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Objections To Agriprocessors Sale Filed, Hearing Today

Today's hearing should determine whether the sale of Agriprocessors to SHF / Hershey Friedman is approved.

Annals of Halakha: Orthodox Rabbi Says Blind Can Feel Their Dates

Even though Orthodox men and women are not supposed to touch before marriage, rabbi says the blind can do so because it is their way of seeing.

Evangelicals' Rabbi Asks Why Gentiles Have To Keep FSU Jews Afloat While Israel Refuses To Pay

Evangelical donations keep Russia's Jewish community functioning as Israel and individual Jewish donors default on pledges and schools close.

Haredi Riots Continue In Jerusalem, Spread To Beit Shemesh

Jerusalem's mayor cuts off all city services to haredi areas "until such time that providing them will not entail risking human life." 

Jews And Muslims Once Prayed Together On The Temple Mount

An early Jewish Midrash known as Nistarot Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai hailed the Muslims as the initiators of Israel's redemption and a Muslim ruler as the builder of the House of the Lord.

Israeli College Takes Back Presidency From Prof Who Once Taught At Israel's Version Of JTS

Fundamentalists pressure Modern Orthodox. Modern Orthodox cave in.

Haredim Riot To Protest Abusive Mother's Arrest

Woman allegedly starved her child and kept toddler near death. Haredim threaten to boycott Hadassah Hospital because Hadassah doctors uncovered the abuse.

Haredi Investors Fear "Illui" Bilked Them Out Of Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In A Madoff-Like Scam

"Illui" especially close to Gerrer hasidim. Haredi victims refuse to cooperate with authorities.

Blaming the Victims: Academic Says Haredi Rejection Of BTs Leads To Cultlike Extremism

By refusing to accept them, haredi society pushes  BTs into forming their own separate, sometimes fundamentalist communities.

Breaking! Agriprocessors, Rubashkin Child Labor Trial Postponed Until 2010

Hearing on status of case set for early January. Trial not likely until Spring 2010 – at the earliest.

Will Israel Grant Asylum To Fascism?

A draconian new law would punish doctors and aid workers for helping asylum seekers, even those fleeing genocide. Refugees, doctors and aid workers alike could face 20 years in jail.

Celebrity Watch: Britney Spears Converting To Judaism

Pop star seen sporting Star of David necklace. Boyfriend is Jewish, engagement rumored.

Neturei Karta Woman Arrested For Starving Her Toddler Son

Haredim torch Jerusalem welfare office in retaliation for woman's arrest.    

Brazil: No Asylum For Haredi Alleged Child Abuser

Authorities reject 'Rabbi' Elior Chen's request for refugee status, say he will soon be extradited to Israel.

Letter From Beit Shemesh: Haredi Extremists Terrorize Residents

A 15-year-old girl remembers a roar of male voices, a blur of bearded faces and being kicked from behind as she was pelted with raw eggs.