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Conservative Movement Reacts To RCA Ethical Guidelines For Kosher Food Producers

“We heartily salute the RCA for developing these guidelines…We are gratified to have the core principles of Magen Tzedek affirmed …and feel supported in our effort by our counterpart organization in the Orthodox world.”

Agudah Flack Blames Massive Haiti Earthquake On Lashon Hara, Comic Strip

Anti-haredi outreach comic strip, editorial singled out as Rabbi Avi Shafran explains why "The Earth Trembles."

Rush Limbaugh On Jews

 “To some people, banker is a code word for Jewish…"

Judge Orders Aaron and Sholom Rubashkin To Pay First Bank $23,000,000

Bank fraud becomes even more expensive for the Rubashkin family.

A Flight Is Diverted By A Prayer Seen As Ominous

“I would suggest, pray on the plane and put the tefillin on later on…fulfill the ritual later.”

RCA Issues Guidelines to Enhance Kosher Food Producers’ Compliance with Jewish Legal and Ethical Teachings

RCA 1, Conservative Movement/Magen Tzedek 0.

The Conservative Movement Weighs In On Haiti

Religious leaders must remind their communities of the importance of prayer.

Rabbinic Text Or Call To Terror?

Extremist rabbis? Or an extremist Chabad-influenced movement?

Orthodox Man Arrested, Plane Diverted, Because Of Tefillin

Orthodox man's tefillin cause plane diversion.

Israel's State-of-the-Art Haitian Relief

No other country has done–or can do–what Israel has done to save lives in Haiti.

Haitians and Hasidim Unite

Disaster makes strange bedfellows.

Israel Won't Charge Mondrowitz For Child Porn Found In His Home

Mondrowitz skates on crimes committed in Israel.

Mondrowitz Case On Israel Radio

 Yaron Dekel interviews Mark Weiss and Ben Hirsch of Survivors for Justice, along with Aviva Lori of Ha'aretz, about the case of Avrohom Mondrowitz.

Haredim Declare War On Gas Stations

After protests against Intel and the Karta parking lot have died down, the Eda Haredit faction now has its sights on a new target – gas station convenience stores that open on Shabbat.

Jewish Prayer For Haiti

I did not read Psalms for the sake of the Jews there, assuming there are any. I did it for the sake of the human beings who live there.

Haitian Jews Coordinate Israel's Earthquake Response

"I can give myself, 24/7, and everything I do is helping." He has been sleeping about three hours a night. "I sleep much better than I ever did," he said.

Beit Din Rulings Against Mondrowitz

"Avrohom Mondrowitz may not serve as a teacher…nor as a psychologist…He should be removed from the presence of children and adolescents….Anyone who helps or defends him will be liable for his actions, and will be considered…an accomplice to his crimes."

Hotline For Women Offended By 'Kosher' Buses

Jerusalem-based organizations battling the so-called "kosher" bus lines – lines which require the separation of men and women – have established a hotline catering to women forced to sit at the back of the bus.

Who Killed Motty Borger?

WPIX confronts Rabbi Baruch Lebovits.

Israel Sets Mondrowitz Free

Mondrowitz's attorney says inaction by Brooklyn's DA set Mondrowitz free.

Alleged Child Molestor Wins First Battle

For the more than two years he was in prison, Avrohom Mondrowitz prayed to God for his freedom. 

Rubashkin Son-In-Law Still Suspended By Chabad

A Loudonville rabbi who admitted having "inappropriate physical contact" with two 13-year-old boys -- and telling one to lie to police and his mother about it -- remains under suspension, his organization said Monday.

Chabad's Haitian Relief

Chabad's efforts continue.

The Silence Of The Rabbis

In the weeks since Tropper’s downfall, none of the rabbis who facilitated his meteoric rise in the Jewish world have stepped forward to publicly condemn Tropper.

Am Echad Emergency Campaign For Haiti

South Florida campaign includes food airlift.

Mondrowitz May Have Been Treating Boys After Indictment

New evidence suggests alleged child molester was counseling teen in Israel in 2006.

CNN: Only Israel Has A Fully Functioning Field Hospital In Haiti

Hundreds of patients near death due to lack of proper medical care.

Haredim Launch Music Hechsher

Percussion should be used sparingly, guitar and saxophone should not be used, and all forms of modern music are forbidden.

Letter from Las Vegas: Synagogues Shouldn't Be Able To Hide Behind The 1st Amendment In Abuse Cases

Ramani was sexually assaulted by Chabad's chazzan, who pleaded guilty to open and gross lewdness. She says she and her son were harassed by Chabad after she complained about the sexual assault.

Letter from Tel Aviv: Instead Of "Needless" Haiti Mission, Israel Should Open Field Hospital in Gaza

Israel’s marginal contribution to the global Haitian aid effort will be minor. The great distance, the lack of familiarity with the local customs and language, and the difficulty in integrating into other states’ teams will objectively limit the Israeli mission’s work.

Following The OU's Lead, Brooklyn Haredim Move To Help Haiti

Haredi community leaders, Dov Hikind, ask all haredim to help Haiti.

Rabbi Not Rabble-Rouser

He proposed a creative solution that keeps with Jewish law: having a rabbinical court expropriate the money promised by a man to his wife in the marriage certificate, which would retroactively annul the marriage and free the woman. 

Cops Arrest 10 In West Bank Settlement

5 of those arrested in Yitzhar allegedly linked to mosque arson. Police forcibly enter Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva.

Haiti: Haredi Rescue Team Stops Saving Lives In Order To Pray; Chabad Brings Kosher Wine, Halla And Food To Haredim

As the time for the chance to save survivors rapidly slipped away, ZAKA members stopped searching to pray Sabbath morning prayers.

Satmar Shopping Center May Lose Tax Exemption

The owners of the Kiryas Joel Business Center pay no property taxes at all: The town assessor granted their request for tax exemption because they said they were a nonprofit organization that raises money for the Satmar religious school system that most Kiryas Joel children attend.

Suicide Groom Told Friend He Was Molested By Rabbi Baruch Lebovits

A Brooklyn man who committed suicide two days into his honeymoon had confided to a friend's dad that he was molested by a prominent rabbi now facing charges of sexually abusing other boys.

Leading Haredi Rabbi, Once Confused Over Credit Card Use, Has Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Stolen From His Home

Rabbi Aaron Leib Shteinman is one of the top two leading rabbis of the haredi world. Today charities he collects money for are hundreds of thousands of dollars poorer.

Israel's Behavior Toward Vatican "Outrageous," Rabbi Says

"Any [other] country would have threatened to withdraw its ambassador long ago over Israel's failure to honor agreements," Rabbi David Rosen said. 

Court Rejects Chabad's Appeal In Joey Bishop Estate Case

The California Supreme Court this week rejected an appeal from a Newport Beach-based Jewish organization against the estate of Joey Bishop, the late entertainer and member of the “Rat Pack.” But the legal battle over his fortune isn’t finished yet, an attorney for the Newport Beach Chabad Center said. 

Remaining Material Witnesses Released In Agriprocessors Case

Brent Beebe's guilty plea means sets deportations in motion.

Church Liability At Issue In Chabad Sex Abuse Suit

A national debate over the extent to which a religious group can be held liable for sexual misconduct by its clergy or its volunteers has made its way to the doorstep of the Nevada Supreme Court.

Prodigal Son: Guma Aguiar Profiled

“I had these amazing visions of Samson, this big strong guy, and David with the slingshot—these visions of heroes in my mind.”

Why Rabbis Sin

Wherever you have a self-perpetuating oligarchy, its members come to see themselves as above the law.

Monsey Man Sentenced On Federal Fraud Conviction

Chaim Citronenbaum was sentenced Wednesday to three years in federal prison for orchestrating a financial fraud in Connecticut during which he stole $1.68 million.

Chabad: Influence Rubashkin's Judges

Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin's attorney, Nathan Lewin, is aiming for an 11 Judge-panel of the 8th District Appeals Court. The Pidyon Shvuyim Fund says you can influence them.

Brooklyn DA "Disappointed" By Israel's Mondrowitz Extradition Decision

"We are working with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Israel Ministry of Justice to see what remedies are available."

Guma Aguiar In Psychiatric Hospital

Tropper/EJF nemesis involuntarily committed.

Haredi Man Indicted For Murdering Baby Daughter

According to indictment, Jerusalem haredi man went 'mad' after his wife refused to have sex with him, told neighbors who tried to break into apartment 'I am holding my daughter – she's slaughtered like a chicken' 

Exclusive: Shannon Orand In Her Own Words

The woman at the center of the Rabbi Leib Tropper/Eternal Jewish Family scandal explains what really happened in that hotel room.

MONDROWITZ EXTRADITION BLOCKED DUE TO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

Extradition would "harm the suspect's right to due process."