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Aftermath of rescue: boy’s father sues
Much of the best reporting on Orthodox Jewish life these days occurs on The Jewish Star. Michael Orbach writes: A Brooklyn father who sent his son to an abusive boot camp for delinquents in the Caribbean is suing a Far … Continue reading
Posted in Isaac Hersh, The Jewish Star
Tagged jewish star, life these days, orthodox jewish life, rosh yeshiva, son isaac, tranquility bay
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Ponzi Suspect Got Me Out Of Hell Says Teen
More on Joseph Shereshevsky. From the New York Daily News: A Brooklyn teen once banished to a Jamaican boot camp has come to the defense of a businessman charged with scamming mostly Orthodox Jewish investors out of $250 million. Isaac … Continue reading
Posted in Isaac Hersh, Sharashefsky
Tagged diamond district, jewish faith, living hell, orthodox jewish community, tranquility bay, ultra orthodox jews
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Saving Isaac Hersh?
Save Isaac emails: Here is a letter publicized by Michael Hersh. The lines that start with FACT – are the counter claims to his propaganda. It is also EXTREMELY important to let everyone know the sequence of events PRIOR to … Continue reading
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Tranquility Bay II
Michael Hersh writes (and some of his email was edited into third person before it got to me): It is also EXTREMELY important to let everyone know the sequence of events PRIOR to [Yeshiva University’s David] Pelcovitz interviewing my son … Continue reading
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Tagged England, independent evaluation, intention, Israel, jamaica, meir, mental health professionals, nbsp, objective report, parents, psychiatric history, rsquo, sequence of events, tranquility bay, Truth, twin brother, us embassy
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Tranquility Bay
The Awareness Center posts March 28: Isaac Hersh was being held at Tranquility Bay, a boot camp in Jamaica, which was known for using severe corporal punishment on the children. Allegations have been made that Isaac’s parents (Miriam and Michael … Continue reading
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Orthodox Parents Accused Of Abuse
Here are a collection of articles on this story. Says a source: "The case of Isaac Hersh needs to be in the news media until he is allowed to be free of Brooklyn. I believe he wants to be in … Continue reading
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