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December 6, 2009: Accused Haredi Pedophile Has A Brand New Job
Comments: 14 | 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: 15 | 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 5, 2009: Baruch Dayan HaEmet:
The Bostoner Rebbe
Comments: 3 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
The Bostoner Rebbe, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, of Boston and Har Nof, Jerusalem, passed away on Shabbat. More pictures and details.

December 5, 2009: What Is The Brooklyn DA Hiding?
Comments: 9 | 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: 31 | 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: 12 | 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: 3 | 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 5, 2009: Williamsburg Bike Lane Removed In What Some Allege To Be A Backroom Deal With Satmar
Comments: 12 | Categories: Haredim
Satmar didn't want its members to see "immodestly clad" bikers. Did NYC’s Transit Dept Strike a Backroom Deal with Satmars? Bike lane disappears in Brooklyn after months of Hasidic complaints BY MARISSA BROSTOFF • Tablet Magazine This week, New York...

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 4, 2009: Errant Candy Thrown At Üfroof Knocks Out Sister Of Groom
Comments: 16 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Med-Ethics
Sister hospitalized for several days for observation. Incident spurs calls to ban synagogue candy throwing. Aufruf Ends at Hospital After Chosson’s Sister Gets Hit Yair Alpert • Matzav.com The sister of a chosson in Ashdod will never forget her brother’s...

December 3, 2009: MO Group To Sue Chief Rabbis Over Conversion Annulments
Comments: 10 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal
"We've cooperated with the rabbinate for years…but the situation cannot be allowed to go on," said Rabbi Seth Farber of ITIM. Threat of suit pressures Rabbinate to reopen conversion annulment issue By Cnaan Liphshiz • Ha'aretz A local nonprofit assisting...

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: 54 | 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: 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: 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: Lakewood Rabbis Come Out Against "Toeivah Bill," Still Silent On Sex Abuse
Comments: 40 | Categories: Haredim , Pedophilia
Blocking same sex marriage deemed important enough to take a public stand, while haredi-on-boy sex abuse is not. Blocking the New Jersey gay marriage bill was a major topic at the Agudath Israel of America convention last week. By contrast,...

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: Squabble Over Old City Synagogue Linked To Haredi Power Grab, Critics Say
Comments: 13 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Turf Disputes
If the Vilna Gaon was right, on March 16, 2010, construction will begin on the third Temple. That day coincides with the third completion of the Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter. If the Vilna Gaon was right, the 3rd...

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 27, 2009: Letter from Jerusalem: Give Haredim A Chance
Comments: 58 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
Israeli society cannot continue dancing at both weddings: It cannot both hate the ultra-Orthodox for their separatism and not allow them to work. Give us a chance By Rony Paluch • Ha'aretz The 2009 report by the Ono Academic College...

November 26, 2009: Letter from Jerusalem: Between Baalat Teshuva and Britney Spears
Comments: 50 | Categories: BTs , Haredim , Outreach , Women & Judaism
What is the great attraction of Orthodoxy? I brought my daughters up with all the right ideas. We always had gender equality in our community and in our synagogue. We raised them to be activists, committed to equal rights. I...

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 25, 2009: Why Are So Many Jews Atheists Or Agnostics? It's Their Stupidity, Stupid
Comments: 89 | Categories: Chabad , Haredim , Skepticism
The real cause of overwhelming Jewish atheistic tendencies seems to be a tragic ignorance of Judaism’s most profound teachings and ideas and therefore a juvenile understanding of the Jewish idea of a monotheistic God. Why so many Jews are atheists...

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 24, 2009: Letter from Tel Aviv: Israel At The Edge Of The Abyss
Comments: 16 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
The solution is not for the ultra-Orthodox to stop being ultra-Orthodox, but rather for them to start working and serving in the army – to integrate into mainstream society. At the edge of the abyss By Shahar Ilan • Ha'aretz...

November 24, 2009: Haredim Demand Modesty Patrols To Monitor Arab Workers
Comments: 7 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Racism , Xenophobia
Flirting with a Jewish woman can get an Arab worker fired – or beaten. Haredim demand 'kosher' certification for Arab workers Ultra-orthodox in Beitar Illit ban together against Arab workers, claim they have negative influence on town's women. They proffer...

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...

November 23, 2009: Drug Dealing Haredi Rabbi "Victim Of A Racial Stereotype," Defense Claims
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim
"The Crown is resorting to a very crude racial stereotype. You've got a wealthy Jew and an impoverished Muslim, and the Jew has to be financing the Muslim." Cocaine rabbi 'stereotyped as drug dealer' By Jonathan Kalmus • London Jewish...

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