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21 posts from March 4, 2007 - March 10, 2007

March 9, 2007: Is It Legal To Beat Your Wife? An Uncomfortable History Of Halakha Exposed
Comments: 16 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , History , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
First off, a disclaimer: IT IS NOT OKAY TO BEAT YOUR WIFE. The sources supporting spousal abuse cited below do not reflect the halakha (Jewish law) as it is interpreted today. Now, on to the post. Rabbi Eliyahu Stern, writing...

March 8, 2007: NYC To Require Background Checks At Religious Day Care Centers
Comments: 2 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The NY Daily News reports: Day care centers linked to churches, synagogues and other houses of worship will be required to follow the same strict safety and staffing standards as other centers under a proposal being considered by the city...

March 8, 2007: Agudah Endorses Circumcision Deal
Comments: 2 | Categories: Circumcision , Haredim
SIW notes Agudath Israel has now endorsed the flawed circumcision deal with NY State. This is the deal that former health commissioner Novello (A Pataki-Bush crony) said was based on specific scientific data. The problem? The authors of those scientific...

March 8, 2007: Boymelgreen Loses; Court Finds Transfer Of Leases Illegal
Comments: 1 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
Shaya Boymelgreen, the haredi developer with close ties to Chabad and to Chabad's oligarch, Lev Leviev, ended up in court over fraudulant transfer of property leases. Boymelgreen lost. The New York Daily news reports: …"The leases in question clearly and...

March 8, 2007: Hillel Halkin On The Lost Tomb Of Jesus
Comments: 17 | Categories: History
Hillel Halkin writes in Commentary Magazine about my friend Simcha Jacobovici's new documentary, The Lost Tomb Of Jesus: … I must say that The Lost Tomb is not only professionally done; it also makes a persuasive and not easily refuted...

March 8, 2007: The Inmates Control The Asylum – Judge Gives Control Of 770 To Messianists
Comments: 14 | Categories: Chabad , Turf Disputes
A judge has rejected the claims of Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky and Rabbi Avremel Shemtov and is, for now, at least, leaving the day to day operation of Chabad's main synagogue in the hands of the gabbaim (beadles). In other words,...

March 8, 2007: RenReb In The News
Comments: 0 | Categories: Blogs
JBlogger RenegadeRebbetzin (better known as RenReb) gets a nice mention in a Jewish Week article on the changing status of rabbis' wives.

March 7, 2007: Abuse In Our Community – Online
Comments: 3 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Last night's gathering at the NYC's Congregation Oheb Zedek, "Abuse in Our Community? Protecting our Future – Halakhic and Legal Methods to Stop Predators and Enablers," featuring Rabbi Mark Dratch, Founder and Director of JSafe; Elliot Pasik, Attorney for Abuse...

March 7, 2007: Hasidim on the Fringe
Comments: 2 | Categories: Haredim
Shoshana Olidort reports for The Current: In a small, rundown synagogue in midtown Manhattan on a recent Thursday evening, an old, clean-shaven man hums a Hasidic melody as he plans his next chess move, a woman wearing ripped jeans tells...

March 7, 2007: Haredi Rabbis Endanger Israel's Security?
Comments: 2 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
Yes, it can easily be argued they do. Ynet reports: Infrastructure Minister Benyamin Ben-Eliezer has plans to recruit the first batch of Arab Israelis to the Electric Corp. "I am hopeful that soon we will relay the work of producing...

March 7, 2007: Questioning Chabad
Comments: 0 | Categories: Chabad
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Chabad's man in Washington, DC, is Shmuel Rosner's guest this week on his Ha'aretz blog. You can ask Rabbi Shemtov questions by emailing Rosner.

March 7, 2007: Our Crony In Chief
Comments: 1 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Price-Fixing , Rubashkin Workers
So, the Bush Administration seems busy these days with firing US prosecutors who may have done their jobs too well, refusing to give in to Republican pressure. Enforcement – whether at the EPA, OSHA, USDA or other Federal agencies –...

March 6, 2007: Wall Street Madam Busted
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
The woman's name is Winkler. She's an artist (specializing in Impressionist nudes) who ran a brothel, it seems, from her gallery studio, employing mostly college students. The clients? Wall Street financiers and, well, you guessed it. The New York Post...

March 6, 2007: Purim In Hasid-Land
Comments: 4 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
The Montreal Gazette reports: Montreal police are investigating an incident that occured in Cote des Neiges Sunday night, in which a police officer was nearly deliberately run over by a car. A female police officer was assigned to keep watch...

March 6, 2007: Save A Life, part 3
Comments: 0 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed
VosIzNeias writes: On Thursday, March 8th, Senator Betty Little, Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward and Janet Duprey will host a panel with wireless providers, APA members and the general public, exchanging ideas of how to improve cell coverage on the Northwest. The...

March 6, 2007: Yemen's Jews Celebrate Purim
Comments: 2 | Categories: Sefardim
The Yemen Observer reports: The Yemeni Jews of al-Salem celebrated Purim far from their homes last Sunday, in Sana’a’s Tourist City. The group of 45 Jews was forced to flee their homes in the northern province of Sada’a in January,...

March 6, 2007: Another Putin Critic Dead
Comments: 11 | Categories: Chabad , Court Jews , Crime, Litigation, etc.
Vladimir Putin's goons seem to have struck again, killing another journalist. ABC News reports: Respected Russian journalist Ivan Safronov, who reported on military affairs, mysteriously plunged to his death from the 5th floor of his apartment building Friday, making him...

March 5, 2007: Forward Publishes New Book
Comments: 0 |
The Wall Street Daily Minyan [1930s]. The Forward's Alana Newhouse has edited a new book of photographs from the Forward's long history. The book also has essays from Alan Nadler, Deborah E. Lipstadt, Leon Wieseltier and others. Jonathan Safran Foer...

March 5, 2007: Kiryas Joel In The News Again
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
Not surprising. The RecordOnline reports: …"Pirates, that's what we call them," [Steven] Lootz says of the illegal drivers. Most people know them as "gypsy cabs," a common feature in cities, where a mix of immigrant life and street hustle give...

March 5, 2007: Rubashkin, Chabad and Messianism
Comments: 4 | Categories: Chabad , Haredim , Kosher Scandal
Yudel Shain reports on Chabad influence in the kashrut industry. Here is a brief excerpt regarding Rubashkin: Rubashkin Meats Many informed observers have noted that, for many reasons, the various "separate runs" of shechita and nikkur at Rubashkin (intended to...

March 4, 2007: UOJ's Letter To A Rabbi
Comments: 6 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
UOJ emailed this letter to me and asked that I post it. He calims to have all the names, and the proof. Read it after the jump: My entire life I've been battling corruption in the rabbinate in all its...

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