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Haredi Leader Who Said All Things Being Equal Haredim Should Really Murder Government Leaders Now Sees No Rational Reason Why Government Leaders "Hate" Haredim

Non-hasidic Ashkenazi haredi supreme leader Rabbi Aaron Yehuda Leib Steinman has decided that purported increased hatred of haredim by non-haredi Jews and especially the Government of Israel is caused by a decree from God, and no amount of lobbying the government or advocacy by haredim will change it

Haredi Rebel Faction Demands Right To Appoint Haredi “Supervisors” To Monitor IDF Induction Centers

The faction wants IDF inductions centers to be completely free of all female personnel and it also also wants to have its own supervisor at each IDF induction center to make sure the IDF does not try to convince haredi yeshiva students to agree to serve in the IDF by talking to them, offering tours of bases, or through giving yeshiva students brochures or having them watch videos about army life.

Haredi Man Allegedly Steals $50,000 From Haredi Yeshiva In Stolen Check Scheme

Yehuda Rubin, a haredi man from Staten Island, allegedly cashed more than $50,000 of checks stolen from the Yeshiva of Staten Island. When police arrested him last week, Rubin allegedly had marijuana, Oxycodone, Xanax and Adderall in his possession.

Child Porn Arrests

The widely reported arrests of 70 or 71 people in a child porn sting are actually arrests that have taken place over the past several months. So who is the rabbi in today's headlines?

Haredi MK Attacks Economy Minister Over Daycare Subsidies Being Tied To Workforce Participation

Haredi Member of Knesset Rabbi Uri Maklev of the Ashkenazi haredi United Torah Judaism Party lashed out at Israel’s Economy Ministry for, Maklev claimed, discriminating against haredi families by deciding to require male heads of households to work at least 10 hours per week in order for the family to qualify for childcare subsidies.

2-Year-Old Falls Out Of 6th Floor Window In Crown Heights

Hatzalah reportedly rushed to the scene but could not find the child. When they finally realized where he had fallen to, Hatzolah volunteer first responders had to climb down a ladder from another balcony to reach him.

2 Haredi Soldiers Kicked Out Of Unit After Illegal Pro-Settler Protest

Two haredi Nahal Brigade combat soldiers were dismissed from their combat duties and kicked out of the haredi unit after they launched a Facebook protest in violation of IDF regulations against the evacuation of illegal Jewish settlement outposts in the West Bank. The pair will now be required to serve a full three years in the army, rather than the less than one-and-a-half years of active duty Nahal Haredi soldiers serve.

Video: Missing Millionaire Guma Aguiar's Wife, Mother Battle In Court Over His Fortune

Guma Aguiar, the troubled millionaire who gave generously to Chabad and Zionist Orthodox causes, primarily in Israel and in south Florida, disappeared at sea in the summer of 2012 in what many saw as a suicide or accident  – but others see as an attempt to escape a troubled marriage by faking his death. Now Aguiar's wife and mother are in court, fighting over approximately $100 million. But did Guma, who had a history of both mental illness and brilliant business decisions, use Jewish religious charities to launder money, hide it from his wife and then fake his own death?

Four Arrested For Racist Beating Of Arab Purse Salesman In Jerusalem

A Jewish man and three Jewish teenage boys have been arrested for conspiracy to commit a racist crime and assault against an Arab purse salesman in Mea Shearim.

Rabbi Natan Slifkin's Very Disingenuous Explanation

In a new post today, Rabbi Natan Slifkin tries to explain why he deleted posts about Rabbi Nissan Kaplan, a haredi rabbi from the largest haredi yeshiva in the world, Mir in Jerusalem, who said that haredi leader Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman said that government leaders should really be killed. "We" [haredim] would take up knives to do so except, Steinman allegedly said, I don't know who the haredi "general" in this war against the modern day "Syrain-Greeks" [Zionists like Finance Minister Yair Lapid] would be. If I knew who that general was, Steinman allegedly said, we'd go out and murder them right now.

52% Of Secular Israelis Fear Walking Through Haredi Neighborhoods, Poll Finds

52% of Israel’s secular community are afraid they will be physically or verbally attacked if they walk through haredi areas of the country.

Little Son Of Murdered Satmar Slumlord Robbed At Knifepoint In Williamsburg

The 11-year-old son of murdered Satmar slumlord Menachem “Max” Stark was robbed at knifepoint last night in Brooklyn as onlookers screamed in fear and horror.

Israel Keeps Out Swedish Tourist Simply Because She’s Black And Of African Origin

“The [Border Authority] was apparently relating to one fact that isn’t typical of Swedish citizens – that the appellant is of Eritrean origin. It’s inconceivable that the respondent would discriminate against citizens of the same country solely because of their origin.…It’s hard to understand the logic of the respondents, who apparently thought the appellant would choose to exchange her Swedish citizenship with all its attendant economic benefits for a status of no status in Israel."

Video: Hasidim Burn Giant Stars Of David In Lag Ba'omer Bonfire

Students of Yeshiva Toras Chessed in London, England – many of them Satmar hasidim – burned large Stars of David in a special Lag Ba'Omer bonfire earlier this week.

Haredi MKs Disgusted By Non-Jewish Israeli Athletes Euroleague Win

Haredi members of Knesset attacked Israelis’ purported lack of Jewish values after much of the country celebrated the upset victory by Maccabi Tel Avi in the Euroleague basketball championships Sunday night.

Video: Haredi Rabbi Burns iPhones, Tablet Computers In Lag Ba'Omer Bonfire As A "Korban"

A haredi rabbi burned iPhones and tablet computers in a Lag Ba'Omer bonfire as a cheering haredi crowd watched.

Haredi Attacks On IDF Soldiers Worsen

IDF officials have reportedly issued an order permitting haredi IDF soldiers who live in Beit Shemesh to travel to and from their homes in civilian clothing. The order was issued several months ago but only made public this week. The order was issued due to the large number of physical and verbal attacks against these haredi soldiers by haredi thugs in Beit Shemesh, and the inability – or unwillingness – of Beit Shemesh police and the town’s haredi mayor to do anything to stop them.

HMO In Beit Shemesh Publishes Picture Of Every Doctor On Staff – Except For Its Only Female Doctor – In Order To Appease Haredim

Reform Rabbi Uri Regev, an attorney who heads Hiddush, a nonprofit that fights for freedom of and from religion in Israel, called for Health Minister Yael German to "issue regulations which will impose deterring fines on HMOs and other health institutions over the exclusion of women. It's time to make it clear to the HMOs that there is price for surrender, and it will be a painful one," Regev reportedly said.

Jewish Settlers Take Over Palestinian Orchard, Burn Palestinian Flags, Assault Ha'aretz Photographer As Army And Police Do Nothing To Stop Them

West Bank Jewish settlers in Hebron celebrated Lag Ba'Omer Saturday night with a giant bonfire indicative, many would say, of their thuggish behavior and their racism – they illegally set up their huge bonfire in an olive grove belonging to local Arabs and loudly partied and danced there while burning Palestinian flags as police and IDF soldiers did nothing to stop them.

Stay Away From Bar Yochai’s Grave On Lag Ba’Omer, Senior Sefardi Haredi Rabbi Says In Disgust

“They reported that a half million people arrived in Meron on Lag B’Omer [Saturday night]. Believe me this is not a mitzvat assei [positive religious commandment] and I have gone through Chumash [the Five Books of Moses] hundreds of times. I do not know where this originates, this [purported] mitzvah assei [to go to Meron on Lag Ba'Omer]…"

Video: Hundreds Of Haredim Burn Finance Minister In Effigy In Lag Ba'Omer Bonfire

Hundreds of haredim burned a large effigy of Finance Minister Yair Lapid in a Lag Ba'Omer bonfire in Tiberias near the Sea of Galilee today, causing widespread condemnation and anger among non-haredi Israelis. Here is video:

‘Ancient’ Holiday Of Lag BaOmer Is A Medieval Fabrication

Take a bizarre plague no one had ever heard of until hundreds of years after it allegedly happened, a yartzeit that no one knew or celebrated until about 1,350 years after the person's death actually took place, and a notorious rabbinic forgery. Combine them and you get Lag Ba’Omer, where giant bonfires celebrate the book Bar Yochai did not write as hundreds of thousands of Jews pray at a grave Bar Yochai almost certainly does not occupy.

Non-Orthodox Sefardim, Secular And Traditional Jews Flock To ‘Miracle Working’ Kabbalists For Advice, Blessings, New Study Finds

"In nominal numbers, we are talking about 386,750 secular and traditional Jews who regularly visit rabbis' homes and ask for their advice." But that advice comes at a large financial cost to the seekers and enriches the rabbis – many of whom are charlatans and crooks.

Camp Dora Golding Child Sex Abuse Scandal: Camp, Alex Gold, Chisdai Ben Porat, Respond To Civil Suit

As first reported by FailedMessiah.com in February, an alleged victim of child sex abuse at Camp Dora Golding is suing the camp, its owner-director Alex Gold, and the alleged molester, Chisdai Ben Porat, who is currently in prison on child sex abuse charges. Here are the camp's, Gold's, and Ben Porat's responses to the lawsuit.

Brooklyn DA Gives Hasid Who Had Sex With A 13-Year-Old Boy A 60 Day Jail Sentence

What happened with the sweetheart plea deal given to Rabbi Baruch Lebovits today? In part the deal was given because of another sweetheart plea deal handed out earlier this week by a new Brooklyn DA many anti-abuse activists now consider to be corrupt.

Rabbi Boruch Lebovits Pleads Guilty

Rabbi Boruch Lebovits pleaded guilty today to a child sex abuse related charge but got a sweetheart plea deal and sentence.

Haredi Rabbi Who Said Haredi Leader Wanted To Kill Government Leaders Now Accuses Listeners Of Lying

Rabbi Nissan Kaplan teaches in the largest haredi yeshiva in the world, the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He recently told a class that haredi leader Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman wanted to kill Israeli government leaders like the Macabbees killed the Syrian-Greeks and their sympathizers, but didn't do so because "I don't know yet who is the general who could run the war. But if I would know who's the general, we'd go out with knives.…" Now Kaplan is denying that he told that story about Rabbi Steinman – even though hundreds of people worldwide heard him on tape – and is accusing listeners of lying about what he said.

State-Funded Haredi Kotel Rabbi Apologizes For Zoo Tour On Holocaust Memorial Day

One day after Israel’s Channel 10 News reported that the haredi state-funded Rabbi of the Western Wall and other Holy Sites Shmuel Rabinowitz received a private tour for himself and his extended family at a zoo on Holocaust Memorial Day, Channel 10 reported that Rabinowitz and his family had made the private and arguably illegal zoo outing a yearly event.

Australian Justice Allows Chabad Pedophile To Escape Punishment Because Prosecution Undercharged Him

Explaining his decision to acquit [Daniel "Gug"] Hayman, Magistrate David Williams cited a legal "absurdity" whereby he was bound to retrospectively apply an old law in place at the time of the incident. It ruled if there was any possibility the incident constituted the more serious crime of indecent assault, the accused must be acquitted of the less serious charge of committing an indecent act. "It is an oddity of the law, putting it in the mildest of terms," Mr Williams said.

Rabbi Mendel Epstein's Son And Founder Of Lakewood Shomrim Both Arrested For Get Extortion, Kidnapping

David Aryeh Epstein, 39, and Chaim Baruch Rubin (identified as “R” in a post earlier today on FailedMessiah.com), 32, allegedly forced a recalcitrant husband to grant his wife a get (Jewish religious divorce) by beating him and shocking him with a stun gun on his fingers and genitals.

Senior Zionist Orthodox Rabbi: It Is Forbidden To Rent Apartments To Lesbian Couples

Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, a senior Zionist Orthodox rabbinic leader who is also the state employed chief rabbi of Ramat Gan, issued a ruling earlier this week forbidding Jews to rent apartments to lesbians couples.

Satmar Newspaper Blots Out Woman In Picture Of President Obama And Satmar Leaders

Der Blatt, the Yiddish-language newspaper controlled by the Aharonite Satmar faction, blots out the image of a woman in a photo of President Obama talking to Satmar leaders, including the mayor of Kiryas Joel.

Another Arrest In Get Extortion Case

FailedMessiah.com has been told that there has been another arrest related to the Rabbi David Wax get extortion case.

Top Haredi Rabbinic Leader: We Should Really Murder Government Leaders

"…Rav Steinman spoke that lemayseh [in actuality], we have today Haman and Amalek, all this [Israeli] government, and really the way is to take knives and to kill them, just as with the Yevanim [Greeks at the time of Hanukkah more than 2,000 years ago]. This is what Rav Steinman said. You have to take a sword and to kill them. So why are we not doing it? Because, he said, I don't know yet who is the [suitable replacement] general who could run the war. But if I would know who's the general, we'd go out with knives.…"

Beit Din Orders Manager Of Girls Seminary To Stay Away From The School, Move Out Of Jerusalem

Aaron Ramati, the manager of Midrashah Be’er Miriam, which is located on Shaul HaMelech Street in the Sanhedria neighborhood of Jerusalem, was given 30 days clear out of the city.

Scandal: Haredi Kotel Rabbi Holds Outing With Family At Zoo – On Holocaust Remembrance Day

The haredi state-appointed and funded Chief Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites Shmuel Rabinowitz (also spelled Rabinovitch) took his family on an outing to the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The zoo, which is closed on Yom HaShoah, was opened specifically for Rabinowitz and his family to enjoy.

Video: Breslov Hasidim Burn Israeli Flag In Uman

Breslov hasidim burn an Israeli flag and sing at the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine.

Fear Of New Satmar Village Prompts Non-Hasidic Locals To Try To Save Their School Board

Fear that a large number of Satmar hasidim will move into Bloomingburg and use their bloc vote to take over the Pine Bush school board has prompted a proposal to divide the school district into geographic zones with each zone electing its own member of the Board of Education.

Defense Minister Promises Hasidic Rebbe No Haredi Yeshiva Students Will Be Forced To Serve In The IDF

Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon  – who has aspirations for higher office –  visited the Belzer Rebbe Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach Monday and assured Rokeach that no haredi yeshiva students would be drafted against their will. The meeting, which lasted about one hour, was held at Ya’alon’s request, not Rokeach's.

Leading Zionist Orthodox Rabbis Attack Catholic Church, Christianity, Ahead Of Papal Visit

“[We should] tell the youth in Israel that Christianity has changed its character? This is an inexcusable injustice. Christianity has been hostile to Jews forever. Millions of Jews were slaughtered by Christians and one cannot say the attitude has changed. Merely 65 years ago the pope opposed the creation of the state because they claim Christianity replaces Judaism and the State of Israel contradicts the Christian faith."

“Smelly Americans!” “Americans Out!” Star of Davids With Swastikas Deface Conservative Synagogue In Jerusalem, Government Does Nothing In Response

The Conservative Movement's Moreshet Yisrael Synagogue in Jerusalem was defaced Monday morning by unknown vandals who painted Stars of David with swastikas in their centers on a welcome sign. In a previous incident several days ago, the synagogue was defaced with graffiti reading "Smelly Americans!" and "Americans Out!"

Haredi Lev Tahor Cult Stopped From Fleeing To Rural Guatemala By Quebec Warrants

Attempts by the haredi Lev Tahor cult to flee Canada for Guatemala have been temporarily halted because the Canadian Province of Quebec’s child welfare agency still has outstanding warrants for all 129 Lev Tahor children.

Another Australian Chabad Pedophile Pleads Guilty

Daniel "Gug" Hayman has just pleaded guilty to one charge of aggravated indecent assault by a person of authority. This refers to the time Mr Hayman was a volunteer at Camp Gan Israel, which has been run by Sydney's [Chabad] Yeshiva Centre.

Haredi MK Up In Arms Over Mens Mikva Cost Increase

Member of Knesset Rabbi Moshe Gafni from the haredi United Torah Judaism Party is furious that the Ministry of Religious Services has allowed the cost of using state-funded mikvas (ritual baths) to continue to increase.

Far Rockaway Haredi Rabbi, Others Charged With Stealing Money Meant For Disabled Preschoolers

Ira Kurman, Rabbi Samuel Hiller, Roy Hoffmann and Daniel Laniado – all Orthodox Jews – allegedly stole millions of taxpayer dollars meant for special needs children. Hiller is the dean of Bnos Bais Yaakov.

Orthodox Rabbi Warns Men To Keep Their Wives Away From Lesbian Dance Teacher

A Jerusalem rabbi affiliated with right wing political causes has been ordered by the Jerusalem District Court to pay a local dance teacher over $17,000 dollars after he publicly outed her as a lesbian and warned local men to keep their wives and daughters away from her.

Haredi Rabbi And Son Allegedly Ran $5 Million Ponzi Scheme

"The plaintiff's money was in fact never used to invest in real estate. Instead the defendants deposited the money into private bank accounts, which they then used for their own personal gain."

Skvere Hasidic Yeshiva Bans – Plastic Framed Eyeglasses

Another hasidic yeshiva, this one in New Square, has banned plastic framed eyeglasses.

Israeli Hasid Arrested For Allegedly Selling Military Equipment, Including Spare Parts For Fighter Jets, To Iran

Eli Cohen, an Israeli hasidic arms dealer described as a pillar of his hasidic community was arrested Monday at Ben Gurion International Airport as he tried to flee the country to escape arrest and extradition to the US where he has been charged with selling arms to Iran.

Chabad Real Estate Developer Claims To Be Broke, Says Owes More Than $50 Million In Court Judgements

Chabad real estate developer Jeshayahu “Shaya” Boymelgreen is facing a $1.2 million judgment in a lawsuit connected to his River Lofts condominium in Tribeca. But this is the least of Boymelgreen’s problems. According to an affidavit filed by Boymelgreen with a New York State court, he already has $50 million in other unpaid court judgments against him.