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March 1, 2008: New Ban On All Concerts – The New Music Ban, part 10
Comments: 11 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim

This new ban was published in Hamodia in Hebrew and signed by 8 (or 9) haredi 'gedolim' who were part of the 33 'gedolim' who signed the original against Lipa Schmeltzer and the "Big Event" concert. It is translated into...

March 1, 2008: Background of the Ban – New Jewish Music Ban, part 9
Comments: 4 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim

Kiryas Joel's "Vaad HaChinuch" banned Lipa Schmeltzer's music in late 2005 during Hanukka. The ban and an English-language translation is posted after the jump in the extended post below: We'd like to raise awareness and let the respected elders know...

March 1, 2008: The Rabbi Behind The Ban – The New Music Ban, part 8
Comments: 15 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim

Rabbi Avrohom Schorr, son of Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr and the rabbi behind the Lipa Schmeltzer-Jewish music concerts ban.

February 29, 2008: Kosher Hot Dog Vendor Indicted On Fraud Counts
Comments: 7 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business?

Details after the jump in the extended post… Kosher hot dog vendor indicted on fraud counts Zaler falsified orders to woo investors, feds say By Sara Burnett, Rocky Mountain News Friday, February 29, 2008 Darin McGregor / The Rocky/2006 Arnold...

February 29, 2008: The Names of the Men Behind the Ban – The New Music Ban, part 7
Comments: 20 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim

The Jerusalem Post mentions the names of the two men behind the Lipa Schmeltzer-concerts ban. One we've mentioned here already is Asher Friedman of Nechomas Yisroel. The other is… … Rabbi Avrohom Schorr, the son of Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr. You...

February 29, 2008: Congressional Letter to USDA Regarding Rubashkin, AgriProcessors
Comments: 146 | Categories: Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Gordon , Rubashkin Safety

February 29, 2008: Mad Cow, E. Coli, Sanitation Violations Alleged At Rubashkin Plant – Sewage on Kill Floor, Insect Infestation, Found
Comments: 7 | Categories: Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Gordon , Rubashkin Safety

The UFCW Union press release and the AP report are posted after the jump in the extended post below. I'll have more details on this soon. FOOD SAFETY INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS VIOLATIONS AT NATION’S LARGEST KOSHER MEATPACKING COMPANY Government documents reveal...

February 28, 2008: Will Rabbi Avi Shafran Ever Stop Lying?
Comments: 31 | Categories: Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes

Rabbi Avi Shafran again proves himself to be incapable of understanding the harm he does. Rabbi Shafran would have you believe… …criticism of Shafran (and, by extension, of Marvin Schick) for his behavior surrounding the New York Jewish Week's' coverage...

February 28, 2008: Banned At Least Three Times Over
Comments: 6 | Categories: Israel , Music

Radio City Music Hall is hosting a huge concert May 7th in honor of Israel's 60th birthday. Listed to perform are David Broza, Idan Raichel, Rami Kleinstein, Habanot Nechama, Matisyahu and recent McCarthur Genius Award winner John Zorn. No need...

February 28, 2008: The New Music Ban, part 6 – Sheya Mendlowitz and Lipa Schmeltzer Interviews mp3
Comments: 23 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim

Both Lipa Schmeltzer and the now-canceled Big Event's producer, Sheya Medlowitz, were interviewed tonight on Zev Brenner's Talkline Radio Network show. Here's an mp3: Download medlowitz_schmeltzer_22708.mp3 Summary: The rabbis are holy. They were misled by askanim (community "activists"). The rabbis...

February 27, 2008: Did The RCA Cave In? Are US Conversions Now Haredi Controlled?
Comments: 24 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal

Yes. The Rabbinical Council of America has caved in, adopting haredi standards for conversion and giving the haredi-controlled Israeli chief rabbinate control of the process: US conversion courts established By MATTHEW WAGNER The Rabbinical Council of America announced Tuesday the...

February 27, 2008: Anatomy of a Ban: The New Jewish Music Ban, part 5
Comments: 12 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim

So who is really behind the new ban against Lipa Schmelter specifically and all Jewish music concerts (as opposed to cantorial concerts) in general? His name is… … Asher Friedman. He works for the haredi charity Nechamos Yisroel. And he...

February 27, 2008: What's Wrong With This Picture?
Comments: 32 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Women & Judaism

What's wrong with this picture? (Please click to enlarge.) Well, this: Each little girl above the age of three has her face blurred out. None of the boy's faces are blurred. Ad source: The North Manchester Circular, a haredi weekly...

February 27, 2008: New Music Ban, part 4 – Lipa Schmeltzer Interview
Comments: 29 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim

The topic of Zev Brenner's Talkline radio show that aired Tuesday night was the new music ban. Dov Shurin, Zev's guest, spoke about the ban and also a bit about the ban against his uncle, Rabbi Nosson Kamenetzky, and his...

February 25, 2008: New Music Ban, part 3
Comments: 30 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim

Here is an mp3 file of Zev Brenner's entire Talkline show on the Lipa Schmeltzer concert ban. (This is all of it, not just one small segment.) You should be able to play this in your browser or you can...

February 25, 2008: Baltimore Rabbis and Ohel Make the Wrong Choice on Rabbi-on-Boy Sex Abuse – Again
Comments: 62 | Categories: Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes

Baltimore's Vaad HaRabbanim held a conference last week on child sexual abuse. You might remember… …the haredi rabbis of Baltimore once issued a letter telling Jews to call "authorities" if credible evidence of child sexual abuse exists. The letter also...

February 25, 2008: The New Music Ban, part 2
Comments: 7 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim

Astute readers point out that one of the haredi rabbinic signatories on the new ban issued against Lipa Schmeltzer and the Madison Square Garden "Big Event" is… Rabbi Lipa Margulies of Yeshiva Torah Temimah, the enabler of accused rabbi-on-boy child...

February 25, 2008: Haredim and the Holocaust: The Belzer Rebbe Runs Away
Comments: 31 | Categories: Haredim , History

The details, including the post war cover up, after the jump in the extended post: Please click the above images to enlarge. Here is this section of Lawrence Kaplan's article as a PDF download: Download belzer_rebbe_shoah_1.pdf Please share it with...

February 24, 2008: The New Music Ban
Comments: 26 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim

The producer of the banned Madison Square Garden Lipa Schmeltzer-Shlomie Gertner concert was on Zev Brenner's Talkline radio show last night. He made many points. Most of them will be very familiar to those of you who followed the Slifkin...

February 24, 2008: Hospital Mezuza Warning!
Comments: 17 |

Just when you may have thought science could do no more to bash traditional Judaism comes this warning from Israeli medical researchers… …reported by the JTA: Devout Jews should think twice about kissing hospital mezuzot. According to an Israeli study...

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