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Agudath Israel: Mesirah Overrides America’s LawsIn April, in Is observing the Mesirah prohibition compatible with being American? I discussed the threat posed to Americans generally by the Jewish tradition of Misirah. This prohibits Jews from telling the Civil Authorities of crimes being committed by other Jews. My interest was stimulated by realizing when studying the Madoff Affair that many financially sophisticated Jews suspected criminality, but did nothing. I noted
The latest news is that this laudable trend seems to be going into reverse.
Many States have laws mandating people in certain professional positions to report suspicions of abuse. The Agudath Israel position is that these should be ignored.
The Forward found a District Attorney with courage:
(The Brooklyn DA’s office was too terrified to be coherent, exciting the contempt of the remarkable Failed Messiah blog.) Many in the Jewish Community find Agudath Israel’s stance outrageous, and The Forward quotes some of them. But when Mesirah can apparently impede protecting even children who are Jewish from repulsive abuse, the rest of us might fairly ask: What does it do in cases of general Jewish criminality inflicted on society as a whole? | nn |
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