My daughter was 4 years old when she saw me the last time.

Her mother was afraid I will take off her thick black stockings or teach her about barney the purple dinosaur, and my daughter would rather cry that I don't love her because I haven't come to visit than smile at barney the purple dinosaur; and so, I haven’t seen my daughter in 2 years.

 She deserves a father in her life, even if her father is not as strictly Hassidic as her mother is.

I really tried giving her a Chassidic father, even though I wasn't one personally. I put on a white shirt, the bigger yarmulke I had in the glove compartment, made sure all the screens were off at home, and read Feldhiem books together.

But my 4 year old daughter who smiled back to anyone who smiled to her, my 4 year old daughter who didn't understand anything about politics, know anything about sports, physics, different cultures, ancient history, mathematical theorems, or philosophical ideas, was at risk of being exposed to… Me. So our precious visitation hour we so loved together, the precious father-daughter time we had twice every week where I made her supper and we giggled, hiked, and read together, was terminated.

Please help my daughter ZC. Help her find her own father. 

Children deserve both of their parents regardless of the parents’ differences in lifestyle or worldview. The children are not to be punished for being in this situation they didn't create. It is not protecting them from the situation if you take away one of their parents’ involvement in their lives; its merely our own fears, agenda's, and opinions, that adults project on children who don't deserve to be used as pawns.

Help us. Help her and help me restore the healthy relationship we had. Help stop the cycle of abuse. Help me build a better future for us all.

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This fundraising campaign is for a legal fund to assist with hiring attorneys, paying for trial hours, and for other legal expenses as necessary. You may rest assured that all funds donated here will go directly towards helping ZC get her rightful relationship with her daddy established again, or -- in the unlikely event that we will raise more funds than are necessary for my case -- to assist other parents with legal expenses related to leaving an ultra-Orthodox lifestyle, through the 'Save Penina's Children Fund' established for such causes. 

We are aiming for the 18K needed for the lawyers retainer fee and first batch of days put in to research and challenge the binding arbitration, so that we can actually change this abuse in a legal manner. Please donate whatever you can, every dollar will make a difference, and i personally Thank You from the bottem of my heart for helping my innocent daughter get back what was always hers - A Dad.

Donate at: http://igg.me/at/LittleZC/x/7584160