understood when I researched the case, this was NOT a kidnapping, but a 13-year-old boy refusing to come back home.<br /><br />He had bar mitzwa lessons with helbrans who convinced him to become religious-orthodox, so the boy preferred to live with orthodox families rather than his own mother (who hand sent him to bar-mitzwa-lessons with helbrans), stepfather and half-siblings.<br /><br />When I read about the case, I was shocked that the boy's wishes were not taken into consideration and that the police/justice system acted with brute force.<br /><br />One might like Helbrans or not (personally, I am rather suspicious of him), but I do not think he deserved the two years he spent in prison for that case.Batmelechnoreply@blogger.com