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54 posts from September 2005

September 30, 2005: Rabbi Gil Student And The Art Of Censorship
Comments: 8 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Blogs , Haredim , Jewish Leadership
This is Banned Books Week. Fittingly, Rabbi Gil Student has written another post on Blogs And Lashon Hara. In it, R. Student lays out Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir's views on the halakhot involved, especially those involved if (or ever!) an...

September 28, 2005: Rabbi Goldschmidt Must Be Backed By FJC And Lazar To Enter Russia
Comments: 4 | Categories: Chabad , Court Jews , Dirty Tricks , Jewish Leadership , Turf Disputes
Interfax reports on the "reason" behing the banning of Berel Lazar's rabbinic rival, Moscow's Chief Rabbi Pinkhas Goldschmidt, from Russia by the Putin government: Moscow, September 28, Interfax - The Russian Foreign Ministry is investigating the motives behind a decision...

September 28, 2005: New Moment Magazine Article On Rabbi Slifkin
Comments: 14 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim , Jewish Leadership
Moment Magazine has published a new article about the Rabbi Nosson Slifkin Book Ban. Perhaps the best quote in the piece comes from Rabbi Ahron Feldman, the 'godol' who first backed Rabbi Slifkin but then sold him out: None of...

September 28, 2005: American Jewish World Service Calls For Expanded US Role In Darfur
Comments: 0 | Categories: Famine , Hessed , Refugees
American Jewish World Service has launched a call to action on Darfur. The petition, which can be signed here, calls for an expanded US role in ending the genocide. Let's hope it works.

September 27, 2005: Putin Bars Non-Chabad Chief Rabbi From Russia
Comments: 17 | Categories: Chabad , Court Jews , Dirty Tricks , Jewish Leadership , Turf Disputes
Moscow's Chief Rabbi – an opponent of Chabad, Putin's pro-Stalin, anti-democracy movement, and Chabad's self-appointed 'chief rabbi' of Russia Berel Lazar – was barred from returning to Russia after a trip to Israel by Russian border guards. The AP and...

September 26, 2005: The OU Spins Kosher To New Lows
Comments: 40 | Categories: Kosher Business?
The OU has announced it is now certifying Maalox as kosher. Why? The OU (incorrectly) notes: Kosher certification is not required for prescription medications, but it is a requirement for over-the-counter medications – such as Maalox® and Triaminic® – which...

September 25, 2005: The Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir Flip Flop
Comments: 8 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim , Jewish Leadership
Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir of the Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem wrote a column a few weeks ago endorsing public criticism of public figures. This week, Rabbi Meir has 'modified' his message – Rabbis are lagely exempt from such criticism....

September 25, 2005: Falash Mura End Hunger Strike
Comments: 13 | Categories: Ethiopian Jews
1500 Falash Mura were forced by police to end their 3-day hunger strike protesting the extremely slow rate of aliya to Israel. The Falash Mura were saddened because no Jewish communities contacted them during the strike.

September 24, 2005: Are You Chabad?
Comments: 3 | Categories: PARODY & SATIRE
Are you Chabad?

September 23, 2005: Conservative Rabbi Resigns Post, Becomes Orthodox, Gets Online Semicha
Comments: 7 | Categories: Jewish Leadership
A New Jersey-based Conservative rabbi resigned his pulpit, became Orthodox, took an online semicha program, passed and is now looking for work as an Orthodox rabbi: … Rabbi Friedman was helpful. He spent time with me and kept insisting, ‘I...

September 23, 2005: The Rabbi Mordechai Eliyhu Flip Flop
Comments: 5 | Categories: Israel , Jewish Leadership
Rabbi Modechai Eliyahu has now withdrawn his statements urging soldiers to disobey orders. He also has this to say about his 'prophcey' that Disengagement would not happen: Eliahu has been criticized by religious Zionist rabbis for promising thousands of his...

September 22, 2005: Chabad Huricane Relief #6: Efforts "Nonsectarian," Misrepresents President's Statement
Comments: 8 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Hessed
In a new press release, Chabad claims President Bush praised its 'nonsectarian' relief efforts in a speech given yesterday. But nothing could be further from the truth. As noted first here, what President Bush actually said is as follows: "Our...

September 22, 2005: Rashi Upshlugged
Comments: 3 | Categories: History
A brilliant, must read refutation of a Rashi in Shabbat has been published by the Forward's language columnist, Philologos. History does matter.

September 21, 2005: Chabad Hurricane Relief #5
Comments: 4 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Hessed
In the midst of a nice article about Chabad 'relief' efforts in Mississippi and Alabama we find the following description of Chabad's activities there from Chabad itself: Jewish people were the group’s focus but not the only beneficiaries. As the...

September 21, 2005: Chabad Lies Over Its Hazerdous Unlicenced NYC Pre-School Exposed
Comments: 0 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc.
Remember the Chabad-run pre school closed by NYC health and fire officials for code violations last spring? The code violations that Chabad denied and chalked up to antisemitism? Well, Chabad.org has a news release for you. It reads in part:...

September 21, 2005: NYC Mayor Gives In To Satmar, Agudah In Apparent Election Deal – Circumcision Deal Clearly Not Kosher
Comments: 5 | Categories: Circumcision , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Jewish Leadership , Med-Ethics, Public Health
Ultra-Orthodox rabbis meet with NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg regarding ritual circumcision, August 11, 2005. (Photo credit: Edward Reed) The deal between NYC and Satmar is expained by Debra Nussbaum Cohen in tomorrow's NY Jewish Week: The city of New York...

September 21, 2005: President Bush On Chabad Rescue
Comments: 1 | Categories: Chabad , Hessed
When speaking this morning to a gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition, President Bush said this about Chabad's hurricane rescue: "Our nation’s armies of compassion have rallied and have come to the aid of people who are in desperate need...

September 20, 2005: Hundreds Of Falash Mura Go On Hunger Strike In Addis
Comments: 1 | Categories: Ethiopian Jews
Falash Mura pray in Addis Ababa. (BBC) Hundreds of Falash Mura in Ethiopia have gone on a hunger strike to protest the slow pace of aliya, the BBC reports.

September 20, 2005: Simon Wiesenthal Dead
Comments: 3 | Categories: Jewish Leadership
Famed Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal has passed away.

September 20, 2005: Dr. Suess Goes To Lakewood
Comments: 1 | Categories: PARODY & SATIRE
Dr. Suess goes to Lakewood …

September 19, 2005: Ukraine Gets Third 'Chief Rabbi' – Chabad Objects
Comments: 4 | Categories: Chabad , Turf Disputes
As Ukrainian Jews grapple with the country's new political turmoil, the JTA is also reporting that Chabad is objecting to the naming of the country's third 'chief rabbi': A majority of Ukrainian rabbis blasted the election of a new chief...

September 18, 2005: 30 Years Of Ethiopian Aliya
Comments: 10 | Categories: Ethiopian Jews
An event marking 30 years of Ethiopian Jewish aliya is being held tomorrow in Israel. Meanwhile, Falash Mura are on a hunger strike protesting Israeli broken promises and foot-dragging.

September 17, 2005: The Mosques Israel Destroyed
Comments: 7 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Israel
Ha'aretz reports on the hundreds of mosques Israel destroyed, turned into synagogues, storerooms or cowsheds since 1948. (And no, two wrongs do not make a right.)

September 17, 2005: Mohel Agrees To Stop Oral-To-Genital-Suction During Circumcision
Comments: 1 | Categories: Circumcision , Haredim , Jewish Leadership , Med-Ethics, Public Health
As you read this keep in mind that the beit din is under the control of Satmar's Central Rabbinical Congress, and no investigation they perform is likely to be fair. Their community has already come out strongly against any ban...

September 16, 2005: President Bush On 350 Years Of Jewish Life In America
Comments: 0 | Categories: Chabad , Hessed , History , Jewish Leadership
President Bush spoke this week about 350 years of Jewish life in America. He singled out Rabbi Barry Gelman (YU, 1996) for his work aiding Katrina refugees in Houston: … American Jewish organizations have already raised over $10 million, plus...

September 16, 2005: Is President Bush Fit to Lead?
Comments: 3 | Categories: Med-Ethics, Public Health
ABC News investigated US preparedness for an Avian Flu pandemic, God forbid. It found that US stockpiles of Tamaflu, the only drug known to work against Avian Flu, are very low and that the US is far down on the...

September 15, 2005: Orthodox Rabbi's Drug Pusher Son Gets Special Treatment
Comments: 31 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Jewish Leadership
The Baltimore Sun reports: When a Baltimore judge sentenced Moshe Khaver to five years in prison for nearly killing a boy over a marijuana debt, she said the son of a Park Heights rabbi was no different from violent drug...

September 15, 2005: Chabad Hurricane Relief #4
Comments: 1 | Categories: Chabad , Hessed
The New York Jewish Week reports: … Other organizations, mainly Orthodox ones, are focusing their efforts on aiding the roughly 9,500 Jews from New Orleans who have mostly relocated to Houston, Memphis and other area communities, and those who were...

September 15, 2005: Chabad Rabbi Of Tel Aviv Blames Hurricane On Bush, Rice
Comments: 4 | Categories: Chabad , Jewish Leadership
Larry Cohler-Esses writes in today's NY Jewish Week: When Israel’s most prominent Sephardic rabbi described Hurricane Katrina as America’s punishment for supporting Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza — and condemned its mainly black victims for failing to study Torah — many...

September 14, 2005: Forward: OU's Hurricane Relief Only For Jews
Comments: 5 | Categories: Chabad , Hessed , Jewish Leadership
The Forward reports that the joint OU – RCA - YU hurricane relief fund is only helping Jews and that the OU refused to discuss the amount of money raised or its accounting. Chabad – which claims in the article...

September 14, 2005: PETA Critiqued
Comments: 2 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
The National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez ahs written a good critique of the loonier aspects of PETA. Unfortunately, she leaves out any mention of PETA's better projects, especially those related to abused factory-farmed animals.

September 13, 2005: Gaza
Comments: 11 | Categories: Israel
There seems to some confusion over this website's position on the Gaza Disengagement. To be clear: The Disengagement is not a peace agreement. It is a strategic redrawing of Israel's border. The government has the right to make such decisions,...

September 13, 2005: More On "Jewish" Hurricane Relief
Comments: 4 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Hessed , Jewish Leadership
The Jerusalem Post has a revealing article on Jewish rescue and relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina. As you read the piece, keep the following points in mind: All national Jewish fundraising efforts for Hurricane Katrina except those made by Orthodox...

September 11, 2005: Chabad Hurricane Relief #3
Comments: 15 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Hessed , Jewish Leadership
Rabbi Yochanan Rivkin of Chabad's Jewish Hurricane Relief was just on Fox News. I only caught the last 2/3 of the interview, but two things seemed clear: Rabbi Rivkin did not specify that Chabad's relief and rescue was directed only...

September 11, 2005: The Halakhic Value Of Transparency
Comments: 1 | Categories: Chabad , Hessed , Jewish Leadership
How important is transparency in fundraising? Is there a halakhic position on the issue? Yes there is. Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir of the Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem writes: … Transparency in remuneration is appropriate for all leading executives, but...

September 11, 2005: Kashrut Alert
Comments: 6 | Categories: Kosher Business?
According to an e-mail just received from Rabbi Yudel Shain: The Mezonos Maiven wholesale bakery in Brooklyn under the "OK" & Hisachdus was caught by a group of frum yidden operating on Shabbos Parshas Shoiftim (Sept. 10th) at 6:30 PM....

September 9, 2005: Chabad Rescue (Chabad Hurricane Relief #2)
Comments: 15 | Categories: Chabad , Hessed
So far, Chabad claims that its sponsored rescue teams have saved 37 Jews trapped in New Orleans, about the same number of people Sean Penn saved in one day. So, what else has Chabad been doing? This: … On Wednesday,...

September 8, 2005: JewWatch.com Owner Caught In Hurricane Relief Fraud
Comments: 0 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc.
From the New York Times: Jay Nixon, the Missouri attorney general, sued to shut one of the more bizarre fund-raising efforts yesterday. A state circuit court granted a temporary restraining order against Internet Donations Inc., the entity behind a dozen...

September 7, 2005: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: Why Katrina? Blacks Have No God
Comments: 21 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Jewish Leadership
Miriam Shaviv reports: “There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, because there isn’t enough Torah study… black people reside there (in New Orleans). Blacks will study the Torah? (God said) let’s bring a tsunami and drown them.”...

September 7, 2005: New Orleans Jews
Comments: 2 | Categories: Hessed
Here is an explanation of the New Orleans Jewish community from a (former) Federation employee who recently moved to New Haven. It talks about the different neighborhoods, where Jews lived, and how different neighborhoods were damaged by the storm. He's...

September 6, 2005: JTA: Chabad Rescues 32 Jews From New Orleans
Comments: 17 | Categories: Hessed
The JTA reports: Chabad teams rescue New Orleans Jews Chabad-sponsored rescue teams have pulled 32 Jews from their New Orleans homes over the past several days, a spokesman for the organization said. Hundreds more Jews still may be trapped in...

September 6, 2005: Why Early Hurricane Relief Failed
Comments: 1 | Categories: History
The mayor of New Orleans speaks about why the first efforts to handle the disaster failed. Again, it seems clear that the governor of Louisiana – a former public school teacher – was not up to the task.

September 6, 2005: Chabad's 'Chief Rabbi' Gets Medal From Russia In Apparent Quid Pro Quo
Comments: 0 | Categories: Chabad , Chabad & Holocaust , Court Jews , Jewish Leadership
Chabad's 'chief rabbi' of Russia, Berel Lazar has been given a medal by Russia in an apparent quid pro quo for Chabad's notorious medal awarded in Auschwitz to Vladimir Putin : MOSCOW, Ru ssia – Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel...

September 6, 2005: Chabad Hurricane Relief – Eliot Spitzer, Are You Listening?
Comments: 2 | Categories: Chabad
Note the alleged "nonsectarian" nature of Chabad's hurricane relief campaign. Eliot Spitzer, are you listening? Chabad Telethon to Aid Hurricane Relief Efforts LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Rabbi Boruch Shlomo Cunin, Director of West Coast Chabad-Lubavitch, announced today that...

September 4, 2005: Apology
Comments: 21 | Categories: Books
I've been in e-mail contact with Sue Fishkoff, author of The Rebbe's Army. She is very upset at how she has been categorized on this blog. A summary of her concerns follows: 1. I did not get rich off of...

September 4, 2005: Mohel Seeks To Have Oral Suction Ban Lifted
Comments: 6 | Categories: Haredim , Med-Ethics, Public Health
Rabbi Yitzchok Fischer, the mohel (ritual circumciser) involved in the New York controversy over metzitza b'peh (oral to genital suction during circumcision) wants to be free to practice MBP in Rockland county. As you read this, remember that all governments...

September 4, 2005: Mayor Bars Ethiopian Jewish Children From Schools
Comments: 3 | Categories: Chabad & EJs , Ethiopian Jews , Israel
Ha'aretz reports: Six-year-old Adiso Dasa, who immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia three years ago, did not start school on Thursday. Rather than beginning first grade, he stayed home because of an order given by Or Yehuda Mayor Yitzhak Bokovza barring...

September 4, 2005: What Does God Want Us To Learn From Katrina?
Comments: 6 | Categories: Hessed , Jewish Leadership
What does G-d want us to learn from Hurricane Katrina? This …

September 3, 2005: Chabad's "Jewish Hurricane Relief" Fund
Comments: 19 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc.
Chabad is now publicizing it's so-called "Jewish" hurricane relief fund. E-mails (Download jewish_hurricane_relief_3.pdf) have been sent out through lists, including the list of HonestReporting.com (UPDATE 9-4-05: and the Jerusalem Post). But, other than to provide assistance to a few refugees,...

September 1, 2005: Chabad Rabbi Steals From Food Bank – Chabad Does Nothing To Stop Theft – Steals From City's Poor
Comments: 13 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc.
The San Diego Union Tribune reports: Two charity operators who collected hundreds of tons of donations from the San Diego Food Bank were charged yesterday with multiple counts of grand theft and forgery. They are accused of stealing food and...

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