560 posts categorized "MO & Chardal"

December 24, 2009: YU Holds Public Meeting On Homosexuality
Comments: 1 | Categories: Homophobia , MO & Chardal
The event attracted hundreds of students, graduates and faculty members. Dozens more were turned away, and fire officials were on hand at one point when security guards said the building had reached capacity. YU holds discussion on homosexuality E.B. SOLOMONT...

December 24, 2009: Armageddon: Rabbis Can Retroactively Annul Conversions Based On Convert's Current Level Of Jewish Observance, Legal Opinion Claims
Comments: 13 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal , Religion
"The suspicion is not whether or not the conversion court was meticulous in verifying that the prospective convert was sincere in his expressed desire to lead an observant lifestyle. The suspicion does not arise from the conversion certificate's validity, rather...

December 22, 2009: Mashgiach Files Discrimination Complaint Against YU's Teaching Hospital
Comments: 14 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal
The OU has – so far – refused to back its now former kosher inspector and YU has been completely silent. How it came to this: Unkosher, Retaliation, "100 + Roaches.", An Anatomy of an Incident, OU Mashgiach to be...

December 22, 2009: Letter from Jerusalem: Under Cover With Women Of The Wall
Comments: 17 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal , Women & Judaism
A struggle for the character of the Western Wall, this city’s iconic Jewish holy site and central place of worship, is under way, and it is being fought with prayer shawls and Torah scrolls. JERUSALEM JOURNAL Challenging Traditions at the...

December 21, 2009: Letter from Jerusalem: A Response To The Call For Halakha To Be The Law Of The State
Comments: 10 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal , Women & Judaism
Even religious people who pray for judges of old were horrified when Justice Minister Ne'eman suggested that we apply Din Torah to Israeli law. Where is justice for women? A response to Justice Minister Ne'eman's endorsement of Torah law Rivkah...

December 20, 2009: Conversion Controversy Pits Jew Against Jew
Comments: 24 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal
In the midst of a nasty global battle over who is a "true" Jew, Ottawa's Rabbi Reuven Bulka has stopped converting people to Orthodox Judaism. Conversion controversy pits Jew against Jew BY JENNIFER GREEN • OTTAWA CITIZEN OTTAWA — In...

December 17, 2009: Guest Post: Modern Orthodox Writer at LA Jewish Journal Covers for NCSY Deception
Comments: 39 | Categories: MO & Chardal , Outreach
One of the problems afflicting secular and Liberal Jewry is that those in a position of watchdog are increasingly overly sympathetic to Orthodoxy. Modern Orthodox Writer at LA Jewish Journal Covers for NCSY Deception David Kelsey One of the problems...

December 16, 2009: British Jewish School Loses Supreme Court Appeal
Comments: 38 | Categories: MO & Chardal , Religion
Britain's top court was accused of interfering in religious matters after it ruled on Wednesday that a Jewish school was guilty of discrimination by refusing entry to a boy whose mother was a Jew by conversion, not birth. UK court...

December 14, 2009: Rightists Threaten To Start Mass Movement To Delay IDF Enlistment
Comments: 19 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal , Religion
"It needs to be understood that the military has much more to lose than the hesder yeshivas. There is a huge lack of manpower and motivated fighters are an obvious need of the IDF." Rightists: Postpone yeshiva enlistment to IDF...

December 14, 2009: Far Right Yeshiva Head: My Duty Is To Tell Soldiers To Disobey Orders
Comments: 9 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal , Religion
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed says he has obligation to "speak his inner truth." Far-right yeshiva head: My duty is to tell troops to refuse orders By Anshel Pfeffer and Chaim Levinson • Ha'aretz The head rabbi of a far-right West Bank...

December 13, 2009: Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva Compares Modern Orthodox To Esav
Comments: 49 | Categories: Haredim , MO & Chardal
Duty of haredim to fight MO. A reader emails: Last Shabbos the Flatbush Jewish community was treated to a visit by Roshei Yeshivos from Beis Medrash Govoha of Lakewood. While speaking at Shalosh Seudos at the Aguda on Avenue L...

December 13, 2009: Israel Removes Defiant Hesder Yeshiva From IDF Program
Comments: 31 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal
Defense Minister Ehud Barak has decided to remove the Har Bracha yeshiva from an arrangement with the Israel Defense Forces over its support for insubordination among soldiers. Barak decides to remove hesder yeshiva from IDF Following Rabbi Melamed's refusal to...

December 12, 2009: Gay Orthodox Rabbi Comes Out Of The Closet
Comments: 47 | Categories: Homophobia , Israel , MO & Chardal
And he still serves as the rabbi of his synagogue.

December 12, 2009: The Orthodox Rabbi's Sex Ed Class
Comments: 12 | Categories: MO & Chardal
“This is one of the most favorite things I do in the world. I love the interaction with students — and being able to open their eyes to the way in which Judaism approaches the basic facts of life.” In...

December 11, 2009: Settlers Torch Mosque – "We Will Burn All Of You"
Comments: 25 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Israel , MO & Chardal , Racism
According to reports, settlers allegedly set fire to a carpet and to a library in the mosque's second floor, destroying holy books. They also sprayed abusive statements on the walls including "We will burn all of you." Settlers allegedly vandalize...

December 11, 2009: Letter from Ra'anana: The Justice Minister's Sickly Olive Branch To Haredim
Comments: 0 | Categories: Halakha , Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal , Religion
Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman's comments this week in which he suggested that he would like to see a "return" to the Torah litigation system are understandable. But they are also indefensible. Neeman's sickly olive branch By Seth Farber • Ha'aretz...

December 11, 2009: As Whistle-Blowing Mashgiach Applies for Food Stamps & Welfare, OU Fat Cats Breathe Sighs of Relief
Comments: 16 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal
"The OU is letting me hang out there to dry. They’re willing to lie, to say that everything is okay, just to cover their asses." Luke Ford has a brief interview with Robert Frank, the mashgiach at Montefiore Medical Center...

December 8, 2009: Israel's Orthodox Justice Minister Calls For A State Run By Halakha
Comments: 41 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal , Religion
"We must restore glory [to the judicial system], so that the justice of the Torah will be the justice commanded in the state of Israel." This must be achieved slowly, "step by step." Justice minister causes stir over restoration of...

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: Settlers Torch Palestinian House
Comments: 11 | 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 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: Non-Kosher Food In An OU Supervised Kitchen: Anatomy Of An Incident
Comments: 16 | Categories: Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal
YU-affiliated hospital kitchen has a non-kosher incident. Hospital blames mashgiach. What follows are two documents: an internal Montefiore report mentioning an incident that happened on a Shabbat (sabbath) last month and the discipline report on that incident given to the...

December 4, 2009: "100 + Roaches": NYC Bureau Of Pest Control Report On Montefiore Medical Center's Weiler Hospital OU Kosher Kitchen
Comments: 16 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal
OU supervised, YU-affiliated hospital's kosher kitchen's "overall sanitation is poor," inspector's report says. Related Posts: Unkosher, Retaliation, Anatomy of an Incident, Mashgiach To Be Fired.

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 2, 2009: OU Retaliation
Comments: 17 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal
What happens when you cross the world's largest kosher supervision organization and a YU-affiliated teaching hospital? This: Please click to enlarge. Food cooked on Shabbat – as opposed to food rewarmed on Shabbat – can only be eaten by ill...

December 2, 2009: Right Wing National Religious Paper Takes 'Daring' Step, Prints Pictures Of Women
Comments: 18 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal , Women & Judaism
The paper strayed from the haredi codes it has taken upon itself that stipulate that no pictures of women be published, and did so with one goal in mind – to stop the deal to free Gilad Shalit. Religious weekly...

December 1, 2009: Unkosher: YU-Affiliated Teaching Hospital Under OU Supervision Allegedly Serves Non-Kosher Food, Discriminates Against Kosher Food Supervisors
Comments: 36 | Categories: Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal
Non-Kosher food served on Passover, milk and meat pans mixed, non-kosher beef served to patients and doctors, mashgiach alleges. I've been exchanging emails and phone calls since last week with Robert Frank, a mashgiach (kosher supervisor) for five years at...

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 23, 2009: RCA Bans Chabad Messianist Rabbis
Comments: 83 | Categories: Chabad , Chabad & Christianity , MO & Chardal
13 years after first opposing Chabad messianism, the Modern Orthodox rabbinical group finally takes a step to make that ruling have a concrete impact. RCA Bans 'Messianic Rabbis' The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) is banning Chabad rabbis with messianic...

November 14, 2009: IDF Chief Rabbi: Soldiers Who Show Mercy To The Enemy Will Be "Damned"
Comments: 7 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal
Brig. Gen. Rabbi Avichai Rontzki also said Orthodox soldiers made better combat troops. IDF Chief Rabbi: Troops who show mercy to enemy will be 'damned' By Anshel Pfeffer• Ha'aretz The Israel Defense Forces' chief rabbi told students in a pre-army...

November 12, 2009: Letter from London: The Chief Rabbi's Self-Inflicted Wound
Comments: 74 | Categories: Haredim , MO & Chardal , Religion
For the most part, the Jewish community quietly acquiesced to the Chief Rabbi’s admissions practices until 2005, when two women who had Orthodox conversions in Israel tried to get their children accepted into London’s Jewish Free School. The Chief Rabbi's...

November 11, 2009: Group Headed By Extremist Chabad Rabbi Gives Award To Soldiers Who Protested Against Settlement Evacuation
Comments: 7 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal
Protest, held during soldiers' army induction ceremony, got soldiers jailed and expelled from unit. SOS Israel awards ceremony held in Jerusalem restaurant. Seated second from left is Chabad rabbi Sholom DovBer Wolpo, arguably the most popular rabbi for the Chabad...

November 10, 2009: Religious Zionist Schools To Strike After Gov't Cut Slashes Funding
Comments: 9 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal
"Arabs, haredim and Ethiopians would not suffer such cuts. [But] when Religious Zionism is the victim, anything is possible: They can carry out a disengagement and cut 90%, and no one is agitated." General strike expected in religious schools Knesset's...

November 10, 2009: Letter From Jerusalem: Orthodox and Reform Rabbis Join To Fight Israel's Mistreatment Of Converts
Comments: 6 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal , Religion
When the "Who is a Jew" issue reared its ugly head…, Diaspora Jewish leaders organized rabbinic missions to Israel…With that precedent in mind, we call upon Jews all over the world to speak up on behalf of converts. The double...

November 9, 2009: Chabad Settler Rabbi: Don't Worry About Collateral Damage, Jews Can Kill Non-Jews At Will
Comments: 42 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Racism , Xenophobia
[Updated 6:20 pm.] "It is permissable to kill the Righteous among Nations even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation. If we kill a Gentile who has sinned or has violated one of the seven commandments - because...

November 8, 2009: Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question
Comments: 22 | Categories: MO & Chardal , Religion
“This is potentially the biggest case in the British Jewish community’s modern history.” Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question By SARAH LYALL • New York Times LONDON — The questions before the judges in Courtroom No....

November 5, 2009: Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu's Condition Deteriorates
Comments: 4 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal , Sefardim
Former Sefardic Chief Rabbi has been on life support for the past several weeks. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu’s Condition Deteriorates Yeshiva World News A Thursday afternoon report states the condition of Rishon L’Tzion HaRav Mordechai Eliyahu Shlita deteriorated today. The Rav...

November 5, 2009: England's Chief Rabbi Blames European Population Decline On "Selfish Darwinians"
Comments: 49 | Categories: Med-Ethics , MO & Chardal
Europe is "dying" because the continent's secular culture has made people too selfish to have children. Richard Dawkins to blame, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said. Chief Rabbi blames population fall on 'selfish' Darwinians Daily Record EUROPE is "dying" because the continent's...

November 4, 2009: Haredi Riots Supreme Leaders Visit NY, Host Rabbi Reacts With Spin And Denial–Defends Neturei Karta
Comments: 37 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal
“Neturei Karta, of which [the rebbes] are officially members, are lumped together—nobody knows the difference—and you’ve got to sift it out,” said Rabbi Dovid Weinberger. Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Rebbe draws blog spotlight to Lawrence By Mayer Fertig • The Jewish...

November 3, 2009: Religious Zionist Rabbis Want To Censor Cell Phone Internet Access
Comments: 18 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal
"It is better to bring pork dripping with fat into the house and put it on the stove until its aroma fills the house than to connect to the internet." Rabbis petition for 'kosher' internet on cell phones Leaders spanning...

October 29, 2009: US State Department: Israel Discriminates Against Non-Orthodox Jews
Comments: 80 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal , Xenophobia
Report cites government discrimination against non-Orthododx Jews and non-Jews. US: Israel favorites orthodox sects Matthew Wagner • THE JERUSALEM POST The State of Israel discriminates against non-Orthodox streams of Judaism and against Jewish-born believers in Christianity, while the Palestinian Authority...

October 28, 2009: Orthodox Settler Rescues Gay Palestinian
Comments: 21 | Categories: Homophobia , Israel , MO & Chardal , Xenophobia
Young Palestinian man who lives with his partner in Israel visits his parents in West Bank, not allowed back into Israel. Residents of his villages threaten to kill him. Rescue comes from unexpected source. Religious settler comes to aid of...

October 26, 2009: OU Moves To Publish New Soleveitchik Siddur With Koren
Comments: 48 | Categories: Books , Haredim , MO & Chardal
Move seen by some as a response to Artscroll's policy of not citing (or not attributing material to) Modern Orthodox rabbis Like Joseph Soleveitchik. In April, the JTA reported on the controversy surrounding the debut of the Sacks Siddur, also...

October 22, 2009: Rabbi Elyashiv Rules Taking Money From The International Fellowship Of Christians And Jews "Ignores The Prohibition Against Idolatry"
Comments: 10 | Categories: Haredim , MO & Chardal
Head haredi forbids taking money from IFCJ, says doing so "assists missionary activity in the future." Arutz Sheva reports Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the 99-year-old haredi leader, has ruled taking money from the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, headed...

October 22, 2009: MO Rabbis Move To Break Haredi Chief Rabbis' Marriage Monopoly
Comments: 24 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal
Chief Rabbinate responds: "Opening it up to rabbis outside the city where the couple lives is dangerous. Couples are liable to be married without undergoing proper scrutiny." Rabbis: Privatize marriage registration By MATTHEW WAGNER • Jerusalem Post A group of...

October 20, 2009: Mesira: When Can An Orthodox Jew Inform On Or Testify Against Another Orthodox Jew?
Comments: 23 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Halakha , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia
Does it matter if the criminal is a child abuser? What if he only stole from or hurt non-Jews? Here's a video explaining mesira from Yeshiva University's Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Hershel Schachter, followed by a more recent clarification he wrote...

October 17, 2009: Modern Orthodox Rabbi: Don't Send Your Kids To Secular Colleges
Comments: 56 | Categories: MO & Chardal , Religion
"The college campus promotes values antithetical to Orthodox Jewish life. Those are simply the facts, and we permit ourselves to pretend otherwise at the expense of our children’s spiritual well-being." Opinion: The elephant in the room The knock on secular...

October 14, 2009: Rabbis, RCA Want Child Sex Abusers Brought Before Religious Court, Police To Be Called Only If Rabbis Approve
Comments: 38 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia
Beit dins allow “for an investigation to see if there’s substance, and if there is, it’s immediately referred” to civil authorities, RCA head rabbi says. Rabbis Still Want Role in Abuse Cases By Josh Nathan-Kazis • The Forward Despite a...

October 14, 2009: Rabbi Baruch Lanner Sex Registry Update
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, etc. , MO & Chardal
Why was a convicted tier 2 sex offender quietly removed from New Jersey's sex offender registry? As I reported yesterday, the Monmouth County Prosecutor did not return my call or calls from the Jewish Week regarding Rabbi Baruch Lanner's name...

October 13, 2009: Lanner Off Sex Registries
Comments: 9 | Categories: Crime, etc. , MO & Chardal
Why? After learning early this afternoon that Rabbi Baruch Lanner – the notorious NCSY-OU sex offender – had been removed from the New Jersey or National Sex Crimes Registry, I called the Monmouth County Prosecutor today to ask how a...

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