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137 posts from April 2011

April 7, 2011: Israel Sets Up Program For Haredi Yeshiva Dropouts
Comments: 3 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
"There are ultra-Orthodox children who have left the yeshivas and have nowhere else to learn. If we don't create a way for them to work, they won't be able to join the labor market since they lack basic skills," said...

April 7, 2011: Haredi Rabbis Attack Independent Haredi Media
Comments: 11 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Blogs , Haredim , Israel , Media & Media Criticism
Israeli haredi rabbis have launched a bitter attack against haredi newspapers and magazines which operate without their approval. Charedi media fall foul of the rabbis By Nathan Jeffay • Jewish Chronicle Israeli [haredi] rabbis have launched a bitter attack against...

April 7, 2011: Chabad Anti-Zionism: As Chabad Child Asked To Light Israel's National Torch On Independence Day, A Leading Chabad Rabbi Objects
Comments: 20 | Categories: Chabad , Chabad Anti-Zionism , Chabad History , Haredim , Israel
"It is well known that when a dinner of United Lubavitcher Yeshivos concluded with the Hatikvah, the Rebbe removed his auspices from the institution. This harsh action was taken, even though Lubavitchers hadn't sung it, some supporters had. But since...

April 6, 2011: Kabbalist's Top Aide Porn Distributor Who Gave Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor $48,000
Comments: 16 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Sefardim
Ben Zion Suky isn’t just another businessman involved in two litigious industries. He’s also the right-hand man to a powerful Sephardic kabbalist rabbi with growing influence among Israel’s political and business elite and in the American Jewish community – Rabbi...

April 6, 2011: Free Brooklyn Seders For Victims Of Domestic Or Sexual Abuse
Comments: 11 |
This safe and healthy environment is open for parents and people who suffered from domestic abuse or have been a victim of child abuse. PESACH 2011 "SEDER OF FREEDOM AND HEALING" FREE PESACH SEDERS TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED ABUSE...

April 6, 2011: Jerusalem Rabbi Arrested On Suspicion Of Sexual Assault
Comments: 17 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Israel
Well-known Jerusalem Rabbi David Tovol was arrested last Sunday on suspicions that he committed indecent acts against a newlywed bride who sought his advice. Did rabbi sexually assault bride? Jerusalem rabbi arrested over suspected indecent acts against newlywed bride, later...

April 6, 2011: One Haredi Soldier Convicted, 3 More Accused Of Abusing Palestinians
Comments: 17 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Religion, Religion & State
An Israel Defense Forces soldier from a unit made up exclusively of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men was convicted on Wednesday in the Central Military Court of illegal use of a weapon and disgraceful conduct. Three other members of the haredi army...

April 6, 2011: Orthodox Jew MVP Of Women's NIT Basketball Tournament
Comments: 20 | Categories: Jews In Sports , MO & Chardal
Naama Shafir, a junior guard, poured in a career-high 40 points to lead the University of Toledo to victory in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament championship. She was crowned the basketball tournament’s MVP. And then she walked about two miles...

April 6, 2011: Williamsburg 'Modesty Committee' Protests Hair Salon
Comments: 43 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim
The Williamsburg Va'ad HaTzinus, 'modesty squad', protests in front of a former dry cleaners on Lee Avenue that will be opening as a hair salon. Rabbi Nechemya Weberman, a leader of the 'modesty squad', is currently under indictment for allegedly...

April 6, 2011: Happy 101st Birthday
Comments: 77 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
Haredi leader Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv turns 101. Chaim Veshalom Yosifu Loch: Maran Rav Elyashiv Turns 101 Today Yair Alpert • Matzav.com Today [i.e., Tuesday], Rosh Chodesh Nissan, the posek hador, Maran Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv shlit”a, is marking a...

April 6, 2011: Lights Out: Israel Electric Shuts Off Power To Maimonides' Grave
Comments: 19 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Israel
The Israel Electric Corporation has cut power to the gravesite of the preeminent philosopher and Torah sage Maimonides - also known as the Rambam - in Tiberias, a site visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year. Last week,...

April 6, 2011: Haredi Rabbis: Do Not Volunteer For Magen David Adom
Comments: 18 | Categories: Haredim , Med-Ethics, Public Health
Ultra-Orthodox leaders are calling on Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Jews not to volunteer in Magen David Adom, Israel's version of the Red Cross, claiming that serving in the rescue organization leads to serious religious prohibitions and leads to spiritual danger. Haredi...

April 5, 2011: Video Short: Almonds And Wine
Comments: 5 | Categories: Film , History
A childhood romance, a wedding, and flight from the shtetl. Almonds and Wine from Reel 13 on Vimeo.

April 5, 2011: Surviving Lakewood
Comments: 81 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
"My father walked in on my brother undressing me I was about 12 yrs old and my brother was unbuttoning my shirt not a commendable act for any boy or man to be doing to a child and definitely not...

April 5, 2011: Son Of Former Chief Rabbi Calls For Passover Sacrifice On Temple Mount
Comments: 53 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal
The annual attempts to resume the Passover sacrifice received a first significant rabbinical backing recently. Safed's Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, a prominent Orthodox Zionist leader, has called on the public to perform the sacrifice mitzvah on the eve of the...

April 5, 2011: Editing The Torah
Comments: 127 | Categories: History , Religion, Religion & State
Hundreds of linguistic and ideological differences between the commonly accepted Masoretic version of the Torah and the Samaritan text, the Septuagint, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Vulgate indicate that editing may be one of the world's oldest professions. Bible...

April 5, 2011: Campaign To Educate Haredim About Animal Welfare Launched
Comments: 7 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Kosher Scandal
Haredi MKs might be lobbying against the fur bill is because they may fear that such a bill will be used as anti- Semitic material against Jews who have worn fur streimels for generations. “Already today there are publications in...

April 5, 2011: The Rabbi Of The Israeli Army's Medical Mission To Japan
Comments: 9 | Categories: Hessed , Israel , MO & Chardal
"Of course you break the Shabbat laws to save non-Jews", he goes on to quote the Halacha which states that in order to keep the peace – the laws can be broken to save lives. "This is for the benefit...

April 4, 2011: Rabbi's Mints A "Mitzvah For Your Mouth
Comments: 8 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
"Part of my job as a rabbi is to provide service to the community - and helping to provide a kosher product that does not exist is such a service," he said, noting that a portion of the profits go...

April 4, 2011: Haredi Yeshiva Mosdos Choftetz Chaim Loses Another Round In Court
Comments: 3 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
Legal battles and contempt-of-court accusations against Mosdos Chofetz Chaim and the Ramapo Planning Board continue in state Supreme Court and U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Yeshiva fight with Ramapo gets intricate Steve Lieberman • Journal News Legal battles and contempt-of-court accusations against...

April 4, 2011: Rabbi Attacked By Killer Bees
Comments: 18 |
Moshe Silberhaft, the spiritual leader and executive director of the African Jewish Congress known as "The Traveling Rabbi," was making a pre-Passover visit to the 190 Jews left in the beleaguered Zimbabwe capital of Harare when he and the Ashkenazi...

April 4, 2011: Quid Pro Quo: How Agudath Israel Got Yeshiva Students Millions Of Dollars In State Funding
Comments: 10 | Categories: Haredim
For the past five years, lobbyists for Agudath Israel, the state's most powerful Jewish social service organization, traveled from New York City to Albany to urge lawmakers to allow rabbinical college students to receive state-funded tuition assistance grants. And year...

April 4, 2011: The Struggle For The Soul Of Religious Zionism
Comments: 2 | Categories: MO & Chardal
The authors of rabbinic letters prohibiting the sale of land and the renting of apartments to non-Jews (Arabs), and letters questioning an Israeli court's decision that ex-president Moshe Katsav is guilty of rape, reject Israeli democracy and governmental institutions as...

April 4, 2011: Haredim Hold Prayer Rallies To Free "Innocent" Drug Smugglers
Comments: 52 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
"Worldwide" women's prayer rallies were held last night to free two Satmar yeshiva students caught smuggling drugs into Japan. The students claim they thought they were 'only' smuggling antiques. Tonight: Women’s Asifos in Boro Park and Lakewood for Boys in...

April 4, 2011: Welfare Cuts In Britain Causes Sharp Rise In Haredi Child Poverty
Comments: 12 | Categories: Haredim
The strictly Orthodox community is facing a rise in child poverty as a result of benefit cuts and lack of secular education for boys in its schools, according to a new report. Cuts leave Charedi children in poverty By Simon...

April 4, 2011: Another Lost Tribe?
Comments: 25 |
The Meru have a bit of folklore that describes their escape from bondage under a brown-skinned people and a subsequent flight across a parted body of water referred to as a Red Sea. In Customs and Traditions of the Meru,...

April 4, 2011: A Week With The Jews Of Uganda
Comments: 4 |
Two American university students decided to attend High Holiday services at the Nairobi synagogue. Matthew Meyer, a student from Brown University, found himself seated next to the only black man, while Julia Chamovitz, from Washington University, observed them from the...

April 3, 2011: American Haredi Rabbis Issue New Internet Ban
Comments: 23 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Blogs , Haredim
The ban prohibits using the Internet without a filter and recommends installing third party software that sends a record of all the Websites visited to a monitoring agency, which would then report that usage to a designated party. Using a...

April 3, 2011: Neighborhood Now "Hell" As Illegal Hostels Cram 30 People In One Small Single Family House
Comments: 25 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc.
Glen Eira Council investigators are preparing evidence to prosecute the Halperins and Silvermans and two men allegedly operating the Hotham Street property. The Age reports: …Graeme Halperin, a tax lawyer, and Emilia Halperin are directors of Arlj Properties and Aribec...

April 3, 2011: Israel May Cease To Exist, University Study Warns
Comments: 23 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
A University of Haifa study finds Israeli haredim will grow to more than 1 million by 2030 and warns if current demographic trends continue, Israel may cease to exist. 'Israel faces threat of becoming a religious state' University of Haifa...

April 3, 2011: Confessions Of A Jewish Infant Genital Mutilator
Comments: 25 | Categories: Circumcision
"I myself am an infant genital mutilator, a three-time offender. I didn’t personally carry out the act, but paid a proxy… to perform the deed." Confessions of a Jewish infant genital mutilator San Francisco moves to introduce a ban on...

April 2, 2011: Prosecutors Add Money Laundering To Accused Haredi Criminals' Charges
Comments: 16 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim
Rabbi Lavel Schwartz, 59, and David S. Goldhirsh, 29, both of Brooklyn, were arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering tied to their dealings in 2008 and 2009 with the now-infamous FBI informant and real estate developer Solomon...

April 1, 2011: Haredim Use Dirty Diapers And Vandalism In Attempt To Derail Old City Food Festival
Comments: 30 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Kosher Scandal
According to a food proprietor who wished to remain anonymous, haredi elements brought soiled, reeking diapers on the first night in a bid to keep people away. Another person involved in the event said that electric cables were cut. The...

April 1, 2011: President Of B'nai B'rith International Indicted For Tax Fraud
Comments: 13 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Jewish Leadership
Dennis Glick, who abruptly resigned as president of B'nai B'rith International, has been indicted on federal charges of tax fraud, JTA has learned. B’nai B’rith chief Dennis Glick indicted on tax fraud WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Dennis Glick, who abruptly resigned...

April 1, 2011: No Surprise: Haredim Study More, Work Much Less Than Others
Comments: 1 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
A Bank of Israel survey reveals the number of ultra-Orthodox students in study programs designed for haredi sector has gone up from 2,000 in 2005 to 6,000 in 2010. The haredi participation rate in the workforce stands at 40%, compared...

April 1, 2011: Shechita Is More Humane, English Jews Say – Even Though It Is Not
Comments: 65 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
'It is a popular myth that Shechita is a painful method of slaughter. In fact, there is ample scientific evidence to the contrary. The Shechita process requires the rapid uninterrupted severance of major vital organs and vessels which produces, inter...

April 1, 2011: The Reality Of Sexual Abuse Is Changing In Israeli Orthodoxy
Comments: 1 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Israel , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes , Women & Judaism
Although the Katsav trial elicited some shocking support in Orthodox circles for the ex-president - even after his rape conviction - overall, the case has increased awareness and discussion of sexual abuse among religious women. 'Reality is changing' Although the...

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