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To Stop Children From Getting Cancer Or Going OTD, Pray Clothing Manufacturers Repent, Haredi Ad Says

A haredi newspaper ad in Lakewood, New Jersey asks haredim to pray that clothing manufacturers repent and only produce "modest" clothing, in the hope that causing this to happen will stop "all sicknesses including…cancer… and children who go off the Derech [i.e., who become non-Orthodox]."

Mishpacha Magazine Censors Out Women From Haredi Ad

Mishpacha Magazine, the allegedly moderate haredi publication, has censored out two women from a Partners in Torah ad.

Jennifer Lawrence Hunger Games Movie Posters Censored Over Fears Of Haredi Vandalism, Violence

Posters advertising the opening of the new Hunger Games film starring Jennifer Lawrence are posted throughout Israel, and the posters all feature Lawrence’s photo – except for for the ones posted in Jerusalem and in the haredi city of Bnei Brak. In those cities, Lawrence has been photshopped out.

How Many Modesty And Technology Bans Does New Square Enforce? More Than You Can Count On All Your Fingers And Many Of Your Toes

How many bans does the Skvere hasidic village of New Square, New York enforce? More than you can easily count, and far more than you would ever likely willingly agree to live under.

Haredi Women’s Political Party To Post Until-Now-Forbidden Breast Cancer Awareness Ads In Haredi Areas Across Israel

"They simply don't talk about the disease because it's allegedly immodest. It's incomprehensible that the [haredi rabbis'] modesty consideration exceeds the [haredi rabbis'] consideration for saving lives” – but it does.

Haredi Modesty Sheet For 1st Grade Girls Says Sleeves Cannot Be Tight Enough To Show The Shape Of Their Arms

Bais Yaakov of 18th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, a haredi girls school, sent the following modesty sheet home with girls as young as first grade Friday. It tells the girls that sleeves that cover the elbow but which are tight enough to show the shape of the arm (!) are against halakha (Orthodox Jewish law), and make other similar assertions most haredi rabbis would have found laughable 75 years ago. It also adds a new humrah (stringency): it's better for righteous women and girls to wear sleeves which cover their entire forearms. 

Video: Inside The Haredi "Taliban" Burka Cult

A Ynet reporter, Ariella Sternbach (right), got inside the haredi women's burka cult and was able to film some of the members at home an din prayer groups. Here's the video.

Haredi Girls School Caught With Apparently Illegal Modesty And Conduct Code For Parents And Students

"Denim or other clothing made from similarly 'trendy' fabrics e.g. leather and lyrca are related to the casual, free, way of life of non-Jews and as such are not permitted."

Picture Of The Day: Breslov Hasid On Way To Uman Covers Eyes With Blindfold To Avoid Seeing "Immodest" Women

On the way to Uman, Ukraine to spend Rosh Hashana at the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, hasidim use a blindfold and a tallit to cover their eyes to avoid seeing "immodestly" dressed women.

Haredi Magazine Publishes Pre-WW2 Shtetl Photos, But Blots Out Faces And Necks Of Women

The Monsey, New York haredi publication The View published a series of photos taken in European shtetls before the Holocaust, and it blurred out the faces and necks (even from behind) of all the women and girls in the photos.

Children's Clothing Store Gets Warning Note After Its Ad Features Non-Jewish Clothing

The store owner is warned that s/he is "[acting in a way that causes] Jewish children in the neighborhood to stumble."

Haredim Launch Campaign To Remove Woman's Photo From Coffee Jars

Haredim want this photo of a woman removed from a major coffee label's jar, and there's now a campaign to call the company's 800 number and complain about the 'immodest' packaging of it product.

Haredim Issue Ban On Non-Kosher…Taxis

The Ashkenazi haredi Va’ad HaRabbonim for the Purity of the Camp (i.e., the Israeli Ashkenazi haredi national modesty squad linked to the Ashkenazi haredi United Torah Judaism Party) has issued a new ban – on non-kosher taxis.

New Hasidic Ban On…Monkey Bars

Monsey-area hasidim have issued a ban on the venerable piece of playground equipment known to generations of kids as monkey bars. The reason for the ban? Monkey bars, these hasidim claim, are immodest.

Haredi Man Arrested For Allegedly Spitting On 15-Year-Old Pants-Wearing Girl

The girl was walking with her family when she was allegedly accosted by Yosef Chaim Jabali adjacent to a health clinic on Strauss Street and spit on.

Resort Rabbi Publishes Modesty Rules For Visiting Haredim, Bans All Females No Matter What Age From Riding Bikes

But don't feel too bad. Married yeshiva students are also forbidden to ride those 'immodest' bikes, the rabbi ruled.

Report: Excluded, For God's Sake: Gender Segregation And The Exclusion Of Women In The Public Sphere In Israel

The Israel Religious Action Center (an arm of the Reform Movement) has been a leading force in trying to obtain religious pluralism and gender equality in Israel. It has just released a new report, "Excluded, for God's Sake: Gender Segregation and the Exclusion of Women in the Public Sphere in Israel," that details the various types of haredi discrimination against women on planes, in buses, on public sidewalks and in other public venues and explains what is and what should be done about it. Here's the report:

Haredi Man Refuses To Sit Next To Woman On Plane, Causing Outrage

"I should not have to move because someone has a problem with my uterus."

Picture Of The Day: Satmar Hasidim At The Old Swimming Hole

You can't make this stuff up, people.

Top London Haredi Rabbis Fundraise For Haredi Cult That Allegedly Sexually, Physically And Emotionally Abuses Children

Who is raising money for the allegedly abusive haredi Lev Tahor cult? London's top haredi rabbis, that's who.

Video: In Sweltering Heat, Haredi Woman In Beit Shemesh Wore Layers Of Woolen Black Robes, Veil

In temperatures approaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit, a haredi woman in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh last weel wore layers of black wool robes and a veil – and makes her small children do so, as well.

Haredi Modesty Squad Mashgiach Bans Ad Showing 2-Year-Old Girl’s Clothed Ankles And Feet

Two local haredi newspapers in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh refused to publish an ad for a stocking shop that showed the shod feet and clothed ankles and shins of a two-year-old girl.

Williamsburg Rabbis Ban Chol HaMoed Plays Due To 'Immodesty' And Women

Rabbis of the Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based Hisachdus rabbinic organization, which is dominated by Satmar, have banned Chol HaMoed plays due the 'immodesty' that would otherwise be caused when women go out in public to see them.

Ladies, Measure Your Skirt Length!

Ladies, it's time to measure your skirt length to make sure it is long enough and covers enough of your flesh. Here's a how-to instruction guide slash measurement card from a Lakewood, New Jersey haredi modesty organization to help you do it.

When Being Frum And "Tzniusdig" Isn't Enough For A Haredi Girls School

A haredi mother writes to Binah Magazine to complain that her oldest daughter's school has labeled her "tzniusdig" (modest) religious daughter a renegade because her daughter wants to have a career the school's leaders do not approve of. That career?

Agudath Israel Blurs Out Women In Flyer Advertising Event To Honor Woman Who Founded Haredi Girls Schools

Agudath Israel of America is sponsoring an event for women commemorating the life of Sarah Schenirer, the woman who founded the Bais Yaakov haredi school system for girls in 1917 – the first of its kind in the world. But in a fit of tzniut (haredi modesty) that would have been unthinkable in Schenirer's day, Agudah blurred out the women and girls in the historical photographs used in the event's flyer, and there is no portrait photograph of Schenirer in the flyer, even though several exist.

Government, City Of Beit Shemesh Put Up Modesty Fence To Wall Off “Immodest” Little Children In Playground And Protect Haredim From Temptation

The sight of children in a public playground is too “immodest” for haredi eyes to see. So haredim covered the playground walkways with tar, removed benches (so men and women would not be able to sit next to each other), and destroyed equipment. In response, the playground was shut down by the city. No arrests were made. Instead, a privacy fence was erected to shield the haredim from seeing the "immodest" children.

Moderate Beit Shemesh Haredim Claim Modesty Squad Extorting Them, Report Says

"Clear threats are made against newspaper owners. They say that whoever won't obey them will be personally persecuted, and so will his business," one of the residents says. "This is a continuation of the Iranization of Beit Shemesh, not to mention ISISiazation."

Haredi Modesty Squad Bans Name "Bed And Breakfast"

The new directives bans images of beds, women's clothing and mention of the words "pregnancy," "birth," "cantorial and Hasidic music" (even for men-only events) and "bed-and-breakfasts." Other topics on the ban list of the Committee for the Purity of the Camp blacklist include marital counseling, driver's ed for women and activities such as judo and boxing.

Haredim Censor 'Immodest' Cereal Boxes In Lakewood, NJ Grocery Store

Lakewood haredim use duct tape to censor 'immodest' cereal boxes in local grocery store.

Hasidim Use Modesty Shields On Flight To Israel

On a flight to Israel, the Bobov hasidic sect gives its group's members 'modesty signs' to tape over their TV screens to shield them from 'immodest' content.

Women Shouldn't Talk Loudly Or Laugh In Public, Satmar Rebbe Says

“If a woman must go on the street, she should walk quickly and not stroll…not talk loudly, not laugh,” Teitelbaum said, and if she walks with her husband and there's contact [talking] with each other, its a "disgusting" act. Similarly, if she  meets a female friend and she talks to her on the street while her husband is there with them, it's a "disgusting act.” A couple "pushing a baby carriage together is disgusting,” as well, he said.

 

New Square Modesty Rules Order Gender-Segregated Sidewalks

The beit din (religious court) of Skvere hasidim released a letter detailing modesty rules hasidim must follow. Among those rules is the order that men and women have to walk on gender-segregated sidewalks, women on one side of the street (or a wholly different street), men on the other.

Haredim Refuse To Sit Between Women On Delta Flight, Cause Delay

Again. Another international flight, this one Delta Flight #468 flying on December 20 from New York’s JFK airport to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, was delayed when haredi men refused to sit between women.

Haredi Thug Who Allegedly Robbed Newspaper Vendor Arrested In Beit Shemesh, Rest Of Haredi Gang Still At Large

A haredi man allegedly affiliated with the violent haredi Sicarii (zealots) group-cum-street-gang was finally arrested in Beit Shemesh today after evading several previous arrest attempts.

Report: Lev Tahor Haredi Cult Owes $4.4 Million In Back Canadian Taxes

The Canada Revenue Agency, Canada’s equivalent of the US Internal Revenue Service, has put a $4.4 million lien on properties owned by the haredi Lev Tahor cult in Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec after the cult fled Canada for Guatemala earlier this year.

Kiryas Joel Journal Blots Out Faces Of 'Evil' Non-Jewish Cops

The photo was taken at a press conference and the faces and names of these law enforcement officers are publicly known. But the Satmar hasidic Kiryas Joel Journal, Kiryas Joel's Yiddish-language newspaper, blotted out their faces yesterday, apparently so hasidim should not see their 'evil' non-Jewish faces. (There is a halakha, Jewish law, that forbids gazing at the face of an evil man, and some extreme rabbis apply this to all non-Jews.)

 

Haredi Cult Allegedly Purchased A 14-Year-Old Girl And Married Her To A Cult Member

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly purchased from a matchmaker outside the cult. A newly religious member of the haredi community, she was hired as an au pair by a haredi family in Brooklyn. She was encouraged by that family to marry a man who was part of the Lev Tahor sect and by a matchmaker hired by the sect because there was a shortage of women. The family that encouraged his sister to marry was given $5,000 by the matchmaker to help assure the match. The matchmaker was paid by Lev Tahor. Search warrant information shows that the ‘bride’ was 14-years-old.

Lev Tahor Allegedly Forged Passports, Marriage Licenses

Members of the Lev Tahor haredi cult are believed to have falsified some passports, marriage licences and birth certificates, according to an affidavit filed by Quebec provincial police to obtain a search warrant.

Haredi Cult On National Public Radio

The haredi Lev Tahor cult's current problems are the topic of a new report on National Public Radio:

Haredi Cult Vows To Remain In Guatemala

”We will remain in Guatemala because the seed is fertile and it has to germinate."

Gone But Not Forgotten: Haredi Cult Expelled From Small Guatemalan Town

After fleeing Canada amid allegations of child abuse, about 230 members of the ultraorthodox Jewish group Lev Tahor have now been expelled from the Guatemalan village where they had reassembled their reclusive community.

Video: Rural Guatemala Village Expels Haredi Cults

When the Lev Tahor haredi cult fled Canada for Guatemala this summer, it joined up with another small haredi cult already established in rural Guatemala – Toiras Chesed. Now the small Guatemalan town where these haredi cults sought refuge from child abuse laws and other government regulations is evicting them. Here's why.

Guatemalan Town Allegedly Expels Haredi Cult

The council of the city fathers of San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala reportedly decided to evict the haredi Toras Hesed cult after finding the cult to be a a risk to the local population.

Except For 6 Families, Haredi Lev Tahor Cult Relocated To Rural Guatemala

Of the nearly 200 members of the sect, a half-dozen families remain in Chatham, Ont., where the group has been based since November 2013. The members left in Canada include some of those who have been involved in a custody dispute with the region's children's services.

Haredi "Carnivals Alert!"

Carnivals staged by local Monsey haredi charities to raise money are immodest, a haredi letter-writer says, because they allow children above the age of three of different genders to stand next to each other while playing carnival games. Monsey needs to have carnivals with separate hours for each gender, the letter-writer insists.

Cop Shoots Haredi Burka Cult Woman At Kotel

There was a security alert in place last night at the Kotel (Western Wall), and police were on edge. Yeshiva students had been warned to stay indoors rather than mill about the plaza in front of the Kotel or pray there. But the only person shot was a 35-year-old haredi woman dressed in an odd improvised version of a burka.

Jerusalem Haredi Modesty Poster Equates Women Wearing Tight Skirts With Hamas Suicide Bombers

"…A story is told of one of the greatest students of the Hazon Ish, who said: I am more afraid of boarding a bus where an immodestly dressed woman is sitting, than of boarding a bus carrying a terrorist!!! Please! Do not be a terrorist!…"

Haredi Lev Tahor Cult Causing Friction With Locals In Guatemala

“This is a country where people tend to have an idealistic perception of the Jewish people, and then the only Jewish people they actually meet are the members of a bizarre cult,” he said. He advised the country’s Jewish leaders to draw a clear line between their community and Lev Tahor: “I told them it was very important for them, as we did here in Canada, to explain to non-Jews that this is a cult, that these people are not representative of any normative current of Judaism.”

Haredi Cult Didn’t Really "Flee" Canada, Attorney Says

“People are going to get the impression that they’re fleeing Canada or something, which is nonsense. They are here as temporary residents only. They don’t have the right to live in Canada permanently. They are required to leave the country.”