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High Court Of Justice Allows Government To Temporarily Postpone Inducting Haredi Draftees, Angering Secular, Liberal Groups

Israel’s High Court of Justice decided not to force the government to immediately induct hundreds of haredim into the IDF. Instead, the High Court reportedly opted to allow haredim who have already been drafted and who are scheduled to report to induction centers this month to have their military service delayed by the government until a new draft law is passed. However, the time these haredim spend waiting to report will not count toward the time they are mandated to serve in the military.

Haredi Leader Says Natural Fur Shtreimels Are A “Desecration Of God’s Name”

Rabbi Shlomo Pappenheim, chairman of the Mea-Shearim-based haredi umbrella organization Edah Haredit, publicly called on hasidim to stop wearing natural fur hats known as shtreimels. Pappenheim also said that all shtreimel-wearers should instead switch to shtreimel’s made from synthetic fur.

Take Down Jesus Statue, Ukraine’s Haredi Chief Rabbi Says

The large statue of Jesus on the cross recently erected by Ukrainian locals near the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in the Ukrainian town of Uman and which was subsequently defaced with anti-Christian Hebrew graffiti, apparently by Breslov hasidim, is a “clear provocation,” Ukraine’s haredi Chief Rabbi Yaakov Bleich said, adding that the statue should be removed.

Kapparot Protests Scheduled For Crown Heights, Flatbush

"Please join our 4th annual street protest in Brooklyn, NY against the cruel and needless use of chickens in Kaporos rituals."

As Polio Fears Deepen, Israel’s Chief Rabbis Are Forced To Order Reluctant Haredim To Vaccinate Their Children

Israel’s state-funded chief rabbis issued an order to haredim today – an order that would be almost unimaginable anywhere else in the Western world. The chief rabbis ordered haredim to overcome their fear of vaccines and get their children vaccinated against polio, which appears to be making a comeback after almost being wiped out worldwide thanks to the polio vaccine invented by Dr. Jonas Salk in 1955.

Former Weinstein Attorney Tries To Quash Subpoena

The federal government wants the money – about $1 million – über fraudster Eliyahu Weinstein paid attorney David I. Schoen because they rightly claim it was all stolen. Schoen  – who is Orthodox – doesn't want to give it back. Here are the documents.

Haredim In Beit Shemesh Break From Rioting To Illegally Warn Women Not To Wear "Slutty" Modest Clothing

“Dire Warning: It is forbidden to walk on our streets in immodest dress, including slutty clothing worn in a religious style. [signed] Residents of the neighborhood.”

Satmar Man Who Tried To Force Child Sex Abuse Victim To Drop Charges Gets Sweetheart Plea Deal

Yesterday, I reported that  Abe Rubin – who is charged with bribery, witness tampering and coercion for trying to force Nechemya Weberman's teenage victim to leave the country and not testify against Weberman – would get a sweetheart plea deal and will not receive any prison time. In exchange for that, Brooklyn's challenged DA Charles J. Hynes would get the Satmar bloc vote. Today, Rubin pleaded guilty exactly as I said he would.

Orthodox Pedophile: I Married My Child Victim, So There Was No Sexual Abuse

Acting as his own attorney, Goodman wrote and filed a motion in federal court arguing that the federal case against him should be dismissed because the purpose of that Valentine’s Day 2010 trip to New Jersey was to get married – to the then 15-year-old boy.

Flyers In Borough Park And Monsey Tell Haredim To Harass Hated Rabbis

Flyers distributed in Borough Park and Monsey call on haredim to call the home phone numbers of haredi rabbis who support a Beit Shemesh construction project and yell at and harass them. A small number of haredi rabbis believe ancient Jewish graves are being desecrated at the site – a claim most haredi rabbis reject.

Haredim In Lakewood Move To Gender Segregate Communter Buses

Lakewood haredim have amassed almost 1000 signatures – including leading rabbis – demanding that Monsey Trails gender-segregate its commuter buses with an actual physical partition. The buses run between Lakewood and Monsey-area haredi communities. Monsey Trails responded by pointing out that gender segregation is illegal on publicly funded buses.

Rabbis Kanievsky And Karelitz Issue Public Pronouncement In Support Of Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch

“Worthless people have opened their mouths against one of the great Torah sages of our generation, Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch. We hereby protest this for the honor of the Torah. May it be God’s will that [these worthless people] fully repent.”

Liberal Modern Orthodox Rabbi Rips Into Leading Zionist Orthodox Rabbi Over Enabling Of Child Sex Abuse

"…[W]hat more needs to happen before Religious Zionism, Bnei Akiva Yeshivas and Yeshivot Hesder will no longer consider [Rabbi Haim Druckman] suitable to lead them. Is it possible to enter the month of mercy and forgiveness, and the Days of Awe and claim to The Almighty that we have done all that we must do in order to set an example for, and to protect our children?”

High Court Offers Temporary Compromise On Haredi Draft

Israel’s High Court of Justice has offered a short-term compromise on the haredi draft that, if accepted, will see haredim postponing their now-mandatory military service for what could be months – or could be years.

Some Edah Haredit Rabbis Issue Proclaimation Condemning Attacks On Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch – Edah's Head Rabbi Does Not Sign

Some of Edah Haredit's rabbis have signed a public declaration condemning Asra Kadisha's attacks on Edah Haredit's #2, Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch. Asra Kadisha is an Edah subsidiary group that has repeatedly rioted in the past 10 days in Beit Shemesh and in Jerusalem over alleged graves desecration Sternbach ruled is not taking place. Edah's #1, Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss, who has previously protected pedophiles and child abusers – including one who killed his own disabled baby – did not sign the public declaration in support of Sternbuch. Weiss is closely linked to the Williamsburg Satmar Rebbe Zalman Teitelbaum, who allegedly funds a lot of the violence associated with Edah Haredit.

In Israel, Haredi Crime Pays

Haredi rioters who threw glass bottles, stones and metal rebar at police, injuring at least one officer, will get off with slaps on the wrist in a terrible plea deal made by state prosecutors despite police requests that the deals not be made. A riot in Mea Shearim last month was sparked when a hapless haredi soldier who went to the neighborhood to visit family was physically attacked by haredi thugs upset that he came in uniform. When police came to rescue the soldier, the haredim attacked them. The most violent of those haredim will now essentially walk free.

Brooklyn D.A. Allegedly Part Of Scheme To Falsely Label Opponent An Anti-Semite

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes allegedly called Satmar powerbrokers Leo (Lazer) Kestenbaum and Moshe (Friedman) Gabbai personally. He told them he is losing the  haredi votes because he helped them in the past. Therefore, Hynes supposedly said, they have to help him now.…

Edah Haredit Voids All Halakhic Rulings Of It's Beit Din Head Over Graves Fight

The Mea-Shearim-based haredi umbrella organization Edah Haredit has essentially voided all legal rulings made by its #2, Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, because Sternbuch ruled that no ancient Jewish graves were being desecrated at a Beit Shemesh construction site. Asra Kadisha, an Edah Haredit subsidiary that 'protects' ancient Jewish graves, is using those allegedly phantom graves as an excuse to riot and extort the developer.

Dozens Of State-Funded Rabbis Earn More Than 500,000 Shekels Annually; Many Do Little, If Any Work

For the past 53 years Rabbi Meshumar Tzuberi, the rabbi of Gan Yavneh (about 22,000 residents), has headed the list. According the financial report of his religious council his salary is NIS 928,843 a year. He is followed by Rabbi Yehuda Stern from the West Bank settlement of Elkana (about 3,800 residents) with NIS 765,377 a year, and after him Rabbi David Abuhatzeira from Yavneh (33,000 residents) with NIS 724,343. Rabbi Itzhak Halevy from the settlement of Karnei Shomron (about 6,500 residents) costs the taxpayer NIS 688,171 annually. In communities such as Rosh Pina, Elyachin, Azor, Even Yehudah, Kiryat Motzkin and others, the salary of the rabbis is clearly inflated relative to the meager amount of activity reported in the financial reports, in other words, the actual activity that they perform in the areas of marriage registration, kashrut, burial, eruvs and more.

Haredim Who Allegedly Harassed Alleged Sex Assault Victims Released Without Charges

Three haredi men in their 60s, leaders in London’s haredi community who allegedly harassed and threatened alleged victims of Rabbi Chaim Halpern and their supporters late last year and early this year have been released by police and will face no further action.

Haredi Thugs Physically Attack Leading Rabbi’s Son Over Alleged Graves “Desecration”

Rabbi Asher Sternbuch, a son of Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, the number two rabbi of the Mea-Shearim-based Edah Haredit haredi umbrella organization, was reportedly phjysically attacked yesterday in Mea Shearim by a group of haredi thugs who allegedly shouted, “Your father is evil! He allows graves be be dug up! in Beit Shemesh!”

Haredi Leaders Lash Out Over Cuts In Yeshiva Stipends

“This is an integrated war, these cuts are not only in the budget but are designed to chop off every branch of the Torah and the yeshivas. This government, a government of destruction, evil and annihilation, is not fitting to support the Torah world. It cannot be forgotten that supporting the yeshiva world is not only righteous act but one which is a meritorious act, as well. This merit as well they do not have …"

How Wendy Runge Got Out Of Prison

Wendy Weiner Runge was released from an Iowa State prison Friday where she was imprisoned for stealing money from the State of Iowa through its film promotion program. But why was she released so early?

Ancient Pottery Shard Appears To Carry Name Of Biblical Prophet’s Father, Archaeologists Say

Israel’s Antiquities Authority says the writing on the shard spells out the name of the father of a 7th century BCE biblical  prophet.

Video: DA Still Says Opponent Racist, Will "Target" Jews

Charles J. Hynes still insists Ken Thompson is a racist who will "target" Jews – even though his basis for that claim has long since been proved false. Hynes also continues to inflate his conviction rate for haredi sex crimes processed through his special Kol Tzedek division.

Chabad-Linked Andrea Sneiderman Guilty On 9 Counts Related To Her Husband’s Murder

A Georgia jury has found Andrea Sneiderman, a Georgia widow linked to Chabad, guilty of nine counts against her, including hindering the apprehension of a criminal. That criminal is Hemy Neuman, the Israeli-born murderer of Schneiderman’s husband Rusty and allegedly Andrea Sneiderman’s lover.

Lapid: Government Will Not Compromise On Pushing Haredim Into Workforce

“There is one principle that we have no intention of compromising on: The Israeli middle class is not supposed to support people who can work but do not."

Video: Kathy Lee Gifford Wants To Enroll In Yeshiva University And Become An Orthodox Rabbi

The 60-year-old Today Show host who was born to a Jewish father and a Christian mother (and who is apparently a practicing Evangelical Christian) told her national audience Friday that she would like to enroll in Yeshiva University and become and Orthodox rabbi.

On Trial For Public Corruption And Related Crimes, First Haredi Mayor Of Jerusalem Allegedly Plans To Be Mayor Once Again

What makes Rabbi Uri Lupolianski's possible last minute late entry into the race most unusual is the fact that he is currently on trial for public corruption, money laundering and related crimes.

Chabad Molester's Trial Broken Into Three Separate Trials

The trial of David Cyprys, the once-convicted child molester Chabad kept in place with full, unsupervised access to children and who allegedly went on to molest and rape at least a dozen more Chabad boys has now been broken into three separate trials.

Haredi Mayor Again Blames Victims Of Haredi Violence And Their Supporters, This Time For Turning Beit Shemesh Into A “Battlefield”

The Sefardi haredi mayor of the Jerusalem bedroom suburb of Beit Shemesh, Rabbi Moshe Abutbol of the Sefardi haredi Shas Party, reportedly accused the chairman of the HaBayit HaYehudi Party, Israel’s Finance Minister Naftali Bennett, of turning Beit Shemesh into “a battlefield” – even though hundreds of haredim had rioted for four straight days when Abutbol made his remarks.

Borough Park Flyers Call For Murder Of Beit Shemesh Developer

Yiddish-language flyers in Borough Park call for the murder of Rabbi Avram Slonim, who heads one of the two housing projects to be built on the same plot in the Jerusalem bedroom suburb of Beit Shemesh. Haredim from the Asra Kadisha organization believe there are ancient Jewish graves at the site that are being desecrated – a contention many haredi rabbis, including a small number from Edah Haredit, Asra Kadisha's parent organization, disagree with.

Haredi Thugs Threaten, Harass Haredi Leader Over Alleged Graves Desecration

Haredim associated with the Edah Haredit subsidiary Asra Kadish allegedly harassed and threatened the head of Edah’s biet din (religious court) Rabbi Moshe Shternbuch, prompting the first response from any Edah Haredit leaders to the week of riots by Asra Kadisha in the Jerusalem bedroom suburb of Beit Shemesh.

Former Aide To Sefardi ‘Kabbalist’ Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto Pleads Guilty To Immigration Fraud

A former fundraiser for Republican Congressman Michael G. Grimm (Staten Island, NY) has pleaded guilty to visa fraud. Ofer Biton brought Grimm hundreds of thousands of dollars from supporters of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, a Sefardi ‘kabbalist’ who is currently under serious criminal investigation in Israel for money laundering, fraud, bribery and related crimes that include stealing charity donations meant for Holocaust survivors.

Breslov Hasidim Allegedly Deface Statue Of Jesus On The Cross, Ukrainian Observers Fear Retalitory Violence

A statue of Jesus on the cross in Uman, Ukraine, reportedly erected to honor the 1,025th anniversary of the mass conversion to Christianity of the medieval Kingdom of Kievan Rus, was defaced with inflammatory Hebrew-language graffiti late last week, apparently by hasidim who had come to celebrate Rosh HaShana at the grave of the founder of the Breslov hasidic movement, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.

Chief Rabbi Of Marseille Denies Burial Extortion

The Orthodox rabbinate of France’s second largest city allegedly extorted the bereaved family of a deceased woman, demanding a kickback of almost $10,000 to bury her in her family’s burial plot.

Wendy Runge Reportedly Granted Parole

After serving just over six months of her sentence, haredi filmmaker Wendy Weiner Runge, convicted of scamming the tens of thousands of dollars from the State of Iowa's film support program, has reportedly been granted parole.

The Empty Lot That Has Become The New Epicenter Of What Many Call A Haredi War On Jerusalem And Modernity

A vacant lot in the predominantly secular Jerusalem neighborhood of Kiryat Yovel that measures approximately 1.7 acres has become the new epicenter in an unholy war between the city’s rapidly growing haredi population and almost everyone else.

Haredim Riot In Beit Shemesh For Fourth Straight Day

For the fourth straight day, haredim protested and then rioted at a construction site in the Jerusalem bedroom suburb of Beit Shemesh. Dozens of haredim linked to the graves protection organization Asra Kadisha tried to stop the construction work, which they insist is disturbing ancient Jewish graves.

Kosher Supervisor Arrested For Child Sex Abuse, Case Linked To Chabad

Israel Border Police arrested a 45-year-old kosher supervisor at the Ben Gurion International Airport this week as he was about to board a flight to the US. The man, who appears to be a Chabad hasid, allegedly sexually abused several boys in Israel in 2001 and earlier. He was arrested in 2001 after a victim complained to police. He was released to house arrest but quickly fled Israel for Brooklyn, where he has lived since then. One month after he fled Israel, his wife and children reportedly joined him in Brooklyn. But even though he had fled justice, he still returned to Israel several times over the years but was not arrested.

Bad News For Sefardi ‘Kabbalist’ Whose Charity Allegedly Stole From Holocaust Survivors

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein announced tonight that that there is no legal reason to bar Police Brigadier General Effie Bracha from being appointed as the head the Israel Police Elite Fraud Unit – meaning Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto's claims against Bracha have been rejected by the AG. And should be very bad news for Pinto.

NYC Cuts Off Millions Of Dollars In Funding To Metropolitan Council On Jewish Poverty In Wake Of Rapfogel Embezzlement Scandal

[A] council insider said Rapfogel “personally benefitted” -- in essence stole or misused agency money — and that’s why he was ousted. NYC's Department of Investigation is conducting its own probe to determine if city funds provided to Met Council were stolen or used for fraudulent or corrupt purposes. That could include any pay-to-play scheme involving city funds in exchange for campaign contributions to pols.

More Rubashkin Documents May Be Released

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly found Monday that the "FBI failed to demonstrate that it conducted an adequate search for potentially responsive documents, and also failed to justify why certain information was redacted pursuant to Exemptions 6, 7(C) and 7(E).

Video: Haredi Protests In Beit Shemesh, Police Response

Here is a Hebrew language Israeli TV news report about the haredi protests and riots in Beit Shemesh. You can see what appears to be a young Border Police member chasing down an beating a haredi protester who reportedly hit (or stoned) a Border Police officer yesterday, when the haredi protests had dwindled to about 50 total participants. At their peak Monday, more than 200 haredim rioted and 29 were arrested. The riots are meant to protest alleged desecration of ancient Jewish graves at a haredi-owned construction site there.

Charges Against Satmar Principal Who Beat Student Dropped, Despite Evidence Against Him

Charges against Rabbi Meilech Spitzer, a 60-year-old Satmar yeshiva principal accused of assaulting a young student, were dismissed earlier today after the boy and his parents refused to sign a complaint and the local district attorney failed to find another way to prosecute him.

“Well-Known” “Far-Right” Political Activist Arrested For Allegedly Sexually Abusing Grandson, Possession Of Child Porn

A 70—year-old “well-known” “far-right” political activist was arrested earlier today in Jerusalem for allegedly sexually abusing at least one of his grandchildren and watching porn with the others. Additionally, child porn was allegedly found in his home.

Moderate Modern Orthodox Rabbis Existential Threat That Wanted To “Trample” Israel’s Chief Rabbinate, Senior Sefardi Haredi Rabbi Says

The Chief Rabbi of Holon Avraham Yosef, one of the sons of Sefardi haredi leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and the brother of Israel’s new Sefardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, tried to cover for his father's nepotism by smearing Modern Orthodox rabbis.

Incitement To Murder: Supreme Haredi Rabbinic Leader Tells Followers Yair Lapid Is Amalek

Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman also reportedly told his followers to think of Lapid and of Minister of Education Rabbi Shai Piron when they say Birkat HaMinim, which is said three times every weekday during the Amidah prayer, the most important prayer said by Jews.

David Greenfield-Charles J. Hynes Race-Baiting Should Scare You

Haredi New York City Councilman David Greenfield falsely accused Brooklyn D.A. Charles J. Hynes' rival Ken Thompson of wanting to "target Jews." Thompson, Greenfield said to assembled reporters and haredi rabbis, “should scare you." Standing just a few feet away, listening intently, was Hynes, who did nothing to distance himself from that awful, race-baiting lie. (The rabbis were and still remain silent, as well.) And then this week, just days after that deplorable incident, Hynes refused to distance himself from it again. Here's what he said, and here is why what he said is a lie.

Belgian Gov’t Mandates Secular Education In Haredi Schools, Prompting Some Haredim To Consider Fleeing The Country

Earlier this summer the Belgian government issued regulations that would compel both state-funded and privately-funded Jewish schools to teach the country’s mandatory curriculum in its entirety. That curriculum includes evolutionary biology, human reproduction and other taboo subjects for haredim.