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Chabad In Sydney Bailed Out To The Tune Of $6 Million

Triguboff has apparently avoided errors made by previous benefactors who previously rescued the movement’s Sydney outpost from financial distress – he structured a deal that removed the Feldman family from control of Chabad’s day-today operations and its buildings. Instead, Rabbi Dovid Slavin is apparently the director of the complex while Pinchus Feldman, Chabad's chief rabbi in New South Wales, remains only the “spiritual leader” of the community.

Former Neturei Karta Leader Wins Court Case Against Belgian Hasidic School, But Bizarre Backstory May Lead To More Satmar Arrests

Moshe Aryeh Friedman won a bizarre court case against an all girls hasidic school forcing the school to take his young boys as students or lose state subsidies and face state penalties. But the case may be even more bizarre than that. Far more bizarre. And if the allegations Friedman's camp is making are true, they could land some Satmar leaders in prison.

Haredim Angered By Jerusalem Christmas Tree

Haredi leaders were outraged when the City of Jerusalem allowed a large Christmas tree to be displayed at Jaffa Gate last week, the main entrance to the Old City for many Jews and Armenians.

Video: Haredim Protest Haredi-Run Job Fair

Last week, a haredi-run job fair in Beit Shemesh was protested by…Yerushalmi haredim, who complained that providing haredim with jobs would take them away from Torah study.

A Desecration Of God's Name In London

"There are some sins one cannot be rehabilitated from. One who abuses one's religious office in order to gain sexual favors cannot repent and then continue to serve. Such people need to be permanently and completely removed from ever serving in a religious capacity. In corrupting their positions as spiritual leaders they are in essence making a mockery out of God. In terms of the sins allegedly committed, the case of [Rabbi Chaim] Halpern is not dissimilar to that of the sons of Eli the High Priest. In how it was dealt with, however, the two cases differ considerably."

Dov Hikind Trying To Block Israel's Extradition Of Yitzchak Shuchat To Brooklyn

New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind Says he has been in contact with Israel's "Attorney General" in an attempt to block the High Court of Justice ordered extradition of Yitzchak Shuchat, who is wanted for a beating a Black honors student in Crown Heights three years ago and who is charged with a hate crime. Shuchat fled to Israel.

Ostreicher Judge Reportedly Flees Bolivia

Ariel Rocha, the President of the Court of Justice of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, has reportedly fled a warrant for his arrest and is now reportedly in Argentina.

Haredi Man Arrested For Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Hospitalized 11-Year-Old Girl

A resident of the haredi town of Modi’in Ilit was reportedly arrested Friday for allegedly sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl hospitalized in Jerusalem.

Vizhnitzer Rebbe To Yeshiva Students: Do Not Report For The Draft, Say I Said So And Tell The IDF To Come Arrest Me If They Want To

“[R]ecently I heard the frightening incidents that occurred [at the induction centers, where haredi yeshiva students supposedly had their testicles examined, sometimes by women physicians, as part of the IDF’s standard induction physical]… I have a responsibility to all of Israel, not just Vizhnitzer hasidim, and I say post it in my name that if a yeshiva student would refuse to show up [at the induction center], he should say that the Vizhnitzer Rebbe told him not to report. I take responsibility and [tell them] if [they] want to come arrest me, I'm ready to go to jail for you. I am not afraid of going to jail if necessary and will go with tambourines and dancing."

Haredi Infighting Allegedly Behind Assault Against Haredi Newspaper Editor

The editor-in-chief of the haredi daily newspaper Hapeles was reportedly assaulted late Thursday night outside his Jerusalem home. The attack is thought to be part of the power struggle for leadership of the non-hasidic Ashkenazi haredi community.

New York State Reportedly Positioning Itself To Take Over Haredi-Dominated School District

New York State officials sent the scandal-plagued East Ramapo school district a third formal notice late last week that states that the district's special-education programs violate state and federal laws.

Breeding Violence Against Women

Hadassah Shalom, the in-house social worker in charge of children's therapy at this Bat Melech shelter, says ultra-Orthodox children often have special problems: "It is hard for these children to say bad things about their father: They are educated to respect their parents no matter what their behavior. A lot of the children blame their mother for the violence. They say if Mom doesn't do what Daddy wants, if she put the pan down in the wrong spot, then he hits her. Why doesn't she do what he says? The kids tend to identify with the strong parent."

Cairo Geniza, Nash Papayrus Fragments Now Online

Cambridge University, continuing its project of digitializing its collection of ancient manuscripts, has digitialized and put online its Cairo Geniza collection and its Nash Papayrus fragment – the second oldest Bible fragment known to exist, allowing you to see them, read them, and even download them from the comfort of your home.

Top Israeli Haredi Rabbis Tell Justice Minister Not To Extradite Chabad Hasid Wanted In US For Hate Crime

Top Israeli haredi rabbis have reportedly signed a public letter forbidding the extradition of Yitzchak Shuchat, a Chabad hasid who fled Brooklyn for Israel after allegedly beating a Black honors student in a Crown Heights hate crime.

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto Says He Had A Dream

“We're relaxed because four years ago I had a dream of what's happening. If they [the police - the Attorney General] could, they would take [the arrests, the police investigations, the looming indictments] all back."

Haredi Man Arrested For Smashing Up King David’s Tomb

The man told police that he came to the tomb to pray for a wife. He claimed that a second man, who fled before police could arrest him, told him that the only way for his prayers to be answered would be if he prayed directly to the stones of the tomb itself and not to the ceramic tiles placed on top of them hundreds of years ago. So the two proceeded to smash the tiles.

Israel’s Public Bus Companies Refuse Kadima Party Ads For Being Anti-Haredi

The Kadima political party alleged yesterday that the Egged bus company, which operates public buses in Jerusalem and surrounding areas along with more remote parts of the country, and the Dan bus company, which operates public buses in Tel Aviv and surrounding areas, refused to place their election campaign ads featuring slogans calling for haredi yeshiva students to serve in the Israeli military.

Haredi Yeshiva Student Busted Doing 106 MPH On Israeli Highway

An 18-year-old haredi yeshiva student was arrested on Israel’s Highway 1 near Mitzpe Jericho for driving wildly and erratically at speeds of up to 106 miles per hour Thursday night. The yeshiva student did not have a driver’s license and tried to avoid capture by police.

42 Israelis Petition High Court To Be Declared “Persons Of No Religion”

42 Israelis have petitioned the High Court of Justice to be registered as “persons of no religion” in protest of the haredi stranglehold over marriage, divorce, conversion and burial for Israeli Jews and as a statement of freedom from religion and religious coercion.

Haredi Modesty Booklet Urges Women To Stay Indoors, Not To Use Shampoo If They Do Go Out

A woman's place is in the home, away from strange men she may arouse in the marketplace, claims a new haredi modesty booklet.

Haredim Caught Using National Library Computers To Surf Porn

The National and University Library at Hebrew university’s Givat Ram campus is used to having haredim come and use the library for research. But it is also faced with a problem it hadn’t foreseen – haredim using the library’s computers to surf porn sites.

Knowledge Of Child Sex Abuse Allegations Was Widespread In YU Leadership, Abuse Covered Up, More Former Students Allege Abuse

11 more students have come forward to make allegations about Finkelstein; three more have come forward to make allegations about Rabbi Macy Gordon, who resigned from his teaching job at the OU's Israel Center in Jerusalem over the scandal.

Schoolchildren Harassed By Screaming Haredi Man, Wife Over “Immodest” Dress

"It happened for the first time last year. Some girls wore shorts and were passing by his house. His wife came outside and began screaming to get out of there because they were wearing clothes that were too revealing. In response, several boys told her it was a public area, and then she called her husband and asked him to bring her a bucket of water and pour it on [them]. In response, one child told her that if she poured water on us he would break her window. While the husband heard this, he came out of the house and chased some kids with a shovel, until he was tired.”

Naked Archaeologist Sues Critic

Journalist and T.V. host Simcha Jacobovici has sued Joe Zias, the former Curator of Archaeology and Anthropology for the Israel Antiquities Authority, over criticism Zias leveled against Jacobovici and his work. Zias has allegedly accused Jacobovici of "planting" archaeological evidence and "making up" Holocaust stories.

Video: The Dishonest, Unethical Haredi-Dominated East Ramapo School Board In Action

Daniel Schwartz, the Orthodox Jew who is president the scandal-plagued East Ramapo school board and affiliated with the haredi faction that dominates it, motions to haredi board member Moses Friedman to leave the meeting room so the board loses it quorum. When the quorum is lost, the public cannot speak and votes cannot be taken. Schwartz – an attorney – promptly adjourns the meeting, cutting off the public comment called for by law.

Report: Special Beit Din About To Be Seated In London Rabbi Sex Abuse Affair

After unsuccessfully trying to sweep the allegations against Rabbi Chaim Halpern under the rug and then trying to form a special beit din headed by a known protector of pedophiles and sex offenders, Kedassia reportedly moves to have a more neutral beit din hear the case. Is this progress?

Bolivian Officials Order Arrest Of Senior Judge In Ostreicher Case

"The apprehension order was issued because there is information in our investigations that he had to a certain degree been part of this [extortion] network with some prosecutors and judges."

“Victims Who Choose Silence When They Could Prosecute Have A Moral Obligation To Remain Silent When They Can No Longer Prosecute,” Leading Orthodox Rabbi Says

In response to the new Yeshiva University high school scandal, Rabbi Steven Pruzansky argues that if you're sexually abused as a child and didn't go to police soon enough to prosecute, you're now obligated to be silent about your abuse forever.

Two Men Caught Forging Diesel Truck Safety And Emissions Certificates

Two Brooklyn motor-vehicle inspectors – one an Orthodox Jew who apparently is a Williamsburg hasid – were arrested earlier today for forging  safety and emission tests for diesel trucks. Each man faces as much as seven years in prison.

In The Wake Of Sandy Hook Shootings, Behavior Of Haredi-Dominated East Ramapo School Board Draws More Condemnation

“This incident in Connecticut is horrific and it just brings to the surface again the requests that have come down to [the NAACP] saying [to the haredi-dominated school board,]‘We plead with you to be responsive,’” Oscar Cohen, an activist and retired New York City schools superintendent said. But East Ramapo's haredi-dominated school board is not responsive – and, based on recent state findings, it may soon be dissolved.

Haredi Kabbalist Hucksters Want You To Know That The "Wonder Ring" Is Better Than Any Doctor

That's right. Do you need a yeshua, shalvation? For medical problems (especially, it seems, related to fertitility) the wonder ring can bring "yeshuos." And that, readers of of the North Manchester [England] Circular, is why you should buy one.

Video: Ashkenazi Haredi Rabbi Bans Ethiopian Boy From School Because Child Really Isn't Jewish Enough

Israel's Channel 2 documents the case of a studious Orthodox Ethiopian boy who has been banned from his school by the schools Ashkenazi haredi principal. Why? The principal has decided that the boy needs to convert to Judaism. The boy has attended Israeli schools for years, and is very religiously observant as is his family. They are accepted as Jews by Sefardi haredi leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and by hundreds of other Sefardi and Ashkenazi rabbis without controversy. Yet he is now banned from school because he is a "doubtful" Jew.

Court Hearing Exposes Weakness Of Haredi Circumcision Case

In arguing that City of New York's requirement to inform parents of the dangers posed to the baby by metzitzah b'peh, the direct mouth-to-bleeding-penis suction done by many haredi mohels, is unconstitutional, haredi groups exposed the weakness of their argument.

Ashkenazi Deception Of Sefardim Has Begun To End, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Says

What Sefardi leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef considered an ongoing consumer deception and kosher fraud directed at Sefardim has largely come to an end.

Video: Jacob Ostreicher Thanks Bolivian President For Arrests Of Officials Who Extorted Him

US haredi businessman Jacob Ostreicher speaks on Bolivian television news about the arrests of the government officials who extorted him and his appreciation for Bolivia's president, Evo Morales.

Jacob Ostreicher Reportedly Released On Bail

Jacob Ostreicher has been released on bail. Ostreicher, a haredi businessman from Brooklyn, was held for more than 18 months without charges in a Bolivian prison on suspicion of money laundering and related charges.

The Orthodox Union Lies To The New York Times

Michael Powell of the New York Times asked the Orthodox Union's president Simcha Katz yesterday about the conviction of Rabbi Nechemya Weberman on child sexual abuse charges. Here is what Katz reportedly told Powell:

Weberman Fundraising Campaign Seeks To Raise $125,000 By The End Of Next Week For Downpayment On Attorneys Fees For Hasidic Sex Offender's Appeal

Rabbi Nechemya Weberman's supporters have placed ads in Satmar newspapers seeking to raise $125,000 by the end of next week as a downpayment for attorneys for the appeal of convicted sex offender Rabbi Nechmya Weberman. The hot rumor continues to be that Weberman has or will hire the slippery, sleazy defense attorney Alan Dershowitz, who grew up Orthodox and who has ties to the community through relatives.

Haredi Children Protest Internet In Jerusalem

A group of haredi children in Jerusalem used their lunch break yesterday to stage a small protest march against the evil Internet.

White House Chief Of Staff Condemns Alleged YU Child Sex Abuse Coverups, Says Response To Child Sex Abuse Must “Transcend The Confines Of Religious Teaching”

“The alleged behavior is despicable and cannot be tolerated in any place, at any time, and the response must transcend the confines of religious teaching. Leaders of this and every educational institution have a sacred responsibility under civil law to protect children from any action that might endanger or exploit them."

Two Haredi Yeshiva Students Busted Smuggling Cigarettes

Two Jerusalem haredi yeshiva students were arrested at Ben Gurion airport last week after they were caught trying to smuggle cigarettes into Israel from Moscow.

Australian Jewry's Roof Body Continues To Deny The Abuse Coverups It Is Part Of

"it is also about the ECAJ’s unequivocal defence of the Jewish institutions involved in the abuse allegations and the subsequent alleged cover-ups. The ECAJ has repeatedly gone on the public record to say that all the institutions are being fully cooperative – in some cases the ECAJ even extolled the virtues of at least one of the organisations. This is despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary – by the Magistrate, police, victims, their families and supporters. This is also based on the views of a current senior member of the ECAJ who informed me directly over the past year of Yeshivah’s lack of willingness to work with the Victorian roof body (the Jewish Community Council of Victoria) on any level (for some reason this was not mentioned in the ECAJ’s submission). The ECAJ’s approach, therefore, is an affront to many within our community, especially to the many victims."

Former Irish Chief Rabbi Gets British Chief Rabbi Job

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has been named United Synagogue's new chief rabbi.

Why Did Jews Get Expelled From England And Parts Of France?

Jews were expelled from England in 1290 CE and from parts of France before that. Why did this happen? Was it simple antisemitism? Or did Jews play a role in our own expulsion? The answer may surprise you.

A Little OU Self-Censorship In The Face Of Satmar Threats?

The OU, never one to have much in the way of backbone, removed its joint statement with the RCA supporting the verdict against convicted child sexual abuser Rabbi Nechemya Weberman from its website. Did Satmar threaten the OU over kosher supervision? Were other threats made? Or does the OU now support the sexual abuse of children? After all, as anyone familiar with the long history of sexual, physical and psychological abuser Rabbi Baruch Lanner knows, the OU has certainly done that before.

Head Of Leading Haredi Org Pays Friendly Visit To Accused Sex Offender, Jews Protest

Rabbi Padwa, the senior rabbi of Kedassia in London, paid a friendly visit to Rabbi Chaim Halpern and his father Rabbi Elchonon and showed his support for the accused sex offender. Padwa has heard details from several women who allege Halpern sexually took advantage of them during marriage counseling sessions. Meanwhile Jews – including other haredi rabbis staged a demonstration outside the building Sunday demanding that Halpern resign.

What Fools Believe: Pouring Away The Evil Eye

Blei gissen, the technique of pouring lead to nullify ayin ha’ra, the poisonous evil eye, has its source in the Gemara and been practiced for many years. Today, one of its most popular practitioners is Rebbetzin Aidel Miller, a great-granddaughter of Yaakov Yosef Herman, the ba’al hachnasas orchim portrayed by his daughter Ruchama Shain in the well-loved biography All For The Boss (and whose wife was also named Aidel). Rebbetzin Miller is a niece of Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg [of no penetration, no child sexual abuse infamy]. She currently lives in Ramat Shlomo and her husband serves as the rosh kollel at Kever Rachel.

Haredi-Run Homecare Firm Whose CEO Has Close Ties To Agudah Under Fire – Again

Whistleblowers are on the warpath . The Flatbush home care agency with a troubled past is back to its old Medicaid billing tricks, they charged — with one ploy right out of “The War of the Roses.” A company bigwig advised Jack and Goldie Gold to divide their Flatbush home with a wall so Medicaid would pay for two home healthcare aides.

 

 

The NY Daily News reports:

Whistleblowers are on the warpathThe Flatbush home care agency with a troubled past is back to its old Medicaid billing tricks, they charged — with one ploy right out of “The War of the Roses.”

A company bigwig advised Jack and Goldie Gold to divide their Flatbush home with a wall so Medicaid would pay for two home healthcare aides.

“It was suggested,” the elderly couple’s daughter Chani Gold told the Daily News.

New York state tries to control Medicaid costs by limiting coverage to one health aide per home.

Three different whistleblowers have made Medicaid fraud allegations to law-enforcement groups, sources told the News.

The state Attorney General and the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s office declined to prosecute the Kings Highway firm in 2010, but allowed the accusers to bring cases on the government’s behalf.

One has filed a lawsuit; the other two are hiring lawyers and plan to sue, sources said.

The suits will take aim at - a major player in the Orthodox Jewish community with close ties to the state’s top Jewish lobbyist organization, Agudas Yisroel.

 

the company denies the whistleblowers' allegations and says the state qualified the Golds for Medicaid based on doctor’s orders.

 

 

this post was edited feb 3 2016 

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Warring Haredi Leaders Meet, Decide Nothing

Haredi leader Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman reportedly met his chief adversary Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach, head of a haredi breakaway faction, in Shteinman's home Saturday night.

Satmar Rebbe Dares Israel To Arrest Him, Spokesman Says Will Travel To Israel With "American Senators" As Protection

That's right. The Williamsburg Satmar Rebbe Zalman Teitelbaum's spokesman says Teitelbaum isn't afraid of reports that say that Israel will arrest him for tampering with its upcoming election when he lands in the country to distribute hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash to yeshivas who have promised to forbid their students and teachers from voting. In fact, the spokesman said, straining credulity, Teitelbaum will be traveling with "American senators" when he flies to Israel next month, and the American senators will help protect him and will help his mission be completed if he is arrested.