2,507 posts categorized "MO & Chardal"

April 8, 2009: Breaking! Heads of Queens and 5 Towns Vaads Both Linked to OU
Comments: 38 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Kosher Business? , MO & Chardal
Call for allowing only "national" kosher supervisions issued by high-ranking employee of OU and former OU senior employee. Streit's management called it an "ambush," and so it is. Rabbi Yosef Eisen, head of the 5 Towns Vaad HaKashrus, is a...

April 7, 2009: The Streit's Ban, Continued
Comments: 20 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , MO & Chardal
Politics, problems that "might" exist but apparently do not and never did, and the big kosher mafia trying to crush a little guy. Different from all other years: Streit’s Matzo off preferred list in Five Towns and Queens The decision,...

April 6, 2009: ArtScroll Faces Challenge From OU
Comments: 68 | Categories: Books , Haredim , MO & Chardal
New siddur to challenge ArtScroll. ArtScroll facing challenge from Modern Orthodox Ben Harris, JTA NEW YORK -- For decades, Mesorah Publications has towered over the English-language Jewish publishing world like a Goliath. The Orthodox publishing firm's siddur, produced under the...

April 5, 2009: The Kosher Matza Rabbis Banned, Part 2
Comments: 22 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Kosher Business? , MO & Chardal
An inside video look at the Streit's matzo factory. Banned by the Vaads of Queens and the 5 Towns because the supervision – Rabbi Ahron Soleveitchik's son Rabbi Moshe Soleveitchik – is not a "national" hashgacha, kosher supervision. I can...

April 5, 2009: Queens, 5 Towns Rabbis Ban Perfectly Kosher Matza
Comments: 39 | Categories: Kosher Business? , MO & Chardal
Rabbis decide only "national" kosher supervisions are acceptable. Vaads ban country's last independent matza producer. Zev Brenner interviews the mashgiach of Streit's, which is under the kosher supervision of Rabbi Moshe Soleveitchik, son of the late Rabbi Ahron Soleveitchik.

April 1, 2009: Kitniyot Rebels Roil Rabbis
Comments: 34 | Categories: Food , Halakha , Israel , MO & Chardal
Many more Ashkenazim follow new, permissive ruling. Pesach Kitniyot Rebels Roil Rabbis As Some Ashkenazim Follow New, Permissive Ruling Nathan Jeffay, Forward Tel Aviv, Israel — In Tel Aviv, shortly before Passover, David Cohen was mulling over his holiday menu....

March 30, 2009: Pope's Jerusalem Visit to Draw Orthodox, Haredi Protests
Comments: 32 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal , Religion, Religion & State
Open access to Western Wall, security needs conflict. 'Pope's visit won't stop us from praying at Western Wall' Western Wall rabbi, Jewish Quarter residents and regular worshippers at holy site protest police's reported plans to limit access to Wall during...

March 29, 2009: 'Dating' Website Launched For Orthodox Adulterers
Comments: 84 | Categories: Haredim , MO & Chardal
Haredi hookups, Modern Orthodox affairs – one convenient website. UN-ORTHODOX WEB SITE FOR JEWISH ADULTERERS REUVEN BLAU, NY Post Apparently God did not make the commandment "Thou shall not commit adultery" clear enough. Hundreds of Jewish men and women who...

March 26, 2009: Rabbis Endorse Bloomberg as Bloomberg Endorses Gay Marriage
Comments: 8 | Categories: Haredim , MO & Chardal
Va'ad Harabonim of Flatbush, led by Rabbi Herbert Bomzer, gives nod to Bloomberg. Bomzer urged DA to drop Mondrowitz case, leave Mondrowitz free in Israel. Rabbis For Bloomberg (Updated) Elizabeth benjamin, NY Daily News First the head of the Christian...

March 21, 2009: A Religious War In Israel's Army
Comments: 34 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal , Religion, Religion & State
An army divided? Menahem Kahana/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A Religious War in Israel’s Army By ETHAN BRONNER, NY Times JERUSALEM — The publication late last week of eyewitness accounts by Israeli soldiers alleging acute mistreatment of Palestinian civilians in...

March 20, 2009: European Rabbis Reject Study Showing Orthodox Jews Want A More Liberal Orthodoxy
Comments: 90 | Categories: Chabad , Haredim , MO & Chardal
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee study, conducted by Gallup Europe, clearly shows Jews want conversion standards loosened. Orthodox rabbis reject European survey BERLIN (JTA) -- Orthodox rabbis in Europe challenged the interpretations of a new study that suggests a...

March 19, 2009: In Abuse Case, Press Charges Or Help The Victim?
Comments: 14 | Categories: MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
What comes first? In Abuse Case, Press Charges Or Help The Victim? Temima Shulman, Special to The NY Jewish Week A rabbinic expert on abuse in the Jewish community told a conference in Teaneck, N.J., dealing with child sexual abuse...

March 12, 2009: RCA RENEGES ON CONVERSION DEAL, INVALIDATES PREVIOUS CONVERSION
Comments: 46 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal
Conversion done by Rabbi Avi Weiss before new haredi-inspired conversion standards went into effect last year. RCA stridently claimed that past conversions valid. RCA Backtracks On Conversion Policy Rabbi Avi Weiss, Special To The NY Jewish Week A year ago,...

March 11, 2009: Sunday: Confronting Child Sexual Abuse In The Jewish Community
Comments: 2 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Program features Rabbi Mark Dratch, Michael Lesher, Eliot Pasik, Dr. Rachel Yehuda, Rabbi Dr. Michael Kaplowitz, and Rabbi Fred Hyman. Confronting Child Sexual Abuse in the Jewish Community Reports are on the rise concerning incest and child abuse in yeshivas...

March 3, 2009: RABBI AVINER: Baruch Goldstein A "Saint"
Comments: 33 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Israel , MO & Chardal
Goldstein killed 29 Palestinians praying in the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron on Purim 15 years ago. Rabbi Aviner refers to Baruch Goldstein as saint Asked by a reader whether Jewish doctor who murdered 29 innocent Palestinians erred, Zionist rabbi...

February 26, 2009: "We Only Care About Other Jews"
Comments: 18 | Categories: MO & Chardal
Do Orthodoxy and social activism mix? Social Activism, Modern Orthodox-Style A Younger Generation Takes Steps To Change Larger World By Michael Orbach, The Forward It was a typical crowd for a Yeshiva University student event: long skirts and long sleeves...

February 25, 2009: Rabbi Forbids Visiting Auschwitz
Comments: 50 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal
Jews not allowed to leave Israel for a "non-mitzva" purpose, rabbi says. Rabbi Aviner: Visiting Nazi death camps forbidden Prominent Zionist rabbi says leaving Land of Israel not for sake of mitzvah banned, as is helping Poles – who collaborated...

February 20, 2009: Orthodox Rabbi: Israel Needs Civil Marriage
Comments: 51 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal , Religion, Religion & State
And he says Orthodox Jews should support it: Orthodox Jews should support civil marriage in Israel Posted by Rabbi Seth (Shaul) Farber, JPost.com After years of working within the rabbinate, I'm convinced that Orthodox Jews should support some form civil...

February 15, 2009: YU Conference on Child Abuse in Religious Communities
Comments: 28 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes , Religion, Religion & State
Details: Conference on Child Abuse in Religious Communities at Cardozo School of Law WHAT: The Evolving Balance: Abuse in Religious Communities and the Law WHEN: March 3, 2009 from 10:00am - 5:00pm WHERE: Jacob Burns Moot Court Room Benjamin N....

February 9, 2009: YU To Lay Off Employees In Wake Of Madoff Losses
Comments: 19 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal
Details: Sixty employees, mostly lower level administration, have been laid off. Others have been asked to retire early or take buyouts: An angry YU employee who lost her job on Monday spoke to The Jewish Star on the condition that...

February 7, 2009: A Quarrel Over What Is Kosher
Comments: 15 | Categories: Chabad , Haredim , Jewish Leadership , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal , Rubashkin Gordon , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Details: A Quarrel Over What Is Kosher By NATHANIEL POPPER, Wall Street Journal, 2-5-09 Since it was raided by immigration agents last May, the kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa has been an endless source of national fascination and headlines. Just...

January 25, 2009: Rabbi Lookstein Responds To The RCA
Comments: 33 | Categories: Halakha , MO & Chardal , Religion, Religion & State
After reading Rabbi Lookstein's letter, it is clear… …Rabbi Lookstein has ample halakhic sources to support his decision to appear at the National Prayer Service during President Obama's inauguration: Fellow RCA Members, The RCA recently issued a press release critical...

January 23, 2009: No Pity For Mr. Rubashkin
Comments: 43 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal , Rubashkin Workers
Here's how the Agriprocessors scandal looks to… …an average Iowan: No pity for Mr. Rubashkin PATRICIA TERRY Poor Sholom Rubashkin. He is stuck in jail because he is charged with bank fraud, harboring undocumented aliens for profit, aiding and abetting...

January 22, 2009: Rubashkin Legal Costs May Reach $5 Million – Rabbis Lobbying For Rubashkin "Never Considered" Helping Agriprocessors Workers
Comments: 58 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal , Rubashkin Workers
Details: Orthodox Rabbis Rally Around Rubashkin as He Sits in Jail By Nathaniel Popper The Forward During past presidential transitions, when pardons were in the air, many Orthodox Jewish activists set their sights on securing a pardon for Jonathan Pollard,...

January 22, 2009: RCA: Rabbi Lookstein Violated Jewish Law By Joining National Prayer Service In Cathedral
Comments: 97 | Categories: MO & Chardal
Details: Orthodox group: Rabbi violated rules by joining National Prayer Service By Jacob Berkman NEW YORK (JTA) -- The main Modern Orthodox rabbinical association says a prominent member violated its rules by participating in the National Prayer Service. A Rabbinical...

January 21, 2009: Rabbi Sends Holy Apparition, Saves Troops, Son Claims
Comments: 26 | Categories: Israel , MO & Chardal , Sefardim , Sightings
Where is Rabbi… …Yudel Rosenberg when you need him? Ynet reports: Rabbi Eliyahu: I sent Mother Rachel to Gaza Former chief rabbi responds to rumors of woman appearing before troops, warning them of danger in Operation Cast Lead, says, 'The...

January 17, 2009: Did The OU Engineer An Agriprocessors Coverup? It Seems So…
Comments: 41 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal , Rubashkin Workers
You decide: From the introduction to the government's new, superseding 99 count indictment against Agriprocessors and Rabbi Sholom M. Rubashkin. Please click to enlarge: In other words, according to the government the OU's engineered and endorsed 'removal' of Sholom M....

January 16, 2009: Mother Of Rabbi Abuse Victim Speaks
Comments: 15 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
I am the mother of… …one of [Rabbi Baruch] Lanner's victims. Anyone who suggests that there should be rachmones on the adult perpetrator of a crime against a child and even has the slightest suggestion that whatever circumstance or behaviors...

January 9, 2009: Exclusive: Off The Mark – Plagiarism , Ethnic Cleansing And The NY Jewish Week
Comments: 130 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Israel , Media & Media Criticism , MO & Chardal
The Jewish Week's Associate Editor, Jonathan Mark, is rightly worried about the reactions of Israeli Arabs to Israel's war in Gaza. Mark's problems, however, are his inability to admit shades of gray, to understand nuance, and to tell the truth....

January 8, 2009: Leading Jewish Newspaper Panders To Jewish Stereotypes
Comments: 14 | Categories: Media & Media Criticism , MO & Chardal
Has the… …Jewish Week no shame? LINK. Where's Marvin Schick when you need him?

January 8, 2009: YU's Endowment Loses $600 Million Dollars – Activist Works To Remove Entire YU Board
Comments: 43 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal
This is Modern Orthodoxy's financial Baruch Lanner scandal. And it seems clear… …Modern Orthodoxy has learned little in the years after Lanner's arrest and conviction. The New York Post reports: A DEMAND TO BOUNCE BOARD By JAMES COVERT New York...

January 5, 2009: Another Haredi Women's Cult Surfaces In Israel
Comments: 29 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal
This one has a National Religious component, as well. Details… …from Ha'aretz: Little woman, or big threat? By Tamar Rotem "I cried for days. I couldn't get out of bed. My body shivered, my head ached and I was nauseous...

January 1, 2009: Scary Bible Scholar Speaks At YU; MO Rabbis Says Same-Sex Couples Can Raise Children; A Horizontal Plane
Comments: 11 | Categories: Blogs , MO & Chardal
A new blog from an old friend, a leading MO rabbi on same sex marriage and… …a scary Bible scholar speaks at YU-Stern: 1. Horizontal Plane, a new blog from Ben Atlas. 2. Rabbi Shlomo Riskin says same-sex couples can...

December 30, 2008: BREAKING! Beit Din Of America Decision Overturned By NY Court – Rabbis' Decision "Wholly Irrational," Rabbis "Exceeded Their Authority," Court Says
Comments: 165 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Details: 1. The case involves a day school, Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns & Rockaway, that terminated a teacher because the teacher's religious outlook did not match the school's. (Presumably, the teacher was more right wing in his religious...

December 30, 2008: How Madoff Pulled It Off, Part 2
Comments: 6 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal
Charities played a key role – a far more important role than previously believed. Fortune Magazine (and CNN) reports: Charities: the foundation of Madoff's scheme? By targeting charities, the alleged swindler could avoid the threat of sudden or unexpected withdrawals,...

December 28, 2008: How Madoff Pulled It Off
Comments: 20 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal
Details: Writing in the New York Times, Samuel G. Freedman has the best explanation I've yet seen for the success of Bernard L. Madoff's $50 billion ponzi scheme: Trust and Exploitation in a Close-Knit World By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN An...

December 25, 2008: Leading Madoff Bagman Great-Great Grandson Of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
Comments: 66 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal
And he's also the great-grandson of… …Rabbi Isaac Breuer, after whom Breuer's, the KAJ kosher supervision, is named. Martin Peretz blogs over at the New Republic: …A second man I thought might be tempted by a shortcut to the after-life...

December 23, 2008: YU Looks Inward After Madoff? Maybe Not
Comments: 39 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal
At least, that's what YU got the NY Times to… …believe, because the Times wrote an entire piece chock full of repentant rabbis and distraught students. And the Times glosses over the key point, the point that proves YU's "teshuva"...

December 17, 2008: BREAKING! Nathan Lewin Submitted Affidavits From Kosher Meat Distributors About 'Shortage' In Bid To Keep Agriprocessors Open
Comments: 15 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
LEWIN: "The Real Agriprocessors Scandal Is Not What Was Done By Agriprocessors, It Is What Was Done To Agriprocessors." Audio: Nathan Lewin spoke at YU in Israel today. Posted below is a brief audio excerpt (4 minutes, 27 seconds long)...

December 17, 2008: Video Of YU Ethics And Kashrut Panel
Comments: 22 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal , Rubashkin Gordon , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Video: These are just the initial statements of the four presenters, posted courtesy of the JTA's digital media staff. Still, I think they give you a clear idea of where each person stands and how valid his stance may or...

December 16, 2008: Richard Joel In His Own Words: YU's President On Madoff, Merkin And The Future Of Yeshiva University
Comments: 24 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal
Richard Joel writes: Dear Yeshiva University Community, I would like to speak with you, members of the Yeshiva University Community, about recent events in the news. As a result of the last week's revelations regarding Bernard Madoff, much concern and...

December 13, 2008: Many Jewish Charities Destroyed By Madoff Scam – Bush SEC Missed Clear Signs Of Trouble
Comments: 37 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Jewish Leadership , MO & Chardal
Non-Jewish charities are also heavily hit. And this comes at a time when… …the economic crisis has already caused hundreds of thousands of Americans of all backgrounds to seek out help from nonprofits. The Washington Post reports on the mother...

December 12, 2008: EXCLUSIVE! YU Sanitizes Website – New York Times Falls For YU Deception
Comments: 67 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal
He is the treasurer of Yeshiva University's Board of Trustees. He is also the chairman of YU's Sy Syms School of Business. Yesterday he was arrested for a $50 billion dollar securities fraud. Today… Photograph of Bernard l. Madoff found...

December 11, 2008: BREAKING! Chairman of YU's Business School Arrested For Criminal Securities Fraud
Comments: 22 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal
Details: UPDATE 12-12-08 4:30 am: YU Sanitizes Website To Remove All Mention of Madoff. NY Times Removes Mention Of YU From Online Article. Prominent Trader Accused of Defrauding Clients By DIANA B. HENRIQUES and ZACHERY KOUWE Bernard L. Madoff, a...

December 9, 2008: YU Ethics And Kashrut Panel Streaming Live Here Now
Comments: 19 | Categories: Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
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December 9, 2008: The Stolper Award: The OU, NCSY, And Child Sexual Abuse, Part 2
Comments: 17 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
David Kelsey wites up NCSY's… …naming of an award after Rabbi Pinchas Stolper, convicted child sexual abuser Rabbi Baruch Lanner's enabler. Read it over on Jewcy.com.

December 8, 2008: OU-NCSY Honors Child Sexual Abuser Rabbi Baruch Lanner's Chief Enabler – Committee Members Include Cream Of Modern Orthodox Leadership
Comments: 51 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Should NCSY have a national award named in honor of the man who hired and then protected and enabled Rabbi… …Baruch Lanner, the rabbi accused of abusing hundreds of boys and girls during his near-30 years in the OU's National...

December 7, 2008: YU Panel On Ethics And Kashrut
Comments: 38 | Categories: Haredim , Jewish Leadership , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Details: Please click to enlarge. UPDATE – Streaming LIVE. 7 PM Eastern Time, Tuesday December 9. I can not grab this or download this for you. If you want to make sure to see it, you'll have to watch it...

December 5, 2008: "Niggers Do Not Expel Jews!"
Comments: 130 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Israel , MO & Chardal
That is what Jewish settlers expelled from a house in Hebron screamed at… …Ethiopian Jews serving in Israel's Boarder Patrol. There were violent clashes during the expulsion and then a pogrom against Arab residents shortly after. Settlers to Ethiopian troops:...

December 3, 2008: Baruch Dayan HaEmet: Rabbi Emmanuel Rackman
Comments: 32 | Categories: MO & Chardal , Women & Judaism
Rabbi Emmanuel Rackman… …passed away earlier this week. The JTA notes: …One of Rackman's most controversial achievements -- and, some say, his greatest -- was in the realm of Jewish law, where he was among the earliest rabbis to demonstrate...

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