Scam Rabbi Guilty Of Extortion

Judge Denise Cote increased Balkany's bond to $1 million and gave him until Monday night to wind up affairs at his Bais Yaakov girls school in Brooklyn. He's to surrender to house arrest pending sentencing Feb. 18.

$4M scam rabbi guilty
By BRUCE GOLDING • New York Post

A Brooklyn rabbi was convicted yesterday of trying to shake down a top hedge fund for $4 million.

Rabbi Milton Balkany faces more than 20 years for his scheme against mega-investor Steve Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors, which worked with the feds to secretly tape Balkany offering to cover up phony insider-trading allegations against the $16 million firm.

Prosecutors had told jurors that Balkany targeted Cohen in the unholy scam because he was "Jewish and . . . rich."

Several of Balkany's 13 children sat ashen-faced and teary-eyed after the jury convicted him on all counts in Manhattan federal court.

Judge Denise Cote increased Balkany's bond to $1 million and gave him until Monday night to wind up affairs at his Bais Yaakov girls school in Brooklyn. He's to surrender to house arrest pending sentencing Feb. 18.

Balkany -- who won dismissal of an earlier fraud case by paying back $700,000 in misspent government grants -- declined to comment. His lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said he was "disappointed" and would "continue to litigate the important issues."

A spokesman for SAC declined to comment.

Balkany is Aaron Rubashkin's son-in-law, and convicted felons Sholom and Moshe Rubashkin's brother in law.

Part of this scheme involved trying to trick the Justice Department into reducing Sholom Rubashkin's sentence.

Here's the Village Voice's report:

Crime and Punishment
Milton Balkany, Brooklyn Rabbi With Clout, Guilty as Charged in Shakedown Case
By Tom Robbins • The Village Voice

A jury in Manhattan federal court yesterday convicted Brooklyn Rabbi Milton Balkany of extortion, thus ending one of New York's longest-running lucky streaks.

The verdict caps a seven-day trial which revealed a drama worthy of John Guare or David Mamet: Secretly recorded tapes played by prosecutors showed the influential rabbi invoking his high-level connections from the White House to the Senate in a bid to persuade a billionaire hedge funder to part with $4 million to two of Balkany's favorite charities.

Balkany, 64, now faces 20 years for the shakedown of mega-hedge funder Steven Cohen of SAC Capital. Attorney Ben Brafman, taking a rare loss, insisted that the battle isn't over. "We will continue to litigate the important issues," he told reporters."

But the real news break here is that the jury's judgment is the first entry in the loss column for Balkany, once dubbed the "Brooklyn Bundler" by campaign finance reformers for his prodigious fundraising for local and national politicians.

The dean of a small Borough Park girls school, Balkany was a favorite of U.S. Senate Republicans and City Hall during Rudy Giuliani's reign. Balkany held fundraisers for the mayor at his home and helped persuade Giuliani's administration to allocate the bulk of the city's federal daycare vouchers to orthodox Jewish schools, the Daily News reported in 2000. A city investigation resulted but Balkany was never charged.

He beat the odds again in 2003 after he was arrested for allegedly misusing $700,000 in federal HUD grants to his school. He obtained a rare reprieve when prosecutors agreed to defer prosecution. The deal he reached with the feds called for him to pay back the money. It also included a mysterious ban on Balkany's lobbying of the Bureau of Prisons. Both the Voice and the Daily News later reported that the ban stemmed from a bribery investigation involving Russian prisoners who were paying off a rabbi for favors.

Balkany was also never charged in that case. He was so angry about the Voice's coverage that he sued for libel, a case that was ultimately dismissed.

Back then, officials at the Federal Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Attorney's office refused to publicly discuss the reasons behind the prison lobbying ban. But in court papers filed in the hedge fund case last week, assistant U.S. attorneys Jesse Furman and Marc Berger finally spelled out why it was inserted into Balkany's 2004 deferred prosecution agreement: "The Government had information that the defendant was receiving payments for the purpose of having prisoners transferred between Bureau of Prisons facilities. He was never charged in connection with that conduct," they stated.

Federal District Court Judge Denise Cote allowed Balkany to remain free on $1 million bond but he'll have to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and stay home starting Monday. Sentencing is set for February 18.

Comments

[sage]

Another long overdue victory for Justice.

An appropriate cellmate for SMR.

[Mario Puzo]

The Making of a Frum Crime Family

[jancsibacsi]

now that he was foud guilty and will sit in jail he will graduate to become a bigger tzadik then he ever was, after he comes out of jail as a hero we will see a big parade here in boro park welcoming him as our emesdike godel hador he will write a seifer and become rich

[Moshe Aron Kestenbaum, Williamsburg ODA]

The gemorah in succah peruk lulav Hagozal says Dont bring me vain oblations; it is an offering of abomination unto Me; ... dont bring me stolen offereings and how hashem doesnt appreciate stolen offerings.The altar symbolizes "avodoh," service of Hashem in action. ... as he alone owned the world, so too, we should not bring a stolen offering. ...
The defense of having to steal money to cover tuition of poor families is not an excuse, Hashem does not want such offerings, this is a hillbilly defense, I dont think the judge and the jury bought this.

[Gevalt!]

How do you explain to all of these 14-17 year old bais yaakov girls that their Dean is going to jail?

As a result of his actions, how many girls do you think will have their image of rabbonim being saintly and honest shattered forever.

do you know what the difference between balkany and other rosh yeshiva/deans is? he got caught. Just like spinka. The only difference between spinka and several other rebbes is that he got caught...the others are/were doing the same scam he was...they just didnt get caught...

As someone who has profound knowledge of the workings of yeshivas, fundraising and community outreach, i am tell you all that i know od so many shady stories that it would rock your world.

The corruption is extremly deep at all levels.

hashem yerachem.

[Raphael Kaufman]

Gevald, If you have certain knowledge that crimes have been or are being committed, you have an obligation to report those crimes to the proper authorities. If you maintain your silence, you are complicit in those crimes and in the Chillul HaShem they cause.

[Corn Popper]

Does he get to wear the hat in otisville?

[ruthie]

How do you explain to all of these 14-17 year old bais yaakov girls that their Dean is going to jail?

excellent point.

[Moshe Aron Kestenbaum, Williamsburg ODA]

I am absolutely sick and tired of leaders rebbis who are ganovim thiefs. I have one message to these crooks and this goes to all chassidic rebbis too, quit the scene,quit the scene because sooner o` later the public will kick butt, people are not that stupid afterall and chassidim and followers will see who these piggy dog donut feeders are.

[Solomon Dwek]

The whole story is amazing. The fact that he is going down, finally for this is amazing. The fact that he brazenly tried to blackmail SAC Capital for $4M is amazing. The fact that he was playing the SAC lawyers against the FEDS is amazing. Then, he gets caught, and once again plays the "I am innocent" card.

Gutt in Himmel

[Mikal W. Grass]

Ruthie,

Ask Balkany what should be said to the Bais Yaakov girls. Would love to hear the garbage that would spew out of his mouth.

[Solomon Dwek]

Mikal -

If Balkany had judgement - he wouldn't be in this mess - who cares what he would say to the girls? Some idiotic, self serving rhetoric.

Does everyone realize he is going to go to a tough prison - not a camp fed type situation (had he taken the deal offered to him)

[WoolSilkCotton]

When Milton got off the hook for stealing $700,000 he bragged to everyone- in public and in the Jewish Press- about how he beat the big bad government, how he was bigger and tougher than the prosecutors.
No humility, no contrition, just typical Rubashkin Family-style in-your-face shameless obnoxiousness.

The Feds did not forget. Keep fucking with the American Justice System, Rubashkin Family Crooks, but remember that they have long memories.

[ah-pee-chorus]

if anybody has relatives or friends whose daughters go to a bais yaakov please share with us whether this was discussed in any of the other B.Y. schools and what was told to the girls.
my guess is the story will be that balkany was a tsaddik who found out about some bad hedge fund guys that had stolen money. so he gave them the opportunity to do tshuva by donating to a worthy cause which was spreading torah. it was all l'shaym shomoyim. and of course he was not going to benefit personally whatsoever. then the anti-semites got involved and .....

[WoolSilkCotton]

Another frummer crook from Chabad:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business
/realestate/commercial/economy_class
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4Fs2qD21G9BjEboHxeIc6J?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=
http://ny.curbed.com/tags/lawsuits

Residents of Downtown Insanity Palace Sue for $20 Million

When buyers at Shaya Boymelgreen's Newswalk building in Prospect Heights complained to him about faulty construction, he responded, "What do they expect — a Manhattan building?" But they should see how he treats his Manhattan buildings: apparently not much better. A number of residents of Boymelgreen's 15 Broad Street have filed a $20 million lawsuit against him and Africa Israel, his partner company on the project, alleging unfinished construction and nasty smells. The lawsuit, which comes from the four non-Boymelgreen-controlled members of the condo board and a number of other building residents, also claims Boymelgreen opted not to make improvements required for the building's certificate of occupancy so he could keep control of the 11-member condo board. Among the construction issues, according to the Post, are poor insulation, leaks, and missing fireproofing. And a movie theater that's unusable because it doesn't meet building codes, which, in late-night FiDi, probably feels like just as much of a problem.

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2009/
12/02/bad_day_for_boymelgreen.php

[ah-pee-chorus]

having already been involved with a case of defrauding the govt. and having to return the $700,000 , what parent would still permit him to remain as head of their daughters place of education? and if it was not in their control to effect a change, how could a parent continue to enroll their child in any institution with which he is connected?

[David]

How do you explain to all of these 14-17 year old bais yaakov girls that their Dean is going to jail?

As a result of his actions, how many girls do you think will have their image of rabbonim being saintly and honest shattered forever.

No need to explain anything. He remains a tzadik and it is the antisemitic court that has ruthlessly persecuted him.

[Zalman Alpert]

This rabbi is a zaddik and is innocent. His father in law does so much good work. His lectures to women on Torah subjects are unique and stimulate the Torah knowledge of BP. His service as president of the Skolyer BM is a model for leadership.How amny pure girls has he educated ?
How dare the Feds even indict a zaddik of such calibre.
Federal law does not apply to Orthodox Jews. Will someone please explain to the jurdge that orthodox Jews have many monetary needs and that Judaism gives its adherent s a free pass to Boardwalk no matter what they do.
Frankly the US is an anti semitic country (even with 12-13 jews in a senate of 100)
Lets all pray for the safety of the 2 zaddikim Rubashkin and Balkany.Rubashkin should be the next Lubavitcher rebbe and Balkany his aide de campp
Braffman should be embarresed. He gives talks to charedim about the evils of white collar crime and then defends the people he criticizes. I hate to say this but he may be as ethically challenged as Balkany.

[Menachem Mendel lll]

How do you explain to all of these 14-17 year old bais yaakov girls that their Dean is going to jail?

Simple.

You start with the truth sans sugar coating it with stories of anti-Semitism, Nazism, SLA, IRA or the NBA.

They should be very gently and delicately
be made aware as to what kind of a piece of shit their good for nothing scheming Dean is and how he pissed 'n shitted on the torah, talmud, tanach, tanya, geh-moi-reh and the laws of the United States that pertain to criminal activity for greed, money and self aggrandizement.

They should be very gently and delicately be made aware that evil lurks within peoples hearts and to beware that there are many a lowlife "Rabbi" who are cocksuckers, sinister, cruel, ruthless,
manipulative, , calculating and conniving who deliberately grow a beard to gain the public's trust.

MOSCHIACH UBER ALLES!

[Ben Dover]

Bend over and let RB take over.

[Ben Dover]

Scotty got no panties on.

[mushki, the stripper]

yay! i hope it will get worse after trial.

why house arrest ? he should go right to jail

[mushki, the stripper]

zalman alpert, you are sick! get help

[Mr. Apikoros]

Mushki, you can't identify sarcasm if it bit you right between your boobs.

Now go on the pole like a good little stripper, and maybe I'll stick a dollar bill in your g-string.

[Gevalt!]

Raphael Kaufman: "Gevald, If you have certain knowledge that crimes have been or are being committed, you have an obligation to report those crimes to the proper authorities. If you maintain your silence, you are complicit in those crimes and in the Chillul HaShem they cause."

hmmm...i guess we are all complicit even you... since you also have knowledge of crimes being committed...

do you report everyperson that you know who pays their housekeeper or gardner or babysitters in cash and doesnt file with the IRS? what about the payments to the local rabbonim and mechanichim who tutor kids in the evenings...are you reporting them if they failed to file the earnings? of course not, because that would be silly. yes, it is illegal and we are all guilty of it - but i dont know of anyone who reports these crimes to the local authorities...

would you like me to run property searches on all the rabbonim and organizational leaders who purchased property for themselves by taking a line of credit on their communitty buidings as collateral ...and then go running into the proper authorities to say that something is not right here....lets do that..its a great idea and if we dont report it then its a chillul hashem....

what about the failure of all the askonim and board of directors of every yeshiva and organization in town who fail to give proper notice to board meetings, vote without quorums, and fail to keep minutes which reflect how decisions are made and how money is spent...lets report them all to...dont want to make a chillul hashem by keeping that to myself...

then, lets report every illegal yiddish kindergarden school that many jewish ladies run out of their garages or backyards without permits and or licensing...

once we are at it...dont stop there..lets report every person to the proper authorities who built illegal guest houses in their homes without proper licensing...

all the mikvahs would probably need to be reported to for failure to follow proper health and safety violations....

all the shuls would need to be reports for their illegal renting or owning of properties that do not have proper certificates of occupation issued for their locations and continue to operate illegal...we probably can close down easily 65-75% of all shuls and 100% of all shteibles...

all of the yungeleit who are married by ceremony of a rabbi should be reported...if that were the case, most would probably lose their WIC and medicaid, etc...since they would no longer be single mothers with children in the home - big chillil hashem if we dont report them to local authorities..

what about all the yeshiva fundraisers who take a percentage off the top of all they bring in...do you know that while not expressly prohibited the Association of Fundraising Professionals emphasizes that they should NOT receive this type of compensation becuase it encourages abose and undermines the philanthropic values upon which the charitable sector is based...see http://www.lawyersalliance.org/pdfs/news_legal/Nov_09_Alert_Working_With_Fundraising_Professionals.pdf - lets report them also...

Of course, we dont want to leave out all of the yeshivas who emply rabbeim or fmelas teachers to teach and then do not pay them full salarys but give discounts on their kids tuitions...that is also illegal in about 20 differnt ways...

yup...you are right mr. (or rabbi) kaufman...if i have knowledge of these crimes and fail to report them i am complict in the crimes...should we start with your neighborhood or mine?...lets start reporting everybody...

you can see the silliness of it all...yes?

why is it silly? they are crimes. true, but in our minds we have labeled these offenses as 'soft crimes' or 'unethical actions' which have a bad shmek to them so, therefore, we dont report them...we overlook these transgressions.

you are correct however, that abuse (sexual or otherwise), violent crimes, and other serious offenses (however you would define this in your own opinion - each to their own level) would and should need to be report. or yes, you are complicit in the crime and share in the chillul hashem...

[mushki, the stripper]

apikoros,
......... have some respect. i am the wife of MM scheerson, aka failed, lost and long gone messaiah.
i've gotta go to the pole to make a living . :)

[Gevalt!]

David and Zalmen Alpert:

Certainly, you are both entitled to do whatever you want and it is your right to label anyone a tzadik, if you really believe them to be one...and tell these girls that their Dean is a tzadik.

Personally, i would be very very cautious about confusing their neshamos during this time for them...they already are going to have sort all of this out in their heads to find some peace and balance...

...a tzadik is a tzadik. although hard to find these days, there are a handful that do exist. HaRav Chaim Kanievsky certinaly comes to mind. When the Lubavitcher Rebbe was alive...he was a tzadik...(forget about what his mislead chasidim have done to his legacy. thats another story).

But, make no mistake, you would NEVER EVER EVER find HaRav Chaim Kanievsky or the former Lubavitch Rebbe involved in such borderline/suspect/i really didnt think i was blackmailing anyone just trying to do them a favor dealing. Why? because a true tzadik would vomit if he even thought of himself doing anything that was not clearly within the will of the boreh olam.

A Tzadik is someone who is totally immersed, kol yomom vlayla, in middas chesed, tzarchey tzibbur and learning for the sake of learning. The mention of money or fundraising makes them sick to their stomach...to them, this world really is a temporary hallway leading to a larger ballroom in the olam shel emes. a meeting like the one that Balkany was involved in just doesnt even enter into the thought process of a 'tzadik'.

If you opt to tell these poor sweet naive girls that Balkany is a tzadik...you just remember that one day they will grow up...they will no longer be under the dominion and control of their schools/familes and they will be independent thinking young woman...they will be older and understand that balkany is no tzadik. he may be a very nice man - but, at least for me, he doesnt fit the definition of a tzadik. a true tzadik...but you can define tzadik however you want...

you are much better off telling them the truth...that he is a special man who had a misunderstanding of the laws and got in trouble for the actions he took...you will be teaching your children a much more valuable and important life lesson of how to be honest in life and not get involved in dangerous situations. to tell them he is a tzadik will only perpetuate the damage already done and continue to mislead them into believing something that simply is not true except under your own warped reality and definition.

oh by the way...to say that he was persecuted by an antisemetic court is totally ridiculous and insults the intelligence of these young girls...the courts didnt tell him to go into those board rooms and have those conversations...he did that on his own free will...why are they antisemetic? because they are prosecuting him under the laws with real evidence?

Once again, I would consult a professional on how to properly explain to the students what happened. It would be terribly wrong if people like you both push your own aggendas and warped realities onto these innocent girls.

[Solomon Dwek]

Gevalt -

Anyone on this blog (as opposed to Yeshivaworld or VIN) is being sarcastic when they call Balkany a tzadik.

Puleeze. He is the furthest thing from.

[Gevalt!]

dont know what but the full link regarding fundraising got cut in the last post...here it is:

http://www.lawyersalliance.org/pdfs/news_legal/Nov_09_Alert_Working_With_Fundraising_Professionals.pdf

[nate]

ruthie,

i will go in person and tell to the bais rivkeh girls that their dean is a crook , that he blackmailed a wealthy man and that he extorted milions from him .
i will give to the bais rivkeh girls , newspapers and online articles as evidence .
i will urge them to go to 'failedmessaiah.com' to read and know more about their dean's case .

i will give them a good, detailed shiur .

i'm sure they'll understand .

but the administration of bais rivkeh will not let me, of course .

the administration want to show these girls what they want them to know .

the bais rivkeh girls should be educated about their dean's twisted and illegal ways to get big bucks . they are entitled to know the truth about him and who he really is .

thank g-d for the press and for online blogs, like ' failed messaiah.com.

thank you , shmayahu !

[Moshe Aron Kestenbaum, Williamsburg ODA]

Leaders Who Steal . A thief is a thief is a thief whether that thief HAS A KAPUTA OR A KUPA SHRUGA . Shitheads who do rediculously idiotic things like balkany did is not my leader. Another Guru shit bag was canned its all over the news . I am 'Howling Mad at these Shitheads who give us all a bad name. The kamarna rebbe in parshas voeschanon where he interprets the inyan of avoda zora says that in the time before moshiach will come we will have rebbis who will look like real frum people but they will be a shtick avoda zora.He says these rebbis will have chassidim but it will be like you worship idols . he was born in 1804 almost two hundred years ago and how true his predictions are. Anyone could look it up in Heichal habrocha parshas voeschanon by the aseres hadibros.

[a fan]

Nate, the school is not Bais Rivka.

[ah-pee-chorus]

Gevalt- i dont know much about kanievskys personal life, but as far as the lubavitcher rebbe, before making such laudatory proclamations you should read about
1.his actions surrounding the library dispute with gourary,
2.his permitting the lie that he had a degree in engineering from the sorbonne to persist.
3.allowing his followers to claim he was moshiach.

[jancsibacsi]

moshe- its not almot 200 years ago its more then 200 years ago

[WoolSilkCotton]

The girls in Balkany's school should be told that it is THEIR FAULT that the holy rabbi is going to jail.

If they had dressed with more tznius, and did not speak loshon hara, than the Aibishter would not have punished their holy Rabbi Balkany.

As always, it is the women's fault in the frumma velt whenever a man goes to jail.

[103102]

WSC I agree as one of his former students I can say that I have no sympathy. I am just waiting for the B.S. (pidyon shevuyim) campaign to start.

[Yochanan Lavie]

When I was an adjunct in a Brooklyn college, I had one of Miltie's students in my class. She was a very nice, earnest girl and thought Miltie was the bee's knees. I wonder what she's thinking now.

[103102]

I was able to tell that they were cutting corners I was one of the special needs kids that the $700,000 was meant for nice to know where it went.

[103102]

It is the past however so I will just say I knew he would get caught doing something else and I knew he would be put down this time.

[tinok]

rabbi can still go free

[103102]

I highly doubt it.

[tinok]

there is a famous Rambamn Gitin regarding a husband who do not want to divorce his wife "koifim oto until he says rotze ani"
this is what problably the Rabbi wanted to accomplish: to reveal the true will of Cohen's Yddishe neshomo to give 4 million tzedakka to a good Moisad
Nothing was going to the Rabbi, the all thing was to allowed this guy to do a mitzvah

[103102]

That better be sarcasm

[steve]

Mitzvah habaa al yedei aveira. Several HUGE aveiras.

[IH]

Quoting Harold: what he did flies in the face of the Torah. How they he remain orthodox is simply beyond me.

[103102]

All I can say is that this man let his connections and luck get to his head and his lawyer let his prestige get to his head. Balkany thought he would not get caught and he had Brafman as his attorney so he thought he would actually win the trial. Brafman did not even try because he thought that he was invincible.

[steve]

Someone claiming to be "close" to Balkany commented on VIN that Uncle Milty was offered a 2-3 year sentence as a plea bargain which he turned down.

[WoolSilkCotton]

Lying, cheating, stealing, child molesting, going to prostitutes, oral metzitzah b'peh, cruelty to animals, dancing closely with other men, treating women like crap, is all celebrated in the frumma religion.

Being gay is forbidden. There are no frumma gays, just like Ahmadinejad said about Iran.

[103102]

Um I believe that someone also said the same thing on the previous FM Balkany article.

[WoolSilkCotton]

Sholom Mordecai Rubashkin: in prison

Moshe Rubashkin: was in prison

the other Sholom Rubashkin: was in prison

Yaakov Weiss, Sholom Mordecai's son-in-law: was in prison

Milton Balkany, SMR's brother-in-law: on his way to prison

What a wonderful family! Frumma yidden, go ahead and keep worshipping them! They are all victims of the cruel antisemitic American government!

Frumma yidden, send all your money now for the family's defense! The lawyers need money- your money- all of it! NOW!

[103102]

WSC I bet the girls will be told that the wicked goyim framed him. In that school I was taught that gentiles were evil anti-Semites and now that he and Rubashkin are screwed I bet that the teachers are reinforcing that idea.

[103102]

Someone told me that he said Rubashkin was innocent.

[steve]

On a related note, this just in from The Lakewood Voice blog:

R’ Matisyahu Soloman said at a Shabbos seuda in Beth Medrash Gavoah (to the bochurim at the table) that what Kupat Ha’ir is doing is “gezel gamur”. He said that “a thousand” girls desperate for shiduchim had given their life savings to Kupat Ha’ir hoping for a yeshua, and then called him up crying when nothing came of it. Along these lines, in the English Mispacha before Rosh Hashana there was a direct quote from Rav Chaim Kaniyevsky regarding Kupat Hair. The direct quote from Rav Chaim Kaniyevsky is, “In the merit of Kupat Ha’ir we will merit good life”.” To date, Rav Chaim Kaniyevsky has not yet replaced Hashem, the source of all yeshuas and only one who can dole out yeshuas nor are there any signs that such a switch is imminent. Rav Chaim Kaniyevsky has denied saying such a foolish statement.
Is it acceptable to raise money for a worthy cause through dishonest methods? Is it mutar to engage in g’neivas da’as for tzedaka? This writer is unaware of any such heter. For those who want to look for themselves, the laws of Genavas Daas (which include even fooling or tricking a none Jew) are in Chosen Misphat 228. The sugia of g’neivos da’as is in Chulin 94.
More importantly, why are the Gedolim who’s names are being used not being Moche? The entire foundation of the advertising of kupas ha’ir in the literature that I get is that the gedoilim are in charge of and know everything. Is it possible that that is a lie too?!?! Hm. Our can we assume that a sign or proclamation printed all over allegedly signed by ‘Gedolim” is not necessarily so, since they wouldn’t protest even if they DIDN’T sign it, much as they seemingly aren’t protesting now.

[Menachem Mendel lll]

Steve,

Don't be so tough on these religious pieces of circumcised shit who are in the shidduch business.

My buddy was in the shidduch business for a brief period of time in the late 80's.

Here's how it worked, he charged a nominal fee for his services. He did not conduct a search of their assets, bank accounts, or non existent real estate holdings in an attempt to extarct their life savings.

In return these barley passable zaftig, mouthy, arrogant and condescending Jewess babes who never had a date in their lives demanded a Jewish male stud puppy that looked like Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.
No Woody Allen types for them.

On a positive note they were willing to comopromise on the Aryan or Nordic looks and provided that their future Chossen bocher was wealthy beyond reproach.

Since they paid him they demanded he delver to them forthwith their dream man that existed within the inner recesses of their psyche.

As far as nice guy, nice personality, great sense of humor...that would be considered a bonus provided he had looks and money and if not looks money for sure.

He ended up walking away for the shidduch business within a matter of months.

Moshiach Uber Alles!

[emanu]

milt balkany better tell to his wife where
all the bank accounts loaded with millions are . even if she has to go to switzerland
to bring the cash to brooklyn.
he has a few months left for that, because
he won't be able to be home for the next 20 years .

[Former Postvillian]

This idiot "Rabbi" use to come to Postville as a high a mighty! When he spoke he would go on and on, was about as interesting as mud, and would stop talking and stand in a awkward silence until the entire room was quite and waiting for him to begin boring us to death again.

But these guys entire lives are lies. If they were as frum as they dress, act in public, and want you to think, they wouldn't all be in prison.

The fraud goes deeper then money, business, and prison. The deeper fraud is to G-d and Chal Yisrael.

[al Farabi]

This is the inevitable result of thinking that you are "chosen", have an "elevated" neshama because you have a beard and wear funny clothes and you are fussy about your food. You start to think you are so elevated, that you are above the law as well. Good riddance to this arrogant, selfirighteous piece of shit.

[al Farabi]

This is the inevitable result of thinking that you are "chosen", have an "elevated" neshama because you have a beard and wear funny clothes and you are fussy about your food. You start to think you are so elevated, that you are above the law as well. Good riddance to this arrogant, self-righteous piece of shit.

[Jack]

Zalman Alpert,
I really don't understand your attack against Ben Brafman.
Balkany has the right to a defense just like anybody else has.Brafman was hired and tried his best.He is a damn good lawyer.Even the fact that Balkany gets to be at home until the sentencing is shows he played his cards well

[Oregano Wlkenson Taylor]

So...Another member of the Esteemed Extended Rubashkin Crime Family is taken down: "Uncle Milty" Bites the Dust."

What...no claims of Anti-Semitism this time?

If you go to YouTube and look for the Spike Jones' parody called "In Der Fuhrer's Face" (not the Donald Duck cartoon version)you will hear the follow-ing lines:
"Iz das Nutsy Land So Gut?
"Vood you leave it if you could?"

And the answer:

Yah.. das Nutsy land is Gut."
Vee vud leave it...if vee could."

"Nutsy" is not "Nazi," but the message is the same. Shame. Shame, Shame.

Gut Shabbos.

[WoolSilkCotton]

Why does he wear a Godfather-style Homburg?

[Mikal W. Grass]

On second thought, maybe he can tell all of the Bais Yaakov girls that compared to all of his other child molesting friends, he is a tzaddik!!

[sage]

+++Why does he wear a Godfather-style Homburg?

Posted by: WoolSilkCotton | November 12, 2010 at 08:10 AM+++

Because he served as the RCF Enforcer.

Ask Shmuley Yanklowitz.

[Solomon Dwek]

Vos Iz RCF?

[nate]

the school is bais yakov. fine .

what's the difference? bais yakov, bais rivkah? they are all run by the same crooks who pockets the millions and give 10% to the school.

anyway , those schools, bais yakov, bais rivkah are already heavily sponsored by the city ( the city of ny gives them 2 millions a year, plus several different others sources of private donations.

so, bais yakov, bais rivkah do not need
steve cohen's $4 million .

the $4 million balkany wanted from cohen was FOR HIMSELF . to live a life of luxury.

as far as how to tell to the bais yakov's girls that their dean is a crook and he is serving 20 years of jail. and they will never see him again .

easy as 1-2-3 .

send a group of girls outside bais yakov , in the afternoon, at the time of dismissal . and HAND THEM OUT a print out of the two articles 'scam rabbi guilty of extortion' , plus the previous one, printed out from failed messaiah.com.
with the pic of the crook on the article, so that the girls know who we are talking about.

it is good for their education.
also, tell them that it's a mitsvah to read the article .

of course, the administration and the teachers of bais yakov will bullshit them .

they'll tell them that milt balkany had to go URGENTLY to do schlichus for yiddishkeit in china or japan , because they needed him so badly there .

there are no jewish communities in china or japan .

chabad is posted there for 'business' .
they catch israeli and other jewish business men who go there for business deals .

chabad invites them at their home ' for shabbat', in order to screen them and ' build' a connection with them FOR THEM TO GIVE .

and it works !

[sage]

+++Vos Iz RCF?

Posted by: Solomon Dwek | November 12, 2010 at 10:50 AM+++

Rubashkin Crime Family

[Gevalt!]

thesmokinggun.com does a terrific job in requesting mugshots under the freedom of information act request system...

not sure anyone has time...but it would be interesting if one dedicated FM reader started doing mug shot requests of all of our favorite rabbinic criminals to post to the arresting law enforcement agency...

that way we can see them all in true mug shot form...there would be nothing more classic than that...

[Noname Nopackdrill]

I would just like to say that I agree with everything Gevalt! has written.
Yasher koach Gevalt. You should start your own blog. You could educate the masses.

Everyone go back and read Gevalt!'s comments, and take note of the truth.

[Sarah]

'Mushki, you can't identify sarcasm if it bit you right between your boobs.
Now go on the pole like a good little stripper, and maybe I'll stick a dollar bill in your g-string.'

Mr Apikoros: Has anyone seen my uzi?
It is your good fortune that about 8,000 miles lie between my sweet self and your face, mate.

[TREIF]

I HOPE THE JUDGE SEES HIM JUST LIKE LINDA READE SAW SMR, IT'S EASY TO GIVE AND HELP OTHERS WITH OTHER PEOPLES MONEY. THEY SHOULD THROW AWAY THE KEY. HIS LAWYER SAYS, HE HOPES THE JUDGE SEES ALL THE GOOD HE HAS DONE, THE BIGGEST BS, HIS GOOD WAS ALL FOR SELFISH REASONS, SO HE COULD WEAR 300.00 CUSTOM SHIRTS AND 1,000 SUITS. HE IS THE BIGGEST CROOK BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS, 20 YEARS IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THESE MEN THAT CALL THEMSELVES RABBI AND STEAL AND EXTORT. HE IS A MASERER, THEY SHOULD PUT HIM IN CHEREM, THAT IS THE FIRST THING JEWS SHOULD DO WITH HIM. SHAME ON HIM, ONCE AGAIN A CHILUL HASHEM FOR ALL THE GOOD JEWS OUT THERE. PUT HIM AWAY, HE LIKE GEVALT SAYS IS THE FURTHEST FROM A TZADIK.

[Monseymaidel]

He will get a long sentence. You will see. He was caught depositing a $2M check after blackmailing and extorting someone. The judge will take into account his prior criminal cases. He is really screwed. Ben Brafman looks like a real shmegegi here.