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RUBASHKIN CLAIMS HE WAS FRAMED

Rubashkin also denies allegations he helped one of his former managers flee the country to avoid arrest.

AUDIO: Rabbi Isaac Dwek Says "Baruch Dayan HaEmet" When Mentioning His Son Solomon

Rabbi Dwek refers to his son as if he were dead and as the "former member of my family."

Agriprocessors Buyer Blasts Bankruptcy Fees

Wants judge to reject $400,000 bill from trustee.

The Return of the Blood Libel

This time, it is haredim demonizing other Jews.

Video: Rabbis' Arrests

Including new information about how the scam worked.

Letter from the Upper West Side:The Shame of Orthodoxy

The first question asked at the gates of heaven is whether one acted honestly in business. How many members of our community could pass that admissions test? 

Organ Trafficking in Israel, Other Countries, an "Open Secret"

Unlike many other traffickers, Rosenbaum "started out legitimate and wanted to benefit the community, but he got corrupted along the way."

Judge Won't Delay Rubashkin Trial

Trial begins September 15 .

Sefardi Haredi Official: Soldiers at Kotel a "Sacrilege"

Hours before IDF swearing in ceremonies "already limited parking is closed to the real visitors"–haredim and other Orthodox Jews.

Haredi Rabbi Revokes Conversion, Voids Marriage

Man converted while serving in the Army under the auspices of the IDF Rabbinate.

Modesty Patrols Plague Gaza

Campaign calls for gender separation at wedding parties and tells teens to shun pop music with suggestive lyrics.

False Messianism:A Tisha B'Av Legacy

We've had at least 50 false messiahs. The common bond between them is an attempt to explain tragedy in a mystical or redemptive way.

64% of Israelis Want to Rebuild Temple

80% of Israelis said it is correct for the country to remember the destruction of the Temple on Tisha B'Av.

Picture Postcards: The Ancient Jewish Quarter of Crete

An ancient synagogue and mikva, still in use.

Letter from Cape Town:Should We Mourn The Temple?

Sacrifices were temporary measures instituted by God to wean the Jews from idolatry – they sickened God.

Letter from Jerusalem:Why I Will Walk On The Temple Mount This Tisha B'Av

A heritage trip to Morocco or Poland is all well and good, but going to the Temple Mount is the real heritage trip.

Letter from Brooklyn:What Agudath Israel of America Did Not Say About Haredi Crime

A very large elephant fills the haredi room. Do haredi leaders see it?

Haredi Man Arrested With 15 Lbs Of Cocaine Strapped To His Body

Man arrested at Heathrow Airport.

Haredim Accuse Police, Govt, Hadassah Of "Blood Libel"

500,000 booklets distributed to haredim on Erev Tish B'Av.

Letter From Jerusalem:The Destruction of the 3rd Temple

Will Haredim destroy Israel from within?

Letter From Brooklyn: The Spinka Rebbe Says He's Sorry – Sort Of

>>Now Updated With Video<<

“Unfortunately we have to admit…things happened that were not supposed to happen.…we have to commit that in the future this will never happen again.”

Rabbi Yehuda Kolko's Very Excellent Summer Vacation:Kolko Gets Kicked Out Of One Bungalow Colony But Is Welcomed With Open Arms In Another

Rabbi declares man convicted of child endangerment "kosher."

A Tisha B'Av Mystery:Are We Fasting On The Wrong Day?

Or are we fasting for a reason different from the one we have been told?

Another Myth Dashed, Just In Time For Tisha B'Av

Who didn't die a martyr's death at the gates of Jerusalem?

Students of Chabad Rabbi Tell Soldiers to Cover Up Abuse of Arabs

Rabbi Yitzhak Ginzburgh is a leader of extremist settlers.

Haredi Health Minister Refuses To Order Swine Flu Vaccine

Rabbi Yaakov Litzman refuses to order the vaccine. Professional staff fears the worst.

Haredi Mother Who Allegedly Starved Son Fails To Appear For Police Questioning

Terms of house arrest mandate cooperation with police, court.

Feds Secretly Taped Former Agriprocessors Manager Incriminate Himself, Rubashkin

"The government has a vested interest in attempting to get him to come back…extraditing him is a difficult and lengthy process…" 

Bruce Springsteen and the Syrian Jewish Community of Deal, NJ

Syrian Jews in Deal mentioned in an early Springsteen song?

A Call For Prayer

Dangerous brain surgery scheduled for Erev Tisha B'Av.

Letter From Deal and Brooklyn:Arrests Expose Rift Between Syrian Haredim And Non-Haredim

“Once in awhile you may have [a crook like] Eddie Antar. [But] this has more to do with the [Syrian] Haredi community. The regular [Syrian Jewish] community feels their traditions have been hijacked.”

Haredi Couple Arrested For Section 8, Food Stamps, Medicaid Fraud

Monsey couple holds mortgages on several million dollars in property.

Sadness, Disbelief And Denial: Syrian Jews Cope With Arrests

"If you count there are only four rabbis involved among those arrested, and there are 75,000 [Syrian Jews] in Brooklyn and 10,000 in Deal, it is a very minuscule number.”

After Arrests, Haredi Group Brings In Lawyers To Teach Members The Law

While the move is welcome, absent from the published agenda is condemnation of haredi criminals and a move to ostracize those criminals.

Sefardic Mail Thieves Caught In Ramapo, Rockland County, NY

The pair, both Sefardi haredi, stole mail in New York, cashed the larger checks in Israel.

Rabbis' Shrink Said Convicted Pedophile's Crime Was Failing To Resist "Come Ons" From Children

Psychiatrist with a checkered past brought in by haredi rabbis recants evaluation of starved child's mother, says she may be a danger to her children.

Top Ten Signs Your Rabbi Was Recently Indicted

Caught on film doing the perp walk is number 11.

Payment of $1 Million State Fines by Agriprocessors "Unlikely"

As state and trustee quibble over who gets paid first, both agree it is unlikely Agriprocessors will pay Iowa anything of the more than $1 million it owes.

Annals of American Jewish History:Haredim Riot In Borough Park

30 years ago, 3000 hasidim stormed a police station and sacked it, injuring 62 police officers in the process.

Letter From Jerusalem:How Should Police Respond To Haredim Who Call Them Nazis?

“They called me Nazi. Their chutzpa is unbelievable. How dare they?"

Shas MK: Money "Center" of Life

"The bigger the bill, the greater the faith in God," says Shas MK close to Syrian rabbis busted by the FBI.

Rabbi Yehuda Kolko's Very Excellent Summer Vacation

Sexual predator Rabbi Yehuda Kolko–out of jail and unregistered as a sex offender in a plea bargain his victims' families objected to–takes a vacation.

Rabbi Disowns "Moser" Son, Sits Shiva For Son Who Helped Feds

Rabbi Isaac Dwek tells his congregation it is forbidden to moser, inform, on a Jew. Excoriates his son, sits shiva for him.

Yeshiva Uses Single Family Home As Dorm, Won't Allow Inspections

Yeshiva known as a Lakewood offshoot denies inspectors access, modifies home, apparently without permits.

Mt. Sinai Hospital Forces Nurse To Help Abort Fetus

"I emigrated to this country in the belief that here religious freedom is sacred. Doctors and nurses shouldn't be forced to abandon their beliefs and participate in abortion in order to keep their jobs."

Letter From Tel Aviv: My Hero The Sudanese Refugee

Blacks, Jews and the State of Israel.

When Blacks and Jews Walked Arm and Arm

There was no Us and Them. There cannot be Us and Them now.

Letter From Israel:Silence of the Haredi Rabbis

How is it possible that there was not one righteous man among the Council of Torah sages to stand up for that abused child and demand someone look into the well-being of his brother? 

Arrests Of Money Laundering Rabbis "Antisemitism"

Shas MK, haredi editors say FBI motivated by hatred of Jews.

Incitement: Haredi Attorney Calls For Solomon Dwek's Murder

[Updated Audio Posted Below ] Former assemblyman Rabbi Samuel Hirsch says it's forbidden to "snitch." Dwek "should have been killed." Calls him "snitch," "weasel" and "rat."