Unfortunately, the outcry from educators and elected officials in Israel is simply symptomatic of the problem, addressing the actions of students while ignoring the ailing morals of Israel’s public school system.
For many years the Israeli public school system has seen increasing violence, a lowering of tznius standards and a shift pulling the system closer to the goyish values Jewish students used to want to distance themselves from. While Education Minister Gideon Saar boasts a number of new programs designed to instill “Jewish values” in students, these values have not changed the lives of most students, particularly this group from Rosh Ha’ayin.
The daily Maariv has disclosed that a teacher from Rosh Ha’ayin became the latest victim of students who know no boundaries. While she was vacationing, ten students made themselves at home in her home, trashing it, including defecating on the floors for days. In addition, than ran up an impressive bill with the teacher’s credit card which they found in the home and the high-schoolers held a party and imbibed in the alcohol and whatever that found as they searched to satisfy their desires.
One of the participants in the act told Maariv they got a key for the home, and therefore, they did not break in. Rosh Ha’ayin Police Chief Peretz Ratzon does not share this liberal opinion, stating they broke in. Police plan to interview each of the participants in the coming days, and then plan to move ahead with indictments against all of them.
Police report that after they broke in they invited more friends, making themselves at home. The teacher admits she was shocked at the level of damage to her home. “It is too early to respond” she told Maariv. “I want to see indictments against each and every one of them” she added, “and only then I will release a statement. I view their actions with gravity” she concluded. The teacher explains she and her family is still trying to digest the magnitude of the damage to their home and their lives.
There are two main suspects, the two who learned the teacher and her family traveled abroad. They invited eight others, and they partied for a number of days. One of the neighbors who was aware the teacher and her family were abroad saw the teens entering and leaving and decided to phone police. Police report most of them were intoxicated when they arrived.
Commander Ratzon reports all of the suspects are 15-years-old. He explains the story that someone had a key is unfounded, and the simple truth is they broke in.
Some of those involved admit they made a mess of the home, explaining that now they realize the severity of their actions and express remorse. One of their friends who was not involved told Maariv he condemns their actions, adding they abused the family dog and drank all the alcohol in the house, thousands of shekels worth, searched and ransacked all the drawers in the rooms, took personal photos from the home and passed them around to friends, ran up the credit card bill by making calls to forbidden numbers and ordering out, as well as defecating throughout the rooms of the house. The damage was extensive.
The actions of this group of teens has led to phone calls to the media to air condemnatory statements, but no one is really addressing the problem, the secular education and its lack of Jewish values and midos.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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This is sicko, horrific behavior for any teenager.
“a shift pulling the system closer to the goyish values”- there are plenty of Non-Jewish students who would never act in such a manner. More investigation is necessary into this aggressive, destructive behavior.
As zionflag says, there are plenty of non-Jews who would never dream of acting like this. To suggest that this is a show of ‘non-Jewish values’ is total nonsense.
If so, then I guess the best show of ‘Jewish values’ must be the Israeli chassidishe bochurim who stole tzedaka money in London, or the New Square arsonist, or the 14-year old described by YehudahTzvi on the CR.
Zionflag: Plenty of non Jews would not act like that. However the Jew that goes astray is usually much lower ethically than the average gentile. Think communism, liberals, wall street, all significantly influenced by deviated Jews.
i know of a perfect solution- bash the frum make them join the idf etc anything but torah which as we all know is old fashioned backwards etc.
This we know already that a yid without torah acts WORSE than a goy how sad
It’s not just a “lack of Jewish values and midos”. It’s a simple result of intentional Zionist “post-Jewish” values.
Non-Jews, too, are taught to behave like human beings, not animals. It’s only when you intentionally strip away all religious belief, that there are then (almost) no boundaries.
One only needs to look at which current movies and tv shows are popular, to understand that Nebach these yiddish children have nothing to really identify with other then these fake celebrities. Wake up Israel these are your future leaders- yes they learned from their current leaders that it’s ok to (figuratively)defecate all over someone else’s property.
The real problems with these boys will begin after they have been “punished” by the Israeli system. Either they will be locked up and become ever worse degenerates or they will be given community service and learn to laugh at the system. The only thing that could truly help them would be to “sentence” them to a proper Yeshiva. There are a number that work with problem boys and have had many successes.
Do not call this “goyishe values”. Religious Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Siks, etc. and even ethical Atheists and Agnostics would never act as wicked as these children. Chazal were correct when they say that when a Jew goes up (through Torah) he rises to the Highest Heights, while when a jew goes down (lacking Torah) he goes down to the lowest depths. real Torah Judaism is not racist as this article’s author is. It is not “goyishe values” but liberalism and hedonism that leads to this. Unfortunately, Zionism has prevented these dross from assimilating and stopping to be a cancer to klal yisrael. Hashem put us into Galus for a reason, to strengthen bnei Torah, to find true gerim and baalei tshuvah, and to rid us of people who happen to be born jewish but lack jewish souls (see Rebbe Yitzchak D’m’Acco zya a talmid of the Ramban who clearly says not everyone born jewish has a jewish soul)
This is outrageous – to think that bachurim would do this is beyond crazy! Which mesivta are they from? Why don’t the hanhala speak out against this???