J.E. Reich

To give you insight into how bent and nearly broken I already was before the defendant entered our lives. My life. And from where I stand, the four years she spent keeping us in a prison of her own making was nothing less than an act of torture. Whatever her defense argues, what she did or did not know, I will say here and now, she knew that we were victims of terror, survivors of loss.

To give you insight into how bent and nearly broken I already was before the defendant entered our lives. My life. And from where I stand, the four years she spent keeping us in a prison of her own making was nothing less than an act of torture. Whatever her defense argues, what she did or did not know, I will say here and now, she knew that we were victims of terror, survivors of loss.

To give you insight into how bent and nearly broken I already was before the defendant entered our lives. My life. And from where I stand, the four years she spent keeping us in a prison of her own making was nothing less than an act of torture. Whatever her defense argues, what she did or did not know, I will say here and now, she knew that we were victims of terror, survivors of loss.

She knew enough. When I picked up my mother's call on that day in February, here is what she told me. My stepfather had received an alarming number of phone calls and voicemails. My stepfather and my mother listened to these voicemails. There were two commonalities.

She knew enough. When I picked up my mother's call on that day in February, here is what she told me. My stepfather had received an alarming number of phone calls and voicemails. My stepfather and my mother listened to these voicemails. There were two commonalities.

She knew enough. When I picked up my mother's call on that day in February, here is what she told me. My stepfather had received an alarming number of phone calls and voicemails. My stepfather and my mother listened to these voicemails. There were two commonalities.

These voicemails espoused violent anti-Semitism, acute and unwavering, and these voicemails addressed me, first and foremost, by my first name. Not by my byline, J.E. Reich, but by my first name, J. Per the timeline of the public record, I can only surmise that the defendant read work of mine that had been published in the immediate aftermath of the Tree of Life shooting.

These voicemails espoused violent anti-Semitism, acute and unwavering, and these voicemails addressed me, first and foremost, by my first name. Not by my byline, J.E. Reich, but by my first name, J. Per the timeline of the public record, I can only surmise that the defendant read work of mine that had been published in the immediate aftermath of the Tree of Life shooting.

These voicemails espoused violent anti-Semitism, acute and unwavering, and these voicemails addressed me, first and foremost, by my first name. Not by my byline, J.E. Reich, but by my first name, J. Per the timeline of the public record, I can only surmise that the defendant read work of mine that had been published in the immediate aftermath of the Tree of Life shooting.

I remember sitting there and thinking, is he actually going to rule in favor of the defense? Is he going to give her a lesser sentence? The one that they had proposed was 12 months with time served, which would have meant that she could have been out within a month or two if they factored in good behavior. Because she had already served, I think, around eight, maybe nine months.

I remember sitting there and thinking, is he actually going to rule in favor of the defense? Is he going to give her a lesser sentence? The one that they had proposed was 12 months with time served, which would have meant that she could have been out within a month or two if they factored in good behavior. Because she had already served, I think, around eight, maybe nine months.

I remember sitting there and thinking, is he actually going to rule in favor of the defense? Is he going to give her a lesser sentence? The one that they had proposed was 12 months with time served, which would have meant that she could have been out within a month or two if they factored in good behavior. Because she had already served, I think, around eight, maybe nine months.

What I know is that the essay that Vanity Fair asked me to write, the article which was published on October 29th, 2018, identified my stepfather not by name, but by his past role as the executive director of Tree of Life, a role which he held for well over two decades. The defendant knew my name, my first name, before she left her first messages. In my purview, there is a clear through line.

What I know is that the essay that Vanity Fair asked me to write, the article which was published on October 29th, 2018, identified my stepfather not by name, but by his past role as the executive director of Tree of Life, a role which he held for well over two decades. The defendant knew my name, my first name, before she left her first messages. In my purview, there is a clear through line.

What I know is that the essay that Vanity Fair asked me to write, the article which was published on October 29th, 2018, identified my stepfather not by name, but by his past role as the executive director of Tree of Life, a role which he held for well over two decades. The defendant knew my name, my first name, before she left her first messages. In my purview, there is a clear through line.

Yeah, she could have been out pretty quickly. The judge delivered his sentence. In the end, she was given 32 months with time served. So that's a few years with three years of supervised release, meaning that after she's released, if she tries to contact us, she'll be arrested and imprisoned. It's like a violation of parole.

Yeah, she could have been out pretty quickly. The judge delivered his sentence. In the end, she was given 32 months with time served. So that's a few years with three years of supervised release, meaning that after she's released, if she tries to contact us, she'll be arrested and imprisoned. It's like a violation of parole.

Yeah, she could have been out pretty quickly. The judge delivered his sentence. In the end, she was given 32 months with time served. So that's a few years with three years of supervised release, meaning that after she's released, if she tries to contact us, she'll be arrested and imprisoned. It's like a violation of parole.

She did her research. She knew who I was. She took steps in order to destroy one of the only things I can truly claim, my name. Here is an image that haunts me. The defendant left messages on my stepfather's old answering machine in his office, nearly identical to those on his personal cell phone. Messages that were all directed towards me.

She did her research. She knew who I was. She took steps in order to destroy one of the only things I can truly claim, my name. Here is an image that haunts me. The defendant left messages on my stepfather's old answering machine in his office, nearly identical to those on his personal cell phone. Messages that were all directed towards me.