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July 15, 2009: Annals of Halakha: Orthodox Rabbi Says Blind Can Feel Their Dates
Comments: 5 | Categories: Halakha , Israel , MO & Chardal
Even though Orthodox men and women are not supposed to touch before marriage, rabbi says the blind can do so because it is their way of seeing. Rabbi Sherlo: Blind men can grope their dates Head of Hesder Yeshiva explains...

July 15, 2009: Haredi Riots Continue In Jerusalem, Spread To Beit Shemesh
Comments: 27 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Jerusalem's mayor cuts off all city services to haredi areas "until such time that providing them will not entail risking human life." These are new riots that began Wednesday morning: City suspends services to haredi neighborhoods Barkat announces suspension of...

July 15, 2009: Jews And Muslims Once Prayed Together On The Temple Mount
Comments: 9 | Categories: History , Israel , Religion
An early Jewish Midrash known as Nistarot Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai hailed the Muslims as the initiators of Israel's redemption and a Muslim ruler as the builder of the House of the Lord. The Shape of the Holy By ALEX...

July 15, 2009: Israeli College Takes Back Presidency From Prof Who Once Taught At Israel's Version Of JTS
Comments: 16 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal
Fundamentalists pressure Modern Orthodox. Modern Orthodox cave in. Note: Haredi National Religious = Haredi Dati Leumi = Hardal. National Religious = Religious Zionist = Modern Orthodox. Religious college slammed for capitulating to rabbinic pressure Lifshitz College goes back on decision...

July 15, 2009: Haredim Riot To Protest Abusive Mother's Arrest
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Woman allegedly starved her child and kept toddler near death. Haredim threaten to boycott Hadassah Hospital because Hadassah doctors uncovered the abuse. Haredim protest abusive mother's arrest By ETGAR LEFKOVITS • Jerusalem Post "Jerusalem's 'Eda Haredit' will boycott Hadassah Ein...

July 15, 2009: Haredi Investors Fear "Illui" Bilked Them Out Of Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In A Madoff-Like Scam
Comments: 14 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
"Illui" especially close to Gerrer hasidim. Haredi victims refuse to cooperate with authorities. Haredi investors fear 'ilui' lost more than $30m Nati Toker • Ha'aretz Ultra-Orthodox investors who placed their money with Asher Shapranovich, the manager of Homesh Hashkaot B'Aliya,...

July 14, 2009: Blaming the Victims: Academic Says Haredi Rejection Of BTs Leads To Cultlike Extremism
Comments: 17 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
By refusing to accept them, haredi society pushes BTs into forming their own separate, sometimes fundamentalist communities. Study: Haredi rejection leads to extremism Ultra-orthodox society's refusal to accept former seculars into its midst forces them to form their own separate,...

July 14, 2009: Will Israel Grant Asylum To Fascism?
Comments: 7 | Categories: Darfur , Israel , Racism , Xenophobia
A draconian new law would punish doctors and aid workers for helping asylum seekers, even those fleeing genocide. Refugees, doctors and aid workers alike could face 20 years in jail. Will Israel grant asylum to fascism? Bradley Burston • Haaretz...

July 14, 2009: Neturei Karta Woman Arrested For Starving Her Toddler Son
Comments: 19 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Haredim torch Jerusalem welfare office in retaliation for woman's arrest. Mother suspected of starving toddler son Neturei Karta member apparently suffering from Munchausen syndrome arrested after security cameras catch her disconnecting malnourished son from feeding tube; toddler's condition improving; Jerusalem...

July 14, 2009: Brazil: No Asylum For Haredi Alleged Child Abuser
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia
Authorities reject 'Rabbi' Elior Chen's request for refugee status, say he will soon be extradited to Israel. Brazil: No refugee status for 'abusive rabbi' Brazilian authorities reject 'Rabbi' Elior Chen's request for refugee status, say he will soon be extradited...

July 14, 2009: Letter From Beit Shemesh: Haredi Extremists Terrorize Residents
Comments: 32 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
A 15-year-old girl remembers a roar of male voices, a blur of bearded faces and being kicked from behind as she was pelted with raw eggs. In Beit Shemesh, residents struggle to counter violent religious coercion By Dina Kraft BEIT...

July 14, 2009: Intramural Battles: Haredim Beat Chabad Rabbi In Jerusalem
Comments: 18 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Turf Disputes
Turf dispute over control of synagogue turns violent, is caught on video. Reaching New Lows in Kiryat Yovel - Now During the 3 Weeks Yechiel Spira • Yeshiva World News It would appear that the Three Weeks and the lessons...

July 14, 2009: Annals of Halakha: Rabbi Rules Settlers Can Use Phone On Shabbat To Stop Evacuation Of Outposts
Comments: 11 | Categories: Halakha , Israel , MO & Chardal
"If one sees a movement of troops on Shabbat and there is a possibility that those troops are on their way to destroy outposts, one can use the phone, on Shabbat, to report about it…" Rabbi Dov Lior: Phones may...

July 14, 2009: KKK Leader Arrested In Israel
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Israel
White supremacist who is one of America's 100 Most Wanted Criminals nabbed in Tel Aviv. Senior KKK member arrested in Tel Aviv By YAAKOV LAPPIN • Jerusalem Post A high-ranking white supremacist on the run from US federal authorities was...

July 14, 2009: Israel Supreme Court To Rule On Case Of Haredi Yeshiva Student Who Ran Over Ethiopian Woman
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Ethiopian Jews , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
Lower court acquitted student because a conviction would harm his chances of becoming a religious court judge. Chief Rabbi said to have lobbied lower court for acquittal. The yeshiva student was separately indicted for stealing from a supermarket. High Court...

July 13, 2009: IDF Excludes Haredi Rabbis
Comments: 11 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
Most haredim avoid serving in the army by staying in yeshiva. The IDF has barred haredim like this from taking jobs as army rabbis. IDF excluding haredi rabbis Officers training base commander decides to bar candidates who did not complete...

July 13, 2009: Beef Prices Expected To Rise 40%
Comments: 11 | Categories: Food , Israel , Kosher Scandal
South American farmers switch to selling corn and soybeans for fuel rather than feed, causing a shortage of beef for export. This should impact the US glatt kosher market, as well, although much less so than in Israel. Meat prices...

July 12, 2009: Israel Journal: Fighting For Israel's African Refugees
Comments: 7 | Categories: Darfur , Israel , Racism , Xenophobia
"My grandmother would be spinning in her grave if I wasn't doing this." Fighting for Israel's African refugees By YAAKOV LAPPIN • Jerusalem Post Driven by a passage from the Bible and the memory of his grandparents' plight, British-Israeli activist...

July 12, 2009: Annals of Halakha: Haredim Are Not Allowed To Support Secular Law, Rabbi Elyashiv Says
Comments: 27 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Halakha , Haredim , Israel
"These laws they want to enforce are not Torah laws but laws…the legislators made up themselves. How can we support any non-Torah laws – even indirectly? We may not support them." Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv is the defacto chief rabbi...

July 12, 2009: Annals of Kabbalah: "Doctors Are Liars," And Other Misleading Advice For Women From Israel's Leading Kabbaist
Comments: 133 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal , Sefardim , Women & Judaism
"[A] girl who wishes to marry must take upon herself already on the first date an obligation to have no less than 12 children.…When you see a woman whose youngest child is three, this means that she has been using...

July 10, 2009: Amid Swine Flu Fears, Rebbe Changes Tisch
Comments: 20 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Religion
Gerrer Rebbe bans communal kiddish cup, orders individual disposable plastic cups instead. Amid Swine Flu fears, Hassidic rabbi ditches communal cups Yair Ettinger, Haaretz The swine flu scare has recently prompted one of the leading spiritual figures of the ultra-Orthodox...

July 9, 2009: Satmar Tells Obama To Crack Down On Israel
Comments: 65 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
The mayor of Kiryas Joel sends anti-Zionist letter to the President. The letter is published on the Jews Against Zionism website. Strangely, the JTA, which published excerpts from the letter and links to the PDF download of the letter from...

July 9, 2009: Israeli Rabbi Wants Virtual Kosher Supervision
Comments: 2 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Video surveillance could be used to augment on-site inspections. Israel rabbi proposes 'virtual' kosher supervision - via video cameras By Yanir Yagna, Haaretz The extended hours at Be'er Sheva bars and restaurants have brought the proprietors an additional expense: paying...

July 9, 2009: Haredi "Hidden" Dropout Rate 2X Higher Than National Average
Comments: 16 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
17% of elementary school-aged haredim are hidden dropouts, as are 30% of junior high and high school students, sharply higher than the national average of 10% and 15% respectively. 30% of haredi teens - 'hidden dropouts' Matthew Wagner , THE...

July 9, 2009: Poll: 52% Of Haredim Believe Riots Hurt
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
But only 18% of haredim consider riots to be a desecration of Shabbat. Most haredim believe riots hurt Shabbat Poll conducted for Ynet reveals most ultra-Orthodox think rallies against Shabbat desecration in Jerusalem only undermine status of holy day Ynet...

July 8, 2009: FORMER SEFARDIC CHIEF RABBI: Don't "Kowtow" To Women
Comments: 79 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal , Women & Judaism
Listening to a woman deliver a speech, if she did so while using hand gestures, is also forbidden: "It's very serious. One should watch out for these things." Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu is widely considered to be the leading halakhic authority...

July 7, 2009: BREAKING! Did Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz Call On Haredi Leaders To Condemn Haredi Violence?
Comments: 15 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Spin
The Jerusalem Post says he did. But is it true? Rabbi Horowitz told me it is not true: "I never mentioned gedolim or leaders" "I kept saying people" "Look at the quotes attributed to me" In other words, Rabbi Horowitz,...

July 7, 2009: Israeli Bureaucracy's New Rules Keep Diaspora Converts Out
Comments: 24 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
“We want to safeguard the quality of the Judaism." New rules have Diaspora converts waiting on Israel By Dina Kraft TEL AVIV (JTA) -- M., a 35-year-old American woman who has been living an Orthodox lifestyle for years, thought she...

July 7, 2009: FORMER CHIEF RABBI TO MALE SOLDIERS: Go To Jail Rather Than Hear Female Soldier Sing
Comments: 63 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal , Women & Judaism
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu tells IDF soldiers to disobey orders rather than hear female IDF soldiers sing. Opt for prison over hearing girls sing' By JPOST.COM STAFF Former Sephardi chief rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu has called on religious IDF soldiers to choose...

July 7, 2009: Rabbinate Revokes Conversion Of Ethiopian Woman After She Was Struck By Rabbi In Hit And Run
Comments: 26 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Ethiopian Jews , Haredim , Israel
Caught on video, the rabbi is convicted – but the Rabbinute revokes the woman's conversion, apparently in revenge. Rabbis' Wrath Matthew Wagner , THE JERUSALEM POST The wrath of the rabbis seems to be chasing N., an Ethiopian immigrant who...

July 6, 2009: EXPOSÉ: The Bible-Based Racism That Fuels Widespread Russian Jewish Hatred Of Obama
Comments: 61 | Categories: Israel , Racism , Religion
"Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up." The first of the heralds of evil, according to the verse, is "a slave who becomes king." Why don't Russian-speaking Jews trust Obama? By Lily Galili • Ha'aretz...

July 6, 2009: Bridging The Religious / Secular Divide
Comments: 29 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal , Religion
More than 2,000 families in Israel have already joined initiative of mixed communities and send their children to secular-religious schools where kids learn to respect one another regardless of differences. Breaking down the separation wall More than 2,000 families in...

July 5, 2009: Haredim Attack Female Reporter
Comments: 36 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Women & Judaism
Haredim attack female reporter, cover her in spit, in latest round of Jerusalem riots. Reporter feels mob's hate in the Holy City By Australian Broadcasting Company Middle East correspondent Anne Barker The ABC's Middle East correspondent Anne Barker became caught...

July 5, 2009: HOLOCAUST VICTIMS REINCARNATED SINNERS, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Says
Comments: 161 | Categories: Chabad & Holocaust , Haredim , Israel , Religion , Sefardim
Haredi theodicy rears its ugly head, again. 'Shoah victims - reincarnated sinners' By JPOST.COM STAFF Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has argued that those murdered in the Holocaust were a reincarnation of sinners from past generations, Ma'ariv reported on...

July 5, 2009: Helicopter Ruins Shabbos, Haredim Say
Comments: 17 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Haredi MK complains police helicopter dispatched to curtail haredi rioting "destroyed the tranquility of the day." Note Yeshiva World doesn't mention the reason for the helicopter's flight pattern – haredi rioting. Police Chopper Disturbs Shabbos Tranquility in Yerushalayim Yechiel Spira...

July 5, 2009: Haredim, Racism And The N Word
Comments: 10 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Religion
Racism. thuggery and two standards of justice under Israel law. I find Hebrew Christianity and its variants to be especially repugnant and I fully support sane protests against proselytizing. But haredim – in this case, Gur (Gerrer) hasidim, the same...

July 5, 2009: HAREDIM TO POLICE: "Nazis! Burn In Hell!
Comments: 17 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
"[Police and secular Jews] will burn in hell; the haredim will stick around." "Anyone who breaks Shabbos must die!" Haredim to police: Nazis, burn in hell Shabbat war continues: Thousands of ultra-Orthodox rioters hurl stones at security forces, vehicles in...

July 2, 2009: 11 Haredim Indicted For Rioting
Comments: 15 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
57 total arrests made. More indictments expected to follow. J'lem: 11 haredim indicted for rioting State presses charges against ultra-Orthodox residents of Jerusalem who took part in riots following city's decision to keep parking lots open on Shabbat. Police says...

June 30, 2009: Israeli Supreme Court Declares Jews For Jesus 'Kosher'
Comments: 22 | Categories: Israel
J for J, Hebrew Christians and Messianic Jews can now display Rabbinate kosher certificates in their food shops and restaurants. Court declares Jew for Jesus 'kosher' Matthew Wagner , THE JERUSALEM POST A Jew for Jesus who demanded kashrut supervision...

June 30, 2009: US Students Assaulted And Beaten Bloody By Jewish Gang In Israel
Comments: 15 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Israel
Kibbutzniks, Arab family rush to protect injured Americans. US students attacked at Kinneret beach Yaakov Lappin , THE JERUSALEM POST A visit to Israel by five young American Jews turned into a nightmare on Friday evening when they were set...

June 27, 2009: THOUSANDS OF HAREDIM RIOT
Comments: 69 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
At least 40 arrested, 1 seriously hurt, Jerusalem shaken. Jerusalem shaken by riots Shabbat war escalates: Man seriously injured, four police officers sustain light wounds as ultra-Orthodox protestors clash with security forces across capital Saturday; dozens of rioters arrested Ronen...

June 25, 2009: Sefardic Chief Rabbi Moves To Ban Controversial Haredi Rabbi From Judging Conversion Cases
Comments: 15 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
"Recently, conversion cases have become the focus of public scrutiny. Groups have taken advantage of the controversy surrounding these cases to attempt to limit the jurisdiction of the Rabbinical Courts. As a result, I am exercising my power...to personally choose...

June 24, 2009: American Conversions In Jeopardy, Rabbi Claims
Comments: 11 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
"If a marriage registrar does not feel beholden to recognize an Orthodox conversion certificate issued by the government of Israel, there is no reason to think they will not scrutinize a conversion performed overseas, even if it has approval from...

June 24, 2009: HAREDIM: "WE'LL SET THE ENTIRE COUNTRY ON FIRE"
Comments: 16 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Riots will be staged all over the country, not just in Jerusalem, if parking lot opens this Shabbat, haredim say. J'lem mayor seeks deal to avert secular-haredi crisis By ETGAR LEFKOVITS • Jerusalem Post Seeking to defuse an explosive haredi-secular...

June 23, 2009: BREAKING! Chief Rabbis Demand Haredi Control Over Conversions
Comments: 58 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
High Rabbinic Court decision based in large part on wall posters signed by leading haredi rabbis, not on actual halakha. All converts are suspect, rabbis say. Rabbinate demands haredi control over conversion By MATTHEW WAGNER • Jerusalem Post Since conversion...

June 23, 2009: Cooked Cockroach Closes Knesset Cafeteria
Comments: 18 | Categories: Israel , Kosher Scandal
Kosher conundrum caused when creature cooked and served to Knesset member. Cockroach closes down Knesset cafeteria Just as Shas MKs dine in parliament's eatery, pest pops up and snatches away establishment's kosher certificate. But don't worry too much about elected...

June 23, 2009: Haredim To Allow Some Mentally Challenged To Marry
Comments: 12 | Categories: Halakha , Haredim , Israel
Mildly retarded previously forbidden to marry by haredi rabbis out of fear they would not correctly follow Jewish law regarding marriage, ritual purity. As you read this, note that Rabbi Chaim Druckman's daughter could not marry until this ruling, even...

June 23, 2009: Haredim Threaten Boycott If Zionist Elected Chief Rabbi Of Jerusalem
Comments: 27 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
Haredim will not recognize the kosher supervision and religious decisions of "Zionist" chief rabbi. Haredim threaten boycott if Jerusalem elects Zionist rabbi Responding to Mayor Barkat's statement he is committed to appointing Zionist chief rabbi for capital, ultra-Orthodox leaders warn...

June 23, 2009: BREAKING! Haredi Rabbis Annul Another Conversion
Comments: 28 | Categories: Haredim , Israel
High Rabbinic Court ruling on State of Israel stationary says "all Jews" must listen to haredi gedolim. Rabbi Sherman annuls another conversion Rabbi who already disqualified thousands of conversions questions Jewishness of female convert, orders her to divorce her husband...

June 22, 2009: Haredi Rabbi On Trial For Attack Against Messianic Jews
Comments: 15 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Hebrew Christians allegedly attacked by a haredi mob at the urging of Beersheba's haredi chief rabbi. Court hears Messianic Jews' suit against Beersheba chief rabbi By DAN IZENBERG, Jerusalem Post A policeman who testified Sunday in a lawsuit filed by...

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