Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Under Attack For Supporting Mordechai Tendler
The following comments were posted on the Jewish Whistleblower Blog. I thought they were important and wanted to bring it to everyone's attention.
The post is referring to the recent article Congregants Stand By Rabbi Tendler - At packed synagogue meeting, he denies all RCA charges. by Debra Nussbaum Cohen.
contact to JOFA and let them know how you feel.
The post is referring to the recent article Congregants Stand By Rabbi Tendler - At packed synagogue meeting, he denies all RCA charges. by Debra Nussbaum Cohen.
contact to JOFA and let them know how you feel.
posted by Dina Tamar at Thursday, March 31, 2005
I was just reading the article and I felt a sense of outrage.
I am so disappointed, frustrated and angry with an organization that uses the word "feminist" to describe themselves.
How can the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) turn their back on women who have been sexually victimized by a serial rapist? How many women did he commit rabbinical sexual misconduct with? Do you NOT care about them? Are you more interested in the politics of getting what you want from the RCA then you do about women being violated?
How in your right mind can you keep articles written by a man who is an obvious sex offender on your site? Don't you understand by doing so is putting unsuspecting women at risk of harm? When a woman is in a crisis situation and read articles on your site, they are more likely to believe that those people are safe. How many more women need to be sexually manipulated by Tendler, before you will take his articles off your site?
JOFA members please hear me loud and clear. If the RCA kicked Tendler out of it's organization, it should be a red flag to you to remove his articles from your site.
How can you say you care about women's issues if you allow this man's articles on your site? What are you thinking?
>What are you thinking?
They are thinking the ends justify the means. They are more concerned with overall social objectives (which are good things) but are willing to ignore individual injustices in order to pursue the bigger objectives.
Since Rabbi Mordechai Tendler supports public views they agree with they are/were willing to ignore his explotation of women.
A similar thing occured with former Nicaraguan President and head of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, Daniel Ortega.
Some women's groups and leaders were so enthralled with his social objectives and political views, that they "tolerated" his sexual abuse of his stepdaughter. He abused her for 20 years starting when she was 11.
This abuse was an open secret amongst his circle of followers. But of course, they were more concerned with the "bigger picture".