About a month after he committed suicide: unknown individuals set fire to Chaim Velder's books near his grave
The ultra-Orthodox author and educator, who has written about 80 books, ended his life after dozens of testimonies surfaced that he sexually assaulted women and girls.
Senior judges in the ultra-Orthodox community have ordered that he no longer read his books, and now documentation of his books, which were set on fire near his grave, has been distributed.
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25/01/2022
Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 19:34 Updated: 20:18
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In the video: Haim Velder's books were set on fire near his grave (courtesy of Channel 7)
Unknown individuals set fire to Haim Velder's books near his grave, according to documentation released today (Tuesday), about a month after the ultra-Orthodox author and educator, who wrote about 80 books, ended his life after dozens of testimonies surfaced that he sexually assaulted women and girls.
About two and a half months ago, journalists Aharon Rabinovich and Shira Alek published three testimonies of women against him.
Haaretz claims that Velder sexually abused girls for years, while maintaining a revered image.
One of them said that at the age of 12 the relationship with him began and that after not long after that he started asking her if she cared to touch his penis.
She further testified that at the age of 13 he informed her that they had to "celebrate" the receipt of her first menstrual period and that he had full sexual intercourse with her at a hotel in Ramat Gan.
Another woman testified that when she was 15, throughout a series of encounters Velder took advantage of his status and age, and had regular sex with her in several different places.
However, Walder vehemently denied the allegations and wrote that it was a plot.
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The Burnt Books, next to Walder's grave (Photo: Official website, courtesy of Channel 7)
Since the publication of the investigation, much more evidence has accumulated.
Bodies that worked with him began to shake him off, including Kol Chai radio and the newspaper Yated Ne'eman, and he announced his retirement from all his public pursuits.
Three weeks ago, senior dayanim in the ultra-Orthodox community ordered not to read his books until things were clarified.
Earlier, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu called for Velder's books to be taken out of the houses.
"It is impossible to keep in the school of someone suspected of sexually abusing so many women. There is no compromise in the war on this abomination," he wrote.
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