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October 13, 2009: New Agriprocessors Owner Tells AP He'll Pay $1 to $1.50 Per Hour More Than Minimum Wage For Entry Level Workers
Comments: 0 | Categories: Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"I don't want to start at minimum wage," Friedman said. "That's not where our goal is. Anybody can go to McDonald's for minimum wage. We want better than that." Agri-Star's starting wage will be well below the industry norm, even...

October 13, 2009: Haredi Rabbi Stole Millions From Investors And Clients, Police Say
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Noted ultra-Orthodox persona rabbi Yosef Schneider suspected of swindling aspiring inventors seeking assistance of Israeli Center for Inventors, defrauding business partner. Rabbi suspected of multi-million shekel fraud Noted ultra-Orthodox persona Rabbi Yosef Schneider suspected of swindling aspiring inventors seeking assistance...

October 13, 2009: Rabbi Baruch Lanner Removed From Sex Offender Registry One Month From End Of His Parole
Comments: 4 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal
Registry won't say why Lanner's name was removed. The Awareness Center writes: Rabbi Baruch Lanner's Parole will be up on November 23, 2009. Last week The Awareness Center when looking up Lanner on the National Sex Offender Registry we were...

October 13, 2009: NY Times: Pursuit of Sex Abuse Cases Grows Among Brooklyn's Orthodox Jews
Comments: 28 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Haredim, taking matters into their own hands, skip rabbis and beit dins and go directly to police and the DA. FailedMessiah.com and UOJ get a nice mention: Orthodox Jews Relying More on Legal Prosecution of Sex Abuse By PAUL VITELLO...

October 13, 2009: New Agriprocessors Owner Promises "Safer, Fairer" Facility
Comments: 19 | Categories: Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
The new leader of the former Agriprocessors meatpacking plant is promising a different way of doing business than his controversial predecessors practiced. Register exclusive: New Postville plant leader promises a safer, fairer facility By TONY LEYS • Des Moines Register...

October 13, 2009: Scientists Prove Animals Feel Pain After Shechita Cut
Comments: 34 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
The pain originates from cutting throat nerves, not from the loss of blood, suggesting the severed nerves send pain signals until the time of death. Stunning animals 5 seconds after incision makes the pain signal disappear instantly. Animals feel the...

October 13, 2009: Haredi "Starving Mother" Still Won't Cooperate With Court, Police
Comments: 18 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel
But even though she has consistently violated the conditions of her release from jail and her behavior directly impacts the safety of her children, the court allows her to remain free – apparently due to haredi threats of more riots....

October 13, 2009: 99 Year Old Haredi Leader Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv Has 1500 Living Descendents, Family Claims
Comments: 14 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
A grandson says the number is approximate – he doesn't know all of them personally. NPR reports:

October 13, 2009: Jewish Agency Caves In To Haredi Pressure, Cancels Kotel Ceremonies For New Immigrants
Comments: 15 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
The Western Wall plaza will no longer be used for citizenship events. The plaza area that was until now used for these ceremonies begins at the white fence in the picture's foreground and continues out of the frame until the...

October 13, 2009: Ethiopian MK Also Pocketed Donations From Orthodox, Conservative And Reform US Donors, Source Claims
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Ethiopian Jews , Israel
The scandal widens. 'Molla pocketed donations from US Jews' Ruth Eglash • THE JERUSALEM POST In addition to donations he received from messianic Jews, Kadima MK Shlomo Molla also pocketed money he received from private funders and organizations within the...

October 12, 2009: EXCLUSIVE: RUBASHKIN, RABBIS PRESS FEDS FOR PLEA DEAL
Comments: 35 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Haredi heavyweights want trial averted. Two Three completely independent and unrelated sources have confirmed that, despite Rubashkin family and attorney claims to the contrary, former Agriprocessors leader Rabbi Sholom M. Rubashkin and his attorneys have been negotiating a plea bargain...

October 12, 2009: Former Agriprocessors Employee Sentenced For Tax Fraud
Comments: 6 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Yehoshua Zelig Aronow was sentenced Oct. 5 for one count of fourth-degree fraudulent practice. Former Agriprocessors employee sentenced for tax fraud A former Agriprocessors system analyst independent contractor was sentenced to one year probation for failing to pay his individual...

October 12, 2009: BREAKING! Israel's Haredi Health Minister Caught Intervening To Protect Haredi Pedophiles
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Rabbi Yaakov Litzman tried to force psychiatrists to change their medical reports to protect haredi pedophiles. Litzman is technically Deputy Defense Minister. This is a legal fiction that allows Litzman to avoid voting on certain cabinet level votes mandatory for...

October 12, 2009: Ethiopian MK Implicated In Embezzlement And Fraud
Comments: 12 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Ethiopian Jews , Israel
Shlomo Molla also raised money from Messianic Jews and skirted tax and campaign finance laws. Donation to Ethiopians disappears in MK Molla's account Yedioth Ahronoth investigation reveals that $10,000 transferred to Kadima MK's account five months ago by messianic Christian...

October 12, 2009: Chabad Stages Children's Prayer Rally For Rubashkin's Freedom
Comments: 21 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Prayer rally at Rebbe's grave for children age 5 to 12 begins later today, seeks "miraculous victory." From COL Live: [Hat Tip: FGBA.] UPDATE 3:15 pm CDT – A reader emailed this from Magen Tzedek founder Rabbi Morris Allen's Facebook...

October 12, 2009: Haredi Town Gets Own Welfare Office For "Modesty" Reasons
Comments: 44 |
Elad residents reluctant to use nearby office because female employees 'immodestly' dressed. Haredi town to get 'modest' National Insurance office Elad's residents finding it difficult to visit local NII office in nearby city of Petah Tikva as there is no...

October 12, 2009: Busload of Rubashkin Supporters Leaves Brooklyn For South Dakota
Comments: 25 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Aim is to pack courtroom in support of Rubashkin. Showing Support for R’ Shalom Mordechai: Bus Leaving at 9 AM to Courthouse in South Dakota Monday October 12, 2009 3:17 AM To show support for R’ Shalom Mordechai Halevi ben...

October 12, 2009: Jewish Vigilantes Try To Stop Arabs From Dating Jews
Comments: 53 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Israel
Jewish-Arab dating is an epidemic according to some. From NPR's Morning Edition:

October 12, 2009: Agriprocessors Goes Into Liquidation
Comments: 15 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Move to Chapter 7 from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy at request of trustee. This move was made because there isn't much left in salable assets, and the company for all intents and purposes ceased to exist after the sale to SHF...

October 12, 2009: Nepal Chabad House Kitchen Feared Source Of Israeli Typhoid Outbreak
Comments: 10 | Categories: Chabad , Food , Israel , Med-Ethics, Public Health
Illness can be fatal if left untreated. [Update – It's Typhoid, not Typhus. – Hat Tip: Yoel B.] Nepal Chabad House Kitchens Feared as Source of Typhus Yechiel Spira - Yeshiva World News – Israel At least five Israelis who...

October 11, 2009: Female "Halakhic Advisors" Bring Change To Orthodoxy
Comments: 23 | Categories: Halakha , Israel , MO & Chardal , Women & Judaism
Twelve years ago, when Nishmat launched its intensive two-year training program, which includes extensive study of Jewish texts from Talmud to contemporary rabbinic literature, the notion that women could serve in a quasi-rabbinic position was highly controversial. Female halachic advisers...

October 11, 2009: The Trial From The Rubashkin Perspective
Comments: 10 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin has prepared for trial "intensely, but also with the peace of mind of a man who knows he will be, G-d willing, fully exonerated," his son, Getzel Rubashkin, said. Rubashkin trial starts Tuesday By GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines...

October 9, 2009: Chag Samayach
Comments: 2 |
A good yom tov to you all. Blogging resumes Sunday night.

October 9, 2009: The Armenean Genocide
Comments: 12 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , History
A firsthand account from a 100 year old survivor. October 8, 2009 Genocide forgotten: Armenians horrified by treaty with Turkey A new trade deal is set to gloss over the murder of 1.5 million people Robert Fisk • The Independent...

October 9, 2009: Conservative Movement Accuses Forward Of Biased, Agenda-Driven Attack Journalism
Comments: 8 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Leaked letter says problems implementing Magen Tzedek's reforms in Conservative shuls should be blamed on difficulty with all change and on sluggish economy – not on the movement itself. Dear Colleagues, We were deeply disappointed to see the article published...

October 8, 2009: Vatican Cites High Rates Of Child Sexual Abuse In Haredi Community, Says The Church Has Cleaned Its House But Others Haven't Cleaned Their's
Comments: 19 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
“I was shocked by the statement. I don’t believe in comparing abuse. That’s a dangerous path to travel,” said Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, head of the New York Board of Rabbis. Vatican’s New Defense on Child Molestation Charges: Finger-pointing By Rebecca...

October 8, 2009: Rabbi Accused of Child Sexual Abuse Previously Molested at Chabad Shul, Was Convicted, Head Chabad Rabbi Says He Was Not Involved In These "Rumors"
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Chabad's International Co-head and emissary to the White House, Rabbi Avaham Shemtov says child sex abuse that took place in his synagogue is beyond his purview. Shemtov said that there were "lots of rumor that flew back and forth" about...

October 8, 2009: Vanessa Redgrave Stands Up For Israel, Opposes Toronto Film Festival Boycott
Comments: 28 | Categories: Israel
Noted actress and human rights activist who has long been critical of Israel says Israel's critics crossed the line. “We oppose the current Israeli government, but it is a government. Freely elected. Not a regime. Words matter," Redgrave wrote. The...

October 8, 2009: Shocking Exposé: Rabbi Leib Tropper Accused Of Stealing Millions Of Dollars From Designated Charity Funds
Comments: 16 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Tropper allegedly forged letters in the name of leading Israeli rabbis acknowledging receipt of funds that were in fact never delivered. Tropper 's alleged thefts appear to have disproportionately targeted money earmarked for Religious Zionist rabbis and Sefardic rabbis. This...

October 8, 2009: Conservative Movement Doesn't Meet New Magen Tzedek Guidelines
Comments: 15 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Conservative shuls underpay workers, don't pay benefits, resist compliance. Conservative shuls, rabbis, movement leaders have effectively crippled Magen Tzedek by refusing to pay janitors, nursery school teachers and other employees a living wage. Moral bully pulpit lost to infighting and...

October 7, 2009: Leader of Haredi Faction that Rioted Against Hadassah Hospital is Hospitalized – in Hadassah
Comments: 21 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Edah Charedit called Hadassah Hospital "Auschwitz" and its doctors and nurses "Mengele." Eda Haredit leader hospitalized at Hadassah Rabbi Tuvia Weiss undergoes medical tests at same hospital ultra-Orthodox group called for boycott against following 'starving mother' affair Ronen Medzini •...

October 7, 2009: Evangelicals Pray For Rabbi's Death
Comments: 26 | Categories: Antisemitism , Religion, Religion & State
Jesus plunder his fields, seize his assets, kill him and his family and wipe away his descendants for 10 generations. Lawsuit alleges chaplain prayed for lawyer’s demise NEW YORK (JTA) -- The founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation is...

October 7, 2009: Reaction To Judge's Statement Reveals Divide In The Orthodox Community
Comments: 6 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
“The law is the only means of stemming the tide of abuse.” Judge: Orthodox Protect Abusers, Not Victims Hella Winston • NY Jewish Week At the sentencing last week of a bar mitzvah tutor and social worker convicted of sexually...

October 7, 2009: Rabbi's Sex Abuse Case Heads To Court
Comments: 45 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
A former Bay State rabbi is scheduled to be arraigned this morning on charges he sexually assaulted two 11-year-old students while he taught at the Maimonides School in Brookline during the 1970s. Rabbi’s sex abuse case heads to court By...

October 7, 2009: Letter from Passaic: Talking Abuse
Comments: 18 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
“This is the first time I’m validated in the Orthodox community. It feels good to see all of you out here." Talking Abuse By Mitch Morrison “I’m not really a teenager. I never really had a childhood.” Sixteen and fresh-faced,...

October 6, 2009: Bridgewater Kosher Meat Scandal Update
Comments: 10 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Progress. 20 minutes ago, Ilan Parente wrote: Here is an update for your readers. I received an email from the attorney indicating he negotiated a settlement with the City of Bridgewater as well as McCook County.Moadim L'Simcha, Ilan

October 6, 2009: Exclusive:
Rabbis Strike At Agri-Star
Comments: 55 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Entire rabbinic workforce walks out, other workers sent home, plant idle, say Postville workers. Details are still sketchy. The strike started yesterday. It is unclear if it continued today. I'll post more details as they become available. As I reported...

October 6, 2009: Letter from New Square: A Hasidic Fire Brigade Takes To The Streets, Absent Training And Equipment
Comments: 25 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
Fighting fires wearing long caftans and black hats. Train the brigade Journal News Editorial Creating a legitimate, trained "fire brigade" for New Square makes plenty of sense - for the safety of the residents of the Hasidic enclave and the...

October 6, 2009: Deception In New Square?
Comments: 3 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Did hasidim lie on a controversial state grant proposal, deceiving the government and non-hasidic neighbors? Angry neighbors slam slaughterhouse proposal Hema Easley • Journal News NEW HEMPSTEAD, NY - A group of residents angry at the prospect of a large...

October 6, 2009: A Time of Joy, A Time of Gender Segregation
Comments: 42 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Women & Judaism
Anyone who has not witnessed the segregation of simchat beit hashoeva has never seen segregation in his life. Simchat Beit Hashoeva: A time of joy - and segregation By Yair Ettinger • Ha'aretz The wall of the great beit midrash...

October 6, 2009: "Israeli Stinks Up Town"
Comments: 10 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
The Bridgewater Kosher Meat story gets front page treatment in Israel. Israeli stinks up US town with rotting meat odor Owner of kosher meat plant in South Dakota leaves tons of meat unattended. When freezers fail, meat melts foul stench...

October 6, 2009: The Black Jews of Ghana
Comments: 11 | Categories: Religion, Religion & State
These African villagers consider themselves Jews. Should we? Tablet Magazine has a fascinating firsthand audio report from a village in Ghana that is home to the country's only self-styled Jewish community. You can listen to the audio here: Tablet Magazine...

October 6, 2009: A Story That "Has To Be Told"
Comments: 4 | Categories: Film , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
“I think there has to be a path to legalization. You have to deal with reality.” A story ‘that has to be told’: Filmmaker shows preview of documentary on Iowa ICE raid Anne Polta • West Central Tribune WILLMAR, MN...

October 6, 2009: Settlers Rob Arab Taxi At Knifepoint
Comments: 3 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal
And haredim attack Arab taxis in Jerusalem after Yom Tov. Arrests made in both cases. Settlers suspected of robbing Arab cabbie Shilo residents arrested after allegedly assaulting taxi driver from east Jerusalem at knifepoint, running off with GPS, cash, cell...

October 5, 2009: Rabbi, Thou Shalt Not Double Park
Comments: 10 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
Rabbi Leib Glanz gets caught impersonating a firefighter. Thou shalt double park By REUVEN FENTON and DAN MANGAN • NY Post Where's the fire, rabbi? The city Correction Department rabbi who resigned after The Post revealed he organized a bar-mitzvah...

October 5, 2009: "44 Tons" Of Rotting Kosher Meat: The City of Bridgewater Responds
Comments: 0 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
What does the City Attorney have to say about Bridgewater kosher meat's failure to pay clean up costs? A lot. I spoke with Mike Fink, Bridgewater's city attorney a few minutes ago. He told me Ilan Parente's attorney has not...

October 5, 2009: The Cost of Etrogim in Rome
Comments: 52 | Categories: Chabad , Haredim , Kosher Business?
If you buy an Italian etrog from a Chabad etrog dealer for Sukkot use, you'll pay about $250 each. How much do they sell for in Rome? Photo: Etrogim for sale in the open air market in Campo de Fiori....

October 5, 2009: Interview With Bridgewater Kosher Meat's Ilan Parente
Comments: 6 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
A story that just won't die – "44 tons" of rotting meat. Ilan Parente and I spoke late last night, about 1:30 am EDT, about yesterday's AP rehash of the story. Im not sure what to make of Parente's remarks...

October 4, 2009: Letter from LA: Will Haredim Destroy Israel's Economy?
Comments: 13 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
There is an impediment to continued economic growth in Israel: state financial support for haredim. Will the ultra-Orthodox hold Israel back? Government subsidies, lower education expectations and political policies biased in favor of a religious minority impede the Jewish nation's...

October 4, 2009: Shaken But Not Stirred
Comments: 10 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Sefardim
A love letter to Brooklyn's Syrian Jewish community from the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ minimizes the crimes Syrian rabbis are charged with committing and fails to mention other Brooklyn Syrian Jews – the Antar family, for example – who...

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