Dwek Gets Disowned

The New York Post is reporting that Solomon Dwek, the canary who sang a song that led to the unraveling of SYNG and the arrest of half -a-dozen rabbis, has been publicly disowned.

A lot of people might like to wring his neck, but the sleazy real-estate mogul who ratted out everyone from politicians to rabbis in a massive corruption case is apparently already as good as dead to his father. Israel Dwek -- the father of Solomon "Shlomo" Dwek, who helped the feds nail three New Jersey mayors and several rabbis in Brooklyn last week -- plans to sit shiva for his son because he is so disgusted with his turning on other Jews, reported the Web site PolitickerNJ.com. The father -- citing "the Talmudic Law of Moser that prohibits a Jew from informing on another Jew to a non-Jew" -- renounced his son from the pulpit at his synagogue in Deal, NJ, on Saturday, the site said.

Shlomo needn't worry. There are boatloads of excellent Jews from some of the other Orthodox sects who would be glad to adopt him. (Though I confess to being unsure if I'd call him a hero. He did rat out Jews, and there is something sleazy about saving your hide by turning in your friends.)