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New York City - Not in our jails.

Mayor Bloomberg said today that the city has launched an investigation into who allowed a wealthy inmate to host a lavish bar mitzvah behind bars for his son at the downtown lockup known as the Tombs.

“Clearly, this is not something that should have taken place,” Bloomberg said.

The Post reported in an exclusive story today that Tuvia Stern, a financial-scam artist who jumped bail and spent nearly 20 years on the lam, was allowed to hold the party.

City Correction Department officials permitted him to use his own caterer, who supplied kosher food, china, forks—and knives—for about 60 guests who partied and danced the hora for six hours in the jailhouse gym.

Stern’s family and friends were allowed to keep their cellphones—normally a huge security no-no. And Stern was given the OK to dress in clothing appropriate for the occasion.

The guest list at the jail included several prominent rabbis as well as Yaakov Shwekey, a popular Orthodox singer, and a band.

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The city threw in its own present—overtime pay for the correction officers staffing the soiree.

The Dec. 30 bash was so successful that jailbird Stern chose the same venue four months later for his daughter Breindy’s engagement party for 10 family members, sources said.

Shame-faced Correction officials yesterday quietly disciplined five top employees, including a rabbi and an imam, for signing off on the bar mitzvah.

“I’ve never seen, in my career, anything as stupid as this,” said a Department of Correction insider about the bar mitzvah, which was permitted over the objections of at least one jail official. “It’s outrageous what transpired.”

Correction Commissioner Martin Horn was “livid” and “views the events as a spectacularly gross error of judgment up and down the command chain,” said a department source.

Horn suspended Rabbi Leib Glanz, the correction chaplain who arranged the bar mitzvah, for two weeks.

Four other officials were stripped of two weeks of vacation.

Bloomberg said the Department of Investigation is now looking into the matter.

“I don’t care how you sugarcoat,” said Bloomberg.


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1

 Jun 11, 2009 at 01:47 PM nebech Says:

nebech! wow everything is so bad these days! i cant take it!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 01:53 PM fahrfrumt Says:

Reply to #1  
nebech Says:

nebech! wow everything is so bad these days! i cant take it!

Bad? Which part is bad? The part where he's so wealthy or the part with him not having to miss his son's bar mitzvah even though he got "so wealthy"?

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:17 PM yoelish Says:

Reply to #2  
fahrfrumt Says:

Bad? Which part is bad? The part where he's so wealthy or the part with him not having to miss his son's bar mitzvah even though he got "so wealthy"?

Neither! The part that shows what orthodox jews are capable of. And please dont start crying '' yeah, but they hate us anyway''. That may be true, but we don't have to add to that.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:17 PM yoelish Says:

Reply to #2  
fahrfrumt Says:

Bad? Which part is bad? The part where he's so wealthy or the part with him not having to miss his son's bar mitzvah even though he got "so wealthy"?

Neither! The part that shows what orthodox jews are capable of. And please dont start crying '' yeah, but they hate us anyway''. That may be true, but we don't have to add to that.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:15 PM What's Sad?? Says:

Reply to #2  
fahrfrumt Says:

Bad? Which part is bad? The part where he's so wealthy or the part with him not having to miss his son's bar mitzvah even though he got "so wealthy"?

No, it's the fact that the guest list included sveral promnent Rabonim. That is a massive chillul hashem. Give kavod to a szhlub who scammed others out of money in order to give tzeddakah is alled a chillul hashem.

When will the rabbonim stop giving kavod to yeider mushchiss regardless of the crime committed? This guy is not a person picked up for missing jury duty, at the fact that his daughter's vort took place there four months later should strike you.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:14 PM Satmar Man Says:

Sorry, but I don't care how much money he has, and I don't care about his missing these parties.
Jail is NOT the place for them. Such a thing makes a mockery of our already nearly useless criminal justice system.
It is not that I do not have compassion, I do. But this is wrong.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:49 PM Very sad Says:

This will cause less frum Jews to be hired in the real world. This is because the wider population sees that a rabbinic chaplain purposely shorted the system in order to benefit a fellow Jew. This proves to them that Jews are more loyal to their own cronies than they are to their employers. The chaplain and the "Prominent Rabbis" put their personal interests ahead of the interests of the klal.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:44 PM Anonymous Says:

shame on all of you, can any reader ever expect the feelings of those guys serving, don’t we all pray for 2nd chance, most and everyone there regrets their past, but prison does it hurts their entire future, and for us Jews future means a lot, its kids, grand kids and so on, so to see all of you constantly trying to protect goy and bash your own family is ridiculous. Chilel hashsm is your problem ha?, can u tell how u look, what clothes you ware, how your wife is dressed, are you always in shul learning, what chesed do you do not in the public eye, everyone has there goods and bad, but to always see the same people bashing others, is sick and crazy, how do you expect hasham to help us when we don’t go the extra mile for our brothers and sisters, shame on you shame!!!!!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:43 PM Anonymous Says:

Rabbi Glantz is a Tzaddik he helps the yiddish inmates everyday whatever he could.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:37 PM Anonymous Says:

if it wasn't for R' Arya Lieb Glanz our brothers in prison would not be able to survive, don't worry about the two week suspension, keep up the great work, you are hashems shlioch to help this people and you do your amazing work with out anybody even knowing what you do, KILO LASHAM

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:25 PM Anonymous Says:

Mazal tov to the Buchur and the Kallah Breindy

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:57 PM i know him Says:

I went a couple of years back to brazil for a simcha, and stayed at a hotel- tuvia met me and invited me to his house to stay. he really looked after me there, Areally nice guy all ways helping people amd making every one feel at home. am sure all the big guys from wall street sitting receive parties-however when Mike Bloomberg heard its a jew he poped up. its non of his buissness and not his department at all. He is a mayor not a judge!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:56 PM yankel Says:

This is the latest thing. Instead of a Bar Mitzvah without a bar, having one behind bars.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 03:01 PM Chuchum Says:

let me ask what should be the most obviouse question: if he was on the lamb for 20 years, how does he have a 13 year old son? :-)

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:59 PM Avrohom Abba Says:

Mr. Bloomberg would never be upset if this inmates wife got ten poarking tickets while waiting outside for her son to come out.
Mr. Bloomberg, chill out and allow aq bit of behavior thaqt is nt aimed to hurt anyone.
Shame on you mayor. You just couldn't handle a bar mitzvah in jail. The mayor is probably thinking, "Oh gosh, oh golly, how dare they have a family celebration?"

Is that your attitude Mr. Bloomberg? What is so bad about that? It's against the law? So they couldn't change the law. But you Mr. Mayor, it was against the law to run for a third term in office. So, you had enouhg money to get that law changed.
This means that money can change laws. That shows you that it's okay to buy justice.
Hypocrite!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 03:21 PM Anonymous Says:

He was never convicted he is innocent until proven guilty

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 03:18 PM Rational Individual Says:

These events and the publicity will set back the rights of frum prisoners for years to come. Next time a frum prisner (and there are unfortunately many of them) requests a legit accomodation, I'm sure the prison officials will think twice before granting it to counter the perception that Frum Jews are being allowed to take advantage.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 03:11 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #8  
Anonymous Says:

shame on all of you, can any reader ever expect the feelings of those guys serving, don’t we all pray for 2nd chance, most and everyone there regrets their past, but prison does it hurts their entire future, and for us Jews future means a lot, its kids, grand kids and so on, so to see all of you constantly trying to protect goy and bash your own family is ridiculous. Chilel hashsm is your problem ha?, can u tell how u look, what clothes you ware, how your wife is dressed, are you always in shul learning, what chesed do you do not in the public eye, everyone has there goods and bad, but to always see the same people bashing others, is sick and crazy, how do you expect hasham to help us when we don’t go the extra mile for our brothers and sisters, shame on you shame!!!!!

clearly his future hasn't been all that damaged. his daughter found a shidduch.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 03:42 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #16  
Anonymous Says:

He was never convicted he is innocent until proven guilty

He did jump bail and was on the lam for 20 years. That may be a tad problematic.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 03:41 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #14  
Chuchum Says:

let me ask what should be the most obviouse question: if he was on the lamb for 20 years, how does he have a 13 year old son? :-)

Obviously, his wife was on the same lamb.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 04:09 PM RABBISCHOSSID Says:

HOW RUDE CAN A PERSON?????????????RABBY GLANZ IS THE MOST AMAZIN GUY AT 15 I LEFT HOME .... AND THE ONLY PERSON THAT OPEN HIS HEART AND HOME FOR ME WAS THE RABBI...IM SURE WHATEVER THE RABBI DID WAS TO SAVE ANOTHER YID BECAUSE HIS HEART IS MADE OUT OF GOLD !!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 04:06 PM Anonymous Says:

This guy is very creative, instead of sitting and doing nothing, he should have been let doing something useful for the public. There is a problem with our correctional system, instead of putting all the criminals behind bars, we should give them some work to utilize their talents and experience for public benefits.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 04:03 PM Simcha Says:

Good for them!

I hope the yingel, family, and guests had a great simcha.

Mazal tov!

(To #3: I love my people and want them to be happy.)

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 03:59 PM mnachem Says:

Reply to #19  
Anonymous Says:

He did jump bail and was on the lam for 20 years. That may be a tad problematic.

only a soinah ysroal can writ like this

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 03:57 PM YossiINRikers Says:

Rabbi Glanz is a real Tzadik...He will always be there for every JEW no matter if its Chasidim,Litvaks,Modern,Orthodox,Reform and Consevative...He has done more then his role of duty is....He made a BIG mistake and i can understand why he did it but this is going out all the way from the rules and regulations of the Correction Dept...Rules are made to bend a bit but not to brake..This guy would of been out of prison 18 years ago if he didnt try to beat the system...He ran from one country to the next till UK returned him back home to JAIL....Rabbi Glanz could of arranged a small party with a minyen and NO music and Shveky.....Rabbi Glanz we still respect you and we have a great Hakures Hatoiv what you have done and will keep on doing for Klal Yisroel.....

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 03:31 PM Z.N. Mishegoss Says:

Reply to #15  
Avrohom Abba Says:

Mr. Bloomberg would never be upset if this inmates wife got ten poarking tickets while waiting outside for her son to come out.
Mr. Bloomberg, chill out and allow aq bit of behavior thaqt is nt aimed to hurt anyone.
Shame on you mayor. You just couldn't handle a bar mitzvah in jail. The mayor is probably thinking, "Oh gosh, oh golly, how dare they have a family celebration?"

Is that your attitude Mr. Bloomberg? What is so bad about that? It's against the law? So they couldn't change the law. But you Mr. Mayor, it was against the law to run for a third term in office. So, you had enouhg money to get that law changed.
This means that money can change laws. That shows you that it's okay to buy justice.
Hypocrite!

It's a jail, tateleh. Common sense dictates one doesn't allow sharp things, like cutlery, into jails. Anyone who has the pull to get a catered affair in the slammer isn't going to be satisfied with plastic utensils, right?

Why couldn't they have just sent Stern out to wherever they would've had the simcha with a couple of plainclothes cops?

And can you imagine the poor kid? "Where was your bar mitzvah?" "The Tombs"....

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 05:01 PM Anonymous Says:

Dear Rabbi Arye Leib
"Ashrechu Shtufastu Al Divrei Torah", they just cant stand a Jew helping another Jew, even the Muslim clergy did understand it.
Your doing such a great mizva no question about it, no other yid is doing such a job with so much energy and love.
And the reporter who is also Jewish has a history of a very biased reporting on Hasidim issues therefore we need thank hashem we have our own Jewish world with a different approach to helping Jews in difficult times.
Not just raising money for Jewish museums and arts are helping Jews, a guy behind bars when the family is such in pain and they have a rabbi day and night to turn too its wonderful.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 05:08 PM short on braincells?? Says:

Reply to #14  
Chuchum Says:

let me ask what should be the most obviouse question: if he was on the lamb for 20 years, how does he have a 13 year old son? :-)

on the lam means on the run means living in brazil with his wife...one plus one equals two...... OH for crying out loud!!!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 04:43 PM Anonymous Says:

Rabbi Glanz has a cheshbon that we should not speculate about. This man puts him self out day after day, night after night to help those that made mistakes. True there is too much greed and pushing their luck, but at the end it g-ds job to judge not ours. The Rabbi has saved many and should continue to help others, should help be needed. We can only hope and pray that people will learn a lesson and realize that eventually it catches up to them. You would never want to spend a night at Rikers or in a State prison, it's not club fed with a segregated population and stuffed cabbage.
Hashem Yish mah raynew.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 04:42 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #22  
Anonymous Says:

This guy is very creative, instead of sitting and doing nothing, he should have been let doing something useful for the public. There is a problem with our correctional system, instead of putting all the criminals behind bars, we should give them some work to utilize their talents and experience for public benefits.

That may be true for some prisoners, but this guy jumped bail and fled from facing trial and it took 20 years to get him back. That's not the type of person who gets out on a work release program.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 04:34 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #17  
Rational Individual Says:

These events and the publicity will set back the rights of frum prisoners for years to come. Next time a frum prisner (and there are unfortunately many of them) requests a legit accomodation, I'm sure the prison officials will think twice before granting it to counter the perception that Frum Jews are being allowed to take advantage.

Yes, thank you, this is the crux of the matter and it would behoove us all to realize this will be the inevitable outcome.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 03:53 PM Anonymous Says:

Yes and you schmucks are still gonna vote for this self hating Jew because of מציצה בפה
so far this idiot is מוצץ all of you

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 05:24 PM Anonymous Says:

rabbi glanz is a good man

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 05:24 PM sad jailer Says:

i feel bad that he is in jail but he is sitting for a reason or two in some country's he would not be alive to see naches of his kids you mess up with the law there is a price you got to pay

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 06:26 PM shmiel glassman Says:

A FEW POINTS
imagine having to be in jail for your sons bar mitzva - its not worth the risk for all the $ in the world & bbeis din shel maaloh ????
reb Glanz - is a major asset to the correction system . the correction dept. benefits immensly from his work yes their job is easier
reb glanz love for every inmate had skewed his judgement , he made a mistake but the motive was pure love for a little 13 yr. old bucherel
the mayor will do his investigation & the report will show a dedicated servant to this city & state who erred once in his judgement ,the mayor is a straight person , you dont let great experienced heads fly for single errors
lets look at the big picture vehachai yitein el libow

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 06:20 PM Milhouse Says:

Reply to #19  
Anonymous Says:

He did jump bail and was on the lam for 20 years. That may be a tad problematic.

That doesn't prove his guilt; all it proves is that he's a flight risk, which is why he's in jail instead of at home. If he'd been home on bail there'd be no problem with his having these simchos, would there? So since he can't go to them, why can't they come to him? Who is harmed?

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 06:18 PM Milhouse Says:

Reply to #20  
Anonymous Says:

Obviously, his wife was on the same lamb.

That's a lot of weight for one lamb to carry. When Moshe Rabbenu had to provide transport for his wife and children he got a donkey, not a lamb.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 06:16 PM Milhouse Says:

Reply to #14  
Chuchum Says:

let me ask what should be the most obviouse question: if he was on the lamb for 20 years, how does he have a 13 year old son? :-)

Simple: he took his lamb (cf Shmuel 2 12:3) with him.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 06:13 PM Milhouse Says:

Reply to #34  
sad jailer Says:

i feel bad that he is in jail but he is sitting for a reason or two in some country's he would not be alive to see naches of his kids you mess up with the law there is a price you got to pay

Yeah, he's sitting because they don't trust him not to run away again. Fine. So let him sit. But in the meantime he's entitled to the comforts of home, to whatever extent that's possible. He's still presumed innocent by the law.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 06:11 PM Milhouse Says:

Reply to #5  
What's Sad?? Says:

No, it's the fact that the guest list included sveral promnent Rabonim. That is a massive chillul hashem. Give kavod to a szhlub who scammed others out of money in order to give tzeddakah is alled a chillul hashem.

When will the rabbonim stop giving kavod to yeider mushchiss regardless of the crime committed? This guy is not a person picked up for missing jury duty, at the fact that his daughter's vort took place there four months later should strike you.

Why shouldn't they come? He hasn't been convicted of anything, that's why he's in jail and not in prison. So why should they assume his guilt?

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 07:18 PM Anonymous Says:

Whatevers been said about rabbi glanz can be multiplied several times! I don't think there many more human being like himself! Fortunately we don't know much what goes on in our legal system but I bet you rabbi glanz knows! He has been envolved in helping the three young boys jailed in japan, getting food to jewish inmates as well as being mesameach on purim! he does not deserve any punishment for just helping another fellow yid lift his spirits!!
Mayer mike is a jew hater! That's been proven time and time againa!!!!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 06:12 PM chief of staff:-) Says:

There is no one as much into mitzvos and maasim tovim as Rabbi G. He is the best and is busy with all sorts of people, red, white, green, black purple, Jews of all denominations and non Jews alike.
He didn't do anything without permission, as the article attests to.
The only questions we should see posted are where to send to funds to help Rabbi Glanz in his good works!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 06:04 PM chief of staff Says:

There is no one as much into mitzvos and maasim tovim as Rabbi G. He is the best and is busy with all sorts of people, red, white, green, black purple, Jews of all denominations and non Jews alike.
He didn't do anything without permission, as the article attests to.
The only questions we should see posted are where to send to funds to help Rabbi Glanz in his good works!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 06:01 PM Shlomo Says:

Reply to #12  
i know him Says:

I went a couple of years back to brazil for a simcha, and stayed at a hotel- tuvia met me and invited me to his house to stay. he really looked after me there, Areally nice guy all ways helping people amd making every one feel at home. am sure all the big guys from wall street sitting receive parties-however when Mike Bloomberg heard its a jew he poped up. its non of his buissness and not his department at all. He is a mayor not a judge!

Actually, the Department of Corrections is a City agency and the Commissioner is appointed by the Mayor: it is his business and it his Department.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 06:00 PM Harry P.Ness Says:

Unfortunately there are many sad cases out there like these and there is little that can be done may we only know of simchas in its finest manner

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 05:57 PM erect Says:

this is not how a proper bar mitzvah should be conducted.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 03:10 PM UBET Says:

If he did the crime he should do the time, just like all other inmates. The jews always have to be different? We are hated enough, and now this???? It was a chillel Hashem, no matter which way you look at it. Mr Glanz got good money to do this. Why do us yiddelech have to be in the limelight?????

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 03:09 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #9  
Anonymous Says:

Rabbi Glantz is a Tzaddik he helps the yiddish inmates everyday whatever he could.

He is not "tazddik" if he engages in this kind of mindless behavior....they should terminate his employment and find someone with some common sense, which after reading VIN the past few weeks seems to have become a scarce commodity in certain circles.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 02:57 PM Anonymous Says:

How many more of these "episodes" will it take before those in responsibility for the yiddeshe community begin behaving in a responsible way. This excuse for rabbi (the jail chaplain named Glanz) should himself be jailed for this travesty. The rabbonim who attended are either senile or incapable of making a rational judgement and also should be disciplined by the organizations they work for.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 07:48 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #41  
Anonymous Says:

Whatevers been said about rabbi glanz can be multiplied several times! I don't think there many more human being like himself! Fortunately we don't know much what goes on in our legal system but I bet you rabbi glanz knows! He has been envolved in helping the three young boys jailed in japan, getting food to jewish inmates as well as being mesameach on purim! he does not deserve any punishment for just helping another fellow yid lift his spirits!!
Mayer mike is a jew hater! That's been proven time and time againa!!!!

The issue is not whether the heilege rav is a good neshama. The question is whether he exercised sound judgement in this matter and clearly he did not. The 2 week suspension is appropriate.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 07:48 PM bigwheeel Says:

Reply to #15  
Avrohom Abba Says:

Mr. Bloomberg would never be upset if this inmates wife got ten poarking tickets while waiting outside for her son to come out.
Mr. Bloomberg, chill out and allow aq bit of behavior thaqt is nt aimed to hurt anyone.
Shame on you mayor. You just couldn't handle a bar mitzvah in jail. The mayor is probably thinking, "Oh gosh, oh golly, how dare they have a family celebration?"

Is that your attitude Mr. Bloomberg? What is so bad about that? It's against the law? So they couldn't change the law. But you Mr. Mayor, it was against the law to run for a third term in office. So, you had enouhg money to get that law changed.
This means that money can change laws. That shows you that it's okay to buy justice.
Hypocrite!

Except for the spelling glitches (Literally. The keys glitched and misspellings were born) I agree with R' Avrohom Abba 100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 08:24 PM nebech Says:

there is no way that they were able to do a bar mitzvah and tenoyim without prior authorization! i know the system a little bit and most of you dont know what your talking about! they wouldnt let it happen out of the blue! no way!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 08:24 PM Perele Says:

It's like our rov said, when he was "bar mitzved" back in Ungvar, he was put on a train and sent off to yeshiva, that was his bar mitzvah.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 09:27 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #16  
Anonymous Says:

He was never convicted he is innocent until proven guilty

He ran away! That's guilty right there and then.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 09:08 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #14  
Chuchum Says:

let me ask what should be the most obviouse question: if he was on the lamb for 20 years, how does he have a 13 year old son? :-)

The chuchum from the ma nishtanu is a bit smarter then you. What a chuchum you are asking this klutz kashe. Unless you don't know what 20 years on the lam (not lamb) means.
#12 answered your question, chuchum. He lived in Brazil with his family. Kapish?

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 09:05 PM nebech Says:

you should never understand what it means to have a father, a dear father,in jail!!!!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 08:58 PM get to do what you have to do Says:

please instead of talking with such sinah, please say some tehilim that all innocent convicted/arrested/sentenced yidishe kinder should be freed soon be'h.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 10:44 PM Yisroel Says:

"Prominent Rabbis and Yaakov Shwekey were there." When is the frum community going to wake up and realize that financial improprieties are not only against the law but against Torah? I bet everyone feels bad for this guy because he's in jail, just because he's a Yid.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 10:25 PM RabbiGlantz-ATzadik Says:

Reply to #48  
Anonymous Says:

He is not "tazddik" if he engages in this kind of mindless behavior....they should terminate his employment and find someone with some common sense, which after reading VIN the past few weeks seems to have become a scarce commodity in certain circles.

He got permission to do that, as it says in the article. Can't you get it?! It is written in the Mishnah: Hevey Dan Ess Koll Hoodom Lekaf Zechus!! He did what he felt he had to do since he has a heart of gold and could not bear to see that this father would miss his youngest child Bar Mitsva. Learn some chessed from him before rebuking him!!

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 10:20 PM Agreeing w/57 Says:

I totally agree with #57. We should all get a life and do something more meaningfull than sitting in a chatroom.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 10:58 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #50  
Anonymous Says:

The issue is not whether the heilege rav is a good neshama. The question is whether he exercised sound judgement in this matter and clearly he did not. The 2 week suspension is appropriate.

Well if ur in the feds lock up there is a very devoted emplyee of the bop who has been known to allow inmates to go without tefillin for fear of rocking the boat!!! Now who is better ?? The rabbi who allows a bar mitzva or the rabbi who let's inmates go without tefilin for fear of rocking the boat?

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 09:05 PM nebech Says:

you should never understand what it means to have a father, a dear father,in jail!!!!

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 Jun 12, 2009 at 12:47 AM Anonymous Says:

how can you guys judge this family did anybody give thought what this bochur went through? thinking that his father is alive and shouldn't be able to attend to his barmitzva? do you guys realize that this bochur sacrafised his freinds for this, why judge another yid before you are in there shoes.

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 Jun 12, 2009 at 12:32 AM J K Says:

Rabbi Leib Glanz does what R' Moshe LEIB Sassiever Z"L used to do! his Msiras Nefesh to help 'anyone' has no borders! I know personally that he doesn't have a penny to his name and he would've been able to make a lot of money through his connections and his talent in dealing with officials but he is putting every aside and has one thing in mind that's before everything, that's 'HELPING SOMEONE IN NEED', I wish I should have at least a part of his Olam Habbo!

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 Jun 12, 2009 at 12:28 AM i know him well Says:

If I will start writing about rabbi glanz I will never finish but I just wane bring out a point I know rabbi glanz work and evry day he wakes he is bz helping jews and non jews he will go out of his own way to help you and I can promice that rabbi glanz will evan help this reporter from the post if he will call him for any help if you have had ever need it rabbi glanz you will be amezed what this guy will do and in this century ther is no such a tzadik like him and for all thoes who do not know him should juat make a few phone calls to his family and he will see that one of his own family was once helped by rabbi glanz I know there was a inmate in his jail for 4 months and the rabbi went evry week from door to door to colect mony that the guys wife should have mony for rent and utlity bilss and etc. And that's 1 of the small things what glanz will do and no one knows he will borrow money to help a other person so we need such a man this days evry century had one like moshe manfuri and etc. I am just saying we wll should daven that hashem should help him evry step of the way like the old grand satmer rabbi moshe teitelbaum once told him arye leib I will always makir tova zan and the same with rabbi yankele from antwerp and we all say rabbi glanz be proud of your self you have a great resume and no one of us can beat you

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 Jun 12, 2009 at 08:13 AM Anonymous Says:

So what were you expecting the mayor to do? Send the kid a check?

He is the MAYOR. He is supposed to be upset when rules are ignored.

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 Jun 11, 2009 at 11:34 PM Milhouse Says:

Reply to #58  
Yisroel Says:

"Prominent Rabbis and Yaakov Shwekey were there." When is the frum community going to wake up and realize that financial improprieties are not only against the law but against Torah? I bet everyone feels bad for this guy because he's in jail, just because he's a Yid.

Yes. It's called ahavas yisroel.

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 Jun 12, 2009 at 12:03 AM J J J Says:

Here is the deal. The position Rabbi Glanz has, allows HIM (providing no objection from his superiors) to make the decision of whether or not to EXTEND HIMSELF, Bend over BACKWARDS and spend hours upon hours of his own PERSONAL time to help out a fellow yid. He does it for Satmars, he does it for Lubavitchers and he even helps out non-shomer shabbos Jews like Mayor Mike.

So what is it that you people are complainging about? That Rabbi Glanz used his personal time and State-granted resources and privileges to make the decision that a 13 year old boy, who was born long after the so-caled criminal act was commited be re-united with his father in the jewish manner & Custom and say his bar Mitzva speech in his presence. Wow, you really must love your fellow jews.The fact that there were other fellow yidden who attended to be me'sameach only shows there are still many good people amongst us.

let me tell you all something. Rabbi Glanz is the most selfless, gracious, talented and kind hearted individual that the hasidic movement has been able to produce since world war II. His heart carried the burden of the pains and the difficulties our brothers who made mistakes, or who were innocently thrown into the system suffer. He is the one who stretches out a helping hand, and a loving heart and listening ears to our brothers and their families in the worst point in their lives.

Without Rabbi Glanz the incarceration of a Yin in State prison would be a tsunami of a disaster. Rabbi Glanz is a tzaddik and I personally have witnessed many many cases where only rabbi Glanz was able to achieve any results to help the heartbroken inmates and their families.

You should think before you write - because the next time you get cuffed and thrown into Central booking (for a suspended license perhaps) pray to Hashem it;s not an erev july 4 weekend, which will get you almost a week in the can with only McDonalds semi-soiled wraps for your nutrion needs before you can see a judge. With Rabbi Glanz around these things are almost unheard of.

To Rabbi Glanz, Hashem yisburach shall help you, that you should only continue to grow stronger in your daily chesed shel emes and you shall have all the bruchas that the Ribbono Shel Oilem has promised to people like you: Im Atu Mesameach es sheli - Ani mesameach as Sheloch.

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 Jun 12, 2009 at 08:43 AM Anonymous Says:

Few years ago, I had to go through a surgery (ruptured appendix removal) at Bath Israel hospital in Brooklyn, NY, when I walked up after anesthesia I felt miserable, so I called for a Rabbi (Local Chaplain). When he arrived, he asked what do I want, and when I said I want just to talk, he was very angry (apparently feeling that wasn’t his job) and left. I personally don’t know Rabbi Leib Glanz, but what I read at the NYPost, I feel he fulfils his job description as the Rabbi for 120%, and should be a role model for other Jewish Chaplains

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 Jun 12, 2009 at 09:05 AM Anonymous Says:

If the charges are true, what a chillul Hashem! If Rabbi Glanz wanted an exception to the rules he should have asked permission! Further, imagine what would happen to our society if many politically connected groups would use their "juice" to carve out priviledges in our criminal justice system. I wonder what many frum yidden would say if they read that a Muslim or Christian clergyman did the same things for one their people. I'll bet much of the reaction would be cries of anti-semitism! This is also terrible chinuch for his children. The allegation is notthat he"bent" the rules but broke them.

Obviously, public resources should not be used for private parties.The allegations also include that that he made an annual picnic to kiss up to prison officials and used non-Jewish inmates basically as slaves to clean up. While he may have done good work in the past, if the charges are proven true he should be fired and disciplined.

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 Jun 12, 2009 at 08:48 AM Anonymous Says:

Not knowing R Glanz, I cannot personally say anything about him. But now that he allowed this to take place, who is going to help a frum yid in \ail over the next 2 weeks. He may do wonderful chesed, but he should have thought more carefully this time.
But wake up everyone, Dina D'Malchusa Dina. Financial crime is CRIME. Stealing is an aveira and any chesed Stern may have done is Mitzvah Ha'Baa Baveirah. He should have thought about missing his childrens simchas BEFORE he did the actions, not after. I feel awful for his children, but maybe he should have thought about that before. Frum Jews earn respect and admiration by going above and beyond. Always acting with derech erertz to EVERYONE, following the law and not taking shortcuts. Stories like this just make the frum world look bad

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 Jun 12, 2009 at 11:16 AM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #14  
Chuchum Says:

let me ask what should be the most obviouse question: if he was on the lamb for 20 years, how does he have a 13 year old son? :-)

it means he was avoiding jail for 20 years, you sicko.

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 Jun 12, 2009 at 12:21 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #70  
Anonymous Says:

If the charges are true, what a chillul Hashem! If Rabbi Glanz wanted an exception to the rules he should have asked permission! Further, imagine what would happen to our society if many politically connected groups would use their "juice" to carve out priviledges in our criminal justice system. I wonder what many frum yidden would say if they read that a Muslim or Christian clergyman did the same things for one their people. I'll bet much of the reaction would be cries of anti-semitism! This is also terrible chinuch for his children. The allegation is notthat he"bent" the rules but broke them.

Obviously, public resources should not be used for private parties.The allegations also include that that he made an annual picnic to kiss up to prison officials and used non-Jewish inmates basically as slaves to clean up. While he may have done good work in the past, if the charges are proven true he should be fired and disciplined.

to my understanding, everthing was done with permission!

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 Jun 12, 2009 at 01:53 PM Milhouse Says:

Reply to #71  
Anonymous Says:

Not knowing R Glanz, I cannot personally say anything about him. But now that he allowed this to take place, who is going to help a frum yid in \ail over the next 2 weeks. He may do wonderful chesed, but he should have thought more carefully this time.
But wake up everyone, Dina D'Malchusa Dina. Financial crime is CRIME. Stealing is an aveira and any chesed Stern may have done is Mitzvah Ha'Baa Baveirah. He should have thought about missing his childrens simchas BEFORE he did the actions, not after. I feel awful for his children, but maybe he should have thought about that before. Frum Jews earn respect and admiration by going above and beyond. Always acting with derech erertz to EVERYONE, following the law and not taking shortcuts. Stories like this just make the frum world look bad

And if he never extended himself what would be the point of having him there in the first place? He's not a novi; how should he have known that months later the mayor would decide to chuck a hissy fit?

Stern has not been convicted of anything, and there's no reason his family should have been deprived of his presence at their simchos. Since he couldn't come to them, it only makes sense that they came to him.

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 Jun 12, 2009 at 02:16 PM Perele Says:

Reply to #69  
Anonymous Says:

Few years ago, I had to go through a surgery (ruptured appendix removal) at Bath Israel hospital in Brooklyn, NY, when I walked up after anesthesia I felt miserable, so I called for a Rabbi (Local Chaplain). When he arrived, he asked what do I want, and when I said I want just to talk, he was very angry (apparently feeling that wasn’t his job) and left. I personally don’t know Rabbi Leib Glanz, but what I read at the NYPost, I feel he fulfils his job description as the Rabbi for 120%, and should be a role model for other Jewish Chaplains

sorry you had such a bad experience, however, the goyishe chaplain at Hosp for special surgery brought me a chumash and siddur when I had to stay over Shabbos

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 Jun 16, 2009 at 09:15 AM g-d Says:

Reply to #12  
i know him Says:

I went a couple of years back to brazil for a simcha, and stayed at a hotel- tuvia met me and invited me to his house to stay. he really looked after me there, Areally nice guy all ways helping people amd making every one feel at home. am sure all the big guys from wall street sitting receive parties-however when Mike Bloomberg heard its a jew he poped up. its non of his buissness and not his department at all. He is a mayor not a judge!

its always the nice guys the hurt everyone around them they cover it all up by socalled being nice

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