Williamsburg, NY – Dad Apologizes for Hate Son

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    Photo Credit: NY PostWilliamsburg, NY – An apologetic New Jersey dad whose troublemaker son threatened to shoot a Hasidic shopkeeper in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in a boozy tirade as was reported on VIN News, insisted that his wayward offspring is mentally ill and not an anti-Semite.

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    “I don’t want people to think it’s a hate crime. It’s a drunk thing,” said distraught dad Ben Kircher Sr., 58.

    “He’s not that kind of person when he’s not drinking,” he said of his estranged son, Ben Jr., 28.


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    nichnas yayin yutza sod!

    chabadnik
    chabadnik
    15 years ago

    May you have asach nachas

    joeflix
    joeflix
    15 years ago

    Its very nice, Mentchlich and responsible of the Dad to appologize. He deserves a minimum of respect for that.

    Thats all

    Cangaroo
    Cangaroo
    15 years ago

    Joe I’m with you on this one..

    Murray
    Murray
    15 years ago

    Nice spin on it, I don’t buy it for a minute.

    Everything today is blame it on the alcohol. Also, it is well known that “when wine goes in, truth comes out” to paraphrase. And Mel Gibson is Not anti-semitic….until alcohol takes over. Enough already- ok-the son is mental, and a drunk, But he is also a Danger, and an anti-semite. The Dad is probbably an OK guy.

    Lock & Load
    Lock & Load
    15 years ago

    I say…

    Like Father Like Son…..

    Lock & Load

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    lock & load, I don’t get your point, the father appears to be a very decent guy, instead of hihding behind the curtain he comes out with an apology. It’s not hard to imagine the pain and difficult times the father goes through with such a son. the father is to be praised.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    I don’t see any indications this way or another, the nature of the story doesn’t tell us if the guy was antisemitic motivated, this boy might be just undesired existence, but it might be worse, first go after it!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    I don’t see any indications this way or another, the nature of the story doesn’t tell us if the guy was antisemitic motivated, this boy might be just an undesired existence, but it might be worse, first go after it!! after all if you look at picture you notice that the incidence happened in a blessed neighborhood..

    political  analyst
    political analyst
    15 years ago

    a father need not aplogise for his grown son.

    that doesn’t mean his son isn’t an anti-semite. people’s true colors show when intoxicated.

    A Hassidic Jew and Proud
    A Hassidic Jew and Proud
    15 years ago

    OK

    So now I’m waiting for the moron who’ll inevitably add something about yidden who steal and their fathers don’t apologize blah blah blah.

    Robroy560
    Robroy560
    15 years ago

    Ok… I’ll add something… This was a bad story and now we know the guy was mentally ill. But we all should learn humility and be able to apologize when our kids (or we) do something wrong.

    Years ago I broke something in my shul’s catering hall. It was a complete accident. I fessed up right away, helped clean up and offered to pay for the damage – even though I was only 15. The caterer was blown away because he was used to people making excuses for kids, people not apologizing and kids in the shul simply lying when they broke something. He rewarded my honesty and hired me as a busboy.

    Fast forward to today… I have watched plenty of kids be completely disrepectful to adults. The kids don’t apologize and neither do their parents. If my father saw me be rude to an adult in shul, even if it was at a kiddush, I would be smacked across the head with the largest sefer he could find. Then both of us would apologize; me for being rude and he for not training me better.

    But people don’t get me wrong; I agree with the actions that were taken. Yidden of all stripes need to stand up and fight, when appropriate.

    Shana Tova to all.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    What’s with the photo? Does it have specific relevance?

    Avraham Abba
    Avraham Abba
    15 years ago

    Interesting…How come he didn’t threaten to shoot a Latino gang member?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    Robroy560, you mean that while holding a sefer he would smack you with his hand. A sefer is heilig and should not used for whacking. even a slap should be donne the Yiddishe way, to me mechanech your child, and not because you are angry.