Thursday, May 11, 2006
Kolko camp threatens victims and family
In the last couple of weeks, since serious litigation has begun with regard to the abuse case against Rabbi Yehudah Kolko and Yeshivah Torah Temimah, close to one hundred victims have come forward alleging that they had been abused by Rabbi Kolko over the last forty years. However, each person that has come forward in an attempt to help put some closure on their brutally disturbed childhood, has received threatening phone calls. The person on the phone threatened these people with things ranging from having their kids expelled from Yeshivah (any Yeshivah not only Torah Temimah), to having them thrown out from Shul and ostracized from the community. I guess that this is the Torah way of dealing with abuse, first abuse them and then scare them away, adding insult to injury. What is the most shocking about this is how today's Rabbonim have no problem going along with what is going on. They keep their eyes, ears and mouth closed, ignoring any possibility to what may have happened. Who knows what skeletons they have in their closet waiting to come out. Shteekah K'hoyduah!
In the last couple of weeks, since serious litigation has begun with regard to the abuse case against Rabbi Yehudah Kolko and Yeshivah Torah Temimah, close to one hundred victims have come forward alleging that they had been abused by Rabbi Kolko over the last forty years. However, each person that has come forward in an attempt to help put some closure on their brutally disturbed childhood, has received threatening phone calls. The person on the phone threatened these people with things ranging from having their kids expelled from Yeshivah (any Yeshivah not only Torah Temimah), to having them thrown out from Shul and ostracized from the community. I guess that this is the Torah way of dealing with abuse, first abuse them and then scare them away, adding insult to injury. What is the most shocking about this is how today's Rabbonim have no problem going along with what is going on. They keep their eyes, ears and mouth closed, ignoring any possibility to what may have happened. Who knows what skeletons they have in their closet waiting to come out. Shteekah K'hoyduah!
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This type of action has probably driven more Bochurim away from Yiddeshkiet, never to return, than any "outside influence" that the (as the Holy Kotzker reffered to them,) Ra - Bonim are so concerned about. Hashem yikkum dommum hashofuch, L'a na nu.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by 
: May 11, 2006 11:11 AM
: May 11, 2006 11:11 AM
Don't worry. Alittle Tanya will cure everything.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 11, 2006 11:12 AM
: May 11, 2006 11:12 AM
This gives new meaning to "being Mkarev" and have a "Chibur with your Talmedim"
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 11, 2006 11:13 AM
: May 11, 2006 11:13 AM
The Kotzker says "Rebbe" can be an accronym for Ra Bainai Hashem. I guess this best describes why Kolko and the others in power can call themseves Rabbi. It sure fits them.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 11, 2006 11:18 AM
: May 11, 2006 11:18 AM
I guess you really are the basest of a true Nefesh Habahama ( in your case not even Bahamis)
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 11, 2006 11:21 AM
: May 11, 2006 11:21 AM
Hey Annon @ 11:13
Can't you recognize sarcasm when you see it? I agree with you, but the Chamur B'lee Daas group solves everything with Tanya or a sign from Igros.
Can't you recognize sarcasm when you see it? I agree with you, but the Chamur B'lee Daas group solves everything with Tanya or a sign from Igros.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 11, 2006 11:27 AM
: May 11, 2006 11:27 AM
while i have no problem and i do incourage those abused to come out and finaly get their inner immotions released there is no reason for the kind of talk you above commentors are using! very inappropriate for our community! true the people who did do those terrible things - that they are accused of doing - are to be charged for it there is no reason for slandering them because of a sickness - except of course if they took their job for the sole purpose of being able to............ i believe that being such a closed minded community (which is a very good thing!) these guys never knew what was happening to them and probably felt silly telling anyone about it not realizing that anything wrong went on until they got much older! and for those threats i can understand reason to keep this quite as not to let our youngsters get to smart here and start accusing every principle when he does anything not to their liking.......and beside they might get curious beyond this....thats my opinion and it is debatable
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 11, 2006 12:01 PM
: May 11, 2006 12:01 PM
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 11, 2006 12:07 PM
: May 11, 2006 12:07 PM
It happened to 2 friends of mine...
Will you report what you know? Has anyone?
Will you report what you know? Has anyone?
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 11, 2006 1:33 PM
: May 11, 2006 1:33 PM
We must get rid of thr so-called rabbonim and so-called leaders who have practically destroyed Yiddishkeit.Including the gutless pricks who keep quiet.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 11, 2006 1:38 PM
: May 11, 2006 1:38 PM
Rabbi M's Daughter, do I know you in realspace? Do I know Rabbi M? I've known a couple. Beryl Moskovitz is a real mensch and so are his kids. Elliot is a lamed vavnik.
BTW, I can always use a place for Shabbat and Yom Tov meals. I promise to try not to discuss anything the Yated won't print. LOL. Call me @ 248-968-3614.
I'm sorry about your friends who were molested. Was it at a boys' school or a girls' school? Bunny Friedman told me, while insisting it wasn't a big problem, that they fired three teachers for molesting children during his tenure at YBY. I've lived here my entire life and never heard a thing about it until now.
BTW, I can always use a place for Shabbat and Yom Tov meals. I promise to try not to discuss anything the Yated won't print. LOL. Call me @ 248-968-3614.
I'm sorry about your friends who were molested. Was it at a boys' school or a girls' school? Bunny Friedman told me, while insisting it wasn't a big problem, that they fired three teachers for molesting children during his tenure at YBY. I've lived here my entire life and never heard a thing about it until now.
Hey Captzem, quit picking on Flatbush people. I hear there are some problems like this in your area or BP. See UOJ for details.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 11, 2006 2:19 PM
: May 11, 2006 2:19 PM
Victims of Yidi Kolko:
Call Jeff Herman, the attorney suing Kolko and Margulies and Agudah. His phone number is 1-800-686-9921 and his email address is jherman@hermanlaw.com.
The awards will range from $100,000.00 to over $1,000,000.00. He is a big mentsch and will protect your identity. The lawsuits are being filed using John Doe instead of the victims names.
Please don't wait untill it's too late. Torah Temimah's money will not last forever.
Call Jeff Herman, the attorney suing Kolko and Margulies and Agudah. His phone number is 1-800-686-9921 and his email address is jherman@hermanlaw.com.
The awards will range from $100,000.00 to over $1,000,000.00. He is a big mentsch and will protect your identity. The lawsuits are being filed using John Doe instead of the victims names.
Please don't wait untill it's too late. Torah Temimah's money will not last forever.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 11, 2006 4:06 PM
: May 11, 2006 4:06 PM
*shrugs* why not, I guess I can use some more money.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 11, 2006 6:06 PM
: May 11, 2006 6:06 PM
can i get kolko to molest me now (im 40)
i having a hard time paying my mortgage
i having a hard time paying my mortgage
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 12, 2006 12:23 AM
: May 12, 2006 12:23 AM
That's not funny. If the allegations are true the victims would have bitter consequences and deserve to be compansated, at the very least.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 12, 2006 10:31 AM
: May 12, 2006 10:31 AM
Mr./Ms. 12:01 i don't know what you are doing here. I have never agreed to, much less thought much of, anything written by the apparent "laydigeiers" on this site. But I am in complete agreement with you. My sentiments exactly.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 12, 2006 11:24 AM
: May 12, 2006 11:24 AM
Editor, I might just call you some time!
You may know Rabbi M but you don't know me.
P.S. It wasn't my friends who were molested. That was someone else's post.
You may know Rabbi M but you don't know me.
P.S. It wasn't my friends who were molested. That was someone else's post.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 12, 2006 4:23 PM
: May 12, 2006 4:23 PM
The sarcastic and cynical comments have no place in a discussion about predatory pedophiles in the yeshivas and girls' schools.
Anonymous at 12:01, I can't decide if you are a brilliant satirist of frum narishkeit or you really mean all that drivel.
i believe that being such a closed minded community (which is a very good thing!)
i can understand reason to keep this quite as not to let our youngsters get to smart here
Yes, if they get too smart they might learn how to spell words like quiet and too.
and beside they might get curious beyond this....
Rachmana Latzlan!!! So let's get this straight, you want to live in a close minded community that discourages our children's curiosity and doesn't want them to be smart. Just regurgitate that same old gemaras over and over. Pressburg has won, Frankfurt has lost. Anything new must truly be assur. Do you not let your children read the Rashi on Pinchas, Zimri and Cozbi for fear they might get curious?
If this is what a good Jew is, than I don't want to be a good Jew.
Rabbi M's Daughter, your daddy raised a kluger maidel. They sure didn't teach you Schopenhauer in Bais Yakov - though Mrs. Rabinowitz could certainly discuss it intelligently.
Anonymous at 12:01, I can't decide if you are a brilliant satirist of frum narishkeit or you really mean all that drivel.
i believe that being such a closed minded community (which is a very good thing!)
i can understand reason to keep this quite as not to let our youngsters get to smart here
Yes, if they get too smart they might learn how to spell words like quiet and too.
and beside they might get curious beyond this....
Rachmana Latzlan!!! So let's get this straight, you want to live in a close minded community that discourages our children's curiosity and doesn't want them to be smart. Just regurgitate that same old gemaras over and over. Pressburg has won, Frankfurt has lost. Anything new must truly be assur. Do you not let your children read the Rashi on Pinchas, Zimri and Cozbi for fear they might get curious?
If this is what a good Jew is, than I don't want to be a good Jew.
Rabbi M's Daughter, your daddy raised a kluger maidel. They sure didn't teach you Schopenhauer in Bais Yakov - though Mrs. Rabinowitz could certainly discuss it intelligently.
Editor, you are very perceptive in knowing that Schopenhauer never comes up in discussions at Bais Yakov!
(I have heard of you before, by the way.)
Shabbot shalom, Editor.
(I have heard of you before, by the way.)
Shabbot shalom, Editor.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 12, 2006 8:54 PM
: May 12, 2006 8:54 PM
Another victim filed a new lawsuit against the two monsters, Kolko and Margulies. This is just starting. Kolko may end up in handcuffs very soon.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 14, 2006 2:18 AM
: May 14, 2006 2:18 AM
At the request of others, I've started up Bozoyon, the official Blog of the Bozoer Rebbe. I plan to cover narishkeiten from the Detroit frum community. The first topical post is that Aryeh Kaplan is now an apikores according to the frummies. You can find it @ bozoyon.blogspot.com
Isn't it amazing that all these 'people' have been filing lawsuits and not ONE has come forward? Is it really possible to file lawsuits in New York state while remaining anonymous?
If all these 'hundreds' of people have come forward, why hasn't any of the press, who DID run the story when it first came out, picked up in this item?
Lastly, how do so many people here assume guilty without any proof? This is contrary both from a Jewish perspective and from the perspective of the law in the United States.
If all these 'hundreds' of people have come forward, why hasn't any of the press, who DID run the story when it first came out, picked up in this item?
Lastly, how do so many people here assume guilty without any proof? This is contrary both from a Jewish perspective and from the perspective of the law in the United States.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 14, 2006 12:40 PM
: May 14, 2006 12:40 PM
EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT
Un-Orthodox Jew said...
The prestigous New York Magazine has a full expose on the sexual abuse problem in the Orthodox Jewish community and the organized attempt by the "rabbis" to cover it up. Written by the acclaimed journalist Robert Kolker, he uncovers the ugly truth about our community.
In particular, he focuses on Yeshivah Torah Temimah's principal Lipa Margulies. Margulies has known about Yehuda Kolko for thirty five years and intentionally harbored a known pedophile, subjecting thousands of children to the ill and dangerous first grade teacher and school administrator.
Without me going into
details...this is one story nobody should miss.
OUT TOMORROW!!!!
May 14, 2006
Un-Orthodox Jew said...
The prestigous New York Magazine has a full expose on the sexual abuse problem in the Orthodox Jewish community and the organized attempt by the "rabbis" to cover it up. Written by the acclaimed journalist Robert Kolker, he uncovers the ugly truth about our community.
In particular, he focuses on Yeshivah Torah Temimah's principal Lipa Margulies. Margulies has known about Yehuda Kolko for thirty five years and intentionally harbored a known pedophile, subjecting thousands of children to the ill and dangerous first grade teacher and school administrator.
Without me going into
details...this is one story nobody should miss.
OUT TOMORROW!!!!
May 14, 2006
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 14, 2006 2:24 PM
: May 14, 2006 2:24 PM
It is a chilul hashem, but how else does one put an end to the alleged behavior - by telling him to stop???
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 14, 2006 7:01 PM
: May 14, 2006 7:01 PM
R Kolko has retired. He will collect full pension and retirement benefits in return for his illustrious career. He performed wonderfully for the Yeshiva and he will be sorely missed. It is doubtful whether anyone can fill his shoes.
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: May 14, 2006 9:06 PM
