Can't We Bribe Anyone? Venerated Haredi Community Leader Allegedly Loots Hospital

The New York State Department of Health suspended the Peninsula Hospital's lab services after finding "serious deficiencies in the administration and operation relating to the clinical laboratory." When Steve "Shlomo Zackheim's hand-picked front man, Peninsula's  president Tom Miller learned the news, he immediately emailed Zakheim. Zakheim's response: "Can't we bribe anyone?"

Steve "Shlomo" Zakheim

Steve "Shlomo Zakheim died on Rosh Hashana and was euoligized in the haredi media as a tzaddilk (saint) because of all the charity he gave to haredi Jewish organizations. But as I wrote then, the problem is that Zakheim was extremely dishonest, his money wasn't clean, and he allegedly used that dirty money and his positions of power to sexually abuse and exploit female employees.

None of this information, including his criminal record, was secret. But haredi rabbis ignored all of its – as long as kept the money flowing to them.

Steve "Shlomo" Zakheim was scum. Here's new evidence that I was right.

Crain's New York reports:

Peninsula Hospital Center was awash in red ink two years ago when a white knight suddenly arrived on the scene, pledging millions of dollars in loans and promising to save 1,000 hospital jobs by taking over the Far Rockaway, Queens, institution.

It wasn't long, however, before the plan cobbled together by affiliates of Revival Home Health Care, a Brooklyn home-care agency, dramatically unraveled. Instead of saving Peninsula, the company doomed it. Within weeks, Peninsula declared bankruptcy. The Revival team was accused of mismanagement. A judge-appointed Chapter 11 trustee soon took over, closed the hospital, and sold Peninsula's nursing home.

Now the trustee, Lori Lapin Jones, is going after Revival Home Health Care. In late August, she filed civil racketeering charges against Revival, its related entities, its owners, the former president of Peninsula and business associates. Citing the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, she alleges the defendants committed fraud, falsified information to the bankruptcy court and creditors, and lied to the state Department of Health.

Peninsula "suffered actual damages in an amount to be determined at trial, but believed to be at least several million dollars, plus punitive damages," according to the lawsuit.

In the eyes of Ms. Jones, Revival's offer to save Peninsula was an elaborate plot to milk the hospital for revenue that would be diverted to a web of Revival entities. She alleges that the engineer behind the plot was Steven Zakheim, a Brooklyn health care executive who had already been blacklisted by the state Department of Health for misconduct and whose involvement would have been a red flag for regulators—had they been told he was bankrolling the plan.

Mr. Zakheim's wife, Faye, owned Revival, but the lawsuit claims that Mr. Zakheim controlled all Revival entities as well as several other related companies. The Peninsula takeover was Mr. Zakheim's "illegal scheme to acquire the debtors [Peninsula and its nursing home] and integrate them into his health care empire," according to the lawsuit. Mr. Zakheim and Peninsula's president, who was secretly on Revival's payroll, duped the DOH in part because the state did not have the power to fully investigate its suspicions that Mr. Zakheim was backing Revival, the suit alleges.

It was only through Ms. Jones' broad powers, granted under bankruptcy law to pursue millions of dollars owed to Peninsula's creditors, that Mr. Zakheim's allegedly deep involvement in Peninsula came to light.

But the resolution of the suit, filed in late August, is far from certain. Mr. Zakheim died earlier this month.…

n 2005, the DOH required the Zakheims to sign affidavits stating he would not have any involvement in Revival Home Health Care's operations or finances.

The state had long been concerned with Mr. Zakheim's business practices. In 2003, he submitted a false application for an emergency medical technician license by attesting he had never been convicted of a crime, when he had been convicted of a misdemeanor for sexual assault. The lawsuit also describes a whistle-blower case against Mr. Zakheim and his ambulance companies, Metropolitan Ambulance & First Aid Corp. and Metro North Ambulance Corp., alleging he "caused the use of hundreds of forged documents for the purpose of defrauding Medicare of millions of dollars." In another example listed in the suit, Mr. Zakheim "pled guilty to making an illegal campaign contribution."…

Using the trustee's subpoena power to access documents and take depositions, Ms. Jones describes—through daily email exchanges between Mr. Zakheim and Mr. Miller—how Mr. Zakheim was allegedly pulling the strings at Peninsula for his own gain. He hired a longtime Revival executive, Todd Miller, as the hospital's president, even though Mr. Miller did not have any hospital management experience. Mr. Miller reported directly to Mr. Zakheim. Mr. Zakheim was even given an authorized Peninsula identification card in September 2011 that allowed him to "come and go throughout the facilities as he pleased."…

On Feb. 23, 2012, the DOH suspended the hospital's lab services after finding "serious deficiencies in the administration and operation relating to the clinical laboratory," according to the lawsuit. That was the hospital's final blow. When Mr. Miller learned the news, he immediately emailed Mr. Zakheim, according to subpoenaed emails.

Mr. Zakheim's response: "Can't we bribe anyone?"

Read it all here.

Comments

[Yochanan Lavie]

The chareidi definition of Tzaddik:

One who is good to other chareidim and shitty to Goyim and non-chareidi Jews.

[jancsibacsi]

Lets be real all that gemoro learning needs to be used one way or another so all that brain twisting schemes that need to be memorized takes a gemoro learned person to accomplish it:).

[Alter Kocker]

The chareidi definition of Tzaddik:

One who is good to other chareidim and shitty to Goyim and non-chareidi Jews.
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YL:
Ergo, the general attitude toward sexual predators in the community. They are generally friends and contributors to Haredi causes whereas the victims are always children or women that are questioning their roles in the community. Predators prey on these individuals as they are low-hanging fruits. Then when caught, the community protects them as they are much more high-profile or large contributors.

[Bobby]

Any chance on getting the hospital reopened? Where do the people who were serviced by the hospital going for treatment. The last time that I passed the hospital I noticed that it is smack in middle of a rather dicey part of town with probably lots of shootings, stabbings and drug use.

[Flatbusher]

This corruption is like a cancer in the community. Young people see a נואף וגזלן like Zackheim being eulogized like a great tzaddik , what message are we sending them?

The poor young people; they are being set up to losers in life both in Religion and in secular life. We will in the future wonder : What went wrong?

[AGooDFriend]

This article is rubbish... i am a close friend and work associate for close to 15 years..
All lawsuits were/are brought about by people who are looking for financial gain.
I would advise anyone in doubt to visit locations where Mr Zakheim was the boss and see how much they are grieving him and crying for him..writing BS like this based on hearsay is offensive to his friends, family and most importantly to shlomo who was a tzadik of a man. he was a man down to his last breath was busy taking care of other people. his life was for camp simcha, the unemployed, people down on their luck.... etc i would advise asking mechila now from his family and from shlomo.
PS .. U r usually on the ball but picking on Zakheim you are 100% off of your game... find real bad guys...

[Shmarya Rosenberg]

Oh, please.

He stole money from the state and city, was banned by the state from running hospitals and other direct health care organizations, and was a noted sleaze.

It's easy to be charitable with stolen money – especially when it buys you protection and cover from haredi rabbis.

[AGooDFriend]

Shmarya,
You often hit the nail on the head... you are completely offbase with this one...why dont you go down to transacare, revival, or go down to camp simcha... why dont u go ask the people he was paying their rent for, or the 10k+ brisses he sponsored.. Shlomo had a heart of gold.. go visit those office see how the jews and non jews are crying and how these offices will need therapy to get through this... people are broken... he was adored and respected by everyone across the board.. simply read the facebook boards...
I would put money down, that if YOU had cancer, and you needed a medical transport, even after the BS you have published about him he would still take care of you and transport you on his dime... and would never even mention what you have did to him or how you hurt or embarrassed him or how you are embarrassing him in front of his kids and grandkids... You didnt know him.. i did - he is/was amazing.... u r usually on the ball - finding molesters, thieves and destroying them so they cant hurt anyone.. here you are off... you are fighting a dead man who was an aggressive business man - who fought against the big boys-- but always fought like mentch.. Most of stories you read are put out by the people he was fighting to hurt him and his reputation.. he was a great man, a tzaddik who paid for brises, who took dieing kids on their last trip (like make a wish) during shiva the stories were countless of people he helped..one after another came in.. .and all was done anonymously... you will not see the name shlomo or faye zakheim on 1 wall in 1 shul... he did it all quietly- he didnt need the kavod- he did it because he had a heart of gold... I am asking you to please pull down these threads, while you get a few hits, this is hurting his wife, hurting his kids and hurting his grandkids..... and hurting them for nothing - their grandfather was an amazing person....

[Shmarya Rosenberg]

Idiot.

He S-T-O-L-E the money from the state and from poor people it otherwise would have benefited. He abused and sexually exploited women

But all your addled haredi brain can process is that he donated money to haredi charities.

You are a sick person.

[Nussi]

There you go again someone doesn't agree with you and you insult him and degrade him instead of disproving his comments point by point what about your comment rule especially rule number seven

[AGooDFriend]

He didn't steal a penny.. In medicaid industry they audit and say "hey u can't bill for this or that" his ambulance company must have billed hundreds of millions of dollars and if you read the Case u will see they settled at 25k... That is penuts..when u have hundreds of ambulances out daily and all being invoiced daily u r bound to have some issues... Like I said instead of attacking him say thank u... Very likely he helped someone u know or someone in ur family... He was a powerhouse of chesses... His heart gave way at the end but the love and chessed it gave off will last eternity....spreading rubbish, spreading hate and writing awful crap about him is horrible for him his kids grandkids and of course wife... On humanitarian grounds take this down... He is loved by thousands his good deeds will last forever... U r accomplishing nothing by keeping these posts up other than hurting his family and friends

[Shmarya Rosenberg]

You're an absolute idiot. He had lifetime ban on running or owning direct healthcare companies issued against him by NY State in 2005.

He stole millions and made deal with the state to avoid criminal prosecution.

You belong in Bellvue.

[jancsibacsi]

AGooDFriend--I see where youre coming from,in that never never land the end justifies the means.

[AGooDFriend]

Shmarya -
i am not going to argue with you the reason for the ban... i think a 25k settlemnt on lawsuit of hundreds of millions speaks for itself on stregnth of the gvmnt case... He pissed off EMS/FNDY unions which caused them to go after him.. do you think they would have setteled for 25 if he stole millions??? - anycase... lets forget about all this... he was a person who was ALL chessed.. he himself would change diapers of sick patients, he would go on a hatzala call and see the financial situation of someones house and leave cash or check on the counter... he took kids who were dieing on trips... he gave brisis to over 10k people across the globe.. he gave jobs to jews and non jews alike who were down on their luck... he had the worlds biggest heart.... I am BEGGING You to please take down this thread.... I promise you...if you were in need for help, he wouldnt think 2x but to help you...
for family and friends sake... take this stuff down.. it does no good...accomplishes nothing for you, it doesnt hurt him as he isnt here, you are ONLY hurting his friends and family who love him and care about him.

[jancsibacsi]

AGooDFriend --If according to you its all a lie why should this article hurt him one bit you dont make sense,it only hurts when its true why bother to go to such lenghts to beg shamrya to take it down.

[jancsibacsi]

If its a lie its shmaryas shame not youres or youre firends,youre absolutly illogical.

[Shmarya Rosenberg]

AGooDFriend –

You need to read up on your friend. He was a sleazy, awful person who really hurt many people.

But more than that, you need to be deprogrammed.

[jimmyInBkln]

Scott,
You won't even let the dead rest in peace?
What an awful person you are.
I did not know Zackheim at all, but I can tell you that he had one of the largest funerals in Boro Park for a layman in recent memory.
Scott, you don't understand that people are multi faceted, there is no black and white.People do good things and bad things ,evidently most people who knew Zackheim thought that he was mostly a very good guy.
His is not with his Maker and will have to sort the good deeds and the lapses.The go after a dead person, especially so soon after his demise, is the height of insensivity to his family and loved ones.
Unfortunately, Scott, you don't really know what "loved ones" are, and that may be the reason for your extreme views about everything.
Take a chill pill

[jimmyInBkln]

Scott,
You won't even let the dead rest in peace?
What an awful person you are.
I did not know Zackheim at all, but I can tell you that he had one of the largest funerals in Boro Park for a layman in recent memory.
Scott, you don't understand that people are multi faceted, there is no black and white.People do good things and bad things ,evidently most people who knew Zackheim thought that he was mostly a very good guy.
His is *now with his Maker and will have to sort the good deeds and the lapses.The go after a dead person, especially so soon after his demise, is the height of insensitivity to his family and loved ones.
Unfortunately, Scott, you don't really know what "loved ones" are, and that may be the reason for your extreme views about everything.
Take a chill pill

*correcting previous post

[jimmyInBkln]

Also it's evident that you have no idea how screwed up the Medicaid system in New York State is, where it is very difficult or almost impossible not to "break" regulations.

[Shmarya Rosenberg]

jimmyInBkln –

Very "multifaceted." All those alleged sexual assaults against his female employees? Just another part of his "multifaceted" personality.

[Yoni]

Nussi,

Rule #7 should be changed to "no name calling unless you defend an Orthodox Jew, in which case you are an idiot, a troll and a 'little man'"

[dh]

"Bellvue."

Posted by: Shmarya Rosenberg | September 16, 2013 at 07:22 AM

If you are going to continue to use that as slang for a mental health facility to lob as an insult, you ought to learn how to spell it correctly.

[dh]

jimmy, are you a third grader? Fourth? People may be multi-dimensional but their actions, their behavior in civilized culture is codified as right and wrong in varying degrees. Black and white.

This allows civilized societies to prosper, enjoy good health, safety, family etc and the proliferation of learning that ultimately builds places like Bellevue Hospital Center, that Shmarya seems to think is only a psychiatric facility. It was the first maternity ward, the first emergency ward, first children's clinic (which may be what he meant in regards to you) and the first of many things in the United States and in New York.

You are entirely absent the ability to think critically and couldn't pass a high school exit exam if your life depended on it. Go get your crayons.

[dh]

Yoni, this is usually a source of never ending giggles for me, but I really must point out....the rules are not for the blog owner. He is not making the rules for himself. The rules are for his visitors. Did this really not occur to you????

[dh]

Nussi, hey there fella. This is a period.

Here are two of them..

Put one at the end of each sentence.

To determine what a sentence is, enter it into your search engine.

Fresh air. I need fresh air.

[AGooDFriend]

i am not asking u to take down for his sake - im asking u to take down for his children and grandchildren sake - u have ZERO to gain by posting this other than hurting his family. he was a very generous man, who gave his life and soul for others... .no one will know forsure but it could even be 9-11 gave him cancer... there are thousands and thousands of stories coming out about the good this man did- leave him alone....... as a courtesy to him and respect to his wife and kids, grandkids and friends - leave him and his legacy alone..

[jancsibacsi]

AGooDFriend -Are you mentally deranged ,if its not true there is no harm, what in the world are you so afraid of,you dont make sense,you sound like a shoite better for you not to write here.

[Shmarya Rosenberg]

Please.

You're in a cult and your brain doesn't work properly.

I report N-E-W-S. Your dear buddy L-O-O-T-E-D Peninsula Hospital according to the trustee.

That, like it or not, is N-E-W-S.

As for your dear buddy's family, they should know their wealth comes from theft, from stealing from the weak and poor, from looting the state and looting a hospital. And so should every other person in your community.

[Nussi]

To dh
You can't argue with what I'm saying so you argue with my grammar . At the end of the day imbjright even if my grammer isn't perfect JFK any one is a small man it'd SR

[dh]

I'll argue with what you're saying if you'll tell me what that is you friggin' moron.

[dh]

But yes, you're right, it is your birth right (imbjright ?) to be a moron.

[dh]

AGoo, do you honestly believe that his kids are reading FM?

[Yoni]

Yoni, this is usually a source of never ending giggles for me, but I really must point out....the rules are not for the blog owner. He is not making the rules for himself. The rules are for his visitors. Did this really not occur to you????

Posted by: dh | September 16, 2013 at 12:40 PM

I see. So it's do as I say, not do as I do. I guess Shmarya has learned a lot from the hypocritical Rabbis he is so obsessed with.

[Shmarya Rosenberg]

Actually, I made a number of factual points Zakheim's dear friend could not really answer.

The reality is that Zakheim was an awful man, and his friend in morally and ethically wanting and appears to lack even the most basic ability to think logically – a marker of cult indoctrination.

Telling someone who is acting as if he were a cult member that he is doing so is a mitzvah, not the opposite.

As for you, Zackheim was a bad dude who stole, cheated and sexually abused women. You are attempting to defend him. Think about that.

[Cafry]

I would like to make one point. There are very few crooked people who share their loot with the needy, appreciating a person with many shortfalls who was willing to help others is important, even if the charity was done sometimes for his own gain, it doesn't make him a saint and definitely not an example for our kids but we can learn from anyone how to be giving even from a person full of faults.

[dh]

Yes indeed, you can learn. You can learn how to go to jail. You can learn what "sin" is. You can learn the evil of greed, the loneliness of a cell, what your grandchildren look like growing up through bars one week at a time. Lots to learn.

Who exactly do you think crooked people share their loot with?

And Yoni, do the Rabbis have blogs whereby they have rules? I thought the internet was forbidden. Gasp!

Full moon, right.

[AGooDFriend]

You make false allegations... You report on hearsay without knowing facts.. You are out for a few clicks you are not hear to report facts or truth... I give up writing because I see you are not a mentch. Without question u will burn in hell for the hate and Lashon hara u spread... I don't envy ur place on judgment day.... I hope at some point in ur bitter life u do teshuva and ask forgiveness from people u hurt.....

[Shmarya Rosenberg]

They're not false allegations, little man.

They're true. Some proved in the state oversight process and some in court.

[Shmarya Rosenberg]

Cafry –

No. It is actually very common for affinity fraudsters and similar white collar criminals to be very charitable. It buys them community acceptance and helps further their crimes and partially protects them from prosecution.

[Nussi]

Dh. Sticks and stones etc

[amused]

One only has to google Shmarya Rosenberg to learn that he is the grandson of Leon Gleckman, a bootlegger known as the "Al Capone of St. Paul". Continue googling and you will find out what an awful evil person he was as he lived his life breaking the law. Oh, I forgot, he also was charitable giving money to the Haganah.

I will never understand why Shmarya believes that what he is doing is important. The truth is that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[jancsibacsi]

amused--The truth is that you cannot bear to hear the truth that youre kind of mindless robots are nothing but thiefs and molesters shmarya has every right to bring to light all those fakers who hide behind the jewish religion and you are tottaly indifferent to others suffering,you only care about youre own fantasyland where everything is wonderfull.

[AGooDFriend]

Forget money... Look at the good the man did daily whether via hatzala, camp Simcha, hasc, last wish, these things he didn't buy but things he did with his hands.... Whether changing diapers, meds, tubes etc..

And regardless the man is dead you at this point are fighting no one just hurting his family.. Like I said u gain nothing but couple of clicks.. I hope the hell you will get for hurting this amazing soul is worth it..

[amused]

Janci--The truth is that you know nothing about me! Shmarya is nothing but a huge chilul Hashem and, forgive me, if I and others have a problem with this. The fact is that Shmarya is the grandson of a mafia member and knows very well what the face of evil looks like. However, he chooses to deny and justify the behavior of his own grandfather. Yes, I forgot, google has got it all wrong.

[dh]

"Dh. Sticks and stones etc"
Posted by: Nussi | September 16, 2013 at 07:40 PM

I rest my case... on every conceivable level, and I raise you 'I know you are, but what am I?'

[dh]

amused, sorry, we are already weary of the mafia grandpa of St. Paul crapazoid. I love gossip as much as the next guy but this doesn't bother the big guy so come up with something else. okie dokie?

[dh]

And might I add, that at least he knows who his granddad is!

[amused]

dh--this is not gossip. This is news, just google it!

[dh]

You are the one thousandth person on FM that has been amused by what Google etc. ad nauseum has had to say about it. It may be news but it is OLD news to everyone here. I was also fascinated by it at first. That was three years ago. Even back then everyone else was already on overload with it from having been bored with it for years.

If there was any other dirt to dig up on Shmarya and his ancestral heritage don't you think someone would have done it already, seeing how popular he is with the black hats? That's it. It's done. It's over. It's Boring. There probably isn't even a photo of grampa in color. Who cares. It's old news and it's boring news.

Now, if you can find out if he's a picker or a scratcher, well, then, by all means, come back and let us know. But be careful because even the genius Nussi gets fussy about sticks and stones...

[amused]

dh--you see, this type of thing never becomes "old news". Shmarya is the grandson of an evil law breaker. Perhaps a psychologist should come on here and explain to us why he feels the need to be judge, prosecutor and jury of every seeming injustice. Let's not forget that Leon Gleckman was a huge chilul Hashem and a liability to the Jewish community. And, yes, apparently the apple does not fall far from the tree.

[dh]

amused, you are a jackass. And I say so without violating any rule here on FM. Give me your name, date of birth and whatever else I need to ID you and all of your relatives. I will do better than a psychologist. I will get a Board Certified Psychiatrist to psychoanalyze you in public and place the appropriate DSM-V equivalent rating of a jackass on your fuzz infested cranium. Deal?

[dh]

du du duuuuu....., finger tips tapping. siiiiiiigh.

Listen, amused (and no less amusing).

I've spent the day in traction while working, no less. I started on this thread basically calling Shmarya a jackass, I end it defending his grandfather and calling you one. I will check back here first thing in the morning and await all of the information about YOUR grandparents and parents and family that is available about him and his. All of the same information. Names, dates, locations, vocations. All of it. Photos, children. ALL the same stuff.

Look forward to getting to know you and ALL of your family.

[amused]

dh--you miss the point while showing yourself to be the nasty insulting person that you are.

[dh]

but who are YOU?

[jancsibacsi]

amused--It takes one insulting person to know another insulting person,youre better of keeping youre mouth shut you fool.

[amused]

janci--it seems to me that one who enjoys dishing it out, should also know how to take it. This is an issue I have with this blog. So many dishing it out without the ability to take anything at all. I am afraid that is not very honest. Now how sad is that.

[dh]

Thank you Jancsi! Chivalry is not dead after all.

amused, it is true. I am a nasty and insulting person. I get that from my mother.

Now, all the things you find so fascinating about our host, tell us all those same things about your ancestors. I guess it's only news when it's about someone else, eh? You're only willing to spray the Luminol in other people's barns, metaphorically speaking, of course.

Leon Gleckman! Oy, G-t in Heaven! You done wrong! Shmarya Rosenberg! You didn't!

out

[amused]

dh--you know very well this is not about my ancestors. This is about the pot calling the kettle black and I, for one, would love to hear from a psychologist as to why a man has the need to do so.

[dh]

Then visit your psychologist, psychiatrist or neurologist to determine why you are not willing, or even able, genetically or otherwise, to answer or be responsible for your ancestors. How old is a man before he stops suffering for the sins of his father? Personally, I don't give a rat's ass. I cannot fathom that you will be able to comprehend, anyway.

Why do you feel such a tremendous need to punish so many generations for the misdeeds of a single man. May we do likewise with your grandchildren, and theirs? Who are you? I would like to punish them for your criminal stupidity and ceaseless need to inflict pain. I think they deserve it.

This is about your ancestors as much as it is about anyone else. Shame on them for making those who enabled someone like you. For shame. Your smooth brained progeny should suffer for your foul ruthless shallow thought process.

Please, have the last say, with your usual elegance and deep educated thought.

Be very careful walking and talking at the same time.

[amused]

dh--wow! I am glad you got that off you chest.

[dh]

Lol! Me too. And believe me, I have precious little to lose. Thanks to my brittle nasty insulting mother for that too!

I invite you to browse around and note all the truly incredibly wonderful things Leon's grandson has done to save people and in furtherance of that goal, as well.

And please, don't use that expression about 'pot calling kettle black' because I always get overly excited when people start talking about pot.

Good night.

[amused]

dh--you have a style that does put a smile on my face. What Shmarya does on this blog is a chilul Hashem. However, I just did a google search to find out about the good deeds that he has done and I haven't uncovered them yet. If you can direct me to where I might learn about all of his incredible accomplishments, I promise to look at them. However, I am sure you might agree that making the above comments about a man before he was even buried was not such a good deed.

[dh]

That is possibly why nobody invited me to my mother's ash dumping? I guess, while I had given my father's eulogy, they didn't want me showing my scars from my mother's pointy long nails. She had ignored her only grandchild, my child, and left all her money to my sibling, who also had a go at me. Oh, duh, now I connect the dots. As should you. The world should know. The world should have known then, that day, just as it should the next and the next and the next. All the gold under all of their fingernails does not wash our pain away on any day and it does not pay to clean her name or her soul on the day of her death or any day before or after.

amused, scour this blog. Then tell me, before it's birth ten years ago, who outed Haredi pedophiles?

I, for one, couldn't get an answer about why I couldn't find (gag, vomit) Agri "Kosher" meat anywhere. No rabbi, no retailer would tell me. While I Googled for "news" for answers (and by profession(s) I am paid for answers) I could not find any; while my Kosher butcher was displaying signs stating "We PROUDLY sell Agriprocessors" they didn't have any. At long last I found the answer on FM.

I didn't take that at face value. I take nothing at face value. But the more I researched, the more I came back to FM as a source for truth and a source for ground zero to point me in the direction to resources for more authorities.

You can come into his cyber living room here and poop on his floor for free. How ethical is that? If you don't like him, you can leave.

On his life bed or his death bed or when they are hauling him into the ground you can point to what ever he did that you are miffed about. But I'll tell you one thing, Grandpa Leon will be beaming with pride because Shmarya never stole a nickel. Faces all over the world will be stained with tears because he fielded their calls in the middle of the night to help them or exposed or help to expose crime, abuse and all manner of ill gotten gain in a community that would not otherwise have seen the light of day.

FM has given voice not just to you but to abusive commenters and terrific as well as well crafted artful writers that you may or may not agree with, but from whom we can learn. He does this out of a sense of duty on a pittance.

Not to say he isn't also an idiot sometimes, but you get my drift.

[amused]

dh--you are the first person on this blog who I find reasonable. However, I don't care much for the way Shmarya does what he does. I also sincerely believe Granpa Leon Gleckman does not derive nachas up there and, if he were here, he would likely have some choice words for grandson Shmarya.

[dh]

And vice versa, no doubt.

Further, I don't much care for the way Shmarya does some of what he does either. Note again that I started commenting on this thread by chiding him for the same thing for which I stopped commenting for two months altogether. (BTW, not a single person noticed, or cared, that I was gone.)

And may I further note that on that very day there was yet another massacre by a mentally ill individual who is part of that community that will never be helped, in part, because of people like Shmarya, who have a huge platform, yet help to make it a stigma such that shooters refuse to seek and maintain help while big pharma fails to find appropriate psycho-pharmachological help.

And as to your suggestion to have a psychologist come aboard.... my afore-described sibling is one. So, um, er, let's drop that.

Whatever Grampa Leon is deriving up (or down) there, I can assure you that he's getting his just rewards trying to avoid my mother. Heck, that's pretty much all that's keeping me alive.

Let's leave it at that, amused. That dreadful woman will always have the final word. Let's find a battle we can agree on down (or up) here. And like I've said before, what I know about Judaism I can fit on the head of a pin and still have room left over, so please post stuff from which I can learn.

Bye.

[amused]

dh--I am sorry for what your family has put you through. It would be really nice if you could find a Succah tonight. Chag Someach