Jewish Whistleblower - On UOJ, Tendler, Eisgrau and Juravel

Hillel Tendler / Rabbi Eliezer Eisgrau / Shmuel Juravel

1. jewishwhistleblower Says:
   August 7th, 2006 at 10:23 pm

   UnOrthodox Jew, hero blogger whose true identity remains secret despite many false claims, has now taken on the Torah Institute of Baltimore with a statement on his blog from the daughter of the principal of TI, Rabbi Eliezer Eisgrau.

   The connection to this thread, is that the president of TI is of course Tendler brother, Hillel Tendler. Hillel sent meaningless legal “warnings” to Canonist’s server-hosting company in March (see Steven I. Weiss’s posts on this and Hillel’s letters/emails in thread 572). Free speech being some terrible threat apparently.

   But we bloggers will be silent no more.

   How can anyone continue to deny the problems which exist in Baltimore. Are the latest recent revelations and child sex charges concerning Shmuel Juravel not enough to open people’s eyes?

   Shmuel Juravel is the son of Rabbi Moshe Juravel. Rabbi Juravel is employeed as a teacher at the Torah Institute of Baltimore.

   Shmuel is yet another product of Baltimore’s unaccountable and unrepentant Orthodox institutions and community.

   Let’s reproduce some claims Juravel made to the FBI and that were reproduced in court documents as to what young Orthodox bochurs in Baltimore are up to.

   Shmuel Juravel was indicted on March 29, 2006, on the offenses of using a computer to persuade, induce and entice a minor to engage in prostitution or other sexual activity, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422(b) (Count One); traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of attempting to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2423(b) & (e) (Count Two); and, knowingly possessing material containing images of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(5)(B) (Count Three).

   Excerpt from Shmuel’s court documents:
   He was in Alabama to meet Bobby. The name on the email headings was Bobby Hill, but he thought his true name was Bobby Adams. Bobby was introducing Juravel to two boys, ages 11, 12, or 13. Juravel said it was not sex, “it was an exploration.” His plan was for the boys to masturbate while he watched. One of the boys was supposed to have brown hair with hazel eyes and 95 pounds. The other had brown hair and brown eyes. When asked about the “j/o and porn” mentioned in the emails, Juravel advised “j/o” meant jacking off.
   …
   Juravel said he had two computers at his residence, one located in the den and the other in the master bedroom. His internet service provider was Comcast with a screen name of szjj@comcast. He advised there were some gay porn movies in his home, but no movies of children. He claimed he is not gay, but has been curious for about a year. He had a male massage in Atlanta once which “came with release,” although he had to perform the release himself. When asked “why young boys,” Juravel responded “I don’t know.” He had some sexual experiences when he was 12 - 13 years old with some male friends of the same age which consisted of mutual masturbation or “masturbation both ways.” Juravel advised he had never met Bobby, and said “we had an arrangement.” Bobby made Juravel cut the bills, three $100 bills, in half and mail them. He gave Bobby the other half at the time of the meeting. Juravel advised he brought a suitcase containing adult porn videos, magazines, and condoms. He stopped on the way and bought the condoms because he
   thought Bobby would ask if he had them.

2. for full document see: http://www.Juravel-MagistrateJudgesReportand Recommendation.pdf

   IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION

   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
   v.
   SAMUEL ZEV JURAVEL,
   a/k/a “Shmuel Zev Juravel”

   MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION