Reply To: Lev Tahor – what now?

Health: there are too many governmental parties involved to know anything conclusively. At least I can’t. Guatemala, Israel, Canada, and to a small extent the US – each with conflicting ideas and some extended families applying pressure. Many of these extended families are not frum, cohesive or loving (which is why the parents ended up with Helbrans in the first place).

And hundreds of really difficult kids to find appropriate, preferably Yiddish speaking homes for, ideally not splitting siblings. That’s a tall order under the best of circumstances. The “rehab” these kids need is unbelievable.

The first rule is always: do no harm. So even if you may be right in principle, it’s not simple at all. And if the kids can stay with their parents, that’s almost always optimal. Why should we spend so much energy on government bureaucracy to place the kids appropriately if we can perhaps find a way to deal with the parents first. The best way would be if we can get something like a restraining order for their corrupt leaders, so the parents will be more amenable to cooperate.

I don’t know if that’s possible, so I’m going to leave it for the experts.