#Terrorist attacks on recalcitrant husbands: Enter #Rabbis Epstein and Wolmark and their eight burly #Jewish persuaders. The #US attorney says that over the past 20 years many #Hassidic wives have come to Epstein for help. Recently, an #FBI agent, posing as such a truly desperate Hassidic housewife, obtained this response from him: Epstein said he and Wolmark get “tough guys” who would use “electric cattle prods, karate, handcuffs and place plastic bags over the heads of husbands” in order to get what they wanted. Epstein and Wolmark allegedly charged up to $100,000 to kidnap and torture a husband. Epstein would then take his statement from the battered husband, releasing his wife to the presiding religious court, which would grant the divorce. The U.S. government said up to 20 husbands have been coerced through torture over the past 20 years to grant such divorces. The U.S. government has not described this as a possible hate crime. Why not? It is certainly very similar, and far more injurious, than the hate crime committed by 15 Amish men and women who forcibly cut the beards and hair of their theological rivals several years ago. In that case, the government contended that the religious rights of the victims were violated because of the spiritual significance the Amish place on beards. By shaming them, the 15 beard cutters were guilty of bias motivation, plus conspiracy and assault; a hate crime. The 15 defendants were sentenced to between one and 15 years in federal prison under the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act (See Convicted Amish Are Not Hate Criminals) truthtellers.org/alerts/Kidnapping-Torturing-NYC-Rabbis-should-be-Hate-Criminals.html
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:01:25 +0000