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And Now FailedMessiah.com Readers, A Hillary Clinton Email Mentioning…Us

Many of you may remember when the Satmar-linked Brooklyn Yiddish-language newspaper Der Tzitung photoshopped Hillary Clinton out of the iconic White House situation room photo taken during the Osama Bin Laden assassination. FailedMessiah.com broke that story, which was picked up by a blogger with the Jewish Week, the Jerusalem Post, and hundreds of other newspapers, magazines and TV and raidio networks worldwide. How did Hillary Clinton react to being cut out by Der Tzitung? Now thanks to her email release, we know.

A BBC Documentary On The Rescue Of Ethiopian Jews Lies

A BBC documentary on the rescue of Ethiopian Jews lies, not because the BBC is anti-Semitic or any of the other canards normally thrown at it, but because a former Mossad agent, intentionally or not, has tried to sell the world a story that isn't completely true.

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.

Masked Jewish Defense League Mob Attacks BuzzFeed Reporter With Clubs, Tries To Storm AFP Offices

A mob of right wing Jewish extremists affiliated with the Jewish Defense League, which was founded by the late extremist Rabbi Meir Kahane, attacked and beat a prominent French journalist in Paris.

Poll Asked Americans: Would You Have Hidden Jews During The Holocaust?

1,000 Americans were asked the following question: "Think back to World War II when Jews in Europe were forced into concentration camps and many were killed by the Nazis. If you were living in this time period, would you have risked the possible imprisonment and death of yourself and your family to hide Jews?" But what's surprising about the results isn't the answers – it's how a haredi news website reported them.

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.

Haredi News Blogs Fail To Report Haredi Rabbis' Letter On Reporting Child Sex Abuse

Do top haredi rabbis and their mouthpieces really care about stopping child sex abuse?

Satmar Hasidic Papers Owe Almost $1 Million In Unpaid Printing Bills, Lawsuits Claim

A copy of Der Blatt reportedly costs $3. Last Thursday's edition, which was reportedly jammed with full page ads, was 172 pages long.

Former Owner Of Top Haredi News Website Indicted For Bribery And Extortion

Guy Cohen, the former owner and CEO of the Behadrei Haredim news website, his top deputy Uri Zur, and three companies owned by Cohen have all been charged with blackmail and extortion of top haredi rabbis.

Orthodox Academics Minimize Haredi Censorship And Marginalization Of Women

[Kimmy Caplan] conceded that among some groups there was a new “zealousness” and “stricter demands” relating to gender separation and modesty but insisted that those trends did not manifest themselves in Haredi news coverage…“The question is what you’re looking at. We’re looking at a society comprising dozens of groups. You cannot say as a blanket statement there is a radicalization, you cannot say as a blanket statement that there is no radicalization… the fact that in Haredi homes there is internet and people are going with ‘nonkosher’ cellphones – that’s radicalization? It’s the exact opposite. It’s rebellion.”

Ami, Mishpacha and Binah Magazines Banned By Williamsburg Hasidic Rabbis

A new purported ban on Ami, Mishpacha and Binah magazines signed by many leading hasidic rabbis in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Haredi Journalism: When Darkness Is Light And Light Is Darkness

“On 27 Nissan, a police detective disguised as an Arab shepherd and three Arab shepherds approached [the West Bank Jewish settlement of] Kochav HaShachar in an incident staged to provoke a disturbance. In total, five residents of Kochav HaShachar were detained on suspicion of assaulting the group, despite a lack of evidence implicating them.”

Was The Daily News' Brooklyn Court Reporter Oren Yaniv A Corrupt Tool Of The DA?

While it is fairly common for a journalist to cross over into the realm of public relations, controversy is swirling about soon-to-be former Daily News reporter Oren Yaniv. Yaniv covered the Brooklyn courts and Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson before giving Daily News Editor-in-Chief and President Colin Myler his two-week notice April 24. Yaniv is leaving the Daily News to work for Thompson – a move sources say has been in the works for many months and was hidden from the Daily News' management by both Yaniv and Thompson.

Allegedly Spoofed Story On Evils Of The Internet Widely Circulated In Hasidic Community, Published By Hasidic Papers

An anonymous commentator on the haredi Yiddish-language forum kaveshtiebel.com claims to have tricked Der Yid and Der Blatt, the two major Brooklyn hasidic newspapers, each of which is published by a different Satmar faction. He says he emailed them a fabricated horror story about of the ill-effects of the Internet on Jewish families. The story described a family suffering many problems as a direct result of having the Internet – complete with a kosher filter, and put in their home only after consulting a rabbi and getting his approval – in their home.  The family's problems ended, however, when they removed the Internet-connected computer from their home. But the story is allegedly fake and has a secret message encoded in it for the haredi media.

Right-Wing Israeli Newspaper Owned By Billionaire Casino Magnate Sheldon Adelson Allegedly Gives Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu Right To Scuttle Headlines He Doesn’t Like

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly routinely given Israel HaYom newspaper headlines before publication and is allowed to approve or reject them.

Haredi Man Indicted In Haredi Newspaper Alleged Conspiracy To Extort Businesses

Avraham Trager faces charges of harassment and extortion. He and at least 19 others allegedly harassed and extorted potential advertisers – almost all of them senior executives of large companies and government companies – at all hours of the day and night by telephone and other means to try to force them to advertise in the failing haredi newspaper, which was started two years ago by the Ashkenazi haredi non-hasidic rebel faction headed by Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach.

Enough Of The Massive Haredi-Orthodox Chillul Hashem On Hol HaMoed Outings!

"The following might be painful for some to read. Silence, however, is not an option.. Some may label this op-ed “anti-Charedi” or “typical self-hating Jew drivel” – but it is not. This is not directed at any sect of Orthodox Jews in any way.…"

Haredi Kosher Food And Supervision Mag Runs Article On "Kosher Marijuana"

Need some kosher medicinal herb? Kashrus Magazine has the answer for you.

22 Haredim Arrested In Massive Extortion Scam Meant To Save Failing Haredi PR Organ

Israel Police arrested 21 haredim from Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Ashdod, Yeruham, and Modi'in Illit Tuesday night and a 22nd haredi person Wednesday morning in a massive extortion scam meant to keep the floundering haredi HaPeles newspaper afloat.

AJN Denies Firing Whistleblower Journalist

The Australian Jewish News has denied sacking a senior journalist who helped the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse by supplying a damaging text message from a senior rabbi. But it looks like the paper's editor may have allowed that text message to be forwarded and, despite his protestations, it's hard to see how the removal of a top journalist was anything but directly related to that incident.

Leading Jewish Newspaper Fires Whistleblower Who Exposed Chabad Rabbi’s Duplicity And Intimidation In Massive Child Sex Abuse Scandal

“In my view it’s clear that [Kamien] was effectively dismissed for disclosing to me a vital bit of evidence for submission to the royal commission. Had the text message not been disclosed, Rabbi Kluwgant would probably still have his senior leadership positions and victims and their families would still be accused of exaggerating the intimidation [they have faced and continue to face]. The journalist’s disclosure ensured the truth was told. It vindicated us fully."

Journalist Who Leaked Damning Texts From Chabad Rabbi Reportedly Forced Out Of Job At Australian Jewish Newspaper

The journalist in question took text messages sent by Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant to the AJN's editor Zeddy Lawrence as Waks' father Zephania was testifying and gave them to Manny Waks. The messages attacked Zephania for the damage his testimony was doing to Chabad and called him a "lunatic."

AJN Staff Member Who Allegedly Leaked Damning Text Messages Sent By Chabad Rabbi Has Been Suspended

The Australian Royal Commission investigation Chabad child sex abuse continues to have repercussions. This time, a Jewish newspaper staffer allegedly tried to help an abuse victim show a Chabad rabbi (pictured at right) was lying – and that staffer is now being punished by his newspaper for doing so, despite the fact that the newspaper should have exposed the lies itself but did not do so.

Head Of Chabad Front Group Again Calls To Arm Europe's Jews

Rabbi Menachem Margolin wants European countries to make an exception to gun control laws and allow Jews to arm themselves – a call many actual European Jewish leaders strongly oppose.

Baruch Dayan HaEmet: David Landau

Former Jerusalem Post and Ha'aretz editor David Landau had the broad shouldered physique of an athlete, loved to play football [soccer], was an almost stereo-typed British gentleman except when his hackles rose, and then he could be the exact opposite.  He wore the black kippa of the ultra orthodox and inter alia studied at the Slobodka Yeshiva in Bnei Brak and the Hebron Yeshiva in Jerusalem, yet entertained political views that were far removed from those of the right.

Blame The Victims: Murdered French Cartoonists “Sinned” Against Society, Chabad Rabbi Says

Talk about blaming the victims. A prominent Chabad rabbi in England triggered outrage after he wrote that that the cartoonists at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo who were slaughtered by Islamist fundamentalist terrorists sinned against society.

Editor Of Haredi Paper Defends Removing Female World Leaders From Iconic Paris Unity March Photo

“The eight-year-old can’t see what I don’t want him to see. True, a picture of Angela Merkel should not ruin the child, but if I draw a line, I have to put it there from the bottom all the way to the top.…Including a picture of a woman into something so sacred, as far as we are concerned, it can desecrate the memory of the martyrs and not the other way around.”

Haredi Newspaper Censors Female World Leaders From Iconic Paris Unity March Photo

The Israeli haredi daily HaMevasser photoshopped an iconic photo of yesterday's Paris unity march, removing female world leaders from the photograph.

Jerusalem Post Paints Hasidic Secular Education Advocate Naftuli Moster As A Mosser

“The orthodox community is happy to have a conversation as long as you have the conversation without undermining the existing communal hierarchy, Instead of talking about it with the educators and the big rabbis they have gone outside the system and gone to the courts and tried to force the courts to shove it down the throat of the haredi community and if there's anything that the haredi community protects, it is its educational autonomy.”

Ami Magazine Runs Ad For Group Trying To Reform Haredi Education, Claims Ad Is Mistake

Ami Magazine, the haredi publication that linked President Barack Obama to Nazis and which called bloggers Nazis has now issued an apology for mistakenly publishing an ad for Yaffed, a nonprofit that advocates for New York State and New York City to enforce the law and compel hasidic schools to adequately teach secular subjects.

New Jewish Newspaper Openly Censors Negative Stories About Jewish Leaders, Institutions

"…we do not publish articles or accept adverts that:…Scandalise negative events within the community, or degrade institutions or community figures.…"

Rabbi Steven Pruzansky: Media "Liars;" I Never Called For Collective Punishment Of Arabs

In a bizarre radio interview, Rabbi Steven Pruzansky claims the media are "liars," that "the Geneva Convention doesn't apply anymore," that his call for collective punishment against Israeli Arabs and Palestinians was not collective punishment but instead prevention of terrorism, and similar statements that are equally dishonest. Pruzansky attacked the OU's and Rabbinical Council of America's condemnations of the call for collective punishment and made it very clear that he is completely unrepentant and believes he has done nothing wrong.

Forward Says it Did Not Smear Sam Kellner – Despite Evidence That It Did

Despite its blatantly false and unethical reporting that smeared hasidic child-sex-abuse whistleblower Sam Kellner, the Forward is refusing to admit it did anything wrong.

Melbourne Rabbis Admit – Kind Of – That They Lied About Child Sex Abuse Reportage

"…At the request of the AJN the RCV wishes to clarify a specific part of that media statement which stated that AJN reporter Adam Kamien was advised in no uncertain terms by a senior RCV member that no meeting (asking anyone to stand down) took place. The RCV apologises for any misunderstanding this wording may have caused and hereby clarifies that it was referring to a discussion where a senior RCV official advised Adam Kamien in no uncertain terms that “there was no story” and that the allegations were simply being driven by the agenda of a certain individual.…"

AJN Retracts Story On Controversial Chabad Rabbi

Did leading Australian rabbis ask Rabbi Avrohom Glick to resign from his senior position at Chabad's Yeshivah Centre in Melbourne? The rabbis in question now say that did not do so. The real question, though, is why haven't demanded that Glick – who allegedly lied to police, prosecutors and the court – resign.

RCA President Condemns Rabbi Steven Pruzansky’s Comparison Of Jewish Week To Nazi Newspaper

Rabbi Leonard Matanky, the president of the largely Modern and Centrist Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America, the largest Orthodox rabbinical association in the world, has openly condemned remarks by RCA executive committee member Rabbi Steven Pruzansky.

In The Heart Of Urban America, A Troubling Hasidic Theocracy

"…The highly localized, hermetically sealed nature of Hasidic life helps explain why the theocratic rot in Borough Park has persisted, even as America more generally has been simultaneously engaged in a full-on culture war against the purveyors of shariah.…"

Exclusive: Emails Show Collusion, Manipulation Of Media, Minimizing Of Sex Abuse, By Senior OU Rabbi And Chabad Propagandist

If you haven't yet doubted the honesty reviews of books by prominent Orthodox rabbis, if you really believe that many favorable reviews and articles they publish about Chabad are true (rather than propaganda), or that many Jewish newspapers and magazines aren't careful about separating actual real reviews from promotional content, read the following email exchange between Chabad Rabbi Chaim Dalfin and the OU's executive VP emeritus Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb.

Right-Wing RCA Rabbi Equates NY Jewish Week With Notorious Nazi Propaganda Newspaper

"…The Jewish Week’s publisher and Julius Streicher (Der Sturmer) published newspapers that dealt a lot with Jews. Same business, I suppose. That’s bad company to be in.”

Guest Post: NY Times Reporter Writes Dishonest Book About Haredi Judaism

Many people think Joseph Berger of the New York Times is a dishonest and incompetent reporter who consistently minimizes the wrongdoing of Satmar and other haredim while glorifying their lifestyle. Berger allegedly argued against covering haredi child sex abuse and still claims that Williamsburg's notorious hasidic modesty squad doesn't exist – even though it very clearly does. In other words, lots of ex-hasidim and victims inside the haredi community think Joe Berger is an ass of the highest order – as one ex-hasid now writes.

Baruch Dayan HaEmet: Founder Of Moment Magazine Passes Away

The founder and founding editor of the American Jewish community's seminal independent cross-movement magazine, Leonard “Leibel” Fein passed away yesterday at the age of 80 , Moment Magazine has just announced.

Video: On CNN, Hamas Spokesman Cites Orthodox Five Towns Jewish Times Journalist's Call For Genocide Against Palestinians

Speaking to Wolf Blitzer on CNN, Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan cited Five Towns Jewish Times journalist Yochanan Gordon's call for genocide against all Gaza Palestinians as support for his own blood libel of the Jewish people. Hamdan's logic is insane and very dishonest, but his citation of Gordon's call for genocide (and his citation of a somewhat similar, although more craftily stated, idea allegedly floated by Zionist Orthodox Deputy Knesset Speaker Moshe Feiglin of the Likud Party) is noteable.

OTD Woman Who Posted Near-Nude Selfies Wrapped In Tefillin Has Car Accident, Haredim Claim God Punished Her For Her Sins

Brenda Turtle's car accident would not be news if it the haredi reaction to it had not been so typically haredi, and if the New York Post's reaction had not been so typical of New York City's sleaziest tabloid.

The Sad, Troubling And Very Self-Absorbed Life Of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

I asked if he thought [Chabad] had helped him heal from the pain of his parents’ divorce. “Well, I was hoping it would, and, yeah, it did,” he said, before continuing: “I don’t think the healing was very deep, because I don’t think I’ll ever be healed. I’ve kind of come to that understanding and conclusion that I will never fully heal, and that my life is a different mission therefore—it’s a different calling—that my life is going to be about battling my nature at all times, and fighting the darker emotions at every opportunity. … If you’re healed, then you just live life—it’s uncomplicated, it’s all pretty. That’s just not me.”

God, Not The IDF, Not The Iron Dome, Is Saving Israel From Hamas Rockets Haredi Columnist Says

The haredi columnist ‘quotes’ a nonexistent CNN interview with a Hamas representative in which that Hamas representative allegedly claimed that Hamas rockets are extremely accurate and that “80%” of the rockets Hamas fires are diverted to uninhabited areas by the god of Jews and cites this as proof that God – not the Iron Dome, not the IDF – is really saving Israel from harm.

How Chabad Really Took Russia

Ever wonder how Chabad became so big in Russia and who got hurt in the process? Here's how to find out.

Coverage Of Paris Get Extortion Scandal Omits Chabad's Alleged Role

The JTA presents itself as the news service of the Jewish people. The butt of the oft-repeated joke, yesterday's news tomorrow, the JTA has many problems. And as a story released today shows, lack of honesty when it come to Chabad could be one of them.

New Head Of Australian Rabbis Group Says He Wants To Clean Up Child Sex Abuse

Rabbi Meir Shlomo Klugwant wants to clean up and modernize how Australia's Orthodox community deals with child sex abuse.

Video: Williamsburg Shomrim Arrests

A News 12 video report on the arrests of 5 of the approximately 15 hasidic men from the Williamsburg Shomrim street patrol who savagely beat a gay black college student December 1 on the edge of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Israel’s Uncomfortable History Of Racism

Writing in the Forward, the Jerusalem Post's opinion editor Seth Frantzman lists some recent and some not so recent examples of Israeli racism. And while his attempt to show American Jews how deeply racist much of Israeli society can be is important, his unusual choice of what to exclude from his article tells much about his grasp of the problem and his evident bias.