Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called “The Hypocrisy of False Repentance.”
We firmly believe that there is true Divine justice by the Almighty (even if not always by our court system), and that if we don’t do good and work at perfecting our deficiencies as is our purpose in Olam Hazeh (this world), then we will suffer the consequences in the World to Come.
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
There are many ways that children get abused.
This one was by food!
The parent was feeding their child a HUGE bag of Cheetos for breakfast.
The bag was fully ripped open down the middle, so it couldn’t really be closed and nothing would be left anyway.
If that wasn’t enough, on the airplane, the parent then gave the child 2 more bags of PopCorners.
Honestly, I felt bad for the kid(s), who seemed like good, sweet kids.
But this is not the way to teach them to eat without getting them sick.
Trying to judge people for the positive: maybe the parent thought they were doing something nice for the kid by letting them eat all these snacks–like a treat.
But honestly, this wasn’t doing the child any favors, no matter what the flavors! 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called “When Hypocrisy Leads to Abuse.”
As many of you, I have been following the news about sexual abuse allegations against Rabbi Chaim Walder and have been horrified and disgusted that this renowned ultra-orthodox Children’s book author and therapist is now accused of abusing the same. Like community Rabbis (e.g. Rabbi Barry Freundel) or Jewish educators (e.g. Stanley Rosenfeld), this phenomenon of using a privileged position to take advantage of women and children is certainly, by this time, not new and remains a stain on the Jewish community, no different than that of the Catholic Church or the Boy Scouts for the abuse by its priest and leaders on those that trusted them and the religious values and ideals they represent.
Truly, these horrible acts of hurting, abusing, and scarring for life women and children (including boys) are regrettably alal around us, whether with domestic violence, rape, sexual abuse, and human trafficking. But fortunately now they are at least “out of the closet” where rather than have the community deny the possibility that such evil exists or even circle the wagons to wholly protect the perpetrators (before fully investigating the facts), we now have greater recognition and are working towards accountability of these wrongs, and hopefully, far greater protection for people in the future.
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