Chareidi Israeli Citizen Jailed In France Without Access To Lawyer, Tefillin Or Kosher Food

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — A chareidi Israeli citizen is imprisoned in France for the past three months for reasons unknown to his family. The man, Shmuel Frankel, left Geneva on 7/25/21 on a bus to Marseilles. He was arrested in Marseilles and since then he has been incarcerated without seeing a lawyer and without the authorities contacting his family. His  kipah, Tzitzis and Tefillin were taken from him and he is subsisting on fruits and vegetables since he does not receive kosher food. The Israeli embassy has yet to be involved in the matter according to a report by B’Chadrei Chareidim.

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Shmuel’s family say that on 9/23/21 he was tried and found guilty although the charges are not known. He was sentenced to six months in jail and he is currently imprisoned at a prison near Marseilles.

Local Chabad representative Rabbi Immanuel Aryeh Chaim Taubenblatt succeeded in visiting Shmuel on Friday and described him as despondent. Shmuel, who does not know French, categorically denies the charges against him but has no way to assert his rights. His family say that the medicines he requires for diabetes and high blood pressure were also taken from him, leaving him in frail health. On Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Sukkos Shmuel was not able to attend prayers and he was delighted to be able to put on Tefillin on Friday for the first time in three months.

The Israeli foreign ministry said that it is aware of the matter and it is being dealt with by the consular division in Paris.

Please pray for Shmuel Ben Tzivia Esther.


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Silence
Silence
2 years ago

This story has more holes than a donut factory.

ah BITER gelechter!
ah BITER gelechter!
2 years ago

There must be more to the story than what’s reported.

Emes
Emes
2 years ago

Okay everybody, I agree something doesn’t add up here. But still don’t mock the poor guy. I don’t know what he’s really about, but he still deserves the right to an attorney, communication with his family, and his human & religious needs. Even the worst terrorist gets this minimum level of human decency. Why shouldn’t he?

Shlomo
Shlomo
2 years ago

Readers are invited to find even one sentence in this article that might be entirely true.

common sense
common sense
2 years ago

He pled guilty and denies the charges, but nobody knows what the charges are? The claim that the family does not know what the charges are does not have the ring of truth to it. If the family does not want people to know what the charges are, it is understandable, but just say so.

¿que?
¿que?
2 years ago

Something is missing here… aint making any sense

Pragmatist
Pragmatist
2 years ago

Nothing in this article makes any sense: “he was tried and found guilty although the charges are not known.” and “incarcerated without seeing a lawyer”. Give me a break. France is still a democracy and no one is found guilty without being explained the charges against them . In France even foreigners charged with an offense are entitled to a lawyer and France has the equivalent of Legal Aid for those that can’t afford a lawyer. \

David
David
2 years ago

If he wanted the charges against him known, he would have told the interviewer.

Shmuel
Shmuel
2 years ago

Something doesn’t add up here. On the one hand, “charges against him are not known.” On the other – he “categorically denies” them.
??????

Besides, people don’t just get arrested in France and sentenced to 6 months without charges being told them. There must be MUCH more to this story.

Having said that, he is a yid and I wish him released. And I hope it’s tonight.

uneducated Archie
uneducated Archie
2 years ago

A very honest yiddishe face. We can be sure he has nothing wrong. and jail is for goyim who have what to be punished about not for him

Gersey
Gersey
2 years ago

My SIL a retired US Marshal, when confronted with a chareidi in lockup on Canadian Border, said when he asked for kosher food the supervisor said: If you didn’t commit those crimes you could have had all the kosher food you wanted. I think there is more to the story here, but will not judge till ALL the facts come out.

Rats rats DemocRATs
Rats rats DemocRATs
2 years ago

France is a vicious hotbed of Jew haters. France released an Arab murderer who killed a jewish Holocaust survivor.

Looking ahead?
Looking ahead?
2 years ago

Big zadik, when he gets out he can go on a speaking tour, and become a Rebbeh like Rubashkin.

Pidyoin Shveeyem
Pidyoin Shveeyem
2 years ago

Oy vay, Pidyon Shveeyem, everyone must donate $10,000 to this cause, to save this pure as snow zadik.

Every guy dressed like this is automatically a big zadik, a pious man, why do you think they call the sidecurls on them “pious”, after all?

questions crying out for answers
questions crying out for answers
2 years ago

What was this big Israeli Haredi tzaddik doing traveling alone in Europe in the middle of the summer on a bus, crossing borders from Switzerland to France? What was he carrying with him?