Avodah Zara is the only one of the three Yehoreg v’Al Yaavors missing. It seems that the other two are alive and well in the Olam Ha Yeshivos and Charedim.
What in the world is going on?
I just saw this at “Yeshiva World” which I believe is one of the more responsible blogs. If their theories about this being an escalation in the Machlokes in Ponevezh are correct, then all hope is lost. I will of course reserve final judgment on this until all the facts are known. But if there is even a hint of truth to this, what is there to say? Is this just an extension of the Kanaus amongst some of those involved in that Machlokes? Are Yeshiva Bachurim no longer beneath murder?
And Charedim are worried about how their daughters wear their hair?!
I whole heartedly agree with "Yeshiva World": “Why aren’t there any Hafganos to be Moicha for Kavod Hatorah?! Where are all the “Hafganah goers” now?”
And as if that wasn’t enough, I now read about a gay Mikva in the Jeruslaem district of Geula?! It seems that a trustworthy witness saw it in action, quite by accident. He needed a Mikva and went to the one in Geula. Imagine his surprise and outrage.
Apparently this happened about a year ago and he wrote a letter to the Edah HaCharedis at the time protesting it:
"(Amongst other things, he wrote) in his letter about how the Gabai of Skver was raping young boys, and the rebbe knew about it, but he did nothing to stop it, because the gabai knew all of their secrets ETC…."
The writer of that letter received an unbelievably tepid response:
“The (response) …from the Bedatz, simply states, they will apoint a gaurd (Only on erev shabbos and yom tov) to make sure it doesn't happen again.”
Is this how some of our rabbinic leaders operate? They refuse to give specific Brachos to the IDF because it would imply support fot the Medina. But a deviant bath-house operating in Geula? … Nisht Geferlach.
How true is this accusation? Read on.
I spoke to Rav Rosenberg. He told me the letter is 100% accurate. He was thwarted by the Edah who refused to shut down this "Mikvah of Molesation". It grosses $500,000 dollars annually for the Edah HaCharedis. He also told me that he was thwarted in his efforts to do anything about it by …one Rav Davidovich… who is head of something called the Vaad Mishmeres Tznius.
When this Vaad was at first approached by Rav Rosenberg, he was told they had no authority since the Mikvah was under the jurisdiction of the Edah. He also told me that this Vaad whose mission it is to prevent boys and girls from eating a Pizza together in a restaurant, thwarted his efforts to close down this “Mikvah of molestation” with 18 people confronting him.
But, Rav Rosenberg has photographic evidence taken with his cell phone of this behavior. He saw a seventy year old man and a 6 year old boy. All the acts he described in the published letter to the Edah are accurate.
Many different types of people use this Mikvah and have been victimized there. Many of the victims are currently under psychiatric care. The Edah’s response was to put a Shomer there on Fridays and on Erev Yom Tovim. They refuse to close down the place.
God help us. Murder by Yeshiva students and child molestation by Charedi Mikva users cannot be tolerated. What will it take for this stuff to stop?
Updated: 10:52 CST
