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June 30, 2010: Synagogue Criticized For Having Pioneering Orthodox Female Rabbi Speak
Comments: 102 | Categories: Haredim , MO & Chardal , Women & Judaism
Rabbi Aryeh Z. Ginzberg of the Chofetz Chaim Torah Center in Cedarhurst repeatedly described the invitation to Rabba Hurwitz as a “great bizayon haTorah [disgrace to the Torah], the degradation of the gedolei Torah [rabbinic sages] that took place in...

June 30, 2010: Rubashkin Rabbi's Organization Tries To Seize Shul, Refuses To Answer Questions From Member Congregations
Comments: 14 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Women & Judaism
During the conference call meant to take the place of a national convention, Young Israel's national leaders repeatedly refused to discuss plans to expel a member congregation and seize its assets. In response, a delegate made a motion of no-confidence...

June 30, 2010: "Unprecedented" Halakhic Ruling Allows Pregnant Woman To Marry
Comments: 33 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Med-Ethics, Public Health , Sefardim , Women & Judaism
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's ruling allows a woman who conceived from donor sperm to marry. Rabbi Yosef allows pregnant woman to marry Sephardic spiritual leader sets unprecedented ruling by allowing woman who conceived from donor sperm to wed Nissan Shtrauchler •...

June 29, 2010: Singing Rabbi Gets Prison Time For Grand Larceny
Comments: 36 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Music
A singer and purported rabbi who claimed to have the stardom of Michael Jackson in Israel was sentenced to one to three years prison on Tuesday for stealing $36,000 from a Washington Heights woman. Rabbi and Self-Proclaimed Singing Star Gets...

June 29, 2010: Accused Pedophile To Resign From Queens Rabbinical Board
Comments: 38 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
In agreement with Vaad, Rabbi Ephraim Bryks to leave in October; officials decline to state reasons. Accused Pedophile To Resign From Queens Rabbinical Board In agreement with Vaad, Rabbi Ephraim Bryks to leave in October; officials decline to state reasons.Adam...

June 29, 2010: New Line of Kosher Chicken Launches a Conversation Around Jewish Food Ethics
Comments: 21 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
This July, Grow and Behold Foods, will launch a line of kosher, pasture-raised chicken to be sold in New York and New Jersey; beef is slated to be available shortly thereafter. A New Line of Kosher Chicken Launches a Conversation...

June 29, 2010: Where Were You On Christmas?
Comments: 39 | Categories: Religion, Religion & State
A bizarre moment in the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Kagan explains Barak remarks WASHINGTON (JTA) -- U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said her admiration for a former Israeli chief justice was rooted in her Jewishness...

June 29, 2010: Chabad Rabbi Leads List Of 50 Most Influential Rabbis In America
Comments: 34 | Categories: Chabad , Haredim , Jewish Leadership , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal , Women & Judaism
Yehuda Krinsky is ranked number one. But the Newsweek list has a far bigger surprise than that. Yudel Krinsky is number one according to Newsweek because: As the leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, Krinsky is the contemporary face of the...

June 29, 2010: Israel Nature Guides Thought To Be Hiding Facts To Appease Haredim
Comments: 66 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Science , Torah & Science
The Knesset is expected to look into the possibility that Israel Nature and Parks Authority guides at the Soreq Cave Nature Reserve are concealing the true age of the cavern's stalactites and the stalagmites so as not to offend the...

June 29, 2010: Knesset May Change To Free Range Eggs
Comments: 11 | Categories: Israel , Kosher Scandal
Speaker Rivlin responds positively to request from animal rights group, hopes change can be made soon. Knesset considers switching to free-range eggs Speaker Rivlin responds positively to request from animal rights group Anonymous, hopes change can be made soonTzvika Brot...

June 28, 2010: OU Kosher CEO: Rubashkin Prosecution Overzealous, Sentence "Unusually Severe"
Comments: 65 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal
The unusually severe sentence of 27 years in prison for Sholom Rubashkin is a victory for a prosecution that from the outset pursued a win-at-all-costs strategy. But the success comes at a price, and not just to the 51-year-old man...

June 28, 2010: When Lawyers Lie: Another Rubashkin Attorney Distorts The Truth
Comments: 33 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Sholom Rubashkin's lawyers appear to be serial liars. Nightmare of federal sentencing guidelines Bob Barr • Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionLast week I was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where I attended a hearing in federal court at which a 50-year old man was...

June 28, 2010: Letter from Iowa: Rubashkin Got Off Easy
Comments: 39 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin and his Chabad supporters intend a vigorous appeal of his sentence. We wish them no luck. Rubashkin skirts maximum term The Quad-City Times editorial No one denies that children worked excruciating hours for pittance wages at Agricprocessors Inc. in...

June 28, 2010: Hasidic Parents: We Beat The Supreme Court
Comments: 32 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
“The court has been humiliated, as it deserves.” An aide to the Slonimer rebbe said, “We won. We didn’t sign anything and we’ve acted in accordance with Torah sages—not because the court told us to." Translations by Didi Remez of...

June 28, 2010: Letter from Tel Aviv: Haredim Are Returning Israel To The Middle Ages
Comments: 15 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
In a country established on the principle of integrating Jews from all over the world, the ultra-Orthodox have become a leading force behind racism and division. The ultra-Orthodox are returning Israel to the middle ages In a country established on...

June 28, 2010: The Orthodox Jews Fighting Against The Jewish Takeover Of East Jerusalem
Comments: 6 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal
Leading the demonstrations of solidarity with Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah are some young Israelis with an Orthodox religious background. They explain their activism and how it correlates to their conception of the true meaning of the Torah. The Orthodox...

June 27, 2010: Supreme Court Blinks: Hasidim Freed Without Agreement To Uphold Court Rulings
Comments: 7 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
"We are all with the residents of Emmanuel, and will not violate God's word. The court in Israel conspires against the God-fearing public, belittles its values, abuses its children, and revokes its rights." Rabbis agree to halt Immanuel segregation for...

June 27, 2010: Edah Charedit Faction Head Caught Watching Porn?
Comments: 33 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
Yes, according to wall posters put up around Jerusalem. The faction head is the grandson of the founder of Neturei Karta. A source writes: head of the radical anti zionist faction within edah hacharedis caught on video watching porn, the...

June 27, 2010: Rabbi Charged With Child Sexual Abuse – Again
Comments: 38 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Stanley Z. Levitt allegedly abused boys at the Maimonides school in Brookline and at a Chabad synagogue in Philadelphia run by co-head of international Chabad movement, Rabbi Avraham Shemtov. Ex-Mass. rabbi charged again in child abuse By Associated Press The...

June 27, 2010: Audio: Understanding The Rubashkin Sentence
Comments: 39 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Former Assistant US Attorney and current defense lawyer Avi Moskowitz explains Sholom Rubashkin's sentence on the Zev Brenner show. Moskowitz essentially says the same things I've said about the sentence, including: 1. The judge followed the US Sentencing Guidelines. 2....

June 27, 2010: Famed Orthodox Rabbi Splits From 4th Wife
Comments: 65 | Categories: MO & Chardal , Women & Judaism
He's a great leader in the Jewish community, he's just not very good at marriage. Famed rabbi & wife splitting New York Post Respected Rabbi Marc Schneier has split from his fourth wife and is now spending time with a...

June 27, 2010: Haredim Claim Victory: Hasidic Parents Released From Prison
Comments: 28 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
According to the court approved agreement, students to return to school for school year's remaining three days, study 'love of Israel' without separation. Judges approve proposal after both parties state Supreme Court's desegregation ruling is being upheld. Outside of court,...

June 25, 2010: Letter from Rubashkin Lawyers: The "Truth" About The Prosecution
Comments: 120 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
U.S. Attorney Stephanie Rose has decided "silence is no longer in order." But should a U.S. attorney take offense at the exercise of First Amendment rights by American citizens who support Sholom Rubashkin? Rose says Rubashkin's supporters have painted the...

June 25, 2010: Chabad Rabbinical Front Group: Rubashkin Sentence "Sinister"
Comments: 50 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
The Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) has expressed shock and outrage at the sentencing of Sholom Rubashkin, the former head of Agriprocessors. The RCE was started by Chabad several years ago to compete with the long established European Orthodox rabbinical...

June 25, 2010: Ethnic And Religious Diversity Hallmark Of New Hebrew Charter School
Comments: 13 | Categories: Religion, Religion & State
Aalim and Aalima are not Jewish. They worship at a mosque affiliated with the Nation of Islam. But at the Hebrew Language Academy, they fit right in. Success and Scrutiny at Hebrew Charter School By JENNIFER MEDINA • New York...

June 25, 2010: Ashkenazim "Spilled Our Blood" And Shas MKs Kept Quiet, Sefardic Parents Complain
Comments: 10 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
Shas MKs shocked to find out parents of segregated Sefardic children are fully haredi, and that Ashkenazi complaints that these parents are "Sabbath violators" and "newly religious" are false. "They said Sabbath-desecrators? They are talking about me, me. They spilled...

June 25, 2010: Neturei Karta Assaults Haredi MKs
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel
MKs beaten, cursed as they emerge from prayers at Mea She'arim synagogue prior to meeting with Slonimer Rebbe about the desegregation controversy. Naturei Karta assault Haredi MKs in Jerusalem MKs beaten, cursed as they emerge from prayers at Mea She'arim...

June 24, 2010: Letter from Jerusalem: Standing Almost Alone Against Sexual Abuse
Comments: 4 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The ever-expanding protests by victims of sexual violence and abuse accentuates the need to revoke the statute of limitation and stop the hardships that the rule of law casts on victims. Awake, Sexual Abuse Victims!The ever-expanding protests by victims of...

June 24, 2010: Saving Sholom Rubashkin
Comments: 58 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
“Nobody responsible has made the allegation” of anti-Semitism, lead Rubashkin attorney Lewin said. The prosecutors “are overzealous and [have] done things they should not have done…" But before the trial Rubashkin attorney Guy Cook compared life for Rubashkin in Postville...

June 24, 2010: Rubashkin’s Jail Sentence Denounced by Angry Haredim
Comments: 105 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
A wave of outrage rippled through New York’s haredi community, crossing the usual ultra-Orthodox divisions, in response to the announcement that Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin would be sent to a federal jail for 27 years for bank fraud, with no...

June 24, 2010: Shas Pol: Expel "Filthy" Refugees From Tel Aviv
Comments: 13 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Haredim , Israel , Refugees , Sefardim , Xenophobia
Shas councilman leads campaign against renting apartments to foreign migrants, refugees. City Council chairwoman: Campaign racist, illegal. Initiative: Expel 'filthy' infiltrators from Tel Aviv Shas councilman leads campaign against renting apartments to foreign migrants, refugees. City Council chairwoman: Campaign racist,...

June 24, 2010: Letter from Boston: How Hasidism Went Astray
Comments: 37 | Categories: Haredim , Religion, Religion & State
The Baal Shem Tov’s world-embracing legacy was turned into a weapon with which to bludgeon anyone who dared deviate, whether in religious practice, educational views or even in style of dress, from the norms of the 18th century. How Hasidism...

June 24, 2010: Rubashkin Rabbi Pesach Lerner Threatens To "Ruin" Rabbi Over Shul Spat, Seize Shul's Assets
Comments: 36 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Turf Disputes , Women & Judaism
Fight over woman board president of Young Israel synagogue turns ugly. Shul's rabbi: “I’ve never been threatened before. It stayed with me a long time. There isn’t a day that goes by that this doesn’t bother me." No female presidents,...

June 23, 2010: Matisyahu Joins PETA Campaign To Urge Israeli Fur Ban
Comments: 38 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Matisyahu , Music
Jewish reggae star Matisyahu has sent an urgent letter on PETA's behalf to Israeli government leaders urging them to support a bill currently in the Knesset that would ban the fur trade in Israel. If the bill passes, Israel will...

June 23, 2010: Haredim Demand Prime Minister "Take Command" And "Settle" Desgregation Case
Comments: 25 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
Netanyahu responded to haredi demands by telling haredim that "the [Supreme] court's decisions must be honored" and by calling on haredim to "practice restraint". UTJ wants Netanyahu to 'take command' Faction members meet prime minister in bid to find solution...

June 23, 2010: Supreme Court Justices Blatant Liars, Haredi Leader Says
Comments: 25 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
"In the fight for sanctifying God, even if they stand us before a firing squad, we will not fold and will not compromise." Slonim rabbi on Emmanuel: We will not compromise, even before firing squad Kobi Nahshoni • Ynet The...

June 23, 2010: Rubashkin Sentence Seen As ‘Piling On’
Comments: 61 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
“A sentence of 27 years is beyond excessive, it is patently offensive — especially for a nonviolent crime in a case where the defendant had no prior criminal record,” said noted criminal attorney Ben Brafman, who was not involved in...

June 23, 2010: Prosecutors: Rubashkin Deserves 27 Year Sentence
Comments: 14 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"You've got such a wide range of criminal activity here. The case just kept building, and building, and building. Every time you turned over another rock, there was another crime being committed - and usually, it led to Sholom Rubashkin."...

June 23, 2010: Crime Pays With Free Kosher Pizza: Jack Abramoff Out Of Jail, Working In Pizza Shop
Comments: 21 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff spent 43 months in prison thanks to his unbelievable network of congressional corruption. And now he's got a "fresh start" at a kosher pizza restaurant in Baltimore. Phil Jacobs of the Baltimore Jewish Times reports: Jack...

June 23, 2010: Letter from Brooklyn: Jewish Community Still Behind On Confronting Sexual Abuse
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Our community still lags behind the Catholic Church in addressing our catastrophe, due to the unwillingness of our leaders to apologize and to reach out to survivors of abuse. Victims of abuse and their families who call police are ostracized...

June 23, 2010: Diaspora Haredim Work, Israeli Haredim Don't – Why?
Comments: 20 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
The haredi education system in London is private and very expensive. Therefore haredi men have no choice but to work if they want their children to attend haredi schools. In Israel, the state finances most of the system, so the...

June 22, 2010: Rubashkin Refers To Actions Of Court And Prosecution As "Wickedness"
Comments: 41 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
The former Agriprocessors vice president remained calm during his sentencing Tuesday in U.S. District Court but he did express his disdain by telling friends in the gallery that the hearing would “show the wickedness of these people.” Rubashkin refers to...

June 22, 2010: Notorious Haredi Child Molester Jerry Yechiel Brauner Pleads Guilty
Comments: 7 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Borough Park molester to be sentenced on July 27th. Source: Chaptzem. Brauner's Awareness Center Page. [Hat Tip: Burich.]

June 22, 2010: Video Of Massive Brooklyn Rubashkin Rally
Comments: 16 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin Attorney Nathan Lewin and Sholom Rubashkin's son Getzel speak about the sentence. The first few minutes of Lewin's speech are in Yiddish, the rest is in English: Rubashkin Rally: Attorney Nat Lewin & Getzy Rubashkin from COLlive.com on Vimeo.Closely...

June 22, 2010: Imprisoned Rabbi Denied Furlough Despite Wife's Hospitalization And Miscarriage
Comments: 14 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
What does it take for the court to release a civilian prisoner for a few hours for humanitarian reasons? In the case of the prisoners from the settlement of Immanuel, not even a wife's miscarriage sufficed. Imprisoned Immanuel rabbi denied...

June 22, 2010: Rubashkin Sentence Now Official, Experts Say Sentence Is Severe But Not Surprising
Comments: 23 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
A former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in prison for financial fraud, a sentence legal experts called severe but not necessarily surprising as judges take tough stances on white-collar crime. Former slaughterhouse exec gets 27...

June 22, 2010: Letter from the US Attorney: Silence Is No Longer In Order
Comments: 37 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
A concerted campaign emerged to paint prosecutors as racists, Nazis, and zealots. This office followed the law, stood silent in the face of vicious and false accusations, and worked to the conclusion of the case. Silence is no longer in...

June 22, 2010: US Attorney: "Orchestrated Efforts" Made To "Spread False Information Intended To Elicit Sympathy For" Rubashkin
Comments: 13 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
“This case serves as a warning to employers that, if you build your business on the backs of an illegal workforce, ICE and other federal resources are there to make you pay the price.” PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: June...

June 22, 2010: Why Rubashkin Beat The Child Labor Rap, Part 2
Comments: 6 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
“It was too high a standard. It’s too difficult for a prosecutor to demonstrate that an individual intended to break the law – they intended to hire someone who was underage.” I just noticed this blog post from the Gazette...

June 22, 2010: AWOL Haredi Mother Miscarries "Due To Mental State," Haredim Outraged
Comments: 23 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
"The court is not above the rabbis – the rabbis are above [i.e., higher than] the law," another AWOL haredi mother said. "On Thursday things were very difficult for us and we had to care for our other children, so...

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