Wednesday, August 11, 2004
This is the note Jonathan wrote to me on August 11, 2001.
This note says:
To Debby
I really like talking with you
and you i like you. you
were the one when there was
no one else. I am sorry
about this tragedy
in general and this one
in particular was inevitable.
please make my story heard
as much as you can. Don't
feel hurt about it. This is
the only chance for some positive
change. Especially when the
hasidim would know exactly
what went on. so the positive
parts inside them are the girls
might wake up into some
action. I hope
Love you and cherish you
Jonathan
When Miki came to New York to collect Jonathan's things, we found this note, along with a note to his previous landlord and a note to his family in Netanya. Although the envelope says, "time of execution, August 11, 2000" the actual date of his suicide was June 14, 2001.
Thank you, Mordechai, for keeping him alive an extra 10 months.
Thank you, Miki, for coming to New York, October 2000. I think this helped keep him alive the extra 10 months.
Today is my wedding anniversary. I have been married 13 years to a wonderful man, and have two wonderful children.
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My dear,
Jonathan's notes bring tears to my eyes. My heart goes out to you. I cannot believe that this happened but a part of me does believe.
Jonathan sounded like a sweet searching earnest soul. I hope that he has found peace. He was too young, what can I say?
It is a hard time for you and yours I know. I have no words. I send you all many hugs. You were so stalwart. He was blessed to have you as kin. I can tell how much you all loved and continue to love him. Love never dies.
Jonathan's notes bring tears to my eyes. My heart goes out to you. I cannot believe that this happened but a part of me does believe.
Jonathan sounded like a sweet searching earnest soul. I hope that he has found peace. He was too young, what can I say?
It is a hard time for you and yours I know. I have no words. I send you all many hugs. You were so stalwart. He was blessed to have you as kin. I can tell how much you all loved and continue to love him. Love never dies.
Hi. I just read your story as I saw a trace from your old blog to mine. This is Moyshe, and you wrote about me on June 23. I read what happened to your cousin alav-hasholom and I'm very sorry to hear about it. My name change may sound like a parallel but I just want to emphasize that it is patently ridiculous to send my (future) children to a Haredi yeshiva with the last name McGrath. If that sounds extreme to you, so be it. I'm in the Litvak, not chassidic, community, although I am in complete agreement with the chassidim who posted defending their groups. I am thank G-d not depressed and would not sink into such a state if I could not find a frum-from-birth girl to marry.
Just a note to Moyshe,
I wish you the best. However, the Hasidic community did fail Jonathan in many ways. Anytime that someone removes themselves in any way from the community is a sign that we failed them. Are we not supposed to look to our own faults first? Jonathan should not have died. Period. Rather than launching an attack to defend themselves, his detractors would have better spent that time in self-examination. Even if no one could have prevented Jonathan's death.
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I wish you the best. However, the Hasidic community did fail Jonathan in many ways. Anytime that someone removes themselves in any way from the community is a sign that we failed them. Are we not supposed to look to our own faults first? Jonathan should not have died. Period. Rather than launching an attack to defend themselves, his detractors would have better spent that time in self-examination. Even if no one could have prevented Jonathan's death.
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