Censorship: YouTube Pulls Video Of Chabadnik Beating Child

YouTube/Google again shows that it cannot be trusted. A security camera video from the Western Wall in Jerusalem showing a French Chabad-Lubavitch hasid brutally beating his daughter, made public in Israel and which has NO copyright, has been removed by YouTube for "violating" its "terms of service."

 

YouTube is at it again, censoring a perfectly legitimate video that happens to make an organization some of its censors allegedly affiliate with look bad.

I posted on the video here at 12:46 am this morning, embedding the YouTube video that had been posted there a few hours earlier.

I also asked a reader to rip a copy of the video for me, because I was positive Chabad would have it censored within a few hours, because Google has a history of banning sites from its AdWords program that post legitimate news stories that are embarrassing for Chabad, and of deleting YouTube videos that do the same.

Shortly after that reader ripped the video, I went to bed.

I woke up to a phone call from another reader telling me the original video had been yanked by YouTube.

[Update 3:10 pm CDT – The reader who updated the video to YouTube and Vimeo for me just told me that the adults only warning and the requirement to prove your age before viewing the video is more Google censorship. Thereader did not restrict his upload in any way.]

YouTube's excuse for this censorship will be that the video is violent.

There is no blood and the 12-year-old girl – while shaken and upset – is still walking and functioning normally after after the beating, and the man is seen being detained by bystanders and then being arrested by police.

The video was aired by Israel's Channel 2 – which identifies it as security camera video – and has circulated widely in Israel since it aired late yesterday. It has no copyright.

It was uploaded to YouTube by an Israeli, and it's description in Hebrew is as follows:

עבריין 'חרדי' (צרפתי) מכה את בתו בת ה-12 בברוטליות, בכותל המערבי לעיני עוברים ושבים, וסיכן את חייה,

אנשים כאלה צריך לסרס!!!

This video is no more violent than news video shown across the US every day on broadcast TV – and which is often posted on YouTube, as well.

YouTube's real reason for removing this video is the same, I think, as it was when it removed IDF videos taken during Operation Cast Lead and released by the IDF to dispel lies told about it by Hamas, or videos right wing pundit Michelle Maklkin made.

Google wasn't enforcing its policy – it was censoring someone or some organization or, in these cases, some country it's censors doesn't like and some pundit its censors don't like, because none of these videos came even remotely close to violating any of YouTube's terms of service.

YouTube's censors clearly dislike Israel's government and army, and that dislike prompts their actions.

YouTube's censors clearly dislike Michelle Malkin's opinions (as do I), and that dislike prompts their actions.

In our case today, the video puts one group of people in very bad light – Chabad. Because on this video you see a Chabad hasid beating his 12-year-old daughter for no apparent reason, and in a way that is far more severe than the law would allow.

It is child abuse.

The security camera video of the incident serves two purposes beyond news – it puts this man's community, friends and relatives on notice, making it far easier for police and child welfare to protect the child, the man's other children, and his spouse and, secondly, it educates the haredi community about child abuse.

But YouTube cares nothing about that.

Hundreds of girls could be beaten just like this every day. YouTube's censors would cluck and moan about the damage done to children by brutal men.

But the moment a video of an incident hits YouTube and makes one of the censor's pet organizations or pet causes look bad, the video is pulled, censored.

What does that mean?

It means the girls' voices are censored.

It means the removal of the best tool these tiny victims have to protect themselves and others.

And it is a dream come true for the men who beat, rape and abuse, a present to them of infinate value from Google, Inc.

This disgusting behavior permeates through all of Google, which behaves exactly the same way with its AdWords program and DoubleClick, and with every other service it offers – except, it claims, with search.

When the US Department of Justice serves Google's founders and its CEO with subpoenas, when they become personally liable for their company's unethical, illegal actions, perhaps this politically minded censorship will stop.

Until then, when you see Sergey Brin in a coffee house or on the street, don't view him as a Silicon Valley rock star.

View Brin, Schmidt, and Page and the rest of Google's board for what they really are: the people who leads the public book burning of some classic of literature that, nonetheless, offends them.

In fact, here's a list of the members of Google's board.

Make sure to let them know that you don't appreciate Google's censorship, that you have asked your Congressperson and Senators to ask the Department of Justice to investigate Google.

    Larry Page, Google Inc.
    Eric E. Schmidt, Google Inc.
    Sergey Brin, Google Inc.
    L. John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
    John L. Hennessy, Stanford University
    Ann Mather
    Paul S. Otellini, Intel Corporation
    K. Ram Shriram, Sherpalo Ventures
    Shirley M. Tilghman, Princeton University

Thankfully, Israeli police arrested the man, determined that he has French citizenship, and deported him. They also notified French police and Interpol.

But the crime was committed in Israel and Israel chose to deport rather than prosecute the criminal.

That means he is probably free now in France, and able to beat his children oand his wife whenever the urge strikes, unless child welfare in France has stepped in strongly – but that does not appear to be the case.

That's where you come in.

Show this video to every Chabad rabbi you know, especially if you are in France. Make sure that they understand that you care about this girl and that you want them to take steps inside the community to help protect her, her siblings and he mother.

If you know this man, do even more. Show the video to his parents and siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles.

Show it to the TV stations in his hometown and to the newspapers.

Make sure that he is exposed.

A man like this cannot live in a household with children, because the children will never be safe if he does.

Exposing him can make his removal from the household possible.

Here's the video, ripped at my request by an FM reader, and reposted on YouTube. If this is also censored by Google then you will have an even stronger case that Google should to be broken up:

 

And here's the same video, ripped and reposted by the same FM reader on Vimeo:

Related Post: Chabad Hasid Beats Daughter At Western Wall.

Israel's Channel 2 Report.

Comments

[Shmarya]

FYI:

I managed to get the name of the father but i don't want to put it online because of the childrens and the "Google Memory" that would be associated with their name.

But i can say that:
-He's ashkenazi
-He's Chabbadnik
-He's a Shaliach !!

Posted by: Yair, France | September 03, 2011 at 06:40 PM

If you have the name of the man, email it to me along with whatever other details about him that you have.

Your idea that keeping his name private protects the children is false – it ENDANGERS the children.

As for Google's "memory," what's more important? Protecting the lives of those kids or protecting the reputation of this shaliach?

Halakha certainly would opt for protecting the kids.

[Joe in Australia]

A E Anderson, the guy's clothing alone would be enough for me to identify him as Chabad, but his beard and his body language clinch it. I'm going by an overall impression, but among the significant features were the size and shape of the hat, particularly its brim; the black suit, particularly its cut; no tie; and an untrimmed but neatly arranged beard.

I'm a bit worried to learn that the man has been deported. What's going to happen to his family? Those kids need protection.

[Yair, France]

If you have the name of the man, email it to me along with whatever other details about him that you have.

Your idea that keeping his name private protects the children is false – it ENDANGERS the children.

As for Google's "memory," what's more important? Protecting the lives of those kids or protecting the reputation of this shaliach?

Halakha certainly would opt for protecting the kids

Hi,
this man is in close contact with kids throughout his community and the Gan Israel camp.
The israeli website say that the police made an alert to France about the incident. Here the social workers are very professional to deal with this.
I'll send an e-mail today to the head of the french shlichim and to the head of the local community (non-chabbad).
If i see that no results come out, i'll send you the name. Because yes, i still think that if the whole thing is taken care by the police and the community, there is no need to put the name online; when the childrens will grow up, i'll be very difficult for them to have their name online associated with that affair.

But if you really want his name, you can contact every french chabbad who is well involved in his community because he's important there.

[-M]

When I see that video, it gives me hope and courage as a survivor that there are people who know its wrong and will speak out on the victims' behalf. Its a lonely world to have violent parents, but when a child can see even a glimmer that not everyone agrees, they can hold on until they can escape.

[moshe]

Sad and tragic video. The only comical part about this post and comments is watching shmarya fervently try to convince people he cares about the kid lol

[Shmarya]

Hi,
this man is in close contact with kids throughout his community and the Gan Israel camp.
The israeli website say that the police made an alert to France about the incident. Here the social workers are very professional to deal with this.
I'll send an e-mail today to the head of the french shlichim and to the head of the local community (non-chabbad).
If i see that no results come out, i'll send you the name. Because yes, i still think that if the whole thing is taken care by the police and the community, there is no need to put the name online; when the childrens will grow up, i'll be very difficult for them to have their name online associated with that affair.

But if you really want his name, you can contact every french chabbad who is well involved in his community because he's important there.

Posted by: Yair, France | September 04, 2011 at 02:56 AM

The crime was committed in Israel and French authorities probably do not have legal jurisdiction to do what is needed.

And I'd point out that the incident happened more than 2 weeks ago and Chabad has given NO indication that it has done ANYTHING to deal with this situation.

Past that, you're making the classic mistake people make with child abuse in the haredi community.

You think that because the fact that the girl was physically abused by her father *may* damage her marriage prospects, you are justified in withholding the name.

Even if her marriage prospects would be damaged by that, you would still be obligated to do whatever is necessary to stop the abuse now – including publicizing the man's name – because according to Jewish law and any normal understanding of morals and ethics, protecting the child's life is the most important thing.

Please email me his name.

[Wigmore]

I personally think that the problem here is that he is French not that he is Chabad. Lubavitcher people don't usually beat up on their children I don't know much about the French, but in other areas they have been disgusting.

Posted by: p | September 02, 2011 at 04:52 PM

You are a moron. Go back to The Yeshiva World Coffee Room where you belong. You admit you know nothing about the French or even French Jews but that doesn't stop you from defamation.

Slow day in the kolel, huh? Wait, is that an oxymoron?

[under duress]

What is "his community"???

[under duress]

Every time I see the video, I keep hoping the guy in the white shirt will kick his @$$. He should have been thrown in jail right there (and then hear the calls of pidyon shvuim)

[Yissy-CA]

Posted by: Yair, France | September 04, 2011 at 02:56 AM

If you are a part of that french lubavitch community than you damn well no that things are suppressed MORE so there than in the states. Please side with halakha, torah, morality and email the name to Shmarya. You say you are concerned with the girl's name being assosiated with her father when she grows up (i.e. shidduchim and her childrens shidduchim). What makes you think she will stay at home with a father who beats her? These kids in the frum community who get abused often run away. They end up abducted/homeless/raped ect. Just look at the young people wandering around in crown heights, boro park, mea sharim, bnei brak. The only way to be certain she is safe is to allow the Jewish community to keep an eye on the father. How much longer can she continue to be savagely beaten? Yair, is the unwillingness to help this girl what "learning toyrah" leads to? Reconsider. Hashem is watching you.

[Isa]

To Yair, France

Yair hear my plea.

My wife was emotionally abused by her father and it was a constant abuse.

There is no amount of therapy that will ever 'cure' her and she has been in therapy years and years. Drugs give one side effect after another.

Now her father is in the 'home' with Alzheimers and MAYBE when the old asshole dies it may her give some relief.

Please Email Shymara the particulars.

Isa

[Yissy-CA]

Yair I know some who just this took their own life after a child hood of physical abuse like you saw in the video. This person and their mother fled Israel to America to escape the their father. They never recovered from this and spent the rest of teens and early 20's addicted to drugs perscribed to them by a psychiatrist. Email Shmarya.

[Uzi Ben Asher]

This is the ultimate hearsay, a blogger who THINKS he knows who this guy is sending his name to a gossipmonger, who'll blast the name all over Google.

What if "Yair" is mistaken? Then an innocent man is falsely accused. If "Yair" is correct, he should first contact the French police and French child care authorities, and let them investigate.

Otherwise Shmarya and Yair are both setting themselves up for a defamation lawsuit. As in the UK, the standard for proving libel and defamation in France is lower than in the USA.

The alleged child-beater could sue for libel and defamation and win.

I'd find out if the guy's name was publicized in Israel (or France). If there's a press report, then Shmarya's covered, as is "Yair."

[Isa]

To Uzi Ben Asher!

How can there be any mistaken identity?

There is a video of this Chabad rabbi along with his wife and children. MAYBE if there was video of ONLY the Chabad rabbi but his whole family is there.

[Flatbusher]

There is no excuse for this public hitting of a teenage girl....

But it would be a public service to find out the sick reason.

What did this Mommy Dearest tell the Totty Dearest, that made him instantly violent?

Is this type of 'info' the tip of the iceberg? How many Hasidim do same in the confines of their home where there are no cameras, for the same reason.

Some more information can be like sunshine, the best disinfectant.

[Uzi Ben Asher]

If "Yair" has a police report, or a press report, he can send it along to Shmarya, so if the French cops fail to investigate, he can publish his story under the headline "French Child-Care Officials Asleep," or some such.

Or even report the story based upon a press report, naming names, as he often does. No problem with that. If the guy was deported, it should be a matter of public record.

Otherwise, there are big problems. Is the woman his wife? Is that really his daughter (we're all assuming it is). What about the two little boys, are those his kids?

[Shmarya]

Otherwise, there are big problems. Is the woman his wife? Is that really his daughter (we're all assuming it is). What about the two little boys, are those his kids?

Posted by: Uzi Ben Asher | September 04, 2011 at 04:16 PM

There is ZERO trouble with libel and defamation.

That the child is his daughter has already been reported by Israeli media.

The only question is the man's identity.

Once I get the name and confirm it's him, I'll post it.

The man is an abuser. That is ABSOLUTELY clear.

And truth is the ABSOLUTE defense against libel and defamation lawsuits.

[Yair, France]

I'm surprised that his name did not yet appear, because all french chabbadnikim know him;
but:

- i'm not part of chabbad and even don't live in the same town of him

- i'm not covering him beacause of shidduchim (in France, people are not very in this chareidi bullshit of a curse that would affect the children); but because maybe in 10 years the kids in this video will not want to see this thing on the internet

-With the video sent to the police they will launch an investigation on his treatement of the family. The fact that the beating did occured in Israel does not chage anything.

I promess that i'll look up for an update of the case and if the police did not visit him will send his name.

But i'm also convinced that someone before me will throw here his name and that this will not change anything and will not do any good to the kids.

[Shmarya]

But i'm also convinced that someone before me will throw here his name and that this will not change anything and will not do any good to the kids.

Posted by: Yair, France | September 04, 2011 at 04:38 PM

And the really sad thing is that you are convinced of this DESPITE all the evidence to the contrary.

The right thing to do is to email his name to me.

[Uzi Ben Asher]

Of course there's no question he's an abuser. We all saw the video. As you said, the question is his identity. That's a very important question.

Get the name from the Israeli media. Confirm his identity. Be a journalist.

[Shmarya]

Get the name from the Israeli media. Confirm his identity. Be a journalist.

Posted by: Uzi Ben Asher | September 04, 2011 at 04:46 PM

Please.

Do you think that is the ONLY way a journalist should get the name?

Unlike you, I actually know what it's like to BE a journalist.

I know what I am and am not supposed to do.

And I know the sound of a hot air balloon letting hot air escape when I hear it.

You don't know the law or the ethics.

[Uzi Ben Asher]

You're no journalist. You're a blogger pretending to be a journalist. If you were a journalist, you'd follow the ethics of say, the Associated Press, and do what's necessary to shield the abused girl's identity, even if it means that the abuser's name isn't published. In this day of instant Googling, it would be very easy for one to learn the identity of the abused child if one published the name of the father, which certainly won't do the kid any good. She'd be toast in the haredi community, as several have pointed out. Why do you think abuse hotlines are confidential?

Maybe she should leave the haredi community and become secular, or convert to Catholicism, but that's not your call.

[anonymous]

The right thing to do is to email his name to me contact the local equivalent of “Child Protective Services”. There fixed it for you.

[Uzi Ben Asher]

Exactly. As the French police and Interpol were allegedly contacted by Israeli authorities, that probably has been done.

I fail to see how Shmarya can add value to the situation, other than by announcing that the perp is indeed Chabad and that this incident proves Chabad is innately evil.

[Yissy-CA]

Posted by: Uzi Ben Asher | September 04, 2011 at 07:30 PM

That is because you are a fool and know nothing about how this sort of thing goes down with a country like Israel and France. Neither the police in Israel or France give a SHIT about some little jewish girl getting beat by daddy. Why, in your little mind, do you think the Israeli's deported him along with his family instead of ensuring the welfare of the children? Because they don't want to deal with it. Do you actually believe that police in France will do anything about a hassidic man beating his child? The answer is NO. Which should be apparent by the LACK of local news in france. Or any record of a police report. Something like this has ZERO priority. But then agian, all of this is above your sick fucking head. To keep it extremely simple for you (who has never left the comfort of America): Most countries aren't equipped or aren't willing to handle something some defenseless child getting beaten.

[Shmarya]

You're no journalist. You're a blogger pretending to be a journalist. If you were a journalist, you'd follow the ethics of say, the Associated Press, and do what's necessary to shield the abused girl's identity, even if it means that the abuser's name isn't published. In this day of instant Googling, it would be very easy for one to learn the identity of the abused child if one published the name of the father, which certainly won't do the kid any good. She'd be toast in the haredi community, as several have pointed out. Why do you think abuse hotlines are confidential?

Maybe she should leave the haredi community and become secular, or convert to Catholicism, but that's not your call.

Posted by: Uzi Ben Asher | September 04, 2011 at 05:25 PM
anonymous

The right thing to do is to email his name to me contact the local equivalent of “Child Protective Services”. There fixed it for you.

Posted by: anonymous | September 04, 2011 at 06:45 PM
Uzi Ben Asher

Exactly. As the French police and Interpol were allegedly contacted by Israeli authorities, that probably has been done.

I fail to see how Shmarya can add value to the situation, other than by announcing that the perp is indeed Chabad and that this incident proves Chabad is innately evil.

Posted by: Uzi Ben Asher | September 04, 2011 at 07:30 PM

You're not an attorney.

You're not a journalist.

You're not a child protection worker.

You're a sack with a lot of hot air in it, Morris, and you let it out way too frequently.

The incident happened IN PUBLIC. There are dozens, maybe hundreds, people who know who this family is.

Their reason for keeping the family's name and the girl's name quiet has nothing to do with protecting the girl.

The best protection that girl can have is for her name and her father's name to be made public.

Past that very obvious point (well the point that is obvious to ANYONE with experience with child abuse in Chabad, especially French Chabad, or the haredi world and who also wants to protect the girl understands immediately, but large sacks of hot air do not), when an incident of physical child abuse happens in public and is caught on camera, news orgs differ on whether to use the name of the family or not.

Certainly, if using the name will HELP the child by PROTECTING her, the names WOULD BE USED.

Why?

Because you vapid sack of near-illiterate hot hair, the point of not mentioning the name is to protect the child from negative media attention and stigma.

But if the choice is between a dead or maimed child on one hand and a child who may have to deal with her name and her father's name being associated with this incident 10 years from now, the choice is always to protect the girl's life and print the names.

And this is even more true when the video is public, the man's country of origin is public, his religious affiliation is public (and evident from the video), and when lots of people know who they are.

Whatever stigma there will be she will already suffer – in fact more so, because the only people who know the name now are friends of the family, community members and, perhaps, his bosses.

They're natural inclination (born out by dozens of cases of physical and sexual abuse in Chabad and haredi communities and by history everywhere,, for that matter) is to COVER UP THE ABUSE, PROTECT THE RABBI, AND TOSS THE KID UNDER THE NEAREST BUS.

But when the circle of those who know expands to financial supporters, non-Orthodox neighbors, random people in the street, etc; when Chabad leadership knows that WE KNOW who this alleged shaliach is and the WE ARE WATCHING HOW CHABAD HANDLES THIS SITUATION; and when French child welfare and police know we know who this is; the girl's chances of getting the help and protection she needs are greatly increased.

Those are the facts, Morris, whether you understand them or not.

[seymour]

- i'm not covering him beacause of shidduchim (in France, people are not very in this chareidi bullshit of a curse that would affect the children); but because maybe in 10 years the kids in this video will not want to see this thing on the internet

if you withhold the name of the father guess what the video will still be on the Internet for all to see

[PishPosh]

I want to take a vote, seriously, how many of you here who were aghast at what you saw, first would give thought to take this girl to a place of safety and then have the police arrest this guys for public brawling and violent behavior. Who knows if he wasn't shiker either.

[Uzi Ben Asher]

I'm no journalist? How do you know that, Scott, you self-righteous popinjay?

It so happens that for 15 years, I published a daily economic commentary specializing in the derivatives markets, and later, the international fixed income and forex markets, for Merrill Lynch and later one of its major spinoffs. It appeared on customers' computers and on other electronic networks, as well as in hard copy. It won awards, and was rated #2 of its kind by Greenwich Associates and others (#1 was Bloomberg, which also carried my stuff).

In other words, I was blogging before the word was invented. But the stuff I did, typically between 2000 and 3000 words every day, was my own work. I didn't simply post other news articles and / or link to them. So, when you make the ridiculous claim that I'm no journalist, you're simply blowing smoke out of your 300+ pound rear end.

Posting the name of this guy, when other news organizations didn't do so, will only serve to hurt his daughter, which is why the other news organizations didn't do so. I strongly suspect you could care less about this girl, only about carrying out a vendetta against Chabad. If the guy wasn't Haredi you'd be ignoring the story entirely.

Next to you, Scott, FoxNews is fair and balanced. You're the Nancy Grace of Jewish bloggers, and that isn't a compliment.

Think about that, Scott, the next time you criticize the NY Times or the Forward or the Jewish Press.

[mg]

To Yair:

If you know who this guy is you have an obligation to report him to the authorities. Also, you can contact a Chabad rabbi who posted his email address in the comments section of CH.info. #129. He said that he will try to help this child and her parents.

Hatzlacha!

[Chaim from Canada]

This story is similar to WhoIsYONICHLOMO.COM.
Yoni Shlomo Zerbib who is also chabad and lives in Paris, abused his children by beating them up.
It is reported in the police report on that site.
The main problem is that the Rabbis in Paris don't have the knowledge and experience to deal with this kind of problems.
The Chabad spiritual leader "Azimov" is against divorces and hes alwasys supporting the side of the husband.
see:
http://www.whoisyonichlomo.com/2010/10/azimow-leadership-understanding-policy.html

This guy is probably from the same chabad community in Paris. and here is another tragedy.
The blame is on the head of Azimov and company.

[Uzi Ben Asher]

Some of you are missing the point. The French police already know who this guy is. What good can possibly come from Scott publishing what he believe to be his name in this blog? I can understand if the name were heretofore unknown to the police, but that's not the situation here.

And what if Yair's info is incorrect?

[Shmarya]

To Yair:

If you know who this guy is you have an obligation to report him to the authorities. Also, you can contact a Chabad rabbi who posted his email address in the comments section of CH.info. #129. He said that he will try to help this child and her parents.

Hatzlacha!

Posted by: mg | September 05, 2011 at 08:04 AM

And this:

Some of you are missing the point. The French police already know who this guy is. What good can possibly come from Scott publishing what he believe to be his name in this blog? I can understand if the name were heretofore unknown to the police, but that's not the situation here.

And what if Yair's info is incorrect?

Posted by: Uzi Ben Asher | September 05, 2011 at 09:13 AM

First of all, even if that Chabad rabbi is completely and totally well meaning, he has to deal with his French superiors and their Brooklyn superiors, and history has clearly shown that they cover up these crimes and protect the rabbi-criminals – until publicity makes that impossible to do.

As to French police, they're not exactly known for cracking down on these types of crimes – especially when they occur in the haredi and Muslim communities.

I understand that Morris – AKA Uzi ben Asher – is only a smidgen brighter than a tree stump and far less honest than Bernie Madoff, but if he would actually read all the comments above, trying very hard not to let his hatred for me get in the way of the little judgement he has, he would have a good chance of seeing why he's wrong.

Pay special attention to the comments of Yissy-CA, Morris. You might actually learn something.

[Shmarya]

I'm no journalist? How do you know that, Scott, you self-righteous popinjay?

It so happens that for 15 years, I published a daily economic commentary specializing in the derivatives markets, and later, the international fixed income and forex markets, for Merrill Lynch and later one of its major spinoffs. It appeared on customers' computers and on other electronic networks, as well as in hard copy. It won awards, and was rated #2 of its kind by Greenwich Associates and others (#1 was Bloomberg, which also carried my stuff).

In other words, I was blogging before the word was invented. But the stuff I did, typically between 2000 and 3000 words every day, was my own work. I didn't simply post other news articles and / or link to them. So, when you make the ridiculous claim that I'm no journalist, you're simply blowing smoke out of your 300+ pound rear end.

Posting the name of this guy, when other news organizations didn't do so, will only serve to hurt his daughter, which is why the other news organizations didn't do so. I strongly suspect you could care less about this girl, only about carrying out a vendetta against Chabad. If the guy wasn't Haredi you'd be ignoring the story entirely.

Next to you, Scott, FoxNews is fair and balanced. You're the Nancy Grace of Jewish bloggers, and that isn't a compliment.

Think about that, Scott, the next time you criticize the NY Times or the Forward or the Jewish Press.

Posted by: Uzi Ben Asher | September 05, 2011 at 07:28 AM
mg

Morris, I take back what I wrote in my previous comment.

You're not a smidgen brighter than a tree stump – you're even dumber than one.

The other news orgs haven't printed the man's name BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW IT.

If they knew it, SOME would withhold it and SOME would use it.

The ethical issue here is what is better for the girl?

What provides her with more protection from violence?

What is more likely to get her therapy and a safe place to live?

In this case, the answer – for those of us familiar with Chabad, French Chabad, and the haredi world in general and who are actually concerned for the girls' safety (note that you do not fit in any of these categories) – is to publicize the father's name in order to let Chabad and French child welfare authorities know that we are watching.

You see, Morris, people who are not sacks of hot air, people who actually have firsthand knowledge and who have worked to protect victims, understand the danger that girl is in.

You, Mr. Hot Air, do not.

As for your economics newsletter, that makes you a journalist – of sorts.

And that makes your ridiculous statements here even more unforgivable.

Now a word about your general behavior.

You used to comment here under another name, but you were banned because you get moving the goal posts of nearly every argument.

When you were confronted with evidence or proof that you were wrong, you ignored it and shifted to another point to argue.

You also used many Nazi-favored epithets, which you directed toward anyone who was, well, smarter than you, along with haredim, who you liked to call "vermin."

After dozens of requests from readers to ban you, I gave you an ultimatum – no more Nazi name calling and no more goal post moving. Either address the refutations of your arguments and stop calling people "vermin" and the like, or I would ban you and delete your comments.

You ignored that warning, refused to answer one way or the other, and kept trying to comment on other posts.

I banned you.

You tried several times to sneak new comments by me.

I deleted those comments.

You then reappeared as Morris the Katz, using a modified approach where you avoided Nazi name calling and philo-German remarks, but you continued with moving the goal posts and with ignoring nearly every piece of evidence and nearly every proof that a particular claim of your was wrong.

You have did this over and over and over again.

So I banned you and deleted any new comments you tried to post.

And then, after a brief break, you returned as Uzi Ben Asher, doing the same things "Morris the Katz" did.

It stops now.

Either you address the refutations of your claims and arguments posted by other readers, or I will ban you and delete all your comments.

You have no leeway with this – unless you agree to post using your real name, so what you say is linked to a real person, and that way you are forced – at least somewhat – to be accountable for what you write.

As for your remarks about my status as a journalist, yes, you're right this is a blog – but it's a blog with far higher standards for reporting than pretty much any other related blog out there.

It's even been profiled in the Columbia Journalism Review – as have I.

My REPORTING (<<

I realize that you really don't understand the difference between and economics gossip and tip sheet and what I do, but your continual denial of what I do, combined with all your other evident problems noted directly above, don't speak well for your status as a journalist.

That's what you do, Morris. You deny reality when reality isn't convenient for you – especially when you hate that reality – and are jealous of that reality.

If I had chosen to blog about economics or tech or sports, and if you apply the same level of success to that as I've had here, I'd probably a multimillionaire by now.

I'd have been bought out by a large media group or website (like Yahoo, perhaps, as it was a year or so ago).

And one thing is certain.

Whether I had chosen that course or whether I had chosen this one, what you would never have found me doing is posting attacking comments on blogs and newspaper websites using a fake name.

And you would never find me ignoring the facts and the refutations posted by others.

Because I'm not a coward, Morris.

But you are.

You're the classic bully-coward, and your time here is over unless you immediately shape up.

[Uzi Ben Asher]

Yissy-CA: You're as moronic as your name.

[Yoel Mechanic]

For a long time, a theme of articles and posts on this website is that one should report abuse to authorities with government oversite (such as police, or governmental agencies) while casting aspersions on reporting these things to various private entities (shomrim, ohel, various "experts" and other lacking in professional training
or accountability. etc). Uzi Ben Asher has given recommendations concurring with this theme.

[Uzi Ben Asher]

Scotty, just so you know, calling me a bigger liar than Madoff is
actionable.

Don't give me any crap about how since I'm using a screen name, you're somehow immune to libel and defamation law. You'll learn the hard way that isn't the case.

Now how about citing some instances in which I'm a bigger liar than Madoff?

[mg]

Message to Yair in France. Since you claim to know who the father is, I would suggest you go to Crown Heights.info and scroll down to the comment section of the article which has the video. A Chabad rabbi, comment #129, posted his email address (Rabbi@thechaicenter.com) for anyone who has the name of the father to send him an email of his name, and he will contact the proper authorities to help the children.
http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37438

[Yissy-CA]

Posted by: Uzi Ben Asher | September 05, 2011 at 04:44 PM

You are a tired, heartless old man. There is no precedence of intervention in child abuse of this magnitude between Israel and France. It is ignored. There is not enough man power in either country AND the Jewish communities in France are left alone by the authorities. But you do not care.

The actual abuse (which doesn't seem to bother you) is not a "Chabad" issue other than the fact that it will be mishandled and suppressed because Hereidim (Chabad) silence and mishandle child abuse.

Allow me to break it down in the simplest form. This way your aged, demented mind can process:
You do not understand Israel.
You do not understand France.
You do not understand child abuse in Israel or France.
You do not understand Chabad.
You do not understand French Chabad.
You do no understand child abuse in French Chabad.

What you continuously (and erroneously) advocate for shows that you're completely ignorant in these matters. To keep it simple for someone as slow as you: You are full of shit. You have no experience with the subject matter at hand but you keep running your mouth as if you do.

[Uzi Ben Asher]

As for your last diatribe, Scotty, I don't need to reply to it.

You've done an outstanding job of making yourself look like an arrogant, self-important fool without any help from me.

Just remember that many people who don't post here read this blog. Including some real journalists.

[Uzi Ben Asher]

That was actually your penultimate diatribe I was referring to, but your last one was even dumber, with your ageist remarks.

You just don't know when to quit.

[Uzi Ben Asher]

Just curious, Hissy-Fit. How do you know my age?

[Shmarya]

Scotty, just so you know, calling me a bigger liar than Madoff is
actionable.

Don't give me any crap about how since I'm using a screen name, you're somehow immune to libel and defamation law. You'll learn the hard way that isn't the case.

Now how about citing some instances in which I'm a bigger liar than Madoff?

Posted by: Uzi Ben Asher | September 05, 2011 at 06:11 PM

As I told you before, you're not much brighter than a tree stump and yes, Morris, your less honest that Bernie Madoff – who when he was caught, admitted his crimes.

You just keep on committing yours.

But you won't be doing that here any more.

And, as for the journalists who read me, Morris, they also speak to me.

And one of the things they are frequently amazed at, is the stupidity of a certain commenter, who, well, happens to be you.

Now if you want to sue me for writing your less honest than Bernie Madoff, please do it.

Not only will you lose, but you will lose under your REAL NAME.

And then all those people who have always thought you to be a pompous ass who is far less intelligent than he thinks he is will have a real name to attach to it.

You've had far more warnings and far more chances than any other person, Morris – and you blew every one of them.

Bye, bye.

[Isa]

Shmarya:

Make this thing a stickie
But wipe out all the comments and do the following:
Do you recognize this French Chabad rabbi beating his daughter?Who is he?
Then the same phrase in French
Along with the video
My take is this French Chabad rabbi is some top guy and if you get to 'roll' this monster, it will be a real scream.
The bastards are hoping for some more stories so this story will roll off page one, where it will be forgotten

[under duress]

Isa: Brilliant. Get to the point, get it out there.