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Satmar Raising Money To Place Anti-Israel Ads In The New York Times

Satmar (apparently the Aharonite faction) is reportedly trying to raise $70,000 to place anti-Israel ads in the New York Times, Washington Post and other publications.

A Death In The OTD Family

Here was a woman who lost her children (to what objective cult experts call a cult) with the help of a judicial system so corrupted by hasidic bloc votes (and, allegedly, hasidic bribes) that a fair resolution of custody disputes involving Sqvere hasidim is almost impossible to achieve.

Agudath Israel Of America Attacks Yeshivat Chovevei Torah

"Throughout its history, our people have been afflicted with schismatic movements and sects at odds with the mesorah, or religious tradition, bequeathed to us at Har Sinai. Sometimes such “new approaches” openly rejected the Jewish religious heritage, like the movement that introduced itself in the nineteenth century as “Reform.” On other occasions, the break with the Jewish past was more subtle, as in the case of the “Conservative” movement, whose name, though, was quickly belied by its actions..…"

Rabbi Dovid Cohen Resigns From Chevra Hatzolah Under Cloud Of Suspicion

Chevra Hatzolah's CEO, Rabbi Dovid Cohen, has resigned under a cloud of suspicion. Cohen is (apparently) one of the co-conspirators in the looting of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty by it's CEO, William E. Rapfogel, and he was fired along with Rapfogel in late August when the looting was – finally – noticed by the Met Council's board. Cohen's termination from the Met Council was not made public, however, while Rapfogel's was.

Bobov Yeshiva To Parents: Don't Let Your Kids Talk To Goyim – Even Security Police

"We ask the honorable parents to to watch over their kids during Sabbath and the holidays, and especially now during the high holidays when there are security police next to the shul that they should not go to talk to them, as it is self understood, (and the same with goyim in general)."

Hilltop Youth Smash Christian Tombstones On Mount Zion

Four right wing Jewish nationalists were reportedly arrested today when they were caught red handed smashing headstones in a Christian cemetery on Mount of Zion in Jerusalem.

Satmar Village Streets Were Once Overflowing With Garbage

The Satmar hasidic Village of Kiryas Joel was full of garbage three years ago – so much so that at least one street chocked by it became impassible and had be cleared by cleaning crews.

Fight In Satmar Shul Erupts Over Weberman Case

All was allegedly not well at the Satmar Aharon faction’s Hooper Street synagogue on Simchas Torah. Abe Rubin, the man who tried to bribe Nechemya Weberman’s victim and her boyfriend to drop the charges against Weberman, allegedly punched the rebbe’s gabbai Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Fisher.

Belzer Rebbe Calls Israeli Government "Evil Dogs"

The Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, reportedly spoke out against the government after Simchat Torah, calling its members "evil dogs."

The New York Times On Dangerous Haredi Circumcision Practice And NYC's Mayoral Candidates

Both the endorsed Republican and Democratic mayoral candidates have apparently decided to disregard the health and safety of haredi babies in exchange for the bloc votes of those babies' parents.

YU's Lamm Has Dementia; Forward Lied

Former Yeshiva University Chancellor Norman Lamm, 85, was examined on Sept. 16 by neuropsychologist Elise Caccappolo of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, who found that he can’t provide reliable testimony because his dementia is too advanced.

British Government Knew In 1990s That Some Haredi Schools Were Breaking The Law But Did Nothing To Stop It

The British government knew in the 1990s that some haredi schools were not teaching basic secular subjects but did nothing about it then because the number of impacted children was small and because it wanted to be culturally sensitive. That small number of impacted students has now grown to more than 1,000, and the government is trying to – finally – enforce the law.

Chag Samayach!

The Jewish holiday/s of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah begin tonight at sundown, so there won't be any new posts from tonight at sundown here in the Midwest until Saturday night. Chag samayach to you all!

Rapfogel's Haredi Co-Conspirator

This morning, I wrote that disgraced former Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty CEO William E. Rapfogel had a haredi co-conspirator inside the Met Council who had initiated the fraud that eventually stole at least $5 million from the Met Council – and from its poverty-stricken clients. Here is that co-conspirator's name.

Roy Naim Released Pending Trial

Roy Naim, accused of posessing and downloading child porn, has been released from federal custody pending trial.

A Quick Change On The Edge Of Hasidic Williamsburg

"Within the matrix of security footage in my apartment building in south Williamsburg, one camera has captured something that my doorman insists I watch. 'It happened five minutes ago,' he says, scrolling through the footage to 2:57 p.m. 'This is the craziest thing I have ever seen.'…"

New Square Hasidic Comedian Caught On Video Dancing With 'Immodestly' Dressed Woman In Bedroom

Moshe Mordecai Loeffler, whose stage name is Menashe Lustig, is a Sqvere hasidic comedian, actor, and writer who works in Yiddish. He allegedly defended Shaul Spitzer's 2011 arson attack against Aron Rottenberg and family because Rottenberg refused to pray in the Sqvere Rebbe's minyan or attend his tisch. Now Loeffler has been caught on video dancing with an 'immodestly' dressed woman in a bedroom.

Met Council Fraud Started Before Rapfogel, Prosecution Claims

The stealing from the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, the New York City Jewish community's anti-poverty arm, began months before fired CEO William E. Rapfogel was hired 21 years ago and continued until Rapfogel was fired last month, the criminal complaint against Rapfogel says, and more than $5 million was stolen in total. But Rapfogel did even more wrong than that.

New Egalitarian Prayer Area Near Kotel Empty, Unused

The new egalitarian prayer area near Robinson's Arch adjacent to the main Kotel (Western Wall) prayer areas (but cut off from them by a large earthen ramp to the Temple Mount) is empty and rarely used because rank-and-file non-Orthodox Jews want to pray at the actual Kotel like Women of the Wall has been fighting for.

New Subpoena Issued In Hikind Corruption Probe

Maimonides Medical Center has been subpoenaed in a state probe of advertising payments made to a company owned by Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind.

D.A. Says He Won't Run As A Republican Or Conservative, Campaign Over

Brooklyn D.A. Charles J. Hynes told the New York Law Journal that he will not run as a Republican or Conservative. He lost the Democratic primary earlier this month in a landslide.

Bobov Bans Women From Entering Sukkah

The Bobov hasidic movement bans women from entering sukkah, apparently for 'modesty' reasons. This is a "holy camp," the sign says, and "it is strictly forbidden for women to enter the Sukkah at all times." This hasidic edict – which has a lesser status than a halakha, Jewish law, and a much lesser status than a Torah commandment (which sitting in the sukkah is) – deprives women of the ability to fulfill the Torah-based mitzvah of sukkah.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's Condition Further Deteriorates

Sefardi haredi leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's condition has reportedly dangerously deteriorated.

Haredi Child Rapist Extradited

Haim Cohen, a convicted haredi sex offender who fled to Canada after his conviction but before being sentenced, has finally been extradited to Israel after 10 years.

Controversy Over New Satmar Hasidic Village Continues

A Bloomingburg planning board meeting about the construction of a proposed hasidic girls school was postponed last month because of an overflowing crowd that was largely opposed to the proposed school has been rescheduled for Thursday night — in the same room in Village Hall that was overcrowded last month.

Rapfogel Charged With Grand Larceny, Money Laundering And Criminal Tax Evasion

William E. Rapfogel, the former CEO of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, surrendered to authorities today and was charged with grand larceny, money laundering and criminal tax evasion for allegedly stealing at least $5 million from the Jewish anti-poverty charity. $400,000 in cash found in his home. He is expected to be arraigned later today.

High Court To Decide Whether Accused Haredi Pedophile Who Fled Arrest In Britain Can Get Asylum In Israel

Does the Law of Return trump international law? This question will have to be ruled on by the High Court of Justice, following an attempt by a haredi Jew from England, who was convicted of sexual abuse of children, to find asylum in Israel.

Rubashkin Trying To Get New Trial By Claiming Jurors Anti-Semitic

Why did lawyers working for former Agriprocessors glatt kosher slaughterhouse vice president Sholom Rubashkin violate federal district court rules when they contacted jurors from Rubashkin’s 2009 bank fraud trial earlier this month without first asking the trial judge, Linda Reade, for permission? To try to prove that some jury members were anti-Semitic.

Illegal Borough Park Sukkah Blocks Street, Fire Hydrant

An illegal hasidic sukkah located on 54th Street between 13th and 14th Avenues blocks access to a fire hydrant – and also narrows the street so much that it is difficult for emergency vehicles to pass.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Reportedly On Respirator In Medically Induced Coma

Sefardi haredi leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef is now in a medically induced coma on a respirator.  His condition deteriorated last night and his children are reportedly at his bedside.

Rubashkin’s Attorneys Violated Law, In Contempt Of Court Judge Says

Lawyers working for former Agriprocessors glatt kosher slaughterhouse vice president Sholom Rubashkin violated federal district court rules when they contacted jurors from Rubashkin’s 2009 bank fraud trial earlier this month Rubashkin’s trial judge, US District Judge Linda Reade, ruled this morning.

Israel’s New Sefardi Haredi Chief Rabbi Breaks The Law Less Than One Week After Assuming His Post

Less than one week after being formally installed as Israel’s new Sefardi chief rabbi, haredi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef reportedly participated in a political rally Saturday night for his father’s Shas political party – a violation of Israeli law.

The Best Kept Secret In The Jewish World

The news from Syria reminds Judy Feld Carr of the Jewish family she ransomed out after they were told they “were next” when neighbours in their Jewish ghetto were butchered — the pregnant woman’s fetus cut out and left on the floor beside her’s and her two children’s bodies.

Haredi Missionaries Chased Out Of Downtown Jerusalem After Harassing Secular Revelers

Two haredi women in their 50s reportedly spent much of the first night of Rosh Hashana harassing secular women who were celebrating the holiday by attending New Years parties in downtown Jerusalem pubs.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Gets Pacemaker, Kidneys Reportedly Not Functioning

Sefardi haredi leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former chief rabbi of Israel and the founder and spiritual leader of the Sefardi haredi Shas political party, is reportedly seriously ill in a Jerusalem hospital tonight.

Haredi Man Charged With Allegedly Molesting Disabled Woman In Monsey Nursing Home – On Sukkot

Abraham Mashinsky allegedly entered the Northern Metropolitan Nursing Home Thursday night. Once inside, he allegedly spoke to a 31-year-old disabled resident and then forcibly fondled her. He then reportedly fled the building after being confronted by staff members.

Haredi Rabbis Who Cover Up Child Sex Abuse To Have Complete Control Over Leiby Kletzky Security Camera Footage

After almost 2 years of secrecy (and, many say, deception) by NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Agudath Israel of America and State Senator Dean Skelos (who funded the $1 million grant with Hikind), 100 security cameras are reportedly about to be installed in Borough Park – under the complete control of the very haredi rabbis who have spent decades covering up child sex abuse and other crimes in the haredi community.

Haredi Leader Curses Finance Minister Yair Lapid, Marks Him For Violence – Again

Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman spoke to the crowd and again called for Finance Minister Yair Lapid and other government leaders to be wiped out, using the rabbinic curse “yemach shemo” (and its plural, “yemach shemom”), which is traditionally reserved only for the most evil non-Jews who conspire to kill Jews and for Jews who have converted to another religion and then persecute Jews or try to convert them.

Video: Marc Maron Riffs On Hasidic Williamsburg

At a live taping of WTF at The Bell House in Brooklyn, Marc Maron does some standup about his first time experiencing hasidic Williamsburg. As you hear his Lower East Side hookers remark, realize that so many people have seen the same thing that making it into a joke about hasidim is very easy to do.

LA Chabad And Orthodox Synagogues Sponsor Sukkot Celebration In Honor Of Convicted Felon Sholom Rubashkin

Synagogues including Bais Bezalel, Bais Menachem, Chabad Israel Center, Chabad SOLA, and Mogen David Young Sephardic stage a simchat beit ha-shoeva celebration in the "merit" of convicted felon "Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, may G-d free him immediately from incarceration!"

Orthodox Jew Connected To HASC And Yachad Busted For Child Porn

An Orthodox Jew who is a nationally known activist for immigration reform was reportedly arrested on child porn charges and held without bail.

Video: Noted Scholar Says Artifacts Found In Tomb Near Purported Jesus Tomb Are Early Christian

"…One of the world’s most famous epigraphers, Professor Émile Puech of the École Biblique Archaeological Institute in Jerusalem, has gone public that the findings in the tomb next to the Jesus Family Tomb are, indeed, a cross and the “Sign of Jonah”. They are undoubtedly, he says, related to the early Jesus movement.…"

New Satmar Village Developer Reportedly Used Deception To Manipulate Small Town

Bloomingburg's residents were kept in the dark about the nature of Shalom Lamm's new housing development and a private girls school he said he wanted to build in the tiny town's small downtown. But now residents know that the development will be a Satmar-only village and the school will be a Satmar-only school.

Satmar Rebbe: "All Goyim Are Dirty"

The Brooklyn-based Satmar-hasid-owned Der Blatt Yiddish newspaper published a letter today claiming that the first Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, said that all "goyyim" are "dirty." The paper does not question this or contradict it in any way. Der Blatt was founded by and remains under the control of the Aharonite Satmar faction that follows the Kiryas Joel Satmar Rebbe Aharon Teitelbaum. Here is the letter and a translation:

High Court Rules That Extended Detention Of African Refugees Without Trial Is Illegal, Right Wing And Haredi MKs Vow To Ignore Or Skirt Ruling

“[The justices and left wing refugee advocates should] take one [African refugee] home to their own area and then talk to me,” Sefardi haredi Shas MK Eli Yishai fumed. He also insisted that African refugees have destroyed southern Tel Aviv with crime and with their lifestyle and said he would continue his efforts imprison all of them, despite the High Court's ruling.

Rubashkin Lawyers And Family Allegedly Contact Trial Jurors Without Permission, Causing Furor

Private investigators working for former Agriprocessors vice president Sholom Rubashkin have been caught contacting jurors from Rubashkin’s 2009 bank fraud case trial without permission.

Convicted Chabad Pedophile's Wife Issues Statement In Support Of Her Child Rapist Husband, Attacks The "Hysteria" Created By The Case

The statement by Michelle Coleman, the wife of convicted child rapist David Cyprys, provides a clear example of why so many children are sexually abused and why so little is done to stop the abusers.

New Satmar Village Like Kiryas Joel To Be Located In Bloomingburg, NY

The Village of Yatev Lev, a new Satmar hasidic village mirroring Kiryas Joel is set to be developed in Bloomingburg in New York State's Sullivan County just north of New York City. Satmar news sources report the cost of a  2800 square foot house will be $250,000. But unlike Kiryas Joel, which is under the control of Kiryas Joel Satmar Rebbe Aharon Teitelbaum, The Village of Yatev Lev will be under the control of the Williamsburg Satmar Rebbe Zalman Teitelbaum.

Etrog Smugglers Caught In Israel

The etrog smuggling business is reportedly going strong this year in Israel as it has in previous years and Israeli customs agents have made quite afew arrests – like these…

The Jewish Genome Challenge

Controversial geneticist Eran Elhaik has challenged other scientists to a "Jewish Genome Challenge" meant to show that claims made by these other scientists of identifiable Jewish genetic ancestry stretching back to early biblical times are false.