So here's an interesting article
Jan. 19th, 2009 02:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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About a woman who left an extremely Hasidic community with her daughter, and who is now trying to regain custody of said daughter.
Interestingly enough, while she (accurately, I'd say) describes her daughter as being kidnapped by her father, her story as she says it says that she (rightly or wrongly - this story is very one-sided) kidnapped her daughter first, not that she seems to realize or acknowledge that. Still, taking the kid away from most of her family, without letting them know? That's kidnapping, even if you have a really good reason. (Both sides seem to think they have a really really good reason. Well, duh, of course they do.)
The comments section is in parts both amusing and enlightening. It's filled with comments from people purporting to know her, saying that she treated her husband oh so badly, and just lazed around the house, and everybody knew. This is supposed to indicate that she's very irresponsible and shouldn't be trusted with a young child, but to me it really indicates that Kiryas Joel - or at least the segment of it that goes online - is filled with backbiting gossips.
I certainly can't presume to speak with any authority on the Jewish view of pointless gossip, but I doubt that it makes for a really happy community. I'd want to leave, anyway.
Interestingly enough, while she (accurately, I'd say) describes her daughter as being kidnapped by her father, her story as she says it says that she (rightly or wrongly - this story is very one-sided) kidnapped her daughter first, not that she seems to realize or acknowledge that. Still, taking the kid away from most of her family, without letting them know? That's kidnapping, even if you have a really good reason. (Both sides seem to think they have a really really good reason. Well, duh, of course they do.)
The comments section is in parts both amusing and enlightening. It's filled with comments from people purporting to know her, saying that she treated her husband oh so badly, and just lazed around the house, and everybody knew. This is supposed to indicate that she's very irresponsible and shouldn't be trusted with a young child, but to me it really indicates that Kiryas Joel - or at least the segment of it that goes online - is filled with backbiting gossips.
I certainly can't presume to speak with any authority on the Jewish view of pointless gossip, but I doubt that it makes for a really happy community. I'd want to leave, anyway.
