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Haredi Modesty Squad Bans Traditional Lifting Of Bride And Groom

Lifting the bride and groom up in the air and dancing around with them is a goyishe (non-Jewish) thing, a Jerusalem haredi modesty squad claims in a new pashkvil (poster).

Anthony Weiner Scandal, Cont.

More sexting between Weiner and women he isn't married to has – predictably – surfaced.

Judge Denies Request For Injunction To Stop Kiryas Joel Pipeline

A New York State lower court judge has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the construction of a controversial water pipeline connecting the Satmar hasidic village of Kiryas Joel to New York City’s Catskill Aqueduct.

Report: Chabad Rabbis Favor Hard Right Wing Zionist Orthodox Chief Rabbinate Candidates

One of the rabbis Chabad backs, Shmuel Eliyahu, is known for making extreme and racist statements and will likely face a recall petition in the High Court of Justice of he is elected.

Brooklyn Haredi Measles Outbreak Ends

The measles outbreak in haredi Brooklyn is finally over, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygine says.

New York Times: The Faithful’s Failings

Frank Bruni's column in the New York Times links haredi and Orthodox child sex abuse coverups to similar coverups by the Catholic Church.

[Includes Video] Haredi Draft Bill Passes First Reading As Haredi MK’s Rip Shirts In Mourning

Haredi Members of Knesset Moshe Gafni and Yisrael Eichler from the Ashkenazi haredi United torah Judaism Party (UTJ) ripped their shirts as a sign of mourning just before the vote was tallied. UTJ MK Rabbi Meir Porush (pictured at right) went further, handcuffing himself to the speakers' podium in protest.

Knesset Delays Haredi Draft Bill Vote Until Fall Session

The Knesset told Israel’s High Court of Justice today that it won’t be able to pass the new haredi draft bill during the summer session which ends August 5, claiming that it does not have enough time to properly debate the bill on its crowded schedule.

Lone Holdout Juror In Chabad Molestation Trial Alleges Antisemitism, Says “Something Happened” Between The Alleged Abuser And His Child Victim, But She Isn’t Sure What

The New York Daily News reported that a juror in the trial of an accused Chabad molester has claimed the other 11 jurors in the trial were biased against 29-year-old Alexander Rogalsky before any testimony was heard because he is hasidic. Rogalsky was on trial for allegedly sodomizing a 12-year-old boy in Rogalsky’s Crown Heights home a decade ago after serving as the boy’s summer camp counselor in Camp Bnei Menachem.

More Hikind Corruption?

Dov Hikind, the longtime Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn lawmaker, owns an advertising firm, DYS Production, that receives checks from a number of businesses, though the assemblyman has repeatedly failed to disclose income from the firm. In his July filing, Mr. Hikind listed no outside income in 2012 beyond his legislative pay of $99,000. Many of these same businesses – including Maimonides Hospital – also lobby Hikind, and Hikind has backed millions in state grants and other assistance for these clients.

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Frum Girl Says She Was Gang Raped By Her Father And His Friends

An 18-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl who claims her father sexually abused her for seven years told a British court late last month that she was drugged, bound, blindfolded and gang raped by her father and a group of his friends when she was 16-years-old.

Chabad Rabbi Calls For Widespread Civil Disobedience To Protest Government's West Bank Settlement Freeze

The head of the Our Land of Israel organization Rabbi Sholom DovBer Wolpo is calling for widespread civil disobedience in response to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's new West Bank building freeze policy.

Scandal-Ridden DA Loses Major Union Endorsement

In a major blow to Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, New York City’s largest labor union, 1199/SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, today announced its unanimous endorsement Ken Thompson for Brooklyn District Attorney. Representing over 220,000 members in New York City and 100,000 members and retirees in Brooklyn alone, the union cited Ken Thompson's commitment to justice as the major reason for its endorsement of Thompson and rejection of Hynes, whose sloppy prosecutions and shady tactics have brought condemnation from diverse political leaders, legal scholars and community activists alike.

British Chabad Rabbi Chaim Rapoport Explains Why He Testified In Support Of A Child Sex Abuser To Try To Keep Him Out Of Prison

"…The case of Mr. Levy and Ms. Goldsobel (both of whom had previously come to me for counseling) went before a Crown Court jury on two occasions. Ultimately verdicts of not guilty on all rape charges and any other charges relating to post-16 activity were entered on the court record. The court was however satisfied that sexual conduct had started before Goldsobel was 16 and that it followed as a matter of law that she could not have consented to that activity, regardless of whether she had been a willing partner.…"

State Auditors: Haredi-Controlled Scandal-Ridden School District Has $8.2 Million Shortfall For This Year Alone

The haredi-controlled scandal-ridden East Ramapo Central School District will reportedly have a deficit of $8.2 million for this fiscal year.

Chabad Rabbi Was Character Witness For Accused Adulteress-Murderer

Andrea Sneiderman is on trial for a sensational Atlanta murder. She allegedly conspired with her husband's killer, Hemy Neuman – a man prosecutors say she was sleeping with and have evidence that seems to prove it –  to murder her husband in November 2010. But standing up for the wealthy Jewish community member is her Chabad rabbi, Hirsch Minkowicz.

DA Releases Partial List Of Convicted 'Haredi' Child Sex Abusers

But that list has non-Jews and non-haredim on it, along with pedophiles convicted only because the activists the DA and haredi rabbis hate brought the victims haredi rabbis vilified and the DA refused to protect to the DA or police.

Haredi Racism And The Death Of Trayvon Martin

Haredim react predictably – and lothsomely – to President Obama's speech, delivered Friday afternoon, on the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

Another Baby Forgotten In Car During Heat Wave

Passersby on Thursday evening …saw a child inside a closed parked car on David Yellin Street in Jerusalem [a haredi neighborhood]. A crowd gathered quickly as efforts began to get into the car….

Kosher Supervision Agency Removes Endorsement Of Sex Lubes

"As reported in the media, the Rabbinical Council of California’s Kashrut Division was in the final stages of certifying  products produced by Trigg Laboratories. Certification of non-edible items is common in the kosher industry, but the intended uses of these items as now revealed, was misunderstood. The RCC has rescinded its certification with immediate effect, and deeply regrets the widespread consternation that this error caused."

A Fantanstic Tale? Haredim Claim IDF Recruits Forced To Cut Off Peyos (Religious Sidecurls)

"The inductees were headed to the IDF Navy, the Shachar Yam program. They were told they must have a 'military haircut' and while their hair was short, the peyos must go. The soldiers instructed the barber to not to go under the 3mm setting as to avoid chas v’sholom [God forbid] removing their peyos entirely. The barber told them it must be a 'military haircut' and they haircut was as close as possible, removing any trace of their peyos!"

Sex Abuse Victim Shunned By Chabad, Hasidim As Abuser Is Praised

“It’s pathetic that I didn’t know what sexual abuse was. I didn’t know what rape was. When he started doing things to me, I didn’t know they were sexual. When he contacted me and tried to rationalise it as a meaningful relationship, when he said he had cared for me, it was worse than disgust. It was so arrogant, so selfish."

Pollution From Kiryas Joel Slaughterhouse Under Fire

A consultant's report last year indicated the slaughterhouse empties about 5 tons of chloride — one of the components of salt — into the sewage treatment plant. The resulting impact on groundwater near the Ramapo was cited in a recent lawsuit the Town of Woodbury and villages of Woodbury and Harriman brought against Kiryas Joel. Harriman's wells "are now suffering from particularly high levels of chlorides apparently as a result, at least in part, of KJ's longstanding inadequate treatment of its processing waste from its poultry plant."

Rabbi Kenneth Brander Allegedly Knew Shul Member Was An Accused Pedophile, Brander Failed To Act

The man said he tried to call Brander “four or five times,” but Brander did not respond. So the man said he “had to leave a very uncomfortable message” with someone in the Boca Raton Synagogue office. Later, a “third party” from the synagogue contacted the man to say that the allegations against Andron were “rumors” and that “in any case, it’s behind him,” the man said.

Satmar 'Child Safety'

A Satmar banner apparently illegally hung across Brooklyn street for 6 weeks adjacent to two schools blocks drivers' view of a traffic light.

Israeli Government Reportedly To Insure Egged Bus Company Against Haredi Vandalism

Israel’s Treasury has now reportedly told the High Court that it will act as an insurance company for Egged and will compensate it for any damage haredi vandals do when Egged and its advertising agency Cnaan Media comply with the High Court’s ruling and runs ads depicting women – and, presumably, all other banned beings.

Another Way YU's Affiliated High School Failed To Protect Kids

“In terms of [accused pedophile] Ricky [Andron], it didn’t seem suspicious for him or anyone to come and visit any of the boys. Sometimes kids had visitors from their home neighborhoods who were on campus who took the boys for dinner or a movie. There were no red flags.…any expectation on my part or that of any of the counselors was unrealistic, given that the building had no security, no guard, no access code…. It was unreasonable to expect that we could have monitored who was coming in. There was simply no way to do that.”

Police Raid Supposed Torah Study Hall, Find Gambling Casino

Israel Police in Migdal Ha'emek raided a city bomb shelter that was supposed to be used as a Torah study center. But police didn’t find a Torah study hall – they found a fully functioning casino.

Egged To Continue Haredi Post-Shabbat ‘Free Rides’ – Despite Widespread Alleged Haredi Theft

Egged claims post-Shabbat ‘free riders’, almost all of whom are haredim, haven’t been paying up the next day as required, and their ride theft is costing the bus company money – so much money that some say Egged may have to end the practice. Its recent investigation found that not just some, but most of these ‘free riding’ passengers do not pay for their post-Shabbat ‘free ride’ Sunday. But despite this, Egged says it will not end the practice.

London Victim Of Chabad Child Sex Abuser Speaks Out

Menachem Mendel Levy’s London Chabad community backed Levy – who comes from a prominent family there – and vilified his victim. They labeled her a prostitute, promiscuous, an enticer, a liar and too insufficiently religious to be trusted.

DA's Cronies Sit On "Independent" Panel Investigating Questionable Convictions

Brooklyn's allegedly corrupt District Attorney Charles "Joe" Hynes appointed an "independent" panel to investigate 50 questionable convictions by his office, some that stretch back more than a decade. Many of these convictions involve allegedly suppressed evidence, coerced testimony, and, allegedly coerced perjured testimony. And now it turns out that some of the members of Hynes "independent" panel are his own campaign donors, friends and cronies.

Chabad Front Organization Tries To Own – And Control – All "Kosher" Domains On The Web

A legal battle to control the word “kosher” in Internet addresses is pitting a Chabad front group, OK Kosher, against all other major and most minor kosher supervision agencies.

Israel’s ‘Guardian Angels’ To Protect Haredi Soldiers From Haredi Mobs

Israel’s Kibbutz Movement has launched a protection program for haredi soldiers who need to enter the Jerusalem haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim, where three haredi soldiers have been physically attacked by haredim in the past ten days alone.

Chabad Front Organization Calls For Polish Chief Rabbi's Head

Last week, Poland's parliament banned ritual slaughter of un-stunned animals – effectively outlawing shechita (Jewish ritual slaughter) and Muslim halal slaughter. As Euopean Jewish leaders and rabbis meet, a Chabad front organization calls for the Polish chief rabbi's head.

State Tells Scandal-Ridden Haredi-Controlled School Board To Void Illegal Sweetheart Lease To Haredi Yeshiva

New York State’s Department of Education has ended the sweetheart lease of the old Hillcrest School and its surrounding grounds in Rockland County to a Skvere hasidic yeshiva. The yeshiva leased Hillcrest from the haredi-controlled school board at 60% below market rate.

Haredi Journalist Files Criminal Complaint For “Racist Incitement” Against Bus Company Spokesperson Who Complained About Haredim Stealing Rides

Egged's spokesman Ron Ratner said that over the past year and half there has been a marked increase in the number of riders who do not pay, and that an alarming number of these stolen rides take place on bus lines that service haredi communities. Ratner said that “a substantial number” of haredim get on Egged buses but do not pay for their rides. In one example Ratner cited, 27 of 51 riders on a predominantly haredi bus did not pay the fare.

Williamsburg Hasidic Paper Blots Out Faces Of Little Girls

More hasidic modesty extremism: A "Clicks" contest (a toy similar to Leggo) ad in Williamsburg, Brooklyn local hasidic newspaper blots out the faces of little girls who appear to be all of 3 or 4 years old.

Court Told Of Chabad Coverup Of Child Sexual Abuse

Earlier this week, a Melbourne court was told that Chabad-Lubavitch's Yeshivah College in Melbourne protected a rabbi who molested students, refused to fire him, did not report his crimes to police, and helped him flee the country when parents held a demonstration outside that rabbi's house after Yeshivah leadership rebuffed their requests to fire him.

Police: Time To Indict ‘Kabbalist’ Rabbi to The Stars

Israel Police are going to recommend filing a criminal indictment against Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto and his wife Devorah for attempted bribery of a police officer and related charges, including money laundering.

Haredi Paper Allegedly Tells Mothers To Kill Or Maim Their Sons Who Use Smartphones

Mothers - if your son refuses to stop using "evil devices" [computers, smartphones, etc.], you should ask the rabbi if it might be a good idea to kill him, or at least cut off a few fingers, or poke out an eye.

Haredim Demand Governor Veto Bill That Prohibits Gay Conversion Therapy On Minors

Reparative therapy claims to be able to make gay people straight. But it has been exposed as being a dangerous, failed therapy that hurts manypeople and helps very few (if any). It full of abuses, and has no significant support in the medical or psychological communities. Even so, haredi rabbis with no medical training, no qualifications, and no peer reviewed studies to back them are demanding that Governor Chris Christie veto a bill that prohibits this type of dangerous, unethical therapy from being done on minors.

Satmar Faction Lashes Out Against Councilman David Greenfield

"…We ask you respectfully: How can you have a hand in such an act?! How can you have a hand in closing down a Shul, even from a Jewish point of view before hearing both sides SHOMOIA BEIN ACHEICHEM?! It just makes us wonder, did they offer you a big amount for your campaign? Did they bribe you with false information that they will be voting for you? while its known to everyone that by the last elections they officially worked against you!…"

Bnei Brak To Remove Zionist Street Names, Add New Names Of Haredi Rabbis

The office of Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Avraham Rubinstein has decided to remove all the remaining names of Zionist leaders and concepts from streets in the now-haredi city and rename them after haredi rabbis – none of whom were Zionists.

No Movies On Tisha B'Av Warning Placed On RedBox Movie Machine

A warning from a "Lomdische Concerned Yid" taped on a RedBox movie machine says, "It is not permitted to watch movies on Tisha b'Av!! We are watching and you will be reported to your yeshiva as well as to your shul rabbi!!"

Racist Candidate For Chief Rabbi Lied To Attorney General

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu told Israel's Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein that he did not make any of the racist and homophobic statements attributed to him. When Weinstein didn't believe him, Eliyahu responded by justifying those very same comments – the comments he first claimed not to have made.

iPhones Delay The Redemption, Store Receipt Tells Customers

"It is 1944 [sic] years since the destruction of our Temple. If you continue to use an iPhone, you delay its rebuilding."

Satmar Synagogue Bans Hebrew, "The Impure Language Of The Sectarian Heretics"

A Satmar synagogue bans worshippers from speaking in Hebrew – which it calls the "impure language of the minim [sectarian heretics]" – in the synagogue.

Should You Fast In This Heat?

When the temperature surpasses 90º, are you required to fast? For more people than you may realize, the answer is that not only are you are not required to fast, you really shouldn’t try to. You may even be breaking halakha if you do fast. First, some basic halakhic background. The Tisha B'av fast is not d’orita, it is not of biblical origin. Even though it is the most important of the non-biblical fasts, holding a position that is really quasi-biblical rather than fully rabbinic, threats to life and health push it off easier than they would on Yom Kippur.

Member of Knesset Files Criminal Complaint Against Shas Schools For Misuse Of Public Funds

MK Yoel Razbozov’s complaint came in response to a report issued by Israel’s accountant-general documenting flaws in the El Hama’ayan’s management that include (but are not limited to) nepotism in hiring, falsifying financial reports, operating schools without a license, using state money to pay the salaries of people who did not work in the school system, and illegally transferring special education funds to non-special-education students.