Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Have You No Sense of Decency, Ma'am?!

What a terrible and horrible person Deborah Feldman is to do this to another human being.

Her husband is the kindest person on earth. He treated her like a princess. I spoke to many of their neighbors and friends. Everyone confirms that he was taking her abuse like a gentleman. She was never happy, always complained, made up stories. He always did whatever he could to satisfy her, even though she was never satisfied.

In her book she claims that when her husband invited his brothers for Shabbos she was like the slave of the house; She would do all the cooking and cleaning, but was disregarded and made to feel invisible, because she is a woman. (But of course she contradicts herself in other sections of the book where she describes vividly her conversations with her brothers-in-law. She even served the role of a mental health counselor with one brother-in-law who was very depressed after being rejected by a girl he proposed - which itself contradicts other parts of her fairy tale.) This is the woman Deborah was (and probably still is) always complaining about something and never happy. Her husband had a difficult job to deal with her but he wanted to make their marriage work.

One of their mutual friends told me that her husband actually,
"...left her during their marriage at one point because he couldn't take her behavior anymore. Whatever that behavior was - no, its not limited to religious matters but rather for her human behavings or lack of. ... Devorah - on her own will and choice - has called and begged - to the point of harrasment and stalking - her then husband to return to her and give her one more chance to which he obliged."
Her accusations that her husband was a sexual freak sound preposterous to all her old friends who were privy to her gossiping. One neighbor from Airmont writes to us,
"Deborah once shared with me that in the beginning of her marriage she had a hard time with sex because she was molested as a child. She said she was in therapy for several years dealing with her issues. She mentioned that her husband was extremely understanding, never forcing her to have sex, always waiting for her to be in the mood. This is not the way she portrays it in the book."
The relatives that I'm speaking to, including but not limited to her own family members, confirm this to me.
"At one point, as her problems with intimacy were at their lowest point, Deborah had announced to certain family members that she and her husband will no longer be husband and wife but remain two good friends living together. She did not have a child at the time, she had given up on her being able to go to bed with her husband, but she was still holding on to to this man as a friend! This confirms what we all know: her husband is a charming, fun-loving and gentle man. And Deborah knew it then as she knows it now."
(By the way, here's another of her contradictions; She also claims that her husband was ultra-ultra-ultra orthodox and followed some very strict rules when having intimate relationships with her. So Deborah, make up your mind, which of your versions are true. Was it a pitch-dark-and-no-looking kind of relationship or was it before-going-to-work-to-make-him-feel-good relationship?)

Now here is a fact that pains me to the core of my heart and this is the reason for writing this post:

Deborah's husband was a GREAT father to his child. That boy meant everything in the world for him. The bond between father and son was especially close. He played with that boy. He was never too busy to spend time with his boy. The husband was made to babysit the boy every other night when she went out partying with friends and did who knows what. She dumped her son on her husband for two months when she traveled to California. She trusted her "abusive" husband with her son for two months!


For her to take away the boy from his father is bad enough, but to destroy the reputation of  this gentle soul with such a viciousness is unfathomable.


Just read what a person who was close to the family writes:
In this article: "Feldman left the marriage with her infant son in tow [...] who she says never even asks about his father."
Knowing Yitzy (not anymore an infant son, now the yummiest little fella) and his doting father, having watched this father care for his son through our million playdates, through the entire summer (entirely on his own -- with a broken arm), through hell and high waters... when I read quotes like the one in this article my heart breaks. This misrepresentation of a father is a tragedy not only for [the husband] who has been very wronged, but for every woman who really does deal with an abusive/neglectful husband and whose own stories will never be believed in the same way again.
How a person can be so cruel to do this to another human being is just beyond me.

Many reporters can attest to the fact that they tried to reach out to the husband in order to sensationalize the story even further, but he rejected every single opportunity, so far, to talk to the media, even though he was victimized by her, time and again, and she is still treating him with an enourmous amount of viciousness. The only reason he refrains from talking to the media is because he loves his son, and does not want to hurt this little boy any more.

I would like to end this post with a famous quote.

Dear Deborah Feldman,

"Let us not assassinate this lad further, ... You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency ... at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"

10 comments:

  1. wow! the more i read the more i'm convinced that Deborah suffers from some kind of personality disorder, and indeed has no sense of decency. from your description, and from her own writing and talking, it sounds very much like borderline personality disorder. people like that are always convinced that the whole world is against them and that they are the victim. theyre always busy hating and slandering those who love them the most. they also have no issue with lying, convincing themselves that their lies are true. its very unfortunate that noone out there is seeing the writing on the wall. noone is realizing that this is a sick person were talking about. so long as she furthers their agenda, which is to besmirch orthodox Jews, they will take anything she says at face value. how sad and sickening indeed.

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  2. Not to say that what deborah did or said was right but ehat youre saying about borderline personality disorder is kind of a blanket statement. I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder yet i do not lie. Yes i sometimes feel like a victim and feel like the world hates me but i dont blame or slander others and hating someone is the last thing id ever want to do but i dont have hate in me.

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  3. To me it seems as if she is a pathological liar. She is at the point where she actually believes what she says. I truly feel bad for her, but even more so for her ex hubby and son.

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  4. and im wondering where are we getting with exposing all her lies.....
    i spoke to an intelligent woman (non jewish) and she thinks society at large is sooooo not interested in deborah feldman. she compared it to a trashy show Jersey Shore who anybody with a shred of intelligence and decency would not watch.

    are you getting anywhere, RS?

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  5. From what I understand, her book addressed these concerns. She said he was different outside of the home than he was in the home. No one really knows what their private life was like, and so all of this you have up above is just heresay and is not actual evidence.

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  6. A real father doesn’t “babysit” his child. He would take care of the child because it is his responsibility.

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    1. That's exactly my thought. I am not commenting on the content of this blog or Deborah's book. I have no possibility of ever find out who's telling the truth.
      But saying that a father babysat his own child...goodness. It's like taking care of a baby is exclusively the mother's duty, and the father is "helping her". Wth?

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  7. All they do on this blog is denigrate and belittle a woman who wanted to be free... and who was finally able to free herself... Get a life please... move on!!!... She is free and happy now!!!

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  8. There is only One Life and we Have the right and evenmore the obligation to Live it the Way We want there is a whole world out there much greater than a simple neibourhood and it would bé an insult to God if We Do not discover it.

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  9. Sure, if you believe there is only one life, and it was given to you "to live it the way you want", then you are right.

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