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From Prison, Sholom Rubashkin Launches Contest For "All Jewish Children Across The World"

"…Even here in prison, we encounter many nisyonos, or difficulties. There are those who laugh and mock our holy Torah and mitzvos, and we need all our strength and courage not to become influenced by them. Thus, I would like to introduce the 'Rubashkin Purim Contest.' I beg all Jewish children across the world to write down, in about 200 words, how you learned from the story of Purim to be strong against the tide, against those who mock our faith.…"

Haredi New Jersey Real Estate Developer Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison

A Union City real estate developer who pleaded guilty last year to laundering $668,000 in dirty checks for government informant Solomon Dwek was sentenced this morning to 41 months in prison today.

New York Moves To Cut Funding To Public Universities While Adding Millions Of Dollars In Aid For Yeshiva Students

The state budget plan that moved toward enactment on Wednesday calls for 10 percent cuts in aid to public colleges and universities, but it would add about $18 million a year in tuition assistance for students attending some private religious schools, primarily yeshivas.

Lakewood Beit Din Disbanded And Left Accused Molester Unsupervised

Did the Lakewood beit din, Jewish religious court, disband rather than receive evidence that proved Kolko's guilt? It looks like that may very well be true.

European Attempt To Label Ritually Slaughtered Meat The "21st Century Equivalent Of The Yellow Star"

Shimon Cohen of Shechita UK branded the new proposal as "the 21st century equivalent of the yellow star, but on our food." Cohen and others fear that labeling non-kosher meat produced in the shechita process would lead to a massive hike in kosher prices because the vast majority of shechita meat goes to unwitting non-kosher consumers who may now decide to opt for other meat. Shechita could then become financially untenable.

Hasidic Rebbe: Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear Disaster Caused By Arrests Of Hasidic Yeshiva Students

Rabbi David Twersky, leader of the Rachmastrivka Hasidic dynasty, says the recent tsunami in Japan, which has left thousands of people dead, was the result of the arrest of two yeshiva students by Japanese authorities after being convicted of smuggling drugs.

Racial Discrimination In Haredi Town Allegedly Payback For Sexual Abuse Victims Going To Police

Channel 2 reported on Monday that the principal of Emmanuel’s Ashkenazi elementary school for boys, Rabbi Moshe Nussboim, is currently on trial behind closed doors in the Kfar Saba Magistrate’s Court on suspicion of sexually abusing three boys from Sephardi families in his school between the years 2002-2008.

Shame: Jewish Elderly Org Fires Cancer-Stricken CEO

The Association of Jewish Aging Services fires a talented employee in the midst of a life-threatening health crisis.

New Haredi Music Video Implies Japan's Earthquake, Tsunami And Nuclear Catastrophe Result Of Japan's Refusal To Release Yeshiva Students

A new haredi music video made to publicize the plight of two Satmar yeshiva students imprisoned in Japan for drug smuggling implies God caused the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated part of Japan because the Japanese won't release the two Satmar yeshiva students.

Jews To Holland: Don't Ban Shechita

"While the proposed law suggests that two million animals are slaughtered according to religious tradition every year in Holland, our records indicate that Jewish slaughter rarely exceeds a couple of thousand animals annually. So this law would only infringe on and single out the rights of a very small minority and have little effect on the vast majority of religious slaughter in The Netherlands.”

Don't Ask What A Haredi Can Do For His Country–Help Him

In order for real change to occur, Israeli society must stop its preoccupation with imposing the core curriculum on haredi schoolchildren; it must be amenable to a real fusion of haredi men and women within the workforce.

Settlers Clash With Cops, 9 Arrested

Violence erupted when police attempted to arrest settlers. Police car windows were smashed and tires were slashed. Police responded by firing tear gas at the settlers.

80 Falash Mura Wounded, 80 More Arrested At Protest

A Jewish group says that Ethiopian police injured 80 Ethiopian Jewish protesters and arrested 80 more during a demonstration near the Israeli Embassy in Addis Ababa.

Rabbi Hershal Schachter Approves Soft Matzoh For Ashkenazim

There is no custom that restricts Ashkenazim to eating hard Matza. Although Ashkenazim have eaten hard matzoh for many years, the practice has the same significance as the practice of making parochet of blue material rather than of red or maroon material.

Rerouting "Impurity"

Rabbi David Shmidel of the organization said he was concerned that descendants from the ancient Jewish priestly class – typically identified by the last name Cohen – would not be able to ride the tram because of a biblical prohibition against contact with graves. So his group built an above-ground structure around one burial cave, complete with strategically placed concrete slabs and large metal air pipes on both sides. According to his interpretation of Jewish law, the structure would direct the graves' impurity away from passengers.

Sex, Human Trafficking, Underage Girls, Donald Trump's Partner, And A Jewish Billionaire

Alexander Mashkevich, one of Jewish world's biggest philanthropists and a supporter of haredi charities, is suspected of organizing sex party on luxurious yacht seized by Turkish police. His lawyer denies the allegations, but newly revealed facts seem to be against him. ""I have been flying with [Mashkevich] to the Rabbi Nachman of Uman's grave for two years now, the haredi head of ZAKA said. If you see him there, you wouldn't believe how he can pray."

Haredim Hold Mass Funeral For Disputed Bones

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox men took part in a funeral procession Monday for bones removed from Jaffa's Andromeda Hill, following their failed battle against the evacuation of tombs from the compound and the construction of a hotel. Haredim say the bones bones of Jews. Archaeologists, noting pigs buried with the bones and other evidence, say the bones are bones of pagans.

Kabbalah Center Said To be Target Of Grand Jury Investigation

Madonna‘s “religion” and the main object of her charity giving, the Kabbalah Centre, is being investigated the IRS.

Updated: Chief Rabbi Of New York's Syrian Community Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering

The frail Rabbi Saul Kassin of congregation Sharee Zion in Brooklyn was arrested on federal charges in July 2009 in connection with a massive money-laundering and corruption case that exploded into the headlines when 43 people were arrested on one humid morning.

El Al Won't Fly On Shabbat Because Haredim "Will Throw" Dirty "Diapers At Them"

Back in the late 1970s, El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (TASE: ELAL), once a government company and now Israel's largest publicly traded airline, invented a way of having its cake and eating it too - the ability to operate its aircraft on Saturdays with its pilots, flight attendants, and services, while declaring that it was a kosher airline that kept the Sabbath and Jewish holidays.

The More Orthodox-Religious Israelis Are, The More They Support Random Retaliation Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians

While most seculars oppose "price tag" violence (36% in favor, 57% against), most traditional, national-religious and ultra-Orthodox Jews believe these actions are justified (55%, 70% and 71%, respectively).

Haredim To Get Their Own Lifestyle Magazine

Smash Magazines will publish "Stylish" with a print run of 30,000 copies.

Number Of Haredim Pursuing Academic Studies Up Dramatically

But surveys show an ongoing and significant increase in haredi women entering the workforce, while the number of haredi men working has showed no significant increases, because much fewer haredi men pursue academic or vocation study.

Police Arrest 3 Over Anti-Arab Arson

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of setting two cars belonging to Arab students at Safed Academic College on fire. The two cars were torched last week in the student dormitory parking lot after a college event meant to promote dialogue between Jews and Arabs. Both of the cars had bumper stickers on them revealing their owners' religions, one of whom is Christian and the other Muslim. Anti-Arab graffiti was also sprayed on walls of the college, including "Arabs out," "Death to Arabs," and "Revenge."

Settler Gets 1 1/2 Years In Prison For Kidnapping, Assault And Animal Cruelty

The Jerusalem Magistrates Court sentenced a West Bank settler to one and a half years in prison on Sunday, after he was convicted of kidnapping and attacking a Palestinian minor on two occasions and killing his young goat.

Did You Miss The Sholom Rubashkin Profile On CNBC?

American Greed: The Slaughterhouse is being rebroadcast. Here are the dates and times, including times for later tonight.

Police Recommend Indicting Mayor And His Deputy

Police recommend indicting Petach Tikva Mayor Yitzhak Ohayon and his Deputy Ariel Boso of Shas for public corruption, fraud, money laundering and bribery.

Request To Pray For Israeli Bombing Victims

Many victim's of last week's terrorist bombing in Jerusalem are still in the hospital. Here is a list of of names and their conditions.

Breaking! Sexual Abuse Allegedly Behind Emmanuel Segregation Case That Rocked Israel

A rabbi from the Slonim hasidic sect who was affiliated with the haredi girl's school was allegedly accused of sexually molesting kids. In reaction, Slonim hasidim forced the accusers children and their friends out of the school proper and into segregated classes. The accusers were overwhelmingly Sefardi ba'al teshuvas.

Could Noah's Flood Have Really Happened?

Did the Bible's flood really happen? Or is the story told in Genesis an impossibility? You decide.

Haredi Protests To Continue Despite Pig Burials At Pagan Graves

The tombs uncovered in Jaffa belong to pagan worshipers buried next to domesticated pigs. Even so, haredi protests, which have sometimes been violent, will continue: "This is a three thousand year old cemetery where the remains of thousands and thousands of our forefathers are buried…this terrible tragedy and crime could only take place in the state calling itself Israel, which was established by heretics…"

Sholom Rubashkin and Agriprocessors

If you're looking for a summary of the various scandals surrounding Sholom Rubashkin, his family and Agriprocessors, and links to all posts related to them, here they are.

Exclusive: Rabbi Nechemya Weberman Allegedly Tries To Use Backdoor Contacts To Get The Rape Charges Against Him Dismissed

Weberman's family and supporters are trying to intimidate alleged victims and their families, and now Weberman himself is allegedly reaching out to Miami Beach to have some very special strings pulled.

Fraud Trial Nears For Satmar School Accused Of Money Laundering

A civil-fraud lawsuit against United Talmudical Academy in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, a school that serves as the educational arm of the Satmar Hasidic community, and that was caught up in the massive fraud involving Allou Health Care, is moving closer to trial.

Pictures Of The Accused Pedophile Rabbi Nechemya Weberman

A source tells me he was molested by Weberman as a child, which means there is mounting evidence that Weberman may be a serial molester. Meanwhile, Weberman's family is trying to intimidate supporters of the alleged victim.

Exclusive: Accused Con Artist Dina Wein Reis Offered Plea Deal

Dina Wein Reis allegedly conned major companies and stole hundreds of millions of dollars.

Confirmed: Satmar State Police Rabbi Resigns

FailedMessiah.com's exclusive report posted yesterday afternoon is now confirmed. Rabbi Bernard Freilich, accused of ethical violations and potentially criminal conduct has abruptly resigned.

Haredi Parents Force 13-Year-Old Daughter To Marry As "Penance" For Flirting

A rabbi in the West Bank haredi town of Modi'in convinced the girl's parents that a kabbalistic text prescribed matrimony to atone for their daughter's "misconduct."

Turning Off Car Alarm Overrides Shabbat, Rabbi Says

Alarm went off on Shabbat? Rabbi Yuval Sherlo has a solution:The head of the Petah Tikva Hesder yeshiva and one of the leading rabbis in the religious-Zionist community has ruled that for the public's welfare it is acceptable to turn off a car alarm that goes off during Shabbat.

Sexual Abuse And The Brain

Basic structures within the brain can be altered by the exposure to abuse. Two structures set deep within the brain, the hippocampus and the amygdala, have been found to be smaller in people abused in childhood as compared with people who were not abused. The hippocampus is known to be involved in the process of learning, memory and depression. The amygdala helps to regulate emotions, mood, fear and sleep. It is no wonder, then, that traumatized people can suffer from so many problems.

Former RCA VP Tries To Fix Conversion Problem And Save Modern Orthodoxy From Haredi Assault

A senior American rabbi on sabbatical in Israel plans to draft new conversion guidelines in a bid to keep the Chief Rabbinate from preventing Modern Orthodox converts from immigrating.

Exclusive: Embattled Satmar Police Liason Allegedly Resigns

Rabbi Bernard Freilich, accused of illegally using flashing lights, sirens, a police badge and official license plates allegedly resigned early this afternoon.

British Orthodox Synagogue Organization Under Legal Scrutiny

A judge has expressed his "serious concerns" about the motives of the United Synagogue after the Chabad rabbi of Britain's largest Orthodox synagogue turned to the High Court to block what he believed is an attempt to oust him.

Two Haredi Accused Sex Offenders Have Brooklyn Court Appearances Tomorrow

PLEASE GO TO THE COURT TO SUPPORT THE VICTIMS. FREE TRANSPORTATION IN NYC WILL BE PROVIDED. The alleged pedophiles: Rabbi Nechemya Weberman, who allegedly sexually assaulted a twelve-year-old girl and continued doing it until she was fifteen, and  Meir Dascalowitz, who allegedly raped a disabled boy in a mikvah (ritual bath) over a dozen times. The victims and their families are subjected to all sorts of pressures to drop their cases.

Satmar State Police 'Rabbi' Under Fire–Again

Bernard Freilich, a $100,000-a-year State Police rabbi who carries an unauthorized badge and illegally presents himself as a police officer has equipped his private vehicle for years with "official" license plates registered to an Orange County village where he is not employed. Freilich "really cheapens the job. We're supposed to hold ourselves to a standard where we persevere through all the crud and he's a giant stain on the job's credibility."

Passover Blog Schedule

The last two holiday days of Passover begin tonight at sundown and end Tuesday night about an hour after sundown.

 

Tonight: Sholom Rubashkin On CNBC's American Greed

CNBC's American Greed profiles Rabbi Sholom Rubashkin, the former VP of Agriprocessors.

Chabad School Adopts Sholom Rubashkin As A Pen Pal

"At Darchai Menachem, we are extra proud of our students when they take the initiative to suggest new projects or activities. We were therefore super excited when Simcha T. asked his English teacher Rabbi Welton if they could write letters in class to Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin."

Was Rubashkin's Sentence Excessive?

When Sholom Rubashkin was sentenced to 27 years in prison for financial fraud, it was two years more than prosecutors had sought. It was also an unusually tough sentence compared to those of high-profile, white-collar criminals, such as Enron's Jeffrey Skilling and Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski.

God's Wife Edited Out of the Bible–Almost–Scholar Says

God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshiped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar.