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UPDATED: Bill De Blasio Promises Satmar That In Exchange For Votes, He Will Repeal Informed Consent For Dangerous Haredi Circumcision Practice

In the open and caught on video, New York City mayoral candidate Bill De Blasio promised the Aharonite Satmar faction that he will repeal the city's informed consent requirement for metzitzah b'peh (MBP), the dangerous direct mouth-to-bleeding-penis sucking done by haredi mohels after removing the baby's foreskin. MBP has killed thousands of babies – two in NYC during the past decade – and caused brain damage in many others and maimed many, many more.

Hasidim Trash Parts Of Uman As Annual Pilgrimage Ends

As the annual Breslov hasidic Rosh Hashana pilgrimage to the grave of Beslov’s founder, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, in Uman, Ukraine winds down, reports of property damage and crimes by hasidim – and by Israeli police sent to watch over them – have flooded in.

British Government Warns Haredim To Enroll Their Children In Legal Schools – Or Else

The British Department for Education says that up to 1,000 13- to 16-year-old haredi boys are missing from the state-authorized school system and are instead being illegally taught in haredi yeshivas.

Jewish Israelis Overwhelmingly Want Separation Of Religion And State, End To Haredi And Orthodox Monopoly On Religious Affairs

"The toughest tension: 74% of the Jewish population (3 out of 4 respondents) sees the tension between secular and ultra-Orthodox populations as the most (or second-most) harsh domestic conflict in Israeli society. Other conflicts dramatically lag behind (47% - between political left and right and33% - between rich and poor)."

Video: Ron Paul, Anti-Semite

Perennial presidential candidate former U.S. Congressman Ron Paul (Republican-Texas) defends an openly anti-Semitic group and says he sees nothing wrong with speaking at its gathering.

Small Number Of Rabbis – None Haredi – Ask Congress To Strike Syria

"We Jews are a people who themselves once faced the horrors of genocide and survived. We never again wish to open our newspapers and see images of mass graves filled with suffocated young children."

Steve Zakheim Passes Away

Haredi community activist Steve "Shlomo" Zakheim passed away on Rosh Hashana. Zakheim dontaed tons of money to haredi causes, but he was also a criminal and fraudster who was banned by the New York State Department of Health from having anything to do with hospitals and ambulance companies because of the money he illegally took and because of mismanagement. Zakheim illegally donated tens of thousands of dollars to favored politicians by forcing his employees to write personal checks for contributions and then repaying those employees in cash. And Zakheim allegedly did another awful thing…

Video: Car Jumps Curb, Injures 7 In Crown Heights

Three people are reportedly very seriously injured, two with head trauma, one appears to have lost a leg, one is in critical condition.

Haredi Pedophile Rabbi Yosef Kolko Asks Court To Withdraw Guilty Plea

Rabbi Yosef Kolko pleaded guilty on May 13 in the middle of his trial. He now says he was pressured by his Lakewood haredi community to enter that guilty plea and wants it withdrawn.

Happy New Year

Tonight is the beginning of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.

The Top 7 Criminals And Bad Boys Of 5773

Who are the top seven criminals and bad boys of 5773? This year's list has a few surprises…

Video: Anthony Weiner Screams At Haredi Voter

New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner further disgraced himself today, this time by screaming at a haredi voter in Borough Park who challenged him.

Homeless In New York On Rosh Hashana

William Rapfogel is an accused thief who stole what could be millions of dollars from the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty. Even so, Rapfogel is well liked in his Lower East Side Orthodox community and may even receive an aliyah (Torah honor) during the High Holidays. He will sleep in his comfortable bed and eat sumptuous holiday food, all at the expense of the poor he stole from. And he will do so while a poor Jewish man sleeps in a subway car and subsists. This is the true face of Orthodox Judaism in New York City.

Hasidic Council Candidate Aims To Bridge Vast Divide Between Hasidim And Almost Everyone Else

At a time when Quebec is plunging into a maelstrom over the place of religion in public life, a 24-year-old hasidic woman  is running for office. She is seeking a borough seat for the opposition Projet Montréal party in Outremont, trying to reach across the divide in a district long marked by tensions between hasidic Jews and their neighbors.

More Sleazy Chabad Rabbi Joseph Gutnik Behavior Exposed

One of Chabad's three official head rabbis in Melbourne and the late Rebbe's hand-picked emissary to protect the geographic integrety of the Land of Israel (i.e., scutlle any peace process), mining magnate and frudster Rabbi Joseph Gutnik – who now lives in Singapore – has been caught in another unethical (and possibly illegal) stock scam.

Fewer Breslov Hasidim Fly To Uman Amid Financial And Leadership Crisis

Many fewer Breslov Hasidim are flying to Uman, Ukraine this year for the hasidic movement’s annual Rosh Hashana pilgrimage to the grave of its founder, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, in part because one of the sect’s main leaders, Rabbi Eliezer Berland, is hiding in plain sight in Morocco, where he is protected against arrest.

D.A. Asks For – And Gets – Another Delay To Respond To Sam Kellner’s Motion To Dismiss

Samuel Kellner allegedly bribed a witness to testify against Lebovits, using them to try to extort money from Lebovits’ family. But it turned out that the Brooklyn D.A.’s star complaining witness against Kellner perjured himself. And, because that complaining witness was also demonstrably a victim of Lebovits, there arguably can be no charges based on his testimony. Therefore, many observers believe the D.A. is simply trying to delay his response until after the primary election, which takes place one week from today, or, if possible, past the general election itself.

Brooklyn D.A.'s Campaign Violated Bar Association Ethics Rules, Opponent Shows

New York State Bar Association: “It Is Ethically Improper For An Assistant District Attorney To Participate In Campaign Activities As Part Of DA’s Reelection Campaign." …"This Partisan Political Activity Would Undermine The Assistant District Attorney's Ability To Exercise Professional Discretion In An Impartial, Nonpartisan Manner.”

D.A.'s Campaign Releases Yiddish Ad Touting Hynes As Haredi Criminals' Savior

Pictured: The Munkatcher Rebbe, the haredi go-to person to prevent Jews from being sentenced to prison or to get them out if already sentenced, with Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes. The text of the ad reads, "When a Jew is arrested, to whom do you go [for help]? [Text on the picture of the Munkatcher Rebbe:] To Jewish leaders who act on behalf of the Jewish community. [Text on Hynes' picture:] He helped us, he helps us, and he will help us some more. {Text at bottom:] Vote for Charles Hynes for District Attorney, strong-fair, 6 Tishrei, Tuesday Sept. 10.

Shin Bet Asked NYPD To Investigate Death Threats Against Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Made By Kahane Group

At Israel's request, the NYPD reportedly investigated Kahane Chai, an offshoot of both the Jewish Defense League and the banned-in-Israel Kach Party, for death threats made against controversial former Chabad rabbi and gadfly Shmuley Boteach.

Israel Orders Science Textbook Publishers To Remove Human Reproduction Information From Some Zionist Orthodox School Textbooks

Publishers of Israeli science textbooks have been reportedly ordered by the government to remove content related to human reproduction and contraception in books used by students under the age of 15.

Breslov Hasidim Busted After Rioting On Flight To Uman

Several Breslov hasidim on their way to Rabbi Nachman of Breslov’s grave in Uman, Ukraine for Rosh hashana (the Jewish New Year, which starts Wednesday night) were arrested in Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport for rioting after their flight was delayed. 50 Others arrested on suspicion of various other crimes.

Munkatcher Rebbe And Mayoral Candidate Bill Thompson Discuss Dangerous Haredi Circumcision Practice

Haredi leaders, including the Munkatcher Rebbe, vehemently oppose this informed consent requirement – not because they think it is too weak, but because they do not think it should exist at all. The Munkatcher Rebbe and other haredi rabbinic leaders argue that MBP is not harmful to babies – despite copious scientific evidence and historical proof to the contrary.

Jordan Opposes Bennett Prayer Platform At Robinson’s Arch

The construction of the platform "is a blatant attack on the Muslim monuments and Waqf (Islamic trust) land which is an integral part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, [which sits on the Temple Mount]” Jordan’s Minister for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani reportedly told the Petra news agency.

How Chabad Theology Is Sometimes Used To Scam Followers

"My dear [dead] Rebbe, I am asking for brochas to find parnosa and if a sale of our home is the solution that is chosen please assist in making it a successful one. If you can intervene and provide a miracle that brings about a windfall financial gain in another form that will allow us to hold on to our home I will share this windfall with the community (minimum 20% Tzedeka) and take it upon myself to become more observant in additional mitzvot."

Chabad Of Eastern Massachusetts Applies For Medical Marijuana Dispensary License

There's going to be some special kugel and brownies at the Chabad House kiddush…

The Hidden History Of Zionist Orthodoxy

"Perhaps Religious Zionists can learn new lessons from the movement’s founders. While Rabbi [Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen] Kook and his son Zvi Yehuda loom large in the messianic component of the movement, the future of the Zionist Orthodox] [Ha]Bayit {Ha]Yehudi [Party] might possibly reside in the [largely forgotton] rabbis who preceded Rav Kook."

Brooklyn D.A. Charles J. Hynes To Get Satmar Aharonite Faction Bloc Votes

Politicker's editor Colin Campbell is reporting that the Aharonite faction of Satmar has finally decided to give its bloc votes to Brooklyn D.A. Charles J. Hynes. What the additional price for this support is, besides previously reported deals for haredi child sex abusers, is still unclear.

Video: Modern Orthodox Rabbi Says Using Chickens For Kapparot Violates 4 Torah Commandments

Rabbi Yonah Bookstein, an Orthodox Rabbi in Los Angeles, pleads with the Jewish community to stop using chickens for the kapparot ritual. He says using chickens for kapparot violates four different Torah laws: tzaar ba'alei hayyim, creating nevailah, ba'al tashchit, and dina d'malchuta dina.

Female Kabbalist "Removes" Evil Eye, Fears – For A Price

Haredi Rebbetzin Aidel Miller, who casts off sins and the evil eye – but only if you pay her – is back, this time in England.

Brooklyn D.A. Allegedly Lets Case Against Accused Mafioso Languish

Joseph Lanni is an accused Gambino family Mafioso who was indicted more than three years ago in a large gambling ring case. But he hasn't been prosecuted even though his co-conspirators for the most part have been. Why? One reason might be that Joseph Lanni is the brother of Anthony Lanni, the husband of the sister of D.A. Charles J. Hynes' director of legal hiring, A.D.A. Susan Quirk. Susan Quirk is the daughter of Hynes' chief financial backer and campaign chief, Dennis Quirk – who heads the court officers union and runs lots of city parking lots, ice rinks and concession stands through what many call sweetheart contracts with the city. Is Brooklyn's scandal-plagued District Attorney Charles J. Hynes all mobbed up?

Ashkenazi Haredi Chief Rabbi Calls For Careful Treatment Of Kapparot Chickens, Haredim Reportedly Ignore Him

Across the world, haredi kapparot vendors have been caught abusing chickens, including leaving them for days unfed and unwatered in tiny cages unprotected from the hot sun and throwing away their carcasses after slaughter rather than giving the slaughtered chickens to the poor, as the ritual should normally require. Jews who perform the ritual often mishandle the live birds, as well, holding them incorrectly and swinging them wildly over their heads.

Israel: Jewish Identity To Be Determined By New Body Made Up Of Orthodox, Secular And Liberal Jewish Groups

During the weekly cabinet meeting yesterday, Finance Minister Yair Lapid reportedly argued that representatives of non-Orthodox streams should be part of that new body – and the cabinet agreed.

Women of the Wall's Selichot Service Not Disrupted By Haredim

Women of the Wall's selichot service, held last night at the Kotel (Western Wall) was not disrupted by haredim.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Hospitalized In Intensive Care

Sefardi haredi supreme leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital again tonight after his condition deteriorated.

Ex-Orthodox Transsexual Woman Standing For Australian Federal Parliament

Melissa Starr is running for Australia's parliament on the the Sex Party ticket. She's Jewish, a former BT – and a transsexual.

6 Questions On The Kotel Naftali Bennett Failed To Answer

A senior aide to Naftali Bennett, Israel's Minister of Economy, Trade, Religious Affairs and Disapora Relations, sent me a letter last week that Bennett wrote about his unilateral Kotel (Western Wall) "compromise" with the intent that I post it. I responded by asking Bennett 6 questions regarding it and regarding the official ministry-made video he had released earlier last week. Neither Bennett or his aide responded. What follows are my questions, Bennett's deceptive letter, and a link to the video he released.

Hasidim Illegally Sound Air Raid Sirens To Announce Sabbath, City Does Nothing To Stop Them, Despite Complaints

The Satmar hasidic group illegally sounds air raid sirens every Friday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to announce the coming Sabbath. And, despite complaints from neighborhood residents, neither the NYPD, the Brooklyn D.A., or the city has stopped Satmar forom doing it.

'Justice' In Israel

A secular Israeli family purchased a 2-night Passover vacation package in a hotel in Tiberias has through an Israeli travel agency. The family asked the agency if the hotel was being used as a haredi Passover vacation spot and the agency insisted that it was not – but it lied. And what happened next is a good illustration of the pathetic state of justice in Israel.