Presence

A few tidbits from over Shabbos:

• R. Shmuel Silber was scheduled to speak on the topic at Suburban Orthodox. I haven't heard what he had to say.


• R. Shmuel Kaplan also addressed the topic. I am somewhat hesitant to recount what he said without clarifying with him, but I believe he said that he thought the article in Jewish Times was well done, and offered anecdotal evidence that going to the secular authorities did not always produce satisfactory results in all cases.


• Baltimore's Shalom USA radio show did a segment on this morning's show on the general topic of abuse, featuring Phil Jacobs, Murray Levin and Yaakov Margolese. I'll see if I can get a clip and post it.


• There were some signatures missing from the letter distributed last week. Although the letter states that not everyone was available to sign due to the Pesach holiday, there are some who did not sign intentionally. Those that did not sign the letter (whether intentionally or unintentionally, I do not know) include: R. Yosef Berger, R. Yaakov Horowitz (Darchei Tzedek), R. Shlomo Naiman (Adas).


• R. Yosef Shaul Nathanson (1808-1875), author of the responsa Shoel U'Mashiv, wrote a teshuva on the issue of a teacher who was accused of child abuse. Hirhurim posted the text of the teshuvah, along with a translation, a few weeks ago.