Posted on 07/11/2017 1:31:57 PM PDT by Yomin Postelnik
An Orthodox Jewish mother of six who was barred from speaking with her own children because she insisted on raising them in a religious home has been thrown in jail because she lacked the financial means to reimburse her wealthy ex-husband $10,000 in court costs as order by an Ohio judge.
Julie Goffstein and her husband Peter Goffstein had been raising their boys as members of the Chabad community in Cincinnati when Peter Goffstein decided that he no longer wanted to live a religious lifestyle. Given an ultimatum of choosing between her religion and her marriage, Julie chose to continue living her life as a Jew and the Goffstein’s bitter divorce began to unfold in 2010. After hearing the testimony of 11 character witnesses and two court ordered evaluations, Judge Jon Sieve of the Hamilton County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas awarded full custody of all of the Goffstein children to their mother, specifically noting the importance of continuity for the boys who had been raised in an Orthodox home.
Nine months later, Peter filed for a reallocation of custody and within weeks Judge Sieve had reversed his decision, awarding Peter full custody of the four younger children, observing that Julie’s insistence on sending the children to yeshiva was not in their best interest.
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This is a case that should make any religious parent shudder, whether Jewish or Christian or any practicing faith.
Bribery is also suspected, for reason, and anyone who knows of a good PI who can be recommended may be instrumental.
I read the headline and expected this to be in Germany or the UK...or even Sweden. My jaw dropped when I saw this was Hamilton County, OH. I grew up there for pity sake.
As if that fraud of a judge even cares about anyone’s best interest but his own.
I wonder how much he was paid.
This is exactly the direction our judicial system is heading...We are in for much more....
That is exactly what I thought..$$$
I wonder.
I love the Chabad, they are the best of the best.
Immorality has spread. We need to hold strong against it.
Exactly. There are many things beyond those in the article that point to bribery, including a statement of the husband. It’s being investigated but any help will speed it up.
This is an absolute disgrace. Thank you, Yomin, for staying on top of this issue.
Amen to that!
Thank you for all your work too!
HaShem will punish the husband. I hope that He will bless the Orthodox Jewish mother.
Thanks, Yomin. Sometimes I get discouraged because I don't seem to be accomplishing anything.
She’s been freed! Won on appeal today. Shows how corrupt and bribed Sieve is (he was warned before that his magistrate’s “remedy” was extreme and unlawful, but went ahead anyway - bribes speak loudest with him and this is being investigated).
Hee kids are still captive to the psycho. The work begins now.
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