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August 31, 2010: Suffering In Silence: Child Sexual Abuse In Kiryas Joel
Comments: 96 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Shlomo Weiss grew up in Kiryas Joel, a rural Orthodox-Jewish town, and says that he was sexually abused starting at the age of 7, adding that the abuse was regularly covered up by others in the close-knit community. Suffering in...

August 31, 2010: Hasidic Electronics Store Sued By Female Employees For Wage And Employment Discrimination
Comments: 17 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Women & Judaism
B & H Photo was sued in 2007 by Hispanic employees who work in the warehouse and were paid less than their Jewish co-workers. The company settled without admitting any wrongdoing, paid out $4.3 million and agreed to regular monitoring...

August 31, 2010: Police Investigating Unauthorized Police Lights And License Plates On Haredi Man's Car
Comments: 12 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
He told officers the plates stood for "New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner," and that he had permission from Dr. Hirsch of the New York City Medical Examiner's Office to have them. The Medical Examiner denied knowing Berger...

August 31, 2010: Orthodox Inmate Loses Challenge Over Facial Hair
Comments: 22 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc.
A federal judge has ruled that inmates have no First Amendment rights to grow a beard, rejecting the claim of an orthodox Jew who claimed prison policy banning facial hair longer than a quarter-inch violated his constitutional rights. Orthodox Inmate...

August 31, 2010: Mea Shearim In America? Kiryas Joel Posts Modesty Warning Signs
Comments: 29 | Categories: Haredim , Women & Judaism
A large new sign greets visitors as they cross over Route 17 on Forest Avenue and enter a world where the skirts and shirt sleeves are always long, regardless of the season. "Welcome to Kiryas Joel," it reads. "In keeping...

August 31, 2010: Chabad Lobbies For Rubashkin
Comments: 65 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Boca Raton Shluchim Zalman Bukiet, Moshe Denburg and Ruvi New met on Monday with Congressman Ron Klein to discuss the Rubashkin case. Shluchim Lobby for Rubashkin Boca Raton Shluchim Zalman Bukiet, Moshe Denburg and Ruvi New met on Monday with...

August 31, 2010: A School Of 290 Students – 289 Of Them Black
Comments: 21 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Ethiopian Jews , Israel
Dozens of parents of Ethiopian origin have been blocked by the Petah Tikva municipality from moving their children from the majority-Ethiopian religious Ner Etzion elementary school to other schools in the city. A school of 290 students, 289 of them...

August 31, 2010: Letter from Israel: New Conversion Bill Will Make Conversion Annulments Easier Than Ever
Comments: 11 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
Knesset's Constitutional Law Committee approved first reading of law that would allow conversions to be performed by chief rabbis of cities. But there’s a hitch here: The High Rabbinic Court can easily bring about the annulment of those conversions. Good...

August 31, 2010: Chief Rabbis To Appoint Special Marriage Registrars To Deal With 'Questionable' Conversions
Comments: 0 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal
The Itim Jewish Life Information Center, which petitioned the High Court over municipal rabbis' refusal to register marriages on claims that one of the partners was not properly converted to Judaism, told the Council of the Chief Rabbinate, "Any solution...

August 31, 2010: Video: Shomrim Helps Catch A Bank Robber In Borough Park
Comments: 27 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
The robber held a gun to a woman's head and Shomrim was forced to act. [Hat Tip: Burich.]

August 30, 2010: Nahal Haredi Soldiers Charged With Abuse
Comments: 6 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Four troops indicted after photos of them posing with bound, blindfolded Palestinian were found on their mobile phones. Nahal Haredi soldiers charged with abuse Four troops indicted after photos of them posing with bound, blindfolded Palestinian were found on their...

August 30, 2010: Rabbi David Orlofsky Strikes Again
Comments: 52 | Categories: Haredim , Religion, Religion & State , Torah & Science
The buffoon from Ohr Somayach says even thinking that haredi gedolim have been manipulated or simply erred is heresy. In the first clip, Rabbi Orlovsky discusses gedolim and the age of the universe. He gives Gosse's theory as an explanation...

August 30, 2010: Haredi 'Gadol' Does Not Know What A Music CD Is
Comments: 63 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
Not only that, Rabbi Shteinman doesn't seem to know what the Internet is, either. Several years ago, Rabbi Shteinman did not understand how a credit card worked. His grasp of the world around him doesn't seem to have grown in...

August 30, 2010: Letter from Tel Aviv: Peace Talks And The Battle For Israel's Soul
Comments: 28 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal
Although religious settlers often describe themselves as heirs of the early Zionist pioneers, they are anything but. Herzl’s vision was about liberating people, while theirs is about achieving a mystical reunion between the people of Israel and the land of...

August 30, 2010: Getzel Rubashkin Leaves Postville
Comments: 20 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
The eldest son of and frequent spokesman for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin has left Postville behind. COLLive reports: Getzy Rubashkin moved into Crown Heights Friday with his wife and child and told COLlive he had no intentions of returning to Postville:...

August 30, 2010: Chief Rabbinate Tries To Do An End Around On The Conversion Problem
Comments: 4 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
"[The Rabbinate's] response empowers those fundamentalist rabbis who refuse to recognize the conversions of the state, and ultimately discriminates against converts who have made great sacrifices to join the Jewish people. I know Rabbi Amar seeks to avoid offending haredim,...

August 29, 2010: Once Upon A Life: Leaving A Hasidic Community
Comments: 85 | Categories: Haredim , Religion, Religion & State , Women & Judaism
Because I read books in English I knew I was a bad girl. In a black-and-white world you can either be bad or good. A Jew or not a Jew. There is no in-between. Maybe I didn't wear red nail...

August 29, 2010: Black And Jewish
Comments: 16 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Haredim , Religion, Religion & State
In yeshivas, they are sometimes taunted as “monkeys” or with the Yiddish epithet for blacks. At synagogues and kosher restaurants, they engender blank stares. And dating can be awkward: their numbers are so small, friends will often share at least...

August 29, 2010: Video: The Porcelain Unicorn
Comments: 3 | Categories: Film
Hitler Youth and a hidden Jewish child. Link to the film's Website.

August 29, 2010: Neturei Karta Zealots Shred Chabad Pamphlets
Comments: 24 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Turf Disputes
A group of Neturei Kata zealots also known as 'Sikrikim' (Sicarii) went around to synagogues in the Mea Sherim neighborhood of Jerusalem collecting pamphlets distributed by the local Chabad representative and, after shredding them, littered them on city streets, apparently...

August 29, 2010: $3 Million XXX Extortion
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
But Pollac ignored Stern's orders to keep cameras out of the office -- and instead kept a stream of XXX-rated videos showing Stern's office sex romps, according to prosecutors. $3 million 'XXXtortion' By JAMIE SCHRAM • New York Post Some...

August 28, 2010: Italian Hotels Shocked By Behavior Of Israeli Tourists
Comments: 29 | Categories: Ethics , Israel
Israeli travel agents have been receiving a slew of complaints in recent weeks from hotel and villa managers in Italy about the behavior of Israeli tourists. Italian hotels shocked by Israeli behavior Verona hotel issues letter in Hebrew ordering guests...

August 28, 2010: Janitor Arrested For Allegedly Molesting Children At A Jerusalem Synagogue
Comments: 4 | Categories: Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Police not called until janitor returned to synagogue weeks after being caught by a visitor. Janitor suspected of molesting minors at Jerusalem synagogue Gil Dvash, 45, allegedly assaulted children during their visits to the Jerusalem synagogue where he worked. By...

August 28, 2010: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Says Palestinians Are "Evil People" Who Should "Perish From This World"
Comments: 53 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
"Abu Mazen and all these evil people should perish from this world. God should strike them with a plague, them and these Palestinians." Shas spiritual leader: Abbas and Palestinians should perish from this world Army Radio reports Rabbi Ovadia Yosef...

August 27, 2010: Letter from Israel: Any Bastard Can Be A Rabbi
Comments: 30 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal , Religion, Religion & State
Some 30 years ago, the Hebrew slogan was coined: "Medinat halakha - halkha hamedina," which means more or less that if Israel becomes a state governed by Jewish law, that will be the end of the state. Is the end...

August 27, 2010: Rabbinic Court Gives "Sinning" Singer 39 Lashes
Comments: 93 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Sefardim , Women & Judaism
Punishment for performance in front of "mixed audience." ‘Sinner’ singer given 39 lashes by rabbis Punishment for performance in front of "mixed audience." By JERUSALEM POST STAFF A singer who performed in front of a “mixed audience” of men and...

August 27, 2010: Haredim Try To Block Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Course
Comments: 9 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Training courses for strictly Orthodox nursery school teachers have come under renewed attack because of material relating to child abuse. Orthodox oppose education training courses Simon Rocker • The Jewish Chronicle Training courses for strictly Orthodox nursery school teachers have...

August 26, 2010: Eliyahu Weinstein Free On $10 Million Bail
Comments: 32 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
Eliyahu Weinstein, a New Jersey man charged with leading a $200 million Ponzi scheme that targeted fellow Orthodox Jews, was granted $10 million bail today by a U.S. judge Weinstein Gets Bail in $200 Million Ponzi Scheme David Voreacos •...

August 26, 2010: What Is The OU's Real Position On Reporting Child Sexual Abuse?
Comments: 23 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Why won't the OU publicly answer the following question: When a child has been sexually abused, should police be called? Or should parents and victims first bring their cases to a beit din? Over the weekend, the Asbury Park Press...

August 26, 2010: Video: Actor Justin Long Talks Kosher Food And Nude Sex Scenes Filmed On An Orthodox Family's Dining Room Table
Comments: 18 | Categories: Film
I wonder how Sabbos dinner will go for the family once they see this video.

August 26, 2010: Chabad's Mezuzah Patrol
Comments: 33 | Categories: Chabad , Israel
Almost two thirds of the mezuzahs on Israeli doors are blemished—says Chabad's mezuzah patrol. This is their story. Not Worth Kissing Akiva Novick • Yedioth Ahronoth (p. 14) Translation: Didi Remez • Coteret.com Crosses, pieces of newspaper and empty plastic...

August 26, 2010: Woman Paid To "Lure" Rabbi
Comments: 16 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
Police are investigating suspicions that a woman equipped with recording equipment was paid to attempt to lure Rabbi Yaakov Ifergan of Netivot, also known as the "x-ray," into carrying out immodest acts, as part of an attempt to damage his...

August 26, 2010: Audio: Interview With Murdered Ger Tzedek Yosef Robinson
Comments: 9 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
Former hip hop executive turned Orthodox Jew was murdered last week when when he tried to stop an armed robber. This was his last interview. From Zev Brenner's Talkline show. Please click on the gray bars to listen or right...

August 26, 2010: Letter from Tel Aviv: Let The Haredim Walk
Comments: 29 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Women & Judaism
Once every few rides I am asked to move my seat for an ultra-Orthodox woman (lest she be forced to sit beside a man ) or an ultra-Orthodox man (since my insistence on sitting in a window seat could, heaven...

August 26, 2010: When An Unmarried Religious Woman's Biological Clock Ticks Loudly, Is Sex With A Stranger For The Sake Of Procreation Allowed?
Comments: 53 | Categories: Halakha , Israel , Med-Ethics, Public Health , MO & Chardal
She looked for a dance club in the city and went out there once or twice, until she met a good-looking secular man. She waited seven clean days, went to the mikva, and got pregnant once or twice later. When...

August 26, 2010: National Jewish Child Abuse Prevention Week
Comments: 16 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
For the first time ever in American Jewish history, a long list of national community organizations are coming together to fight child abuse and create safety and protection for children. Cosponsoring the National Week are Jewish Board of Child Advocates...

August 25, 2010: Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky Blames Bloggers For Causing His Anti-Modern Orthodox Remarks
Comments: 51 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Torah & Science
"When the Slifkin debacle was taking place, I was being sent on a daily basis entry after entry attacking gedolei Torah.…terrible attacks on gedolei Torah being perpetrated by the “bloggers”…These people had always existed of course, but they were usually...

August 25, 2010: A New Provider Of Kosher Free Range Chickens
Comments: 14 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Hanau said his chickens, which are raised by carefully selected farmers in the Northeast, spend most of their lives outdoors. They live in movable pens, so they can enjoy fresh grass every day — scratching, eating and poking around for...

August 25, 2010: Chief Rabbi Attacked By Neturei Karta, Palestinians
Comments: 12 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Metzger escaped after being chased by dozens of Neutrei Karta members at a bookstore in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim, where books are sold in English by a woman. Rabbi Metzger attacked in Shuafat Object hurled at chief...

August 25, 2010: OU's Rabbinic Authority Says Do Not Call Law Enforcement On Child Sexual Abusers
Comments: 88 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Rabbi Yisroel Belsky says calling police or the D.A. to report child sexual abuse is wrong. Victims' families must bring their evidence to a beit din whose rabbis will decide if police and secular courts should be informed. Today's online...

August 25, 2010: State Prosecutor Asked To Cite Haredi Rabbi For Incitement
Comments: 6 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Religion, Religion & State , Sefardim
Rabbi Avraham Yosef said: "The judge himself, even if he knows how to pray really well and do everything really well - from the moment he is appointed as a judge, he has ruled himself out from the minyan... Even...

August 24, 2010: Orthodox Mom Arrested For Series Of Armed Robberies
Comments: 55 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal
Jodi Mendelowitz, 48, of Kew Gardens, was arrested Monday -- hours after robbing both a bank and liquor store just 15 minutes apart. Mom Arrested In Connection With 5 Queens Robberies By STEPHANIE BARISH • wpix.com QUEENS (WPIX) - A...

August 24, 2010: Prosecutors: Rubashkin Judge Did Not Know Agriprocessors Was Raid Target
Comments: 97 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
The judge who presided over Sholom Rubashkin’s fraud trial did nothing improper when she met with federal agents prior to the massive 2008 immigration raid at Agriprocessors, Inc., prosecutors say. Prosecutors: Rubashkin judge didn’t know Agriprocessors was their target Blog...

August 24, 2010: First Haredi Pre-Army Prep Course Opens
Comments: 14 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
The course, named Nerot Le'Ha'ir, kicked off its first school year on Sunday. The participants will all enlist to the Nahal Haredi Brigade in another year and a half. Their curriculum includes workout sessions, kung-fu, survival training, membership to a...

August 24, 2010: Haredim Stone Hospital Construction Workers
Comments: 24 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Med-Ethics, Public Health
Protesters are continuing their efforts to disrupt the construction of a new emergency room at Ashkelon's Barzilai Hospital. Tuesday morning, about 30 protesters hurled stones at construction workers at the site. Police forces were called to the scene and dispersed...

August 24, 2010: Brooklyn Man Gets 18 Months For Helping Rabbi Launder Money
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Sefardim
Schmuel Cohen admitted illegally supplying hundreds of thousands of dollars to Rabbi Eliahu Ben Haim, who has since pleaded guilty to using religious charities to launder $1.5 million for Solomon Dwek. Brooklyn man gets 18 months for helping N.J. rabbi...

August 24, 2010: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's Nephew Arrested On Arms-Related Charges
Comments: 23 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc.
Efraim E. Diveroli, the brash young Miami Beach arms dealer who landed a $300 million contract with the Pentagon to buy and ship munitions to Afghanistan only to have it unravel in a sprawling criminal case, was in custody again...

August 24, 2010: Government Files Response To Rubashkin Motion For New Trial
Comments: 62 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Details: PDF files: Download Govt Response To Rubashkin Motion Full Brief 8-23-10 Download Murphy affidavit regarding Rubashkin motion 8-23-10 Download De La Roza Motion for recusal 8-13-2008 Download Govt response to de la roza motion 8-26-2008 Download Lewin Press Release...

August 23, 2010: Dispute Over "Unauthorized" Weddings Spurs Satmar Hasidim To Dump Garbage On The Streets Of Kiryas Joel
Comments: 48 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Turf Disputes
The garbage-dumping that nearly blocked a main road in Kiryas Joel and led to disorderly conduct tickets for four men over the weekend stemmed from an ongoing fight over a wedding hall just outside the village where dissident community members...

August 23, 2010: Rubashkin Equals Pollard Equals Shalit, Rabbis Say
Comments: 28 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Community-wide "pidyon shevuyim" rally equates Rubashkin with Jonathan Pollard and captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

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