2,132 posts categorized "Crime, etc."

December 8, 2009: Rubashkin Asks Court To Dismiss Child Labor Charges
Comments: 4 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin's attorneys claim Division of Labor officials ignored Agriprocessors' requests to identify the workers suspected of being minors Rubashkin asks court to dismiss child labor charges By JEFF REINITZ • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier WATERLOO - Attorneys for the former Agriprocessors...

December 8, 2009: 3 Jews Arrested For Killing Arab In "Nationalistic" Attack
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Racism , Xenophobia
The teens walked up to an Arab man in Meah Shearim and asked him for the time, in order to ascertain that he was indeed of Arab descent. When he answered they sprayed pepper spray in his eyes, beat him...

December 8, 2009: Exclusive: Rubashkin Family Has Hidden Meat Business
Comments: 41 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Their name is hidden but their involvement is real. Any image in this post can be clicked on to enlarge. I noticed an ad in a Chabad Hanukkah publication for the KosherMeatStore.com. KosherMeatStore.com ships fresh glatt kosher meat and poultry,...

December 8, 2009: Rubashkin To Appeal Detention
Comments: 16 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Attorneys for Sholom Rubashkin filed notice Monday with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that they intend to appeal a decision to hold the former meat plant executive in custody before he is sentenced on 86 financial fraud charges....

December 7, 2009: Video: Repainting Williamsburg Bike Lanes
Comments: 21 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim
Video shot in the middle of the night, just before the arrests. UPDATE 11:25 am CST 12-8-09 – Here's the Post's coverage, which includes a quote from a source close to the mayor admitting removal of the bike lanes was...

December 7, 2009: Hipsters Busted For Repainting Bike Lanes City Removed At Satmar Request
Comments: 13 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim
Hasidic street patrol calls cops, nabs hipsters. [UPDATED.] Sources: Men Arrested Trying To Repaint Bedford Bike Lane Gothamist We haven't been able to verify this one with the NYPD yet, but sources tell Gothamist that police — and South Williamsburg's...

December 6, 2009: Haredim Riot In Meron
Comments: 4 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Eight haredim were arrested yesterday morning after "particularly violent" riots at the burial site of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. 8 people arrested after riots at holy burial site By Eli Ashkenazi • Ha'aretz Eight men were arrested yesterday morning after...

December 6, 2009: Rabbi Baruch Lanner Back On Florida Sex Offender Registry
Comments: 3 | Categories: Crime, etc. , MO & Chardal
Lanner is still missing from the New Jersey registry, where he lives. The Awareness Center writes: The Awareness Center along with several other people have sent Laura Hook, Assistant Prosecutor - Union county, a copy of the original Jewish Week...

December 6, 2009: Accused Haredi Pedophile Has A Brand New Job
Comments: 34 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia
Rabbi Avraham M. Leizerowitz is now counseling troubled boys. Word from Israel on accused pedophile Rabbi Avraham M. Leizerowitz: Avraham M. Leizerowitz has started working at a new job. He is the mashgiach ruchani (religious counselor) in a Jerusalem yeshiva...

December 6, 2009: Conditions Better At Agri Star, Workers Say
Comments: 36 | Categories: Agri-Star , Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Pay better than under Agriprocessors, supervisors less demanding, nicer. Postville, immigrants inching toward closure BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Postville, Ia. - Forty-year-old Juventino Lopez Pichia wants to bring his wife and children to Iowa. But he knows...

December 6, 2009: Settlers Torch Palestinian House
Comments: 10 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Israel , MO & Chardal
Israeli security forces believe the arson was carried out as part of the rightists' "price tag" policy following the cabinet decision to freeze constriction in settlements. Rightists suspected of torching Palestinian property Police believe extreme right-wing activists set house, two...

December 5, 2009: What Is The Brooklyn DA Hiding?
Comments: 10 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia
A judge finds Charles Hynes must release all information related to the Avrohom Mondrowitz extradition proceedings – but Hynes won't do it. Michael Lesher writes: Some good news -- and some bad news. The good news: I won my Article...

December 5, 2009: Police Called When Haredi Man Refuses To Sit Next To Elderly Woman On Bus
Comments: 34 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Women & Judaism
"He started elbowing me and shoving me. He also swore at me and warned me not to sit next to him." Haredi man delays bus after refusing to sit next to woman Bus from Kiryat Gat to Kiryat Malachi forced...

December 5, 2009: Haredim Continue Shabbat Protests
Comments: 23 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Haredi leader: "All those [non-haredim] who are fomenting [against us] are a very small group of young people consumed by hatred. It's nothing. We have no reason to be intimidated by them. We are growing bigger and will continue to...

December 5, 2009: US Attorney, IRS Move Against Dwek, Spinka Donors
Comments: 4 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Sefardim
The tax inquiry could be a ticking bomb for anyone else who gave money and expected kickbacks from the religious institutions and schools at the focus of the ongoing criminal probe. Trouble for Dwek donors as IRS follows the money...

December 4, 2009: OU Mashgiach To Be Fired?
Comments: 15 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal
Mashgiach at Montefiore Medical Center's Weiler Hospital blew the whistle on problems in the hospital kitchen. Robert Frank called me at 1:44 pm CST today. "They told me not to come to work Sunday and to come to the legal...

December 4, 2009: Man Sues Haredi Rabbi Who Blocked His Marriage
Comments: 22 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
"This country has a Knesset and it has laws, and if some punk rabbi decides to take the law into his own hands, then I will not remain silent about it." Never mind the rabbis, here's the chuppah By Cnaan...

December 3, 2009: OU Head: Rubashkin Got "A Raw Deal…[He] Never Fleeced A Single Customer…If Anyone Is Deserving Of Sympathy, Support And Leniency, It Is Sholom Rubahskin."
Comments: 59 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
I never saw "cutting of corners in either halacha or ethical conduct," Rabbi Menachem Genack said. "USDA inspectors were in the plant at all times, and they never reported a violation of any kind." From Yated Ne'eman via COL Live:...

December 3, 2009: Chabad Kids Write Letters To Rubashkin
Comments: 28 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
"Hope you get your money & company back." Chabad.info reports: Over the past week the 6th grade English class at United Lubavitch Yeshiva in Crown Heights took to heart the fact that Shalom Mordchai Rubashkin is sitting in jail. The...

December 3, 2009: Rubashkin Denied Bail – Again
Comments: 20 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Rubashkin will remain in jail, at least until an appeal. Rubashkin bail reduction denied again By JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier CEDAR RAPIDS - A judge on Thursday upheld a decision to deny bail pending sentencing to a...

December 3, 2009: Former Agriprocessors HR Worker Sentenced
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Laura Althouse was sentenced this morning at 10:00 am. She was sentenced to 2 years probation: [Hat Tip: AGRI-vated Angel.] UPDATE 12-4-09 4:35 am CST – Here is the Des Moines Register report: Ex-meat plant worker receives probation Des Moines...

December 3, 2009: East Ramapo Rehires Lawyer Fired By Haredim
Comments: 7 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim
But controversial attorney favored by haredim may still be hired for special projects – like providing public goods or services to haredi schools. 650 people attend public meeting. Why did so many people show up? This: Undo lawyer vote in...

December 3, 2009: Rabbis Rule Woman Must Take Lie Detector Test
Comments: 18 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Halakha , Haredim , Israel , Women & Judaism
In an unprecedented move, the Haifa Rabbinical Court has ordered a woman in a divorce case to answer questions about her relations with men and alleged drug abuse while connected to a lie detector. Rabbis: Woman must pass polygraph test...

December 3, 2009: Underage Girl Alleges Sexual Harassment At Agriprocessors
Comments: 14 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Supervisors at the now-defunct Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville sexually harassed an underage girl who worked at the meat processing plant and had intercourse with other female employees in a storage room, according to state court papers. Teenager alleges sex harassment...

December 3, 2009: "Haredi Madoff" Steals Millions
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Moshe Zussman bilked about $50 million from Bnei Brak residents and wealthy families overseas. 'Haredi Madoff' bilked Bnei Brak families Nati Toker • Ha'aretz Another Ponzi has been uncovered in the ultra-religious sector. Kikar Shabbat, a news Web site caters...

December 2, 2009: National Campaign: School Children Write To Rubashkin
Comments: 32 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Matzav.com starts a kids national letter writing writing campaign for Sholom M. Rubashkin. Kids Write to Reb Sholom Mordechai Matzav.com Note: Matzav.com would like to spearhead a national writing campaign for Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin. We are asking all rabbeim...

December 2, 2009: Cattle Growers Reject Agriprocessors Payment Demands
Comments: 14 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
It's not often that someone demands $1.7 million from Jeff Reed, so when the Minnesota cattle seller opened an ordinary envelope with a surprising letter inside, his jaw dropped. Rubashkin and Agriprocessors – The gift that keeps on giving: Cattle...

December 1, 2009: Rothstein Indicted On $1 BILLION Fraud
Comments: 87 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc.
Mega Chabad donor was led into the Miami FBI office in handcuffs following his early morning arrest on five charges, including a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO law, often used against the Mafia and other...

December 1, 2009: Elior Chen Child Abuse Trial To Open In February
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
"Such a crooked person, who burns children, what kind of punishment can you give him? Want kind of punishment can you give a Nazi? This is what he did, let him live with it," the father said. 'Abusive rabbi' trial...

December 1, 2009: Secular Protestors Use God's Name – And Porn – To Terrify Haredim
Comments: 58 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
The secular underground also dispersed pornographic material, which caused the haredi protesters to flee in disarray at the sight of the smut. Seculars use God's name against Haredim in Jerusalem fight By Nir Hasson • Haaretz During the ultra-Orthodox demonstrations...

November 30, 2009: Thugs: Haredim Take Over Ramapo School Board
Comments: 107 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim
This might be be the best reality TV you've ever seen. This is only part one. Watch the entire meeting, featuring haredi thuggery as clear as you'll probably ever see.

November 30, 2009: Agudah Head: We Can No Longer Pretend Child Sexual Abuse Does Not Exist
Comments: 12 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia , Women & Judaism
When something is hidden, Rabbi David Zwiebel told the Agudah convention, it's up to God to deal with. But when something is revealed, it's up to us. All I'll add – besides the obvious need for Agudath Israel of America...

November 30, 2009: Department of Circular Reasoning: Haredim Blame Secular Mayor For "Incitement" Against Haredim
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
After a summer laced with haredi riots and attacks on secular Jews – including the mayor – and Arabs, a haredi spokesman told reporters secular "incitement" began last week during the protest outside Intel, when secular counter-protestors wrote God's name...

November 29, 2009: Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva Speaks At Fundraiser For Convicted Haredi Baby Killer
Comments: 34 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Rabbi Dovid Schustal calls conviction a "blood libel," asks for donations to help the family and murderer. Rav Dovid Schustal Addresses Parlor Meeting for Mishpachas Wallis Matav.com Last night, a parlor meeting was held to raise funds for the family...

November 29, 2009: Waiting, Hoping For Deportation
Comments: 16 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
More than 24 former Agriprocessors workers find themselves in an unusual impasse: The government has ordered them deported, and many can't wait to leave. Yet they remain, waiting for the American legal system to give them the boot. Former Agriprocessors...

November 29, 2009: Sholom Rubashkin: Saint – The Hagiography Continues
Comments: 55 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
As the jury foreman was reading the verdict, Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin passed a note to his wife Leah. “I am [a servant of God] wherever I am, and whatever happens I remain [a servant of God].” Shalom Rubashkin: Community Patron...

November 28, 2009: The Syrian Rabbi's "Shocked" Flock
Comments: 29 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Sefardim
Rabbi Saul J. Kassin, charged with money laundering in this summer’s epic federal sting, is the leader of the nation’s Syrian Jews. He has met with presidents, presided over countless weddings and hails from a rabbinical line dating to 15th-century...

November 28, 2009: Haredim "End Silence" On Sex Abuse
Comments: 17 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia
A few months ago, a high-ranking rabbi and spiritual leader at the Beth Medrash Govoha yeshiva, Matisyahu Salomon, quietly closed a rabbinical court, a Bais Din, that handled many of Lakewood's sex abuse allegations. Orthodox end silence on sex abuse...

November 28, 2009: Mouths Filled With Hatred
Comments: 90 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal
"Every [Christian cleric] who's been here for awhile, who dresses in robes in public, has a story to tell about being spat at [by haredim and National Religious Jews]." Mouths filled with hatred Larry Derfner • THE JERUSALEM POST Father...

November 28, 2009: Haredi Scam Steals Millions Of Shekels From Government
Comments: 7 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Haredi schools registered students from Edah Charedit schools as their own in order to cheat the government out of millions of shekels in subsidies. Haredi schools falsely register students to get funds Education Ministry inquiry reveals ultra-Orthodox schools in Jerusalem...

November 28, 2009: Thousands Protest Haredi Violence In Jerusalem
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Religion
The protesters marched from Paris Square to Zion Square in the Jerusalem city center under the banner: "Iran is here – we're sick of haredi violence." Thousands protest haredi violance in Jerusalem Seculars, religious march in capital Saturday night to...

November 28, 2009: Haredim To Police: "Zionists, You Caused The Holocaust"
Comments: 4 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Haredim blocked on way to Intel, also call police 'Nazis.' Haredim blocked on way to Intel, call police 'Nazis' Some 50 ultra-Orthodox demonstrate near police roadblock against plant's operation on Shabbat, shout at officers, 'Zionists, you caused the Holocaust' Efrat...

November 26, 2009: Ben Brafman, Unnamed Rubashkin Attorney, Newspaper Editor Speculate On Rubashkin's Sentence
Comments: 56 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
"Those who are concerned with justice will not be upset if the judge refuses to hand down a very long prison sentence. But those who are looking to destroy a man and his family will never be content." Sentence Structure...

November 25, 2009: Rubashkin "Didn’t Give A Damn About Anyone Or Anything — Except Making Money [His] Way."
Comments: 64 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
"Sholom Rubashkin’s actions reflected an mind-boggling sense of imperial disregard for just about everything that ethical, law-abiding people hold as plain and simple rules of civic and financial engagement.” Lynda Waddington of the Iowa Independent reports: …In the wake of...

November 25, 2009: Government Releases Undocumented Workers Held For Rubashkin Trial
Comments: 6 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Release means many will be deported in the coming weeks. Government releases Agriprocessors material witnesses By Trish Mehaffey • Gazette The 24 undocumented former Agriprocessors workers designated as material witnesses in criminal cases will be released, according to a motion...

November 25, 2009: Cocaine Rabbi Cleared Of Distribution, Guilty Of Possession
Comments: 16 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim
Rabbi Baruch Chalomish held his head in his hands, head bowed, muttering to himself as he wiped tears from his eyes. Cocaine-snorting rabbi Baruch Chalomish cleared of drug dealing Philippe Naughton • London Times A multi-millionaire rabbi who enjoyed cocaine-fuelled...

November 24, 2009: Pro-Rubashkin Signs Further Divide Postville
Comments: 81 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
[UPDATED] Rubashkin's face superimposed on an American flag angers some. Here's a link to the above video, which features Postville war veterans upset about the Rubashkin poster, just in case the embedded video won't play. [Hat Tip: AGRI-vated Angel.]

November 24, 2009: Rubashkin Appeals Bail Denial
Comments: 27 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Attorneys for Sholom Rubashkin asked the court to impose additional conditions to ensure he does not flee before his still-undetermined sentencing date. Rubashkin appeals bail denial By JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier CEDAR RAPIDS -- The former executive...

November 24, 2009: Letter from Miami: Postville Raid A Waste
Comments: 21 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
The exemplary message to employers: It's OK to abuse human beings, so long as you don't lie to the bank. There are so many errors of logic and misstatements of fact in this piece, I had to point some of...

November 23, 2009: Judge Says "Starving Mother" Did Not Violate Arrest Conditions
Comments: 6 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
But ruling does not deal with previous violations. As you read this remember the mother and her community refused to follow previous court orders, and her community rioted to stop enforcement of those orders. For those of you who are...

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