HOLDING CHILD ABUSERS ACCOUNTABLE

The Issue

I attended a Jewish private school from 2006-2013. During that time, I witnessed the principal Rabbi Richard Ehrlich and a corker, Irwin Ziment physically and verbally abuse multiple students. The abuse ranged from grabbing 1-8th graders by their collars and chucking them across classrooms, to throwing textbooks, desks, staplers and various other objects  at young students. Mr. Ziment used to inappropriately compliment his young female students as he rubbed our lower backs, while stuffing the male students into cubbies and screaming profanities at them. Ehrlich also knowingly covered for one of his associates, who was charged and prosecuted for sexually abusing his teenage students. When Ehrlich was questioned about this in 2013 he declined to comment. Male staff and assistant principals were notorious for inviting singular students (often times girls) into their offices, one at a time and disappearing with them for hours on end, with the door locked. I am tired of staying quiet about this, I want to know why these people who WERE ONCE EDUCATORS DEALING WITH CHILDREN were never prosecuted for their blatant and traumatic abuse. Not anymore. 

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The Issue

I attended a Jewish private school from 2006-2013. During that time, I witnessed the principal Rabbi Richard Ehrlich and a corker, Irwin Ziment physically and verbally abuse multiple students. The abuse ranged from grabbing 1-8th graders by their collars and chucking them across classrooms, to throwing textbooks, desks, staplers and various other objects  at young students. Mr. Ziment used to inappropriately compliment his young female students as he rubbed our lower backs, while stuffing the male students into cubbies and screaming profanities at them. Ehrlich also knowingly covered for one of his associates, who was charged and prosecuted for sexually abusing his teenage students. When Ehrlich was questioned about this in 2013 he declined to comment. Male staff and assistant principals were notorious for inviting singular students (often times girls) into their offices, one at a time and disappearing with them for hours on end, with the door locked. I am tired of staying quiet about this, I want to know why these people who WERE ONCE EDUCATORS DEALING WITH CHILDREN were never prosecuted for their blatant and traumatic abuse. Not anymore. 

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Rabbi Richard Ehrlich
Rabbi Richard Ehrlich
Irwin Ziment
Irwin Ziment

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Petition created on July 11, 2020