Lakewood, NJ – A local couple were arrested after police say they kidnapped a man and beat him before dropping him off in New York.
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David Wax, 48, and Judy Wax, 46, both of Somerset Avenue, here, were charged with kidnapping. David Wax was also charged with criminal restraint, luring, aggravated assault, theft and robbery, and Judy Wax was charged with conspiracy.
Sometime after 9 p.m. Saturday, David and Judy Wax handcuffed Yisrael Bryskman, 36, and moved him into a room at their home on Somerset Avenue before beating him and ordering him to call his family and demand money, according to Lt. William Addison.
Bryskman, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was staying in Lakewood, and was seeking employment with the Waxes when they assaulted him, said Addison.
After being dropped off in Brooklyn, Bryskman went to the hospital and was treated for a broken nose, several cuts to his head and black eyes, according to Addison.
He went to Lakewood police headquarters and reported the incident to the watch commander around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, said Addison.
Bryskman’s Palm Pilot, thumb drive, hat, coat and $200 to $300 in cash were stolen. Police don’t believe the Waxes received any money from Bryskman’s family.
This case is being investigated by detectives Steven Wexler and Daniel Pworkoski.
Bail was set at $750,000 for David Wax and $400,000 for Judy Wax and both are being held at the Ocean County Jail in Toms River
Its a get issue
What the H???? Who are these people? And what kind of employment was he seeking?
Was this case involving an Aguna?
They run the Taryag Heritage Foundation.
lets just say there is MUCH more to the story & we’ll see who everyone will side with once the story breaks.
A shanda! A Yiddisha couple beating a fellow Yid! If they are convicted, they should get the book thrown at them.
I hope the comments stay kosher.
Before anyone comments do a google search pm ayisroel Meir Briskman.
This animal has left his poor wife penniless, homeless and alone, no hope for a normal happy life.
HE is holding his wife hostage. HE is the kidnapper, HE should be prosecuted.
oh, my god.
what – this sounds insane and there must be more to the story
Can someone with a little “inside” information clarify this story to me?
The frum Israeli victim (a Choshuva Kolel Yungerman), is a mechaber of Seforim,
The couple arrested, along with others, were paid by his father in law to force a Get from him despite the original Psak Bes Din (Charedi) in Israel that his wife was a Moredes.
His FIL ($$$$) then went to the Raba’nut’ Bes Din of his friend and got a psak that drove him from the country.
Rav Shmuel Kaminetzki has already said that this a Get Meusa. They will get what they deserve.
EMES
The person that was beaten up is refusing to give his wife a get. He has many gedolim is Eretz Yisroel that have backed him in this, because there are many issues here. We live in america, and violence is not what we do. Now let us all go and cry pidyom shvuim, and raise money, and blame the guy who was beaten to a pulp!!!
to # 9
you obviously don’t have a clue! the bais din was bought off by her rich father. she is not penniless or homeless by any means. that is such a lie its ridiculous. she is living the good life that she wanted & kept his kids from him. its all her parents fault
Don’t believe everything you read on the internet about YMB. He has a Psak from the Chareidi Bes Din in his favor. (They called his wife a Moredes). He tried to settle but they would not. They went to a second Bes Din that paskened against him. (against Halacha) They took away his son from his custody. (also against halacha)
There is a lot more to this story, but censorship on these forums don’t allow the truth to come out.
her parents started this, now they will get what they deserve. don’t judge briskman w/o knowing the whole true story. and even if you disagree w/ him, what the wax’s did was WRONG. ( to put it mildly)
True he might not have given his wife a Get yet, however, this is not Taliban country we have laws that we have to obey.
I don’t know all the details of this case, but that that he got a psak by a “chareidi” bes din SEEMS to have nothing to do with anything! Even if she is a moredes why hasn’t he given a get? A moredes gets given a get even against her will, she doesn’t get sent away without a get! Besides, did he have a hetter to to moser on wax? I don’t know much and I’m sure there is much more to the story, but I’m definitely confused!
Anyone who went threw a Get in Israel like myself can testify, that the Butei Dinim there are full of it…, you can’t trust them, and especially the the Rabanut, they will always be on the side of the woman no matter what.
lets make it clear, that i don’t know this case, but it looks to me that she wanted to take away the best he had ever had – his kids + all his money for child support and so on, so he will never be able to start a new life again, and if this is the case he is totally right for refusing to give her a Get.
i can just hope, that the Rabunim will come out and say clear that this Mordas (according to the comments above) is still married to him Al Pee Halachah, and was a Get Misha.
you get permission to moser abt a financial issue, if someone beats u up like this, u run to report it!
no matter what he did, as yidin, we do not beat pple up when we have a problem or a fight w them! we are not like the goyim
He got his palm pilot taken? Who still owns a palm pilot?
No. 6 would you say the same if your daughter were to remain an Aguna and will never be able to marry again. Silence is a great virtue before you put your foot in your mouth (while wearing your winter boots)
29 comments. 29 maybe’s. 29 I really don’t know what happened. 29 useless obsevations without knowing the facts.
How about one No comment. Let the Rabbonim / legal authorities deal with facts. Treat the situation as if it were your daughter and grandchildren and as if he were your son. Take off your sunglasses.
What is clear here is that nothing is clear. That said, no one today has the authority of kofin oso ad sheyomer rotzeh ani, against the psak of another beis din. All it provides is fodder for chilul shem shamayim.
i wonder what the people who beating up were thinking
this is america if you beat up you go to jail
did they think he wont make a police report?
its after 9-11 if you beat up someone he goes to the police
CAN ANYONECONFIRM were they released yet
Does anyone know the REAL story here, not just speculation?
facts…
was “explained” what he has to do (by hired professionals), in front of askanim and rabanim involved, and forced to sign the get, which he did after some “convincing” !!!
This case sounds complicated and I think people should not be commenting when they don’t know all the details. Why not wait and when all the correct details are made public, then you can comment.
Could someone please explain what a Moredes is. Thank you.
The whole argument about get is a pointless argument, and NOONE knows what is going on! What IS known, to the press, the world and the FBI, is kidnapping and assault. THEY don’t care a bit about get m’useh, kofin oso, moredes, etc. THEY care about locking up kidnappers.
What kind of world are we living in? If someone would tell me the story without using names, I would never believe that this was a frum couple beating people up.
Never mind the Chillul Hashem caused here. Beating up people is not my religion.
A shanda, to say the least.
אמר שלמה ראיתי דמעת העשוקים ואין להם מנחם וכל מי שמתיר עגונה אחת בזמן כאלו בנה אחת מחרבות ירושלים העליונה להציל בחינה אחת מן אשת חיל וד”ל.” (שו”ת ב”ח החדשות סימן סד).
Its very hard to know facts as long as you are not involved
There is a yungerman in boro park who doesn’t want to give a get and goes arounds convincing the whole world how right he is and since he has a good mouth many people believe him
But when they get involved to help him they suddenly see how abusive he is to his wife and to everyone who thinks a bit different then him
This teaches me a lesson never take sides without knowing the facts
Poster # 20 (Proud Orthodox Jew); I know even less than you about this story. (And I usually don’t comment on private conflicts or accusations about individuals.) But one point in your post cracked me up laughing. You ask (rhetorically) whether Mr. Briskman had a “Heter” from Rabbonim to go “Mosser” on the Waxes. How should he have gone to Bais din?!, in a wheelchair, all bloodied up with a broken nose. Probably, with some teeth missing, too.
If The Moredes is trying to take the kids,his money, his house and everything else this poor guy worked for, then he is right for not giving her a GET.
I don’t know who is right since I don’t know the case
But there is no question that if someone gets beaten up he has to call police and not a ruv this is the halacha
Only am hahratzim claim that you need a ruv when you use violence shulchen aruch and poskim claim otherwise
Reply to Bigwheeel: lol but to be perfectly honest I wonder what the Halacha is in such a case. Would he have to get a hetter IF his LIFE isn’t threatened?
Reply to #51 - nobody is ever right in not giving his wife a get- but this unfortunate youngerman, a big talmid cacham, just wanted custody of his son, which the beis din gave him-many things happened to force him to leave Israel, and this site won”t let me post them here,but do not believe everything you hear. Her parents flew here Thursday and left here Sunday with the get, but we all know how much such a get is worth.They probably thought he would be too scared to maser on the thugs hired to beat him up-B’H it did’nt work out that way, and the story is out.
SOME MORE ABOUT YHE CASE: On Tuesday it was reported in the EY Chareidi press that after 4 years of not giving a get the infamous Briskman has finally given a get. The way it was reported there was that the husband and wife both come from choshuver families got married, had kids, but the shiduch didn’t work out. When they went to BD briskman said he wants the apartment and until he gets it he won’t give a get. He then ran away and over the past few years showed up all over the world. There were many letters from BD about him but to no avail. He even is (was) a wanted man in Israel for not giving a get and wasn’t permitted to leave the state. He managed to escape and ran from place to place.
It is interesting to note that in none of the Hebrew chareidi articles that I read was there a mention of the guy getting a heter from any BD whatsoever! Morever his case made such headlines in Israel that it was even reported by Arutz Shevah that this guy wouldn’t give his wife a get!
Somewhat more recently the BD in EY put him in complete cherem barring anyone to count him in a minyan hire him or help him in any which way weather regarding this issue or any thing else!
The story is reported that recently when the family Of the girl heared that he was in NY they hired the italion mafia to work on the situation.
A week ago the family was told that they may catch the guy and the girl and her mother flew in to America. The mafia caught the guy and although it’s not known what the mafia did by the next day the guy came to a BD and said he wants to give a get. The girl quickly came and got the get and arrived back in EY yesterday!
It’s interesting to note that this story came out before the wax’s were arrested and before anyone knew anything about this case!
Another point to ponder is If it really was the Wax’s who beat him how dumb would they be to show there faces?
Yankela #24 , you are wrong. Botei Din in EY rarely take the side of the wife. I know, I’m very involved with a case there & I got my secular lawyer cousin to look into the case. HE says the wife needs a cut-throat, no holds barred lawyer to destroy the husband before he kills his wife.
Which he tried to do, in front of their children. And yes, he did sit B”H. Not long enough, unfortunately.
Excuse my ignorance, but the only term I read here that I’m not familiar with is Moredes. Definition, please.
Moser on someone who beat the kishka out of him??!!! You’re kidding me!
I wonder if you, Mr. #20 , get beaten to a pulp by a fellow Yid — would YOU go to a bais din? I doubt it.
Your life doesn’t have to be in danger to get a heter to go to police
Any violence physical or even financial violence needs to be reported to the police al pi halucha
If you get beaten up go to the police
People making their own Torah, amazing. He didn’t give a get so beat him up, besides how Sick this story is this is also a Get Me’Usoh, she is a Aishes Ish, L’chol Hadeios.
And those Animals that beat him up….
Lock ’em up & throw away the key!!!!
once a marraige is unfixable a get needs to be given -if she got the get -job well done -the waxs are very respectable people & i can see how ones blood can boil when either side is acting like abnoxious brat
this will be a fine get
#55 - thanks for the good points
said many times that witholding a get is a ONE WAY TICKET TO HELL -by no means are the woman always right but if the marraige has no way of working out – both neshomos need to move on and only after a get are the neshomos DISCONNECTED SPIRITUALLY & can be granted new lease on life
#63 …its not a kosher get if its forced.
#64….#55’s story is not the whole truth. he was given his son, who was kept from him.