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Chabad Hasid Rabbi Joins Extreme Right Wing Racist Street Thugs

Rabbi Nachum Shifren, a Chabad hasid and former driver for fascist Rabbi Meir Kahane, will join with a violent group of former soccer hooligans, street thugs and fascists in an anti-Islamic protest in London next week. The British Jewish community and Israel's embassy in London are motified.

Rabbis Are Not Bound By Democracy, Settler Rabbi Says

At a debate discussing the involvement of rabbis in public struggles, on Wednesday, Rabbi Levanon stated that the democratic system of governance and decision making "distorts reality" because it creates a false compromising middle ground, which is why rabbis are committed to the Torah - the "absolute truth" – and are not committed to democracy.

Letter from NYC: It's Time To Speak Out Against Haredi Homophobia

Reading about New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino's homophobic turn in front of an ultra-Orthodox audience last Sunday, my thoughts drifted back to painful memories of my middle school years.

Second Case Against Baruch Lebovits Dropped On A Day That Found 3 Haredim In Court For Pedophilia

Prosection argued that the penalty for conviction was only one year and Lebovits is already serving a long sentence.

You Can't Put A Plaque On A Child

Hundreds of throwaway Jewish children, homeless and at-risk, are in danger every night in New York City. But their plight is ignored by the Jewish charity most responsible to help them.

Band Aid For Rubashkin

When 51-year-old Rubashkin was jailed this summer for a string of financial crimes, his 27-year sentence shocked many in the Orthodox and the non-Orthodox world.

Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak's Money Stolen By Aide Spent On Drugs And Prostitutes

Rabbi who is campaigning to ban Jewish music perfomers caught up in scandal as aide embezzles money and uses it for sex and drugs.

Video: Homophobic Haredi Rabbi Yehuda Levin Explains Himself On MSNBC

Conservative Rabbi David Kirshner is on with Levin. Lawrence O'Donnel very politely makes Levin look like the homophobic nutjob he is.

Activist Fighting To End Gender-Separated Buses Harassed

The volunteer coordinator for a movement campaigning against Jerusalem bus lines instituting separation between men and women has received dozens of harassing phone calls over the past few days.

Video: On The Steps Of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Rabbi Yehuda Levin Attacks Carl Paladino

Levin tells Paladino to "return" to his Church and calls on the Archbishop to issue a statement standing behind Levin's anti-gay agenda and indicating whether or not Catholics can vote for someone who doesn't share it. 

Rabbi Yehuda Levin To Withdraw His Endorsement Of Paladino

Levin said to be upset by Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino's response to the response to anti-gay speech written by Levin. Levin said to feel "used" by Paladino.

Letter from Jerusalem: Hey Haredim, Where's The Modesty?

True modesty should not attempt to erase women, whether in the recesses of Mea She’arim, or through their objectification in the aggressive world of advertising.

At Rubashkin Bar Mitzvah, Criminals, Rabbis And Jewish Music Stars Mingle

Lipa Schmeltzer performs and Chabad rabbi who called for killing of Arab civilians, convicted and indicted felons mingle among men and boys wearing yarmulkes declaring the late Chabad rebbe the messiah at Chabad of Monsey.

Fire In Kiryas Joel Synagogue Thought To Be Arson

If arson, the fire may be a part of the ongoing succession disputes in Satmar or even anti-hasidic violence from neighbors.

Alan Dershowitz Defends Rubashkin

Alan Dershowitz talks about Rubashkin, Obama and the peace process.

The Hasidic Looting Of New York's Home Health Care

Cited was the failure to serve the special-needs patients it was licensed to help, plus its many missing reports. Also noted was how Excellent had soared past its estimated number of patients. It had even ignored the requirement to handle charity cases. "I can't think of a more extreme example. It was essentially a fraud."

Ashkenazi Haredi Gedolim Sign Letter Against "Fake" Conversions Approved By Sefardi Chief Rabbi

13 senior Lithuanian haredi rabbis sign letter protesting against conversions that are not done “according to halakha, without accepting the yoke of mitzvot.”

Haredi And Arab Birthrates "Crazy," Deputy Prime Minister Says

"We have reached crazy birthrates, especially among Arabs and haredim. There are whole social classes in the population, especially where not everyone works, with many children born with the State's encouragement. The State should encourage change in this field and give people incentives for change."

Canadian Doctor Who Allegedly Defrauded Canada's Health System Sent Scam's Proceeds To Chabad

A Toronto family doctor who repaid $3.5-million he allegedly defrauded from the province's health system in return for a plea deal on fraud and money-laundering charges last year was sending proceeds of his alleged fraud to the Montreal wing of Chabad Lubavitch, the Orthodox Jewish group, according to documents filed with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Haredim Threaten Coalition Crisis Over Housing Prices

United Torah Judaism is demanding aid for young couples buying their first homes in the periphery. He wants the state to provide grants, subsidize interest on mortgages and exempt sales of land for housing from VAT.

Tel Aviv Scientology Building Burns, Arson Suspected

Nine construction workers were sleeping on the top floor of the building at the time of the incident. The fire broke out on the floor beneath the sleeping workers.

In Alliance With Haredi Rabbi, Paladino Sees Opportunites

Paladino relied on Rabbi Yehuda Levin. Like Mr. Paladino, Mr. Levin, 56, plays on the margins of traditional power structures. His synagogue, the Kehilas Mevakshai Hashem, has roughly two dozen members, far fewer than the thousands of adherents commanded by the large Hasidic sects that dominate Orthodox politics in Brooklyn.

Ashkenazi Haredi Rabbis Attack Sefardi Chief Rabbi Over Conversions, Amar Buckles

Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar has come under intense criticism from leading figures in the Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox community for what they consider his overly lenient attitude toward conversions performed under the auspices of the Israel Defense Forces. On Monday, aides to Amar tried to defuse the controversy by denying that he ever gave his blessing to conversions performed in the military.

Hasidim Dump Water On Reporters At Paladino Anti-Gay Speech

Female reporters and photographers were banned from covering Carl Paladino's anti-gay speech at the Karlsburg Synagogue in Borough Park, Brooklyn -- for religious reasons, according to the Hasidic group that prays there. While the event was going on, some women on the upper floors of the building dumped water on the banned journalists, who were standing outside watching the event through open windows.

Ethiopian Rabbi Revitalizes Synagogue Of Holocaust Survivors

Zaoda Tapsai was the name his parents gave him when Rabbi Shalom Sharon was born in a small village in the Tigre area of Ethiopia where, in his own words, he was employed as "Assistant Shepherd."

Local Jews Upset Over Hebrew Christians Move To The heart Of Jewish Brooklyn

"We wouldn't put up a booth in Vatican City and try to convert the Christians to our religion. I find it offensive."

14-Year-Old Petitions Supreme Court To Force Chief Rabbis To Grade His Smicha Test

A 14-year old boy has petitioned the High Court of Justice against Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar with a demand to obligate the Chief Rabbinate to check his rabbinic ordination exam. If the court rules in his favor, the boy will be in line to become the world's youngest rabbi.

Republican Candidate For NY Governor Attacks Satmar and Pupa Rebbes For Not Pushing His Anti-Gay Agenda

Anti-gay slur draws criticism. Paladino says slur written by rabbis. In his introduction, Rabbi Yehuda Levin – the loud-mouthed haredi nut-job who kashered Pat Buchanan during Buchanan's presidential campaign and the valid accusations of antisemitism against him – blamed the existence of haredi "at risk kids" on the declining moral culture and the failure of the government to enforce anti-obscenity laws.

Orthodox Women’s Yeshiva Debates What Title To Give Its Grads – Again

A new debate looms over what to call Orthodox Jewish women trained in rabbinic texts and serving the Jewish community as religious leaders. And the ‘R’ word has once again reared its disruptive head.

BTs In Israel Must Adopt Sefardic Customs Even If They Are Of Ashkenazi Descent, Rabbi Rules

Rabbi Avraham Yosef, chief rabbi of the city of Holon, and son of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, stated that any newly religious person in Israel must accept Sephardic religious edicts, even if the person is of Ashkenazi descent.

Group Claims Rabbinate Is Violating Court Order And Illegally Covering Up For Mohels Whose Circumcisions Need To Redone

"I have no doubt they want to keep the dirty laundry inside and cover for the mohels. They think they can solve these issues on their own… It's difficult to believe that a state authority ignores court rulings so easily in order to protect these mohels. The Rabbinate is behaving irresponsibly towards parents."

Chabad Rabbi In Bed With British Group Linked To Racist Skinheads And Soccer Hooligans

Chabad's "Surfing Rabbi" Nachum Shifren, a regular speaker at Tea Party conventions, will go to Britain to speak at a convention of hard right British extremists and skinheads about Sharia law. Shifren will also discuss fundraising issues.

Letter from Tel Aviv: Proposed Loyalty Oath Will Destroy Israel's Democracy

Swearing an oath to a Jewish state is liable to turn the country into a theocracy like Saudi Arabia.

Congressman Writes Letter To AG About Rubashkin

Like many Americans, not just those of us who serve as Members of Congress on the Judiciary Committee, I am committed to see that justice is served fairly for all who come before our courts.  In the vast majority of cases, defendants are afforded fair process and, if found guilty, are sentenced fairly. But this is not always true. One particular case that has come to my attention illustrates clearly and tragically that injustice happens, and that grossly disparate sentences are sometimes imposed.  I refer to the criminal prosecution of Sholom Rubashkin.

New Bill Proposes New Government Agency To Hire, Pay, and Supervise Kosher Inspectors

The haredi Chief Rabbinate of Israel last week withdrew its objections to the establishment of a new agency under the auspices of the Ministry of Religious Affairs that would oversee the activities of the nation’s mashgichim operating under the umbrella of the local rabbinates nationwide. The new government agency is meant to end rabbinic corruption and nepotism that currently plagues the system.

Feds Investigate Williamsburg Low Income Housing Plan As Lopez Payoff To Hasidic Jews

Sources say federal prosecutors are investigating whether a Vito Lopez-backed proposal for new low-income, low-rise apartments was a political favor to hasidim, who prefer living close to ground level because they don't ride elevators on the Sabbath. The city has a critical need for low income housing, and the site could easily handle high-rise buildings with many more apartments, and still accommodate hasidic needs.

Search For Missing Man Today

Steven M. Mayer, 65, went missing since Monday and has not been heard of since.

Letter from Belgium: Haredim Seek To Bring About A Destructive Regression Of Judaism

A minority of self-proclaimed guardians of the Jewish people's purity is securing a monopoly over Jewish identity.

Is Eilat Turning Into An Orthodox Stronghold?

New synagogues, wider range of religious services and increase in number of observant city councilmen – it seems southern resort city known as a secular haven has never been more religion-friendly.

Orthodox Rabbis Respond To Gay Marriage Allegations

It is a source of embarrassment to the greater Jewish community that there are various Jewish blog sites, claiming that they accurately report on the Jewish world in general, or cover the Orthodox world in particular, or something of the like, who seem, at least in this case, to have felt no need to display any sense of professionalism, journalistic integrity or even common courtesy.

Sex Scandal Involving Billionaire Jewish Leader Deepens

Billionaire's involvement in orgy scandal involving women trafficked for prostitution believed deeper than originally thought. New information suggests he was arrested during raid and then released on bail. Some in World Jewish Congress, where he is a laeder, say he should be fired if allegations prove true.     

Rabbi Urges Settlers Not To Serve In Army

Rabbi Yossi Dayan took part in pulsa denura kabbalistic death curse ceremonies calling for the deaths of Yitzhak Rabin and Ariel Sharon. He rejects the possibility that if people heed his call the army will not be able to protect the settlements."This army has not fought another army since 1973. The IDF does not help us; it gets in the way and helps the Palestinians," he said.

Boycott Against Badatz Yerushalayim / Edah Charedis Gains Steam

Since he launched his campaign in May, it has attracted 2,000 followers on Facebook and a further 600 sympathisers who subscribe to its email newsletters, which contain lists of products to boycott and suggestions for non-Badatz alternatives.

Rubashkin Music Video Has Swanky Premiere In Crown Heights

Mordechai Ben David delayed a visit to the young infant Laizer Galperin in Cincinnati who suffered critical wounds some time ago, in order to be at the event today.

FBI Informant Solomon Dwek Admits Profiting Off People On Their Deathbeds

Testifying today in the bribery trial of a Bergen County mayor, the one-time rabbinical student said he and a partner concocted a scheme to pay life insurance premiums for dying people who couldn’t afford them. When time came to collect, the family of the deceased got 10 percent. Dwek split the remaining 90 percent between his partner and his father’s religious school in Monmouth County.

Rabbis' Fight May Cause Hot Dog Prices To Rise

Son of former Sefardi chief rabbi tells students that major hotdog producers in Israel are using non-kosher ingredients, including pig skin, for their products’ casings. Current Sefardi chief rabbi refutes claim, Chief Rabbinate's council to meet to decide dispute.

Jewish Music Superstars Release Unity Music Video In Honor Of Sholom Rubashkin

The "We Are The World" of the Jewish people was not done to support terror victims or to raise money to provide relief for poor people or to aid famine victims or flood victims. It was made to honor a convicted felon.

Chabadniks To Write A Torah Scroll In Honor Of Sholom Rubashkin

The convicted felon now serving 27 years in Federal prison to get an honor few Jews will ever have.

OK Kosher Demands Closed Circuit Surveillance Tapes To Monitor "Immodest" Attire Worn By Customers In A Crown Heights Restaurant

But when Perez filled me in on the exchanges that she and other staff members at Basil had with Rabbi Don Yoel Levy, the Chabad hasid who owns and runs OK Kosher she said that he expressed concern not about the food but about inappropriate attire and immoral behavior at the bar. Someone had apparently called to complain. Perez said that the rabbi was also requesting access, from this point forward, to Basil’s internal surveillance cameras.

Artscroll Censors Reference To Robinson Crusoe

Reference in original edition of haredi rabbi's book removed by Artscroll in its English translation, apparently to hide the fact that the rabbi read Robinson Crusoe, a secular novel written by Daniel Defoe in 1719.