Rubashkin Tries to Destroy the Netzigim
Rubashkin made a meeting in his house and called Netzigim. He then made a vote for a new Executive Board. "Elected" were Yankel Wice, Chairman, Benny Raskin, Vice-Chairman, Reuven Lipkind, Treasurer, and Moshe Haber, Secretary.Objections:
1. He is no longer the Chairman of the Vaad and cannot call Netzigim meetings because he was removed from the Vaad by the Bais Din for not listening to three hazmonas.
2. There is an ikul in effect not to change the status quo until the Din Torah is heard. There are actually two injunctions, one signed by Rabbonim Gurary, Bogomilski and Mangel. The other signed by Rav Osdoba.
3. There was no quorum as several of the people who came were not valid netzigim.
4. Several of the netzigim who came were under orders from their shul not to participate, so they were there illegally.
5. Rubashkin's motivation is simply to avoid being impeached. He doesn't mind bringing down the community, as long as he is saved.
posted by Raya @ Monday, April 10, 2006
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5 Comments:
I thought Moshe was okay and I voted for him, partly because I felt sorry for him that he had gone to jail. Now he has gone too far. I ssee he tries to control everything and doesn't care who gets hurt. Now it is the entire community suffering from his crimes! How can he be recalled?
The meeting which Rubashkin made in his his private house and called a handful of Netzigim and "voted in" his own personal version of an executive committee for Netzigim is Mamash such a Joke and Mockery of ALL of the ByLaws of the Netzigim. It's just Mamash Unbelievable!
The ByLaws of the Netzigim stipulate that the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Netzigim along with the entire executive committee, organize and preside over ALL Netzigim Meetings and effectively RUN ALL the meetings.
There are fixed times in the year when the Chairman is SUPPOSED to call meetings, at, at least 5 regular times of the year.
Suppose someone wants more meetings than that, then the ByLaws states that there are several methods which would be cause for additional meetings or what may be called a special "emergency meeting".
Such an "emergency" can be requested for example by the Chairman of the Council or others.
This could have been Mr. Rubashkin BEFORE he was actually THROWN OUT, ALREADY by the Beis Din of Rabbi Mangel, Rabbi Schway and Rabbi Bogomilsky.
Even when the Chairman requests a meeting, this does not mean that he can can make an entire Netzigim meeting, single handedly, "all by himself", without THE people IN CHARGE (the executive committee of the Netzigim).
Apparently Rubashkin thinks that not only does he have the Beis Din in his back pocket to boss them around and decide single handedly, "who is a Rav and who isn't, but now he thinks he can push around the Netzigim the same way, and run a meeting without ANY of the official officers being present or calling for it (at his request)
Can you imagine this!?
Ruabshkin actually has the AUDACITY to think he can actually do this, without ANYONE of the Executive Committee of Netzigim, IN CHARGE, or even being present to preside over the meeting!!!
We all know that Fisher was a One Man Show, who had everyone in his back pocket (financially and otherwise).
I am no friend of Fisher and I was VERY glad we got rid of such a Tyrant at that time.
However Fisher was Mamash an ANGEL, compared to Rubashkin!!!
Did you ever wonder why the very FIRST THING Rubashkin did as Chairman, was to be Menashek Fisher?
Moshe Rubashkin sr"y belongs back in Fort Dix.
Rubashkin, back to fort dix
NY Newsday.com
Felon picked as leader
No rules prevent convict from heading government-funded Crown Heights group; he won't 'handle checks'
BY GLENN THRUSH
STAFF WRITER
March 10, 2005
Rabbi Moshe Rubashkin, new chairman of the politically wired Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, is famous for inviting his neighbors to a lavish annual Purim party.
But Rubashkin spent his 2003 Purim in the pokey - serving out a 15-month federal plea deal for passing $325,000 in bad checks on behalf of his troubled textile business.
On Jan. 31, 2005 - less than a year after walking out of Fort Dix federal prison in New Jersey - Rubashkin was elected chairman of the council, which receives $1.9 million a year in city and state social services and housing contracts.
While no laws prevent a felon from running a government-funded group, Rubashkin has vowed "not to handle any of the checks" for the council, said a source close to him. Rubashkin, 46, refused to comment through a spokesman.
Rubashkin unseated chairman Chanina Sperlin, garnering about 800 of 1,200 votes in a bitter election that divided many in the Lubavitcher Hasidic community. Women weren't allowed to vote.
The council's leaders often play a role in citywide politics. In 1997, Bruce Teitelbaum, chief of staff to Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, reportedly worked to oust the council's then-chairman Rabbi Joseph Spielman.
Sperlin, who owns a property management company, was a Giuliani supporter who backed ex-Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, a Democrat, for mayor in 2001.
To celebrate his victory, Rubashkin has invited elected officials, including Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and City Councilwoman Leticia James (D-Crown Heights) to his house for sabbath dinner tomorrow.
Markowitz rejected the offer, citing prior commitments; James accepted but is reconsidering after learning of Rubashkin's criminal past, a spokeswoman said. "She will meet with community leaders and consider her options," her chief of staff, Janella Meeks, said.
In 1999, Rubashkin wrote three checks from his nearly empty bank account to Montex, a Pennsylvania-based textile company. When an associate warned Rubashkin that he needed to cover the checks or face prosecution, he replied, "So, I will go to jail," according to documents released by federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania.
When he passed the checks, he was being investigated for reporting irregularities in payroll taxes, a law enforcement source said on condition of anonymity. He was hit with a $278,194 federal tax lien in 1997, according to city records. It's not clear whether he ever paid it off.
Rubashkin, who was released from prison on Feb. 23, must report to a probation officer for the next four years.
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