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The Jewish Star Dancing Auschwitz: the story behind a strange video Page 7 Mourning is not knowing Page 8 Q & A with Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Page 12 Seidemann: goodbye Arch of Titus Page 16 THE JEWISH STAR VOL 9, NO 28 ■ JULY 16, 2010 / 5 AV, 5770 WWW.THEJEWISHSTAR.COM Tranquility Bay Aftermath of rescue: boy’s father sues By Michael Orbach A Brooklyn father who sent his son to an abusive boot camp for delinquents in the Ca- ribbean is suing a Far Rockaway couple and 30 others for $411 million, claiming they de- stroyed his reputation. The lawsuit has the blessing of Rav Aharon Schechter, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn, according to a lawyer for the main defen- dant. Michael Hersh made national headlines in 2008 when it was discovered that he had his 16-year-old son, Isaac, taken from his home in the middle of the night and shipped to Tranquility Bay, a privately owned cor- rectional institution in Jamaica. Former stu- Photo by Judah S. Harris dents were suing the institution at the time, Mourners remember the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel at his shloshin in Kew Gardens Hills. claiming physical and mental abuse. Months later, Isaac got word of his forced captiv- ity to a friend. Friends and family members launched an effort to pressure his parents to have him released. In March of 2008, after Remembering Rabbi Eliyahu nine months in Tranquility Bay, Isaac was freed when several community members, including Dr. David Pelcovitz, chartered a In a blue turban and By Judah S. Harris loved all Jews and was sought out by all plane and rescued him. segments of society. Isaac was “in constant scare mode,” re- ceremonial robe, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu zt”l was 81 Those who knew him personally, such called Tzvi Gluck, an investment banker when he died in early June following a as Rabbi Menashe and Rabbi Eliyahu Ben- from Queens who led the effort. “I’ve seen Harav Mordechai year of illness. Participants at his shloshim Chaim, a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva Univer- kids who have come out of reform school and in Kew Gardens Hills gained a better ap- sity, attested to his character. how they act,” Gluck told The Jewish Star. Eliyahu zt”l was preciation for the man best known as Chief Others testimonials were in a 40-min- “[Isaac] was in constant fear.” Sephardic Rabbi of the State of Israel. His ute fi lm created for the shloshim that was After Isaac returned, his father was forced familiar as Israel’s accomplishments extended beyond his also shown at the Binyanei Hauma au- out of his position as chief executive of Hat- most public role, stressed the host, Rabbi ditorium in Jerusalem. The Queens pro- zalah Volunteer Ambulance Corps, the cen- Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ya’aqob Menashe, founder and spiritual gram was held at Midrash Ben Ish Hai’s tral organization of neighborhood Hatzalah leader of Midrash Ben Ish Hai. new Beit Knesset and Beit Midrash. squads in New York City and Nassau County, from 1983 to 1993. “People don’t realize his greatness. From profound moments to small de- and owner of the Hatzalah name. People know he was a chacham (wise tails, lessons can be transmitted from the The main defendants in the suit are Mi- He was remembered man)...” Rabbi Menashe began. “He was entire span of a righteous person’s life. chael Hersh’s sister-in-law, Elizabeth Rebecca humble; he made you feel as if you were Rabbi Eliyahu loved Yerushalmi kugel, said Cohen and her husband Raphael Cohen, both in Kew Gardens Hills his equal.” Despite his stature, his accom- one commentator on the fi lm, citing a fact of Far Rockaway. The lawsuit accuses them plishment in learning and his mastery of that might imply more trivia than Torah, of masterminding an international “perni- mystical texts, Rabbi Eliyahu was acces- and although he could have eaten more last Tuesday. sible to everyone, Rabbi Menashe said. He Continued on page 2 Continued on page 3 Shabbat Candlelighting: 8:06 p.m. Shabbat ends 9:12 p.m. 72 minute zman 9:26 p.m. Torah Reading Parshat Devarim Zman Kriat Shma 8:27 (Magen Avrohom) and 9:19 (GRA & Ba’al Tanya) The latest from 386060 Hosted by Mayer Fertig & Miriam L. Wallach Listen at nachumsegal.com — Thursdays at 2p, LIVE or anytime on tape 1 0 3 NO PERMIT 0 3 115 , NY , CITY ARDEN It’s Bring-a-Friend radio! (Like what you hear? Tell 10 friends) G AID P GE A T S PO US D T S T Read our weekly newsletter: send ‘sign me up’ to [email protected] PRS WWhhat’s Next? 2 Inside AR T The Jewish Star Aftermath of rescue: boy’s father sues Ask Aviva 17 WISH S Continued from page 1 Classified Ads 18 is also named in the suit, received calls from and that when the twins would question their cious and malicious campaign of harassment” Rebecca Cohen informing him that the Her- father’s authority they would be “severely Editorial 14 against the Hersh parents. This was done, shes were severely abusive. punished by being locked in our rooms for THE JE I’m Thinking 15 the suit claims, for Rebecca to “feed her own A signed affi davit from Wolbe that was 12-24 hours without any food.” 0 Kosher Bookworm 10 deranged view of life and intense jealousy of used in family court offers a drastically dif- “My father stated that we did not deserve 7 7 Letters to the Editor 14 her sister, Plaintiff Miriam Hersh.” ferent take. Wolbe says that a local rabbi beds,” he wrote. 5 “Cohen had for years despised Plaintiffs approached him to help with the boys, who Shlomo dropped charges against his par- V On the Calendar 6 for no logical reason and had been during were 12 at the time, and had been “roaming ents in Israel because his mother pressured Only Simchas 19 this time surreptitiously spreading false- the streets of Jerusalem and out of school for him and revealed to him for the fi rst time Opinion 14-16 hoods, gossip, and defamatory statements the past nine months.” During daily tutoring that she had cancer. 010 5 A Parsha 8 about Plaintiffs,” the lawsuit states. sessions he found both boys to be “energetic, Another defendant, Rachel Rosengarten, That’s Life 19 Other named defendants include Tzvi healthy, capable and sociable children with accused of being “in concert with Cohen” “to Gluck, several families that housed Isaac and The Other Side of the Bench 16 no development issues as their father has embarrass, harass, and intimidate” the Her- his twin brother Shlomo, and the administra- claimed.” However the more time he spent shes, said she watched Michael Hersh force- July 16, 2 How to reach us: tors of a Facebook group that sought to have with them, the more concerned he became feed medicine to Isaac to sedate him. She Our offices at 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530 are open from 9 Isaac freed from Tranquility Bay. The suit also about their wellbeing. In one instance, Wolbe noticed that the boys had “unusual swellings a.m. to 5 p.m. every weekday, with early closing as necessary on lists the anonymous bloggers behind the Vos recalled receiving a “call from them stating of their face” and maintains that the only Erev Shabbat. Contact us via e-mail or telephone as listed below. Iz Neias news aggregation website, Shmarya in a hushed tone that they had been locked time the parents showed concern was to see Advertising Rosenberg of the blog Failed Messiah, and in their room for the past 24 hours with no “what color shirt Isaac should wear over the [email protected] 20 John Does. Lawyers representing Hersh food and drink, and asked me to bring over holiday.” Nassau County have subpoenaed Dr. David some food.” [email protected] Pelcovitz, Rabbi Avrohom As the tutoring sessions Tranquility Bay 516-569-4000 extension 290 Halpern of Yeshiva Sh’or continued, Wolbe found the According to the lawsuit, both boys acted Manhattan & Queens Yoshuv, and companies like Affi davits boys to be suddenly medi- out in New York and were placed in mental [email protected] Microsoft, Google, AOL, and cated. hospitals for several months. Eventually they 516-569-4000 extension 319 the social networking sites submitted by the “They would show up at were released and sent to foster families in Classified Facebook and MySpace, my house and collapse as if Texas; Isaac to Aryeh Larry Wolbe who had [email protected] where some of the alleged they were zombies,” Wolbe relocated to Houston; Shlomo to Ariel Fish- Community Calendar items defamation took place. Cohens and their wrote. “When I asked what man, also a defendant in the suit, in Austin. [email protected] Stuart Kagen, the lawyer medications they had taken When Michael Hersh brought Isaac to Letters to the Editor for the Cohens, said that lawyer portray they stated that their father Houston he “was not interested in ... discuss- [email protected] when the lawsuit was ini- always ripped of the labels ing the situation,” Wolbe claimed. When he News and Sports items tially fi led in June, a judge Michael Hersh as of their medication so they asked Hersh for his phone number to contact [email protected] who is Orthodox asked why did not know what they him in case of emergency, Hersh refused, he Press Releases Hersh brought the case to a raging, abusive were taking.” wrote, adding that the father “was unwilling [email protected] secular court.
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