So you think that you can find something 'pure' in Judaism, do you?
Then you may be interested to know about this story:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-16/malka-leifer-abuse-allegations-melbourne-woman-awarded-1.27-mill/6780040
It tells of a Melbourne woman, once a student at an elite ultra-Jewish Melbourne school who has recently been awarded one million dollars as compensation for the sexual abuse she experienced at the hands of the school Head.
And, if you care to search further, you will find other similar stories of abuse at Jewish schools, and the attempts made by the Jewish authorities to cover up the crimes.
And, to travel back in history, you may like to investigate this giant Jewish trading organisation known as the Radhanites. I believe their origins are to be found among the Jews deported to Babylon. When Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem, many stayed in Babylon, believing that life in a sophisticated city like Babylon was better than returning to a ruined, hick city like Jerusalem. The Jews that stayed in Babylon turned to trading to make a living. Many became very wealthy, and in time a huge trading network formed, controlled by those Jewish people. The Babylonian rabbis later became very influential in the formation of Judaism, particularly after the destruction of the second temple in 70 CE.
Information on the Radhanites is not so easy to find, but here's one source on the web:
http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-jews-in-the-islamic-world/radhanites-SIM_0018170
You'll likely need access to a good library to read the entire entry, but the initial part says:
The Radhanites (Ar. al-Rādhāniyya) were Jewish merchants believed to have originated in the ninth century in the region of Rādhān, a district in southern Iraq. Their trade routes, which stretched from China to the Iberian Peninsula, as well as the commodities in which they traded, were recorded by the ninth-century Persian geographer Ibn Khurradādhbih (or Khurdādhbih) in his Kitāb al-Masālik wa al-Mamālik (ed. de Goeje, Leiden, 1889, pp. 153-155). According to this text, the Radhanites knew six languages and traded in slaves, silk, furs, and swords, as w…
Anyway, the point I want to make is that as part of their trading in slaves, they also specialised in eunuchs, and it is believed they maintained a facility in Verdun at which boys and young men were operated on to make eunuchs. Of course, for many that just means castration, but there was also a demand for eunuchs who had not just their testes removed, but also their penis - and that is a much more serious operation and skilled care is required to prevent fatalities.
