Antwerp – Sons Of Former Neturei Karta Member Must Be Admitted To All-Girls Belgian School, Judge Rules

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    Antwerp – Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Friedman, notorious for his involvement with the Neturei Karta and the 2006 anti-Zionist and Holocaust-denial conference in Iran, has again found himself at the center of a controversy – this time in Belgium.

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    At the end of 2011, Friedman relocated his wife and seven children from New York to Antwerp, but because of what Friedman calls “revenge” on the part of the Jewish community for his “opinion and good contacts with world leaders”, he has been unable to find a yeshiva which will admit his children. As such, Friedman said he had no choice but to apply for admission for his sons, ages 8 and 11, to the all-girls, Orthodox Jewish Benoth Jerusalem School in Antwerp.

    According to a report in the local Belgian paper, Gazet van Anwerpen (http://bit.ly/VblYff), when Benoth Jerusalem denied admission to his sons, Friedman sued citing a recent decision from the Commission on Students’ Rights which held that a child cannot be denied admission to a school on the basis of their gender.

    A Belgian judge ruled that because yeshivas are subsidized by the Flemish community, Benoth Jerusalem must admit the boys or face a $2,600 penalty per child for each day the boys are not permitted to attend.

    The school board argued that Orthodox Judaism requires the separation of the sexes for educational instruction. Moreover, the board said it is not equipped to educate male students as it does not have male teachers on staff and lacks basic infrastructure such as separate restrooms.

    The school board has until next week to appeal the judge’s ruling.

    In an exclusive VIN interview in 2009, Friedman said he disassociated himself from Neturei Karta.

    Friedman in an interview with Belgian TV ATV discussing the judges ruling.


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    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    11 years ago

    Why doesn’t he send his sons to an all Muslim school?

    11 years ago

    Why doesn’t he just home school his boys rather than making more problems for Yidden the world over!

    yaakov doe
    Member
    yaakov doe
    11 years ago

    I’m surprised that this tzadik is willing to put his sons in an all girls school rather than an all boys yeshiva or madrassa. He certainly doesn’t follow the majority.

    chosid
    chosid
    11 years ago

    Chas vsholom to give the title of “Rabbi” to this miscreant.

    11 years ago

    If he truly desires to send his sons to an all girls school, I believe it is time to call in child services……

    11 years ago

    This man is a meisis umadiach. Klal yisroel hates him!!!

    motherof6
    motherof6
    11 years ago

    He’s becoming crazier by the minute.

    CSLMoish
    CSLMoish
    11 years ago

    Screw him school should fight all the way and let them fine it every day

    11 years ago

    they should make the boys follow the school dress code and have them wear skirts!! This will not exclude any student, and keep all things equal!

    chaimme
    chaimme
    11 years ago

    let him take his wife and kids to egypt or Iran.

    Bezalel
    Bezalel
    11 years ago

    I find the article confusing. “A Belgian judge ruled that because yeshivas are subsidized by the Flemish community, Benoth Jerusalem must admit the boys…” Does that mean the yetshivot are subsidized by the Jewish community in Belgium, or by the government? If the Jewish community, the judge’s action makes no sense.

    If the funding comes from the government, then is only the girls’ school subsidized? If not, why would the judge allow the boys’ school to refuse admission but require the girls’ school to admit?

    Since Friedman calls himself a rabbi (literally, teacher), why can’t he teach his own sons?

    If the girls’ school has to admit the boys, I hope they require them to wear the same uniform that all their other students are obliged to wear.

    jack-l
    jack-l
    11 years ago

    why cant he send them to a neturei carta school
    the fact that he tried to put them in a girls school knowing full well the grief it would cause the jewish community shows how evil he is.
    someone should take him behind the wood shed. and i volunteer

    curious
    curious
    11 years ago

    They should admit his kids. The first day, when they break rules they should suspend them. It won’t take long for this loser’s kids to break all rules

    markisgold
    markisgold
    11 years ago

    If the boys’ yeshivas can refuse entry to his sons, then it’s really ironic that the girls’ school is forced to admit them….

    Truth
    Truth
    11 years ago

    While I understand the Jewish schools not wanting this guy’s kids in their school -they have no right to take revenge on him through his kids. They are doing Sinas Chinum to the Nth degree. He shouldn’t have been forced to do this with the girl’s schools. There was a Moser who moved to Balto. and the Rabbonim said the schools have to take his kids. This guy is Not worse, no matter how much you hate him for his actions. Why do we let Schools and their so-called Rabbonim destroy small Yiddishe Neshamos?

    Dov77
    Dov77
    11 years ago

    And Zev Brenner still applauded him that he did Tshuvah and renounced his actions with the Neturah Karta what an embarrassment to be fooled by such a devil.

    sechelyoshor
    sechelyoshor
    11 years ago

    On what legal grounds can the boys school not admit his sons and why does that reason not apply to his daughters????

    shredready
    shredready
    11 years ago

    Why should they punish the kids

    MistahKurtz
    MistahKurtz
    11 years ago

    It’s wrong to not take the kids. It’s shocking how we in the frum community yell “gevald” when yeshivas or girls schools refuse to take kids for whatever reason, yet in this case we have no problem punishing children because of their father.

    TorahTruth
    TorahTruth
    11 years ago

    This just goes to show that this guy and all of his cohorts are only interested in publicity and could care less about L’Shem Shomayim.

    11 years ago

    When will Klal Yisroel put this piece of drek in cherim? Let him move to Iran, I’m sure that they will welcome him. And as far as taking revenge on the children, that is not the case. They are being taught the same garbage that the father holds and as such constitute a danger to the rest of the students.

    CRITICISM
    CRITICISM
    11 years ago

    The article states that he has disassociated himself from the Karta.
    Can’t you see he’s doing tshuvah!
    Have rachmonis on him!

    enlightened-yid
    enlightened-yid
    11 years ago

    As much as I have disdain for Neturei Karta, I think punishing the kids for their mentally unstable parents is not just. The yeshivos should admit the boys and give them the only normal atmosphere in their lives.

    Does not Neturei Karta have its own school system or they rely on outside yeshivos? Why did he sue a girl’s school and not sue boys’ school for discrimination based on politics of parents? At worst, if the situation is this desperate, I would send the boys to Belgian public schools where the psychological trauma on the boys will not be as severe than being the only boys in class and entire school. Plus, they will get quality education.

    sambayon
    sambayon
    11 years ago

    Just let the boys in and all the girls would sing Chamer Eisel the boys would run for their lives in five minutes

    shredready
    shredready
    11 years ago

    am I and only a few others who really think it is simply wrong to punish the kids for their fathers actions?

    MarkTwain2
    MarkTwain2
    11 years ago

    This sounds like a well calculated chess move on his part to force the hand of that community to admit his children into the schools. I doubt his true intention is to mix the genders. Can the readers get some debate going here whether or not his children should be so punished by the community because of their father. For those who view schools not accepting his kids as punishment to him, please comment on whether or not this is appropriate.

    BLONDI
    BLONDI
    11 years ago

    omg. i feel bad for his children….he should have sent them to a relative who was willing to take them in, and send them to a boys yeshiva…

    Buchwalter
    Buchwalter
    11 years ago

    Not any worse than those making “aliyah” and living off the sacrifices of the “chilonim”, living off the subsidies from chilonim taxes and never lift a finger to hold a gun, defend another jew, stop pontificating they are the mosaic of your new conservative frum yiddishkeit, black hat, payes and giving an interview to a German magazine blasting the illegal entity of Israel, phony like a wooden nickel and not any better the “Hussein Obama”, matter a fact worse

    Nirah-Lee
    Nirah-Lee
    11 years ago

    Nebach, those poor sons…. why should they suffer for the idiocies of their father?!

    SandraM
    SandraM
    11 years ago

    Why would a father punish his children like that? Can you imagine the embarrassment of them having to go to a girls school?
    The guy obviously has more than one lose screw in his head.

    11 years ago

    how cruel is that to subject one’s kids to ridicule to make a point?

    Pragmatist
    Pragmatist
    11 years ago

    The sins of the father are visited on the sons. If a yeshiva were to take them in they have a chance of becoming normal adults. Otherwise they’ll likely end up as nutty as their father.

    Duvid18
    Duvid18
    11 years ago

    aside from the school being for girls, it is also for Jews, he has excluded himself from the Jewish community, the school should simply bring this up that mr. friedman is no longer a Jew

    lazerx
    lazerx
    11 years ago

    wretched person, what else is there to say?

    Rabbi Yair Hoffman
    Admin
    11 years ago

    They should hire a zionist teacher especially for his boys.. I am sure the VINNEWS readers would chip in to pay for it!

    11 years ago

    This board is full of phonies! You self hating Jews. Go hate yourself for being reform, conservative or m.o. This guy did t’shuva. If you don’t accept that I have to question if you are Jewish at all. Phonies!!

    shredready
    shredready
    11 years ago

    this is really sad why should the children suffer? In addition did he try to send his kids to maybe a more modern orthodox yeshiva maybe they would take his kids?

    anyway how could the yeshiva justify punishing his kids?

    TLERMA
    TLERMA
    11 years ago

    Why should the other Yeahivot punish two Jewish boys for the politics of his father.. Since when do we deny Torah education to children? No fan of Neturae Carta, but I do not think children should be punished because of the Father’s Mishegas

    ISAAC
    ISAAC
    11 years ago

    Good advice, anyone rejected from our himisha schools, go right to the city/state and they will get you in, this MUST stop by all costs!

    ISAAC
    ISAAC
    11 years ago

    Good advice, anyone rejected from our himisha schools, go right to the city/state and they will get you in, this MUST stop by all costs!

    savtat
    savtat
    11 years ago

    Seems to me his goal was to embarrass the school and have some fun. Homeschooling sounds right to me.

    snaged
    snaged
    11 years ago

    let them go to the school,they just have to keep up with the program,witch is A)to say “shelo osani kertzonoy” B)to change there name to shprintzi & zlata C) to wear a snood/shietel

    chaimbrooklyn
    chaimbrooklyn
    11 years ago

    Whoever says that it’s a sin from Bnos Yerusalayim school not to take them in. I don’t understand This school is a private school only for belz girls. They won’t even take in a plain satmar girl because everyone has their own school. Where is satmar? Why shouldn’t he go to satmar school? The same rules apply to all chasidisha schools in the whole world that is under a chasidus that only this chasidus are allowed.