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Israel Faces Challenge In Rise Of Haredim

Demographers estimate about third of Jewish babies are born into ultra-Orthodox community. Relations between haredim and other Israelis have never been smooth, but some now share a sense that things cannot continue as they are.

Haredi Bigot To Return To Knesset

Israel Eichler, who called Israel an "evil regime" and non-Orthohox Israelis "two-legged animals," to be sworn in as a Member of Knesset.

Hard Times: Chabad Yeshiva, Forced Out Of Kohl's Contest, Owes Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars

Chabad's Yeshiva Academy, a small Jewish school that has operated continuously in the city since 1959, owes tens of thousands of dollars to the city and others, has failed to comply with city regulations and faces liens and foreclosures on its properties, among other problems.

Blacks And Jews At Odds Over Shomrim Street Patrol

Maj. Johnny Delgado, commander of Baltimore City Police Department's Northwest District, where Shomrim patrols, calls the citizen squad "invaluable." But a recent violent encounter between Shomrim and a black teen sparked a larger confrontation between the city's black and Jewish communities, with both groups accusing the other of harassment and racial hostility.

As Haredi Burka Cult Grows, Some Rabbis Finally Move To Stop It

Newly-religious women walking around covered head-to-toe in black clothes are growing in numbers. Even six-year-old girls are made to hide their faces. Some haredi rabbis are finally condemning the growing trend that was enthusiastically supported by  Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss of Badatz Yerushalayim. Weiss also supported the haredi mother who starved her own child, leading to months of haredi riots against Hadassah Hospital. He supported Yisroel Valis who murdered his own handicapped child. And now he currently supports convcited child rapist Rabbi Israel Weingarten.

Runge Trial Begins This Week

Was she a villain who sought to take advantage of an enticing state-run film program? Or was she a heroine who fought an abundance of ineptitude to make a movie in Iowa? Wendy Weiner Runge, a Minnesotan who faces the most serious charges to date stemming from the film tax credit fiasco that erupted in 2009, takes center stage this week as her trial begins in Polk County. Runge claims antisemitism is behind the charges.

Federal Judge Condemns Postville Sentences

A federal judge who participated in controversial court hearings after the huge immigration raid in Postville says the 2008 legal proceedings were "a travesty."

Supporters Explain Why They Say Convicted Child Rapist Rabbi Israel Weingarten Is Innocent

In essence, the haredi rabbis supporting convicted child rapist Rabbi Israel Weingarten – who raped and sodomized his own daughter – claim the judge was influenced by politics, the trial was "fixed," Wengarten's accusers are no longer haredi or Orthodox (or as one Weingarten family member put it, are not even human) and therefore should not be believed, and that the rabbis who say Weingarten is innocent are "bigger" than the rabbis who say he's guilty.

Haredi Rabbis Defending A Convicted Child Rapist On Zev Brenner Tonight

Israel Weingarten was convicted in federal court of transporting his daughter across state and international boudries in order to rape, sodomize and abuse her. Now a group of haredi rabbis claim Weingarten is innocent – despite the fact that long before the federal trial and conviction, at least two haredi beit dins found the accusations against Weingarten to be true.

Popular Pediatrician Indicted For Child Porn

Dr. A., a respected and popular pediatrician, was indicted for possession of a massive amount of child pornography he kept filed on his computer. He claims there is a "complete separation" between the virtual and real world. While the trial is pending, he continues to practice.

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Mixing Reggae and Torah, But Don’t Call Them Jews

A powerful African drumbeat pounded through the small room, as a singer with a Bob Marley-like voice clicked two small wooden sticks to the rhythm of his words. “When I walk, I walk with love.” Every one of the 25 African-American men, women and children in the room sang and danced along with him.

The Night New York’s Chinese Went Out for Jews

After the Kishinev pogrom, New York City's Chinatown held a benefit for the pogroms survivors. This is the story you've probably never heard.

Israeli Organ Donations Skyrocket

Organ donations in Israel skyrocketed in January after the death of an Israeli soccer star prompted a religious debate on brain stem death.

Chabad Rabbi Who Allegedly Made Homophobic Remarks Keeps His Job

A Toronto-area police force will not remove a rabbi as its Jewish chaplain following complaints that he made homophobic remarks. York Regional Police, north of Toronto, said Rabbi Mendel Kaplan remains a chaplain "in good standing" after a five-month probe by the force.

Guilty Plea In $255 Million Ponzi Scheme That Targeted Jews

Joseph Shereshevsky, a former chief operating officer at WexTrust Capital LLC, pleaded guilty to felony counts of securities fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy in Manhattan federal court

An American Trapped In Egypt

A letter from an American friend currently trapped in Egypt.

US Senator Joseph Lieberman Writes Book About Shabbos

Lieberman teams up with neo-con and anti-evolution activist David Klinghoffer to write a book about the Jewish Sabbath.

More Rubashkin Family Legal Troubles

Aaron Rubashkin's attempts to hide his assets rejected by court.

Crimes and Misdemeanors

The weekly crime and misbehavior blotter of the Jewish community returns.

9-11 Commemoration Scam Is Run By Modern Orthodox Scam Artist

Avram C. Freedberg and his National Collector's Mint is running a scam selling a "9-11 Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Coin." On his personal website, Freedberg proudly notes his membership in a Modern Orthodox synagogue.

The Jewish Community’s Continuing Blind Spot: Not Listening To Jewish Students

The American Jewish community spends a good deal of time and money worrying about campus life these days, particularly regarding how Israel is criticized, attacked and delegitimized by professors, students and outside agitators. But our community makes little sustained effort to hear from Jewish students themselves – about what they are thinking, how they choose to identify (or not) as Jews, and their views on Israel.

Court Allows Woman To Sue Husband For Making Her An Aguna

A woman’s bid to sue her recalcitrant husband after he consistently refused to give her a Jewish divorce for more than 16 years is upheld in precedent-setting decision.

Orthodox Zionist Schools Ditch Israeli Literature

Education Ministry concerned over religious high schools' avoidance of Israeli literature, where students now study an easier subject instead.

Should I Kill Him?

A journalist plots to kill the man who raped him when he was a child.

Jewish Groups Clash Over Response To Glenn Beck

The ADL attacks Jewish Funds For Justice over a newspaper ad attacking Glenn Beck, Roger Ailes and Fox News for Beck's Holocaust smear of George Soros, and his repeated misuse of the Holocaust.

Glenn Beck Is Not The Only Offender

In recent weeks the debate about branding one’s political opponents “Nazis” has become quite heated. Most of the attention has focused on Fox News’s star performer Glenn Beck, who has made it a practice to compare his opponents to Nazis. But Beck is not the only offender – and neither is the political right.

Ethical Kosher Spreads To Skokie

Rabbi Ari Weiss, director of the New York-based organization, emphasized that there are good and bad employers everywhere. But Jews have a special responsibility to make sure it doesn't occur in their own community, said Weiss. By rewarding kosher establishments that abide by these principles, Weiss hopes to put pressure on those that don't. Already, especially in New York where the program is more established, he said, some restaurants have changed their way of doing business.

"Racist" Bill Set To Be Approved

Despite the public outcry and political pressure, a bill permitting the activity of admission committees in communal settlements that could be used to ban Arabs was approved Wednesday for second and third readings in the Knesset.

Haredim Move To Ban Facebook

Facebook causes the "destruction of families," haredi activists claim.

Honoring An Enabler Of Criminals

Should OHEL honor Rabbi Dovid Cohen, a rabbi who tells Jews it is okay to cheat on their taxes?

Is Obama's Health Care Law Really Unconstitutional?

Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that the new health care law is unconstitutional because it mandates Americans to buy health insurance. Is he right?

Chabad Rabbis Sues Synagogue For Wrongful Dismissal

Rabbi Yossi Engel, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native who served at the Adelaide Hebrew Congregation for seven years until his contract ended in 2006, is claiming more than $600,000 in compensation. Engel believes his termination was a breach of halakha, or Jewish law, which he says guarantees life tenure for rabbis.

Haredi Man Allegedly Tries To Defraud Investors By Claiming To Be A Guggenheim

When they claimed to be Guggenheims, the 718 area code should have been a dead giveaway. Three con artists posed as members of the famed New York family in a scheme to fleece millions from investors, including Coca-Cola executives and even the Bushes, federal prosecutors said yesterday.

Poll: If The Truth Damages Israel's PR, Censor Press, Academics, Majority Of Israelis Say

Fully 52 percent of Israeli Jews would be willing to limit the media's freedom of expression if media reports damage the state's image, while 64 percent would accept limits on freedom of expression in the event of a threat to national security, a poll has found. Similar percentages would accept limits on professors' academic freedom in those circumstances.

A Long Time Coming: Foundations Unite To Help Disabled Jews

13 charitable foundations unite for new initiative aimed at improving the treatment of people with disabilities in the Jewish community.