The Butchering of 8-Year-Old Leiby Kletzky

Consider that this murderer may have had a mental health affliction as well. Did he ever receive psychiatri­c counseling and treatment? That has not come to my attention as of yet. That said, one must also consider the sad and unfortunat­e dismal impression of Jews for the conseling and psychiatri­c treatment of our own people a considerat­ion we must remidy in our communitie­s. We must be more aware of mental health situations and concerns and we must have a conduit for bringing any of our afflicted to counseling and treatment in the time before any such situation becomes so severe that it outweight a man or woman's sense of propriety or sanity. This is a concern of my own, though clearly this is an abhorrent situation. We must consider attending to more of the needs of our community. This man was loosely attached to society as I understand the situation. Was there neglect of our responsibi­lity to him prior to this and clearly will we still neglect the care and treatment of the truly sick, unorthodox and broken mind?
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