The brother of murdered Australian Yankel Rosenbaum has expressed no surprise that his killer is lying in a coma after being stabbed in the head with an ice pick.
“He is a violent criminal, a dangerous person, a bad guy. It doesn’t surprise me that he would get himself into this situation,” said Melbourne lawyer Norman Rosenbaum, speaking for the first time about the attack.
Lemrick Nelson, who killed 29-year-old Yankel Rosenbaum in race riots in New York in 1991, is in an induced coma in a Manhattan hospital after being stabbed in a possible road rage incident.
“Am I going to wish him all the best? Certainly not,” said Norman Rosenbaum.
“But my family’s pursuit has always been one of justice, not of revenge. We have never indicated in any way a liking for vigilante justice or anything like that.”
Nelson, a member of a gang shouting “Get the Jew!” stabbed Rosenbaum, who was visiting from Australia.
Three trials followed, by the end of which Nelson served only one of 10 years for which he was ultimately sentenced, because of the time already spent in prison. He was released in 2004 and has been living in New Jersey.
Norman Rosenbaum said: “I have as much feeling for him as he had for my brother.
“But his being attacked doesn’t bring my brother back. I don’t condone or advocate violence.”
He said that Nelson “never expressed sincere remorse” for stabbing his brother. “Maybe he will now appreciate the suffering he has caused others. He was also charged with attacking a black man in Georgia with a box cutter.
“That he is now seen as a victim is not going to cause me to revise my thoughts in any way.
“Are there ironies? Yes.”
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(Source: The Australian)
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9 Responses
There is nothing ironic about it. According to the kabala the victims soul comes back to this world to arrange revenge on his murderer.
The question to ask, learned Rosenbaum,in retrospect is, does anyone really get themselves into these types of situations? Did your brother, no! Let us not assume, as the vigilante groups did so many years ago which lead to the senseless slaying our your beloved brother. It is a thinking man who would add the aspect of reality “that being attacked doesn’t bring any consolation. You speak about sincere remorse…we ALL have sincere remorse for the past and present situation. Surely, forgiveness and understanding will enter into your heart, I pray.
Hashem is the ultimately judge and jury. He has meted out his own punishment for this rasha maybe not a literal eye for an eye but he and his family will suffer the consequences now for his actions and the world will see the hand of Hashem.
ken Yov’do kol oyvecha mipanecha
yaish din v’yaish dayan
Could not happen to a nicer guy. Remember what Rabbi Akiva said when he saw a skull floating on the water. Gee he was stab in the skull! Poet justices just maybe
What a wonderfully Jewish attitude. We daven that Hashem take revenge on our enemies (Nekom Nikmas Dam Avadecha…)OTOH, there is no inyan by us to “turn the other cheek” WE do not have to forgive someone who does not even regret the vile deed that he committed.
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If I am understanding you correctly, you think it is a bad attitude that we daven for Hashem to take revenge on our enemies (your first sentence seems sarcastic). PLEASE tell me I am not understanding you correctly. If I am, then you should not be reciting Av Harachamim every Shabbos…..
dont u think it is geshmak to always be mochel and memalah hashem will take care of all our tzaros?