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Remember “Big” Bob? If So, E-Mail Me

Back in the 1960s and early 1970s, there was a BBYO AZA chapter called Kellam AZA. It later was renamed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. AZA.
Many of its chapter members are probably in their 50s and 60s by now.
Kellam/King AZA had as its chapter advisor a man named Bob Weisman.
He was a balding, short statured, heavy set man, who was also known in the community as “Big Bob.”
Bob owned a soft-served ice cream truck and used to do business by stopping his truck in various streets and neighborhoods mostly in the Upper Park Heights, Cheswolde and Pickwick areas.
He was also an employee of a former electronic repair store located back then in the Fallstaff Shopping Center and called Sirkis Music.
While Bob was active with the youth of the day, he might have been a little too active.
He was known to show what were called back then “stag” films to the boys in his AZA chapter and to other boys in the neighborhood as well. Stag films, just in case you might not know, are reel-to-reel porno movies.
Can you imagine sending your son off to a Jewish youth group meeting not knowing that instead of playing sports or raising tzedakah of some sort, they would be watching a porno movie provided by their chapter advisor.
One person I interviewed about Mr. Weisman said that Mr. Weisman tried to “seduce” him many times when he was in 11th and 12th grade.
I located and placed a call to the man who was the director of BBYO in Baltimore back then, and when I asked him about Mr. Weisman, he didn’t “remember” or didn’t offer a reaction.
How could the director not know?
Then again, most parents knew nothing of the activities of their sons back then. As a member of this generation, a member of AZA, not Kellam/King, I remember that this was a time when boys probably wouldn’t have mentioned anything like this to their parents.
I have been told that Mr. Weisman died allegedly of AIDS.
If you know of any information about Mr. Weisman, I would be forever grateful. My email is .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
A friend told me that Mr. Weisman would ask him how much money he would accept from him to have sex with him. My friend is 57 now. He was 17 when these questions were asked.
God only knows what other questions Mr. Weisman was asking of boys back then.
And what about the answers?
So, if you knew of Bob, know of Bob, were members of his AZA chapter, I’d love to hear from you.
And Bob, if the information is incorrect about your death. Call me, we can discuss other “issues” of impact to my life.

 

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The executive editor makes the standards for publication performance, and he or she also motivates and develops staff. In addition, the executive editor develops and maintains the publication budget. Together with the editing staff and the committee process, the executive editor is responsible for strategic and operational planning. Thanks.
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Posted by jaffa on 10/26/11 at 04:56 AM

There are various editorial positions in publishing. Typically, one finds junior editorial assistants reporting to the senior-level editorial staff and directors who report to senior executive editors. Senior executive editors are responsible for developing a product to its final release. The smaller the publication, the more these roles run together. Thanks a lot.
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Posted by wify on 10/20/11 at 08:52 AM

It is alarming to take note that there are a lot of “Big Bobs” today who hold high standings in society but they turn out to be a threat to innocent lives. It is alarming, too, that even those people whom we trust can also turn out to be “Big Bobs”. We have created a dangerous world for our children.- Jordan

Posted by Jordan on 01/12/11 at 12:16 PM

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