What is going on? This is a problem across the entire frum spectrum.
We need to change our entire chinuch structure.
I am proposing the following:
1) No men teaching girls, period! (yes, women are also abusers)
2) Eliminating all "Loshon Hara" classes in all schools, both boys and girls. Shmiras Ha'Loshon should only be taught to boys and girls once they are engaged.
3) Specialty counselors trained in sexual abuse should meet every single student twice a year, one on one, beginning in second grade, discussing and giving them age-appropriate social skill tools so that they are able to distinguish between appropriate and not appropriate touching by strangers, teachers, and even their own fellow family members. Stein allegedly raped his own children.
4) Schools should send these counselors to the homes of students that are absent for 3 says or longer.
5) Counselors should take note of students that look sad, angry or constantly hungry, not dressed properly i.e. no warm clothing in the winter, torn shoes etc.
6) For Chassidishe yeshivois, no mikva until 21 and married.
7) All suspected abusers should be immediately reported to authorities, not to rabbis.
8) Zero Tolerance!
Charges against Zev Steen have been upgraded since his arrest last week. There are now charges against him from an alleged incident in 2005.
He is now charged with the following:
RAPE FIRST DEGREE
SEX ABUSE MINOR
ASSAULT-FIRST DEGREE
CHILD ABUSE: 2ND DEG -CUST
ASSAULT-SEC DEGREE
SEX OFFENSE THIRD DEGREE
CHILD PORN FILM IN SEX ACT
INCEST
PERVERTED PRACTICE
SEX OFF 4TH DEG
Zev Steen is now being held without bond.
Agreed,
ReplyDeleteLet's see the seminaries step up and implement first the no male teachers.
This should also be required by the parent body.
#2) sounds insane. In practical it's like saying kids can eat whatever they want and start eating kosher once they are engaged. I doubt many of them will follow.
ReplyDeleteNothing bad comes from doing the right thing . By learning Hilchos Lashon Hara people will know when it is mutar to speak up. Mir darf hoben groise pleitzus to ban one of the most used sefarim in klal yisrael.
ReplyDeleteDIN is of course right to get men out of Bais Yaakovs, but angry rabbonim brought this up at the Agudah Fresser Convention after the Meisels scandal hit the fan. And guess what? Nothing was done about it because wealthy baal habatim who really run the Agudah show don't want their 'sacred' cows to be touched.
ReplyDeleteNo word yet from Star K when Steen was pretty high up on their totem pole.
Hey Heinemann, "kelev choizer al kiyoi", much? Which messenger will you shoot this time after you destroyed Phil Jacobs?
The violent putz Gottlieb & the other hypocrites at TAG tried to cover that Steen was their local Dreck-tor.
You are so bitter that it is impossible for you to be intellectually honest. This is just a rant and does nothing to influence rational thinkers. Referring to Rabbanim in a disparaging manner shows your true colors. Very interesting that you can't see this yourself. Although, I suspect that is because of my first sentence in this comment.
DeleteYou forgot to mention he ran TAG in Baltimore...
ReplyDeleteRule 9) close all schools and do homeschooling instead
ReplyDeleteDIN did you EVER learn halachos of lashon hara?
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ReplyDeleteYes, actually. I learned that in a case like this its:
"מצוה לפרסם"
Lol that’s exactly his point regulus proposing Ty o stop learning hilchos lashing harah
DeleteWhy are we concerned about Loshin Hora
ReplyDeleteHow about Znus boiel Nisan is chayev kores if it were my child that were a victim I would castrate the animal or he should the same end as that other animal from Israel
The accusation is obviously about a close family member. Is he divorced? Is this related to a custody question?
ReplyDeleteNo male teachers is smart.
ReplyDeleteNo mikvah is dumb. I agree small children shouldn't be in the mikvah but teenagers I don't see a problem, there's at least an inyan for them. Most mikvaos (at least in the US) are pretty wide-open and I don't see how anyone could get to bad behavior in one, unless it's one of those places where nobody goes and the shames gives out all-day mikva cards...
Most people don't know hilchos lashon hara at all. They know Chofetz Chaim which is not halacha whatsoever. All the halochos are in Rambam in Hilchos Deios and they take 15 minutes to learn and understand. It's not even a whole perek Rambam.
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ReplyDeleteOk when your daughter gets raped you contact your local rabbi.