Rabbi Dovid Weinberger's Signed Promise Not To Work As A Community Rabbi Or Teach Ever Again
Below: Rabbi Dovid Weinberger's signed promise never again to serve as a community rabbi or to teach.
Above: Rabbi Dovid Weinberger
Shaulzon has what appears to be Rabbi Dovid Weinberger's signed promise bever again to serve as a community rabbi or to teach.
Weinberger was the senior rabbi at Congregation Shaaray Tefila in Lawrence, Long Island until he took a sudden leave of absence last year just before the High Holidays.
Weinberger allegedly had sex with several women he was counseling for marital and other difficulties.
And while local Long Island rabbis condemned him publicly, none said what Weinberger actually did and refused to confirm to media that Weinberger had actually practiced clergy abuse or any similar misbehavior.
But now we have Weinberger's offical promise never to work as a rabbi again.
The problem is, Weinberger has moved to Israel and there reportedly are fears he is teaching there.
Update 12:17 PM – The hat tip goes to FrumFollies, which published this document months ago.
[Hat Tip: The Lion.]
A man has to make a living somehow no?he should be able to teach male students.
Posted by: jancsibacsi | July 06, 2014 at 11:37 AM
tropper also signed a letter and he is still in monsey
Posted by: getnotvalid | July 06, 2014 at 11:59 AM
frumfollies published it months ago. Shaulzon is a despicable peice of garbage that claims to be on the side of the little guys yet got caught taking money from interested parties. He ripped this off as if it was his scoop.
http://frumfollies.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/weinberger-resignation-from-rabbanus-and-chinuch.pdf
Posted by: koillel nick | July 06, 2014 at 11:59 AM
Weinberger is living in har nof see attached blog.
http://theunorthodoxjew.blogspot.com/2014/06/israel-alert-rabbi-dovid-weinberger.html
Posted by: shiksah | July 06, 2014 at 12:06 PM
koillel nick –
Thanks. I updated the post.
Posted by: Shmarya | July 06, 2014 at 12:19 PM
Not sure what the deal is with Weinberger, but there is talk that Shoulson is being treated for HIV+ at L.I.J.
This may be false gossip of sort.
Posted by: Howard | July 06, 2014 at 02:03 PM
hey at least hes not having sx with little boys...now about not sleeping with married women i guess he found some type of loophole
Posted by: yehuda fulda | July 06, 2014 at 11:37 PM
just curious why did weinberger have to sign this document?
Posted by: yehuda fulda | July 07, 2014 at 09:38 AM
So Rabbi, if I sign this "I promise not to fuck vulnerable women who I am currently councelling", you won't call the police, is that the jist of it?
If I write it out 100 times and not sign, is that also OK? How about an hour in the naughty corner?
Posted by: Edith | July 07, 2014 at 09:52 AM
I thought you were paid not to discuss this story???
Posted by: Tom | July 07, 2014 at 05:50 PM
Nope. I've never taken a bribe in my life.
I just don't like to report stories when the rabbis and congregants who could have easily gone on the record and said what they knew wouldn't do so.
That's why basically no one else did much of any reporting on it, either.
I don't like people who are cowardly for no good reason, and I don't like to report alleged bad things about people that the accusers refuse to back up – so I don't do it.
And, funny how this works, lots of news sources made the exact same decision I did.
As for Weinberger, when he repeats his alleged bad behavior in Israel, blame all the Five Towns rabbis and community members who refused to speak out.
Posted by: Shmarya | July 07, 2014 at 11:37 PM