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ProjectTruth
dedicated to the pursuit of truth
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Statement of Purpose
ProjectTruth is demonstrating that the Jewish
Community’s intuitive sense of “What’s Right” is an
Identifiable force that must be honored.
Take this case for example:
Here, an observant Jew claims to have irrefutable proof that Rabbi Fuerst acted nefariously
(i.e. the fraudulent and injurious use of Rabbinic power to conceal sexual abuse). The Courts are
powerless. And it is unrealistic and unfair to expect Rabbi Fuerst’s colleagues to initiate an inquiry.
And we have no undisputed central Rabbinic leader such as the Chofetz Chaim or Reb Moshe Feinstein
to effectively take charge. Is Jewry therefore without the means to confront or deter such an
aberration?
ProjectTruth says NO! The Community’s insistence on “accountability,” can be
articulated, and must be honored. All of us understand the issue's importance.
Some of us feel more protected with the safeguard of accountability. Others believe G-d
despises corruption. The lawyers and judges among us want justice served. Organizations such as
Chicago’s Project Shield
understand the danger of concealing sexual abuse. Scholars say our camp
is holier when aberration is isolated out. Mostly, we just intuitively sense that
“this isn’t right” for anyone - especially a person invested with Jewish Public
Power - to be above the law.
Once the Community successfully expresses itself, Rabbi Fuerst’s colleagues are bound to exercise
their Shulchan Aruch sanctioned extra-judicial powers, and respectfully insist that Rabbi Fuerst
surrender his immunity and submit to comprehensive adjudication.
The idea that our Torah leadership is attuned to bonafide “popular opinion” seems self-evident.
Nonetheless, ProjectTruth’s inspiration to trust in such a force derives from a Talmudic passage.
We attempt to describe that inspiration in "The Source for This Procedure".
To the extent that this is a novel procedure, may it be pleasing in the eyes of G-d and man.
Take a Stand and Mail in One of the 2423 Verified Envelopes.
It will make a difference. I would do it for you.
Aaron Thomas
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