Lag B'omer - CH is burning in hell

Letter from the beis din that they are not coming back as CH is not cooperating

Latest update !!

The beis din has sent a letter of siruv to 3 parties.

1. To the halpern family who are keeping it under wraps, maybe its wrapped up in a towel.

2. To eisner who initiated the beis din on behalf of keddassia. Its possibly wrapped up in dayan padwas cover ups.

3. To reb d Kohn, Reb P Roberts is keeping it back!

The letter was sent before pessach!!
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Reb Dovid Khon has a letter from the beis din which says that they are not coming back as the goalposts have been moved.

Originally CH agreed that victims would not have to face him in front of the besis din, now as the police are not involved he is changing the original agreements and insisting on facing all the victims face to face. Obviously violated frum women or girls will not face CH!

Gateshead man on trial over ‘sex abuse’ of teen

http://www.thejc.com

Update

A member of Gateshead's Orthodox Jewish community has been cleared of sexually abusing a teenage boy.

Jeremy Bernstein, 37, had been on trial at Newcastle Crown Court.

He was accused of touching the boy inappropriately and forcing him to carry out sex acts between December 1998 and December 2003.

Mr Bernstein, of Whitehall Road, had denied eight charges, including two counts of indecent assault with a male person, indecent assault with a male person of 13 years and indecent assault with a male person of 14 years.

A jury found him not guilty on all charges.

Following the verdict Jonathan Goldberg QC, who defended Mr Bernstein, said: "It was wholly understandable that the jury should bring in these unanimous verdicts of not guilty.

"The complainant was wholly uncorroborated and a number of inconsistencies were exposed in his evidence under cross-examination."

Mr Bernstein had previously won an award for his contribution to life in the local Orthodox community.

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A member of the Gateshead Orthodox community went on trial this week accused of a string of historic sex offences against a teenage boy.

Jeremy Bernstein, 37, was accused of touching the boy inappropriately and forcing him to carry out sex acts between December 1998 and December 2003.

Mr Bernstein, from Whitehall Road, Gateshead, pleaded not guilty at Newcastle Crown Court, to indecent assault with a male person of 13 years, indecency with a child aged 13 years, indecent assault with a male person of 14 years, indecent assault with a male person aged 15 years and indecency with a child aged 15 years.

He also denied two counts of indecent assault with a male person.

Anne Richardson, prosecuting, said: “The abuse started by touching the victim’s chest under his jumper while in a synagogue. This was Jeremy Bernstein trying out the victim… Nowadays we would call this grooming.

“The victim buried it deep within him and did not want to admit it to anyone, not even himself. Jeremy Bernstein is a man who knew or believed that even if the victim did speak out, he would be disbelieved.”

The court heard that the victim did not tell the police until two years after informing his wife about the alleged abuse in 2011.

Giving evidence, Mr Bernstein’s wife Melissa told the court how her husband was a “loving, caring person”.

Jonathan Goldberg QC, defending, claimed the victim invented the allegation in order to get sympathy from his wife and keep their marriage together.

He called the alleged victim “a jealous and bitter young man who has tried to ruin the life of a better man than himself. If he (Bernstein) is going to try a grope, he wouldn’t do it in a busy synagogue. Jeremy Bernstein is a deeply religious man.”

Judge John Milford told the jury: “The defence claim the victim was jealous of the success that has been enjoyed by the defendant. ”

He noted that Mr Bernstein had won an award for his contribution to life in the local Orthodox community.

The trial continued as the JC went to press.

Suspect confesses role in murder of Menachem Stark

http://nypost.com

Cops arrested a Crown Heights man on murder charges Wednesday night in the January death of  Menachem Stark, police said.

Kendel Felix, 26, told investigators that he and an unidentified accomplice had only wanted to scare the businessman when they accidently killed him during a Jan. 2 abduction outside his Williamsburg office.

“He owes me money!” the accomplice said moments before the kidnapping, according to ­Felix’s alleged confession.

Felix was charged with second-degree murder Wednesday night and was being held at the 77th Precinct station house on Utica Avenue.evening and was expected to be charged with murder.

Two other men were also taken into custody Wednesday but

They made no statements to police and asked for lawyers, who could not be reached for comment.

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Police released footage of suspects wanted for questioning in the abduction.Photo: NYPD

Police were still searching for his alleged accomplice and two others.

Using a borrowed Dodge Caravan, Felix and his cohort drove up to Stark on Rutledge Street amid a snowstorm and forced him inside kicking and screaming, sources said.

Felix said he drove off while the accomplice sat on Stark’s chest trying to get him under control.

But Stark stopped breathing, and the hapless kidnappers panicked when they realized he was dead, Felix allegedly said.

They picked up the accomplice’s brother and another man for help, according to the sources — but the fourth man jumped out as soon as he realized there was a body inside.

Then the accomplice— who Felix said had planted a cellphone with a tracking device on Stark’s Lexus SUV, and even changed the battery once — left, leaving Felix and the other man to deal with the body. They drove to a gas station in Great Neck, LI, where one or both men filled a large soda bottle with gasoline and poured it on Stark’s body before setting it ablaze in a Dumpster there.

Cops later recovered the minivan, which had traces of Stark’s blood inside.

Detectives seized computers and cellphones from the suspect, and took a pair of work boots from an apartment in a bid to match them to distinctive shoes seen on surveillance video.

Cops believe the kidnapping was an attempt to get money from Stark, who allegedly stiffed one of the men on a bill for some construction work.

Sources had said the debt was around $20,000, but that could not be confirmed on Wednesday.

Two other men were brought in by cops Wednesday along with Felix, but one was let go and the other was charged in an unrelated matter.

Cops went to Stark’s Rutledge Street home on Wednesday to tell his wife, Bashie, about the suspects. The family refused to speak with reporters.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said cops hope to have the case wrapped up quickly.

Rabbi David Niederman, who heads the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg, said the community was relieved.

“We are extremely happy and hope that those who committed this crime will be charged and formally arrested,” he said.

Brooklyn City Councilman David Greenfield also praised the NYPD.

“The callous murder of Menachem Stark shocked not just the Jewish community, but all people of good conscience. Certainly, his family can have no peace until every person responsible for this depraved crime is brought to justice,” Greenfield said.

“We will now have to work hard to make sure that these murderers never see the light of day again.”

Tenants have called Stark a slumlord, and his properties have racked up 233 numerous violationsand 148 violations, according to the city Department of Buildings, and nearly 200 Environmental Control Board violationsrecords.

“He said, ‘I’m in danger,’ ” according to a community source. “But he never explained what he meant.”

He was also deeply in debt, falling $60 million behind in mortgage payments and with a partner filing for bankruptcy six times.

Makave Rebbe visiting the hole-y man Chaim Halpern

Grynhaus’ freedom bid fails

A SUSPECTED British paedophile who fled to Israel to avoid his UK trial for sex offences was close to being set free in Africa, his lawyers have revealed.

Todros Grynhaus is accused in the UK of seven counts of sexual assault against a boy and multiple girls. He escaped to Israel on a false passport in February 2013 but was arrested and remains in prison in Israel, fighting a legal battle to avoid return to the UK.

Israeli lawyers for Mr Grynhaus disclosed that they were close to securing his freedom by applying for a visa to enter the west African state of Gambia.

At a deportation hearing last week his legal team told Israel’s Central Region District Court that they had applied to the African state, but had not informed Gambian officials of the sexual charges against Mr Grynhaus or his use of a false passport to enter Israel.

Lawyers told the court that Mr Grynhaus’ case “touched the heart” of the Gambians but Israeli authorities scuppered the plan by informing Gambian officials that Interpol were seeking Mr Grynhaus for sexual crimes

 
Youth in the Gambia

Bye Rabbi: ‘Sex pest’ Israeli cleric deported

From: www.chronicle.co.zw

Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter

A 77-YEAR-OLD fugitive rabbi who allegedly fled sex abuse charges in Israel has been deported after overstaying his visa in Zimbabwe.

Rabbi Eliezer Berland was yesterday fined $200 by Bulawayo magistrate Sibongile Msipa and ordered to leave the country after admitting he was an illegal immigrant.

Prosecutors said the mega rich cleric – whose lawyer claimed could fuel all government cars to escort him to the airport in a bid to avoid jail – had been living in a top Bulawayo hotel since December last year.

Caroline Matanga, for the State, said the cleric was given a three-month visa for “religious tourism” which expired on March 24.

Magistrate Msipa told Berland: “This court finds you guilty as charged and you must pay a fine of $200 or three months imprisonment.

“The court took into consideration that you’re aged 77 and you’re a first offender who pleaded guilty. Imprisonment is not suitable for a first offender so you should pay a fine of $200.”

Rabbi Berland was arrested on Monday at Holiday Inn in Ascot after his cover was blown by our sister paper, Sunday News.

He is believed to have flown into Zimbabwe by a private jet owned by one of his followers.

Dozens of his most loyal supporters had booked into several Bulawayo hotels and lodges to be close to their leader.

Berland, who heads one of the largest Jewish educational institutions in Jerusalem, allegedly escaped to Zimbabwe following accusations of abusing underage girls and sleeping with numerous married women.

Several Israeli women told investigators that the rabbi sexually harassed or raped them.

The allegations came to light in 2012 when the newspaper, Israel Hayom, reported an incident in which one of Berland’s students encountered him at home standing beside a naked woman.

His supporters expressed anger over the report and the individual who leaked the story to the media was later violently attacked.

After police opened an investigation, Berland fled Israel and spent time in the United States, Italy and Switzerland.  He then left for Morocco, settling in Marrakesh.

In November 2013, Berland and his students were ordered to leave Morocco after King Mohammed VI personally ordered their expulsion from the country after a Moroccan newspaper published an article profiling the rabbi and mentioning the circumstances under which he fled Israel.

Berland is thought to have left Morocco for Cairo, Egypt.

He reportedly bought tickets for various destinations to confuse pursuers leaving them unsure whether he was staying in Zimbabwe, Venezuela or South Africa.

Fugitive ‘sex pest’ rabbi arrested

From: www.chronicle.co.zw

Thandeka Moyo Chronicle Reporter—
A FUGITIVE rabbi from Jerusalem who allegedly fled Israel where he is said to be facing numerous sexual abuse charges was on Monday arrested at his Bulawayo hideout and appeared in court yesterday facing charges of contravening a section of the Immigration Act. Rabbi Eliezer Berland, 77, was caught hibernating with a handful of faithfuls from Israel at the Holiday Inn on Monday evening after detectives from the Joshua Mqabuko Border Control got a tip-off that his visa had expired.
Berland, who heads one of the largest Jewish educational institutions in Jerusalem, allegedly escaped to Zimbabwe under disguise following accusations of abusing underage girls and sleeping with numerous married women.

He pleaded guilty to a charge of remaining in Zimbabwe after the expiry of his visitor’s visa certificate before Bulawayo magistrate Sibongile Msipha and was remanded in custody to today.

Berland was represented by Sindiso Mazibisa of Cheda and Partners who told the court that his client was an internationally recognised religious leader of ill-health, on medication, as well as a married father of six children who had not committed any crime during his stay in Zimbabwe.

“My client is a respected rabbi in the Jewish community whose leadership is recognised even internationally. If it were not for media interests, he would not have been here today Your Worship.

“He is taking a cocktail of up to 10 medicines and survives on fish and vegetables. Further detention or a custodial sentence will embarrass him.”
The State case led by Caroline Matanga is that on April 7 at around 7PM at Holiday Inn, detectives stationed at the Joshua Mqabuko border control approached him.

He was asked to produce his passport and permit which indicated he had overstayed in Zimbabwe as his visitor’s entry certificate permitting him to be in Zimbabwe had expired on March 24, 2014.

He was then arrested and detained at Bulawayo Central Police Station.

Rabbi Berland has for a number of weeks been living in various upmarket lodges in Bulawayo’s Kumalo suburb and leading worship in a synagogue in the same suburb. He arrived in the country in December last year under the guise of religious tourism.

Assistant Regional Immigration Officer Francis Mabika declined to comment on the issue but a senior official from the Department of Immigration revealed that Berland was under investigation.

The leader of the Jewish community in Bulawayo, Hylton Solomon, declined to comment when Rabbi Berland was exposed on Saturday.
Back in his homeland, several Israeli women reported that the rabbi sexually harassed or raped them. The allegations came to light in 2012 when the newspaper Israel Hayom reported an incident in which one of Berland’s students encountered him at home standing beside a naked woman. His supporters expressed anger over the report and the person who leaked the story to the media was later violently attacked.

After the police opened an investigation, Berland immediately fled Israel and spent time in the United States, Italy and Switzerland. He then left for Morocco, settling in Marrakesh.

In November 2013, Berland and his students were ordered to leave Morocco after King Mohammed VI personally ordered their expulsion from the country. According to news reports, a Moroccan newspaper had published an article profiling the rabbi and mentioning the circumstances in which he fled Israel, and the king ordered Berland’s expulsion after reading the article.

Berland is thought to have left Morocco for Cairo, Egypt. He reportedly bought tickets for various destinations to confuse pursuers. This left many confused as to whether he was staying in Zimbabwe, Venezuela or Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was reported to have been taken in by a relative.

According to media reports, Berland’s son and grandson who are under indictment in Israel for money laundering, tax evasion and related criminal charges and several young women are willing to testify against him.

Among those that have been travelling with Berland is a man believed to be a wealthy businessman whose private jet they have been using. The businessman is also believed to have business interests in Zimbabwe and has partnered locals who reportedly include former Zimbabwe Football Association boss Henrietta Rushwaya.

Lemon Juice Squeezes Twitter for Information

BROOKLYN (CN) - A man named Lemon Juice wants to force Twitter and Blackberry to reveal a user's identity after he was falsely accused of posting a picture of a molestation victim testifying against her convicted attacker, who was a high-ranking official in a conservative Orthodox Jewish community.

     Juice was charged with contempt in November 2012 after a photo of the teen witness was allegedly taken after the judge had ordered audience members to not take pictures during the criminal case against Nechemya Weberman, a religious leader in the orthodox Jewish community who was later convicted on 59 counts of sex-related crimes.

     According to his complaint in Kings County Supreme Court, Juice, Yoana Weissman and Joseph Fried were arrested and jointly hit with misdemeanor charges alleging that an informant saw Weissman with a camera and Fried was spotted nudging him when the informant approached.
     "To stress, Mr. Juice was charged for allegedly posting a photograph on his Twitter account," the lawsuit states.

     The image was then posted on a Twitter count "in the name of Lemon Juice."

     Prosecutors alleged that "a continuing scheme throughout the course of the prosecution was that members of the community who supported Weberman, ostracized the victim and her family because she cooperated with the prosecution."

     Charges against Juice were dropped - after he appeared in court at least 14 times.

     "Nevertheless, a Twitter account in the name of Lemon Juice - and with Mr. Juice's actual photograph - was created by an imposter and this Lemon Juice account posted the photograph of the victim that resulted in Mr. Juice's arrest and subsequent prosecution," according to Juice's lawsuit.

     "Mr. Juice had no knowledge of the identity of the owner or operator" of the account, he says. Not until prosecutors served Juice's attorney, Leopold Gross, with discovery documents containing an email address linked to the account, and the IP address of a computer that logged into it. Prosecutors then learned that the owner of the site was a man they said was Moses Klein.

     Juice wants to know for certain if that's who he thinks it is, but the complete identity of potential witnesses were redacted by the court's rules, so he wants Twitter to identify him for certain so he can file a lawsuit.

     "The only way to obtain the true address and phone number of 'Moses Klein,' and to obtain the identity of the Twitter account's operator, is by and through this special proceeding" to compel Twitter to disclose the identity of the account, Juice claims.

     "One wonders, why would Moses Klein open a Twitter account in Mr. Juice's name and post the photographs of on Twitter?" the complaint asks. "This is because, upon information and belief, Moses Klein is an aide, driver and right-hand man to Rabbi Zalmen Leib Teitelman, who is one of the Satmar grand rabbis," and who is the head of the school where the girl attended and where Weberman worked, according to the lawsuit.

     Juice says he was a supporter of the victim, had attended her wedding and was at the trial to support her.

     "Now, Moses Klein wanted to cause humiliation and torment a supporter of the victim, as Moses Klein was a supporter of Weberman," the complaint states.

     Juice says his false arrest and prosecution caused him emotional distress, ridicule and embarrassment from the media attention.

When will we see the same letter from our beloved Rov

From: frumfollies.wordpress.com/

Weinberger Conceded His Guilt and Promised to Quit the Rabbinate in December

Posted on 03/30/2014by Yerachmiel Lopin

Rabbi Dovid Weinberger

In September of 2013, Rabbi Dovid Weinberger announced a one year sabbatical leave from his position as Rabbi of Shaaray Tefila in Lawrence, New York. He attributed it to health problems:

My physicians have strongly advised that I take a one year sabbatical in keeping with the torah mandate of “ushmartem es nafshoseichem” (“you should guard your health”). I am confident that this much-needed break will be beneficial in being able to give me the capacity, with Hashem’s help, to serve the klal (public) for many more years in good health.

The letter is ambiguous about which public he would serve. In fact, his understanding with the board was that he was going to get a paid year of sabbatical and that he would not be coming back to Shaaray Tefila. But they did allow him to face save face and they expected him to relocate.

Some would praise them for ridding the shul of a predator while others, myself included are critical because they were allowing him to relocate and prey on girls and women in other communities.

As word of his misdeeds spread, he began to minimize his misconduct and blame his accusers. This led to a confrontation between him and group of local rabbis on December 18, 2013 where they threatened to expose his misconduct unless he agreed to permanently give up any role as a rabbi or educator. He was confronted with the evidence, including an incriminating recording of very serious sexual misconduct. Rather than face more evidence, he stopped protesting and signed the following statement:

To whom it may concern, I Rabbi Dovid Weinberger, formerly the Rabbi of Cong. Shaarei Tefilla of Lawrence, NY, do hereby acknowledge that I will retire from the Rabbinate effective immediately, and will never again serve in the capacity of Rov or Rabbi of any congregation or community, nor will I ever again be involved as amechanech [teacher] in any venue of Chinuch [education].

Witnesses to this declaration included: Rabbis Yaakov Bender, Moshe Brown, Aaron Brafman, Eitan Feiner, Binyomin Forst, Naftali Jaeger, and Yechiel Perr.

Some readers will quibble and say he did not admit anything. Let’s get real! Nobody agrees to give up his lifelong career at the height of his success unless he has really been caught and would rather give it up than be exposed.

Even at this late date, Weinberger could have kept his misdeeds from the public but he then attempted to back out of his signed promise and get back into the rabbinate. This forced the hand of local rabbis. They then issued a statement around early February 2014.

Recently, RDW [Rabbi Dovid Weinberger], a rabbi, resigned from his position as a rabbi of a congregation [Shaaray Tefila, Lawrence, NY], educator of young women in our community, and counselor to many who sought his advice. Following that, we learned from professionals of a number of documented cases of his unfortunate and unacceptable behavior. It is the collective judgment of these professionals that this behavior may continue. We therefore feel obligated to inform our community of this concern and advise that there be no interaction with this rabbi in any rabbinic, educational, counseling or private setting.

Police: Jewish Care Home Named in Jimmy Savile Child Abuse

From: www.totpi.com

Paedophile Jimmy Savile is believed to have abused children at a Jewish care home, it has been revealed.

The Sarah Laski Home, in Crumpsall, Manchester, opened under the auspices of the city’s Jewish Board of Guardians in the early 1950s.

It was today named by the government alongside 20 other homes now being investigated for links to Savile.

The home closed in the late 1970s due to lack of funding and a feeling that it was unable to provide “a family atmosphere”.

Education Secretary Michael Gove told Parliament that information about Savile dating back to the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s had been uncovered by police.

Mr Gove said: “I have decided that the Department for Education should pass the information to the appropriate organisations for further investigation.

“In most cases the work will be conducted by the relevant local authority; in others the relevant institution or a legacy organisation will take the lead.”

The evidence of abuse by Savile at the Jewish home will be investigated by Manchester’s local education authorities.

Savile had a close relationship with Jewish communities across the country and was a long-standing supporter of Jewish charities.

The JC revealed 18 months ago that Savile had admitted – in a previously unpublished interview about his work with the charities – that he knew his reputation would collapse.

He admitted he was “not a straight punter. When I’m gone they’ll say, ‘I always thought he was straight but he wasn’t — he was crooked.’”

Leeds Jewish Welfare Board removed a gold plaque in Savile’s honour from its Tree of Life at the Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Community Centre after his death.

Savile, who once described himself as “the most Jewish Catholic you will ever meet,” raised money for charities including Ravenswood and the Laniado Hospital in Netanya.

In 1968 he attended a batmitzvah party in Cheadle, Cheshire. Guests included Pearl and Harold Gruber’s daughter Sharon.

The family later recalled that Savile had been “wonderful. One of the boys at the party really wanted to be a disc jockey and nearly drove him mad,” said Mrs Gruber.

When Orthodox Jews Do bad things

From: http://popchassid.com

“Just wait,” they said. One day, they said, it would not be as simple.  It would not be as clear. They told me about all the things that go wrong in the orthodox community.  

They told me about every corrupt, every depressing, every sick thing.  They told me I would one day leave too, sick of it as they were. I wasn’t having any of it.  So what?  Of course there are people who do bad things in the orthodox community.  They’re human.  We’re all human.  What do you expect? “Just wait,” they said again, with their knowing looks. These were the bitter ones, the ones who had left, or the ones who had at least joined some sort of fringe movement.  They were sick of it, sick of what they had experienced.  I didn’t understand them.  How could you make such big decisions with your life based on people? 

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Joel Glock, of Kiryas Joel, Under Arrest For Allegedly Molesting A Child

KIRYAS JOEL - A Kiryas Joel man is under arrest after police say he inappropriately touched a child at a Purim celebration at a synagogue.

Police say Joel Glock was at a community gathering last weekend when he lured a 9-year-old child away from his parents and forcibly touched the child.

The victim told his mother and father what happened, and they reported the incident to the police.

Glock is expected to face a judge next week.

Missing Peretz Sontag has been found dead at Harriman State Park - בָּרוּך דַּיַּן הָאֶמָת

Peretz Sontag, the Pomona father of seven who had been missing for more than a week, has been found dead at Harriman State Park.

Sources tell News 12 that a hiker found Sontag's body inside his black Kia Optima.

A group of more than 800 volunteers had turned out to search Harriman State Park today for 50-year-old Sontag, as the park is where pings from his cellphone were last detected. He had last been seen leaving his house last Friday.

Volunteers of United Search and Rescue have told JP that last week Monday and again on Thursday they attempted to search the exact area where Mr. Sontag was found, but they were turned away by the Park Police.

The sources noted, that when the organizers of the volunteers search efforts reached out to the Park Police to assist with the search, they refused to take part in the search, claiming that they do not have enough resources. However, for some reason, they found resources to issue tickets.

Family Of Missing Jewish Man Peretz Sontag Pleads For His Safe Return

Hundreds of volunteers continue to search for a missing Pomona man. 

Peretz Sontag, well-known in the Orthodox Jewish community in Rockland, was last heard from Friday afternoon.

Sontag's family gathered in Suffern today to plead with the public to help find the missing 50-year-old.

About 200 volunteers from the Hudson Valley and Brooklyn have been searching for Sontag since his disappearance.

The focus of the search is on the 2012 black Kia Optima that Sontag was driving when he vanished.

The reward from the family for information leading to Sontag's safe return has increased to $30,000.

קול מבשר מבשר ואומר - משתה היין, בביהמ"ד דברי חיים

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From: www.telegraph.co.uk

US tourist succeeds in making Queen's guardsman laugh

Usually impervious to the antics of tourists, a soldier standing guard outside Horse Guards Parade cannot help cracking a smile at the efforts of this joker

The Queen's Guard are are known for their ability to stand motionless and expressionless at attention outside royal residences in London.

Their discipline is challenged daily by tourists visiting the sites, and it appears one may have finally succeeded in breaching their strict protocol.

The culprit, identified only as Yankel, begins his offensive by taking up a position next to the soldier.

“We were together in school, me and him. He went his own way,” Yankel says as his friends record the encounter.

The soldier remains impassive as Yankel continues to elaborate on their friendship: “I remember in school, he used to sit by himself and read books. I was the guy fooling around,” Yankel says.

A minute into the routine, the soldier begins to crack as Yankel tells how the soldier’s mother would continue to pick him up from school until he was 20.

When the guard finally breaks into a smile, Yankel punches the sky screaming at this victory.

The footage was posted online on Wednesday, although it is unclear when the incident happened. Neither the guard, who is wearing the uniform of the Household Cavalry Regiment, nor the four men dressed in Orthodox Jewish garb, have been identified.

The video has been met by disgust by some viewers.

Commenting on the original YouTube posting, Aryeh Kalman wrote: "As an Englishman, my first reaction was utter embarrassment for such a chilul hashem [sacrilege] as these soldiers put their lives on the line for our country." Although the writer later concedes to have been amused by the prank.

"Absolutely disgraceful. Such disrespect. I am ashamed he is Jewish," wrote one.

חיים אהרן צבי היילפרין רב "דקאק" דברי חיים

Baddiel with his Purim Jokes - חמץ דבדיל מיניה כל השנה