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We Will Never Recognize Non-Orthodox Judaism, Israel’s Interior Minister Says

"So long as we are in the position of power and influence, we can never give recognition to the Reform [a catch-all phrase that in haredi parlance means all of the non-Orthodox Jewish movements]. Although they are Jews, they will not get any recognition. In Judaism there is only one stream – the religious path of Moses and Israel."

Supreme Court Extends Prison Sentences For 2 Haredi Hate Crime Arsonists

The two unrepentant brothers proudly pleaded guilty to the hate crime. But the plea deal did not have a specified prison sentence and the Jerusalem District Court originally sentenced the brothers to two relatively lenient sentences, one to 24 months in prison and the other to 30.

Anti-IDF Haredim Deface Sefardi Prayerbooks In Beit Shemesh Synagogues

The anti-IDF haredim took Sefardi prayer books and ripped out the pages where the prayer for IDF soldiers is printed or blotted out the words of the payer with markers.

Chief Rabbi Tells Knesset Israel Is A Jewish State First, A Democracy Only (A Distant) Second

The haredi Sefardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Yosef was invited to speak in the Knesset’s on-site synagogue yesterday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the dedication of Knesset building. Yosef's message to lawmakers? Democracy takes a back seat to Judaism.

Chief Rabbi Lashes Out At Gender Integrated Grammar Schools

The haredi Sefardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said male and female 9-year-olds cannot be properly educated in together in the same school and doing so is against halakha (Orthodox Jewish law).

Netanyahu Government Unanimously Approves Twice-Convicted Unrepentant Bribe-Taking Haredi Felon As Interior Minister

If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government get their way, twice-convicted unrepentant haredi felon Aryeh Deri will be Israel's new Interior Minister. 

Video: Non-Orthodox Jewish Children Are Born 'Impure," Causing Incest And Sexual Misbehavior To Be Widespread, Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi Says

Not only does kiruv (outreach) Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi (also spelled: "Mizrahi") blame sexual immorality and incest on mothers' lack of mikvah (ritual bath) use and other failures by parents to observe the halakhic laws of niddah (laws related to a woman's menstruation, during which time she is impure), he says half of all children today would acquiesce to their parents' deaths in order to inherit their parents' money.

Haredi Kabbalist Loses US Defamation Lawsuit

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, his top aide (and ex porn distributor and relative) Benzion Suky, and Pinto's US organization sued Ilana Dayan and Israel's Channel 2 News in a New York court last year for defamation. Today a US court threw the lawsuit out and castigated Pinto and Suky for filing it.

Convicted Felon Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto Loses Appeal

Earlier today, Israel's Supreme Court rejected the Sefardi haredi kabbalist’s appeal of his one-year prison sentence for attempting to bribe top police officers and obstruction of justice – a sentence given him as part of plea bargain. That sentence is half of the minimum the law calls for. Pinto appealed it anyway.

Video: Outreach Rabbi Who Said Fewer Than 1 Million Real Jews Died In The Holocaust Is Also A Racist

Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi (also spelled "Mizrahi") claimed fewer than 1 million actual Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. He retracted that claim after being confronted with evidence. But that isn't Mizrachi's only controversial statement by far. Take, for example, what he says about African-Americans.

Ashkenazi Haredi School Refuses To Admit Sefardi Student, Government To Cut Funding

Bnei Brak’s Ashkenazi haredi mayor, Chanoch Zeibert, repeatedly refused to intervene on behalf of the Sefardi girl, despite clear High Court of Justice rulings against such ethnic discrimination. Zeibert’s refusals prompted Education Ministry Director-General Michal Cohen to send a harshly worded letter to him warning that the school’s funding will be completely cut off unless the Sefardi girl is admitted immediately.

Sefardi Haredi Rabbi Says Fewer Than 1 Million Jews Were Killed In The Holocaust

 Brooklyn's own haredi village idiot Rabbi Yosef Mirzrachi (sometimes spelled "Mizrahi") says less than 1 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, not 6 million, because 80% of European Jews were assimilated and most were the non-Jewish offspring of intermarriage – an insane claim if there ever was one. But Mizrachi also thinks Theodor Herzl (b.1860,d.1904) lived 120 years before the Holocaust.

Unrepentant Twice-Convicted Haredi Felon To Be Israel’s New Interior Minister

Despite his 1999 conviction for accepting $155,000 in bribes and other non-cash payments during a previous stint in country's cabinet and another felony corruption conviction that followed his release from prison, Aryeh Deri will be Israel's new minister of the interior, according to Israeli news reports.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s Son Indicted On Public Corruption And Fraud Charges

Rabbi Avraham Yosef was charged with two counts of fraud and breach of trust for using his official position as chief rabbi of Holon to force businesses to pay for the private kosher supervision service owned by his father and brother, the Badatz Beit Yosef.

Internet And Smartphones Bring Cancer, Cause Terror, Sefardi Haredi Kabbalist Says

“The Internet brings cancer. The smartphones and the Internet are among the more difficult issues of this generation. A person must remove them from his life and his home.”

Jews Again Try To Get Excommunication Of Spinoza Lifted, Rabbi Again Refuses To Do It

Orthodox Rabbi Natan Lopez Cardozo argued the ban should be lifted, even though Spinoza's ideas about Judaism were wrong. Cardoza blamed Spinoza's supposed theological errors on Spinoza's purported lack of familiarity with the Talmud and said when he was growing up, the Lopez Cardozo family only had one rabbi – Baruch Spinoza.

Rabbi Steve Karro Gets No-Jail Plea Deal In Child Molestation Case

Prosecutors made that deal against the victim’s mother’s wishes after they reportedly determined there was not enough evidence to take the case to trial – even though Karro admitted to hugging, kissing and fondling the girl in an attempt to show her love and spiritually cleanse her. 

Third Arsonist Sentenced In Jewish-Arab School Hate Crime Arson

22-year-old Yitzhak Gabbai was sentenced to a total of three years in prison – 24 months for arson, two months for illegal possession of a knife, and 10 months for incitement to violence – for his role in the November 2014 hate crime arson of the Jerusalem Max Rayne Hand-in-Hand Jewish-Arab school.

Verdict Due Tomorrow In Hate Crime Murder Of Jerusalem Arab Boy

The three Sefardi haredim who confessed to kidnapping and murdering 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir in a gruesome racist revenge attack on July 2, 2014 are – perhaps – about to face penalties for their crimes.

Top Cops Get Bodyguards Ahead Of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto Appeal Ruling

Israel Police have taken the unusual step of assigning bodyguards to fraud unit officers who investigated the bribery allegations against Sefardi haredi rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto while the state’s attorneys who prosecuted him have been advised to take special security precautions.

Followers Of Kiruv Rabbi Assault Rival Kiruv Rabbi In Shul Brawl

A Sefardi haredi kiruv (missionary outreach) rabbi, Zamir Cohen, was assaulted by followers of rival outreach rabbi Amnon Yitzhak Tuesday night in a synagogue in Tel Aviv.

Illegal Synagogue Built On Stolen Palestinian Land Still Stands – For Now

The temporary synagogue meant to replace the illegal one – if it is ever torn down – was placed on a soccer field adjacent to a secular school, and the secular school's parents are outraged. “It is not the right place for person unaffiliated with the school to be. There are too many pedophiles in the country and we are afraid for our children,” one of those secular parents said.

Audio Of Phone Call Between Alleged Victim's Mother And Accused Rabbi

The audio recording made under police supervision between a Rabbi Steve Karro, who is accused of molesting an 11-year-old girl, and the girl’s mother.

Defend Honor Of Convicted Felon Kabbalist With Your Very Bodies! Haredim Told

Defend Sefardi haredi kabbalist and convicted felon Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto's honor with your very bodies! Israeli haredi wall posters say.

Followers Of Haredi Rabbi Physically Assault Press Photographers Outside Israel’s Supreme Court

Approximately a dozen press photographers were reportedly assaulted by supporters of Sefardi haredi kabbalist Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto outside a hearing at Israel’s Supreme Court today. Court security and police apparently did nothing to stop the assaults. No arrests appear to have been made.

The Haredi Rabbi And The Accused Mobster

In a report about new evidence against accused mobster Shalom Domrani, Walla! News reports that Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, the Sefardi haredi kabbalist who was convicted of bribing a senior police officer in a different case, was caught on tape promising Domrani a ten-year US visa and assistance to move to New York and set up shop there.

In Haredi Rabbinical Court, Battered Woman Loses Custody Of Her Children Because She Left Abusive Husband To Live With Non-Jewish Man

A haredi-controlled Israeli state rabbinical court awarded permanent custody to a father whose two children were removed from his home by government welfare services just months before due to alleged parental neglect.

Agudath Israel Of America Censors Out Woman's Face – In Its Own Children's Cartoon

The haredi umbrella organization Agudath Israel of America decided to teach its members' kids some history through a cartoon. But Agudah used clever 'camera angles' and a distorted woman's headdress to hide the face of a prominent female historical figure rather than show it – even though women, even very religious women, commonly posed for photographs in those days and in that location, and even though those photos show these women did not veil or otherwise cover their faces.

Followers Of Convicted Kabbalist Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto Launch Hunger Strike

Pinto's followers claim Pinto was bullied and threatened by the prosecution, and that is why he chose to plead guilty to bribing a top police official. Prosecutors allegedly told Pinto that if he did not plead guilty, Pinto’s wife – who served as his bag man and who was caught on tape passing the bribe to the police officer, would be prosecuted.

Top Sefardi Haredi Rabbi Blames Palestinian Terrorism, Jewish Deaths On Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade

“We must avoid acts of Sodom and Gomorrah that have multiplied over the past year. Gay pride parade? Pride in what? What pride is there in opposing nature? What pride is there in opposing God? For this comes punishment!”

Monsey Man Arrested In New Jersey For Robbery, Heroin Possession

David Mizrachi allegedly robbed a Gulf gas station convenience store on Route 17 Gulf in Mahwah, New Jersey, of $100 at 7:00 pm Friday night. He was arrested shortly afterward in a neighboring McDonald's and found to be in possession of 124 wax packets of suspected heroin.

Is This Letter, Allegedly Submitted To Israel's Supreme Court, Forged?

A New York doctor treating kabbalist and convicted felon Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto allegedly wrote a letter to Israel's Supreme Court explaining why Pinto cannot return to Israel to serve his 1-year prison sentence given to Pinto in a plea deal for bribing a senior police officer. Is the letter real? Was it written without financial inducement or extortion? Was this letter even submitted to the Supreme Court? Take a look and decide for yourself.

Zionist Orthodox Schools Refuse To Visit Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Center, Rabin’s Daughter Says

The daughter of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yithak Rabin, who was murdered 20 years ago this week by a Sefardi Zionist Orthodox man with a haredi background, lashed out today against the government funded Zionist Orthodox school system which she claimed does not visit the Rabin Center, a state-established and state-funded institute and museum.

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto Faints At Airport, Does Not Return To Israel As Ordered By Supreme Court

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto was supposed to return to Israel last month from the US to meet his obligations in his plea bargain with state prosecutors. But Pinto was a no-show, and Israel’s Supreme Court issued an order demanding he return to Israel by today. But Pinto – a felon who tried to bribe one of Israel's top cops – didn't make that flight, either.

Israel's Supreme Court Orders Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto To Return To Israel

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto has six more days to return to Israel and go to prison or he will forfeit a 3 million shekel (about $780,000) bond, Israeli Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg has now ruled.

Moroccan Rabbis Banned Dangerous Haredi Circumcision Practice In 1952

In 1952, the leading Orthodox and haredi rabbis of Morocco – including known kabbalists – unanimously banned metzitzah b'peh (MBP), the direct mouth-to-bleeding-penis suction done by some mohels after cutting off the baby's foreskin, because protecting babies' lives was more important than doing MBP – a lesson today's haredi rabbis (and NYC's corrupt mayor) have not yet learned.

Wave Of Anti-Jewish Terror In Israel Caused By Non-Kosher Meat, Haredi Rabbi Says

"…If we eat meat from knives that are not ritually fit, we are stabbed with knives that are fit for murder.…"

Jews Visiting The Temple Mount Caused Latest Round Of Palestinian Terror Attacks, Shas Rabbi Says

Rabbi Shimon Ba’adani, a member of the Sefardi haredi Shas Party’s Council of Torah Sages, told a radio audience last night that the increased number of Jews, especially members of Knesset, who have gone up to the Temple Mount is responsible for sparking the current wave of Palestinian terror attacks and violence against Jews.

Sefardi Haredi Chief Rabbi Refuses To Make Reasonable Change In Kosher Supervision Procedure Meant to Root Out Alleged Corruption Heavily Tied To Sefardi Haredi Politicians

Many of the violators are Sefardi haredim who got their patronage positions through the Sefardi haredi Shas Party, and now Jerusalem’s Sefardi haredi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar, a former chief rabbi of Israel, has reportedly blocked implementation of a simple and otherwise non-controversial proposal designed to reduce that corruption.

Risking Life In Order To Fast On Yom Kippur

“…There are [haredi rabbinic] opinions that state that a choleh [ill person], who is not currently in  danger and is eating only to prevent potential danger, should begin receiving nutrition via an IV from before the onset of Yom Kippur.…”

Rabbi Accused Of Child Molestation Allowed To Remove Tracking Device For Rosh Hashana

A Miami judge has allowed Sefardi Orthodox Rabbi Steve Karro to remove a court-ordered GPS tracking device he has been ordered to wear as part of his bail package. Karro's attorney argued it was necessary to remove the electronic device for Rosh Hashana. Karro alleged molested an 11-year-old girl and then tried to bribe the girl's mother.

Haredi Principal Loses Court Fight In Failed Bid To Discriminate Against Sefardi Girls

The principal of the Bais Yaakov HaYoshon haredi girls high school in Jerusalem faced a tough hearing at the Education Ministry and punishing sanctions after he refused to accept 21 girls, almost all Sefardim, assigned to the school by the City of Jerusalem’s haredi education division. Instead of appearing at the hearing, Rabbi Yisroel Levine sued the ministry in secular Jerusalem District Court to try to keep the 21 girls out of his 'elite' Ashkenazi haredi school.

Sefardi Man Commits Suicide After Haredi School Refuses To Accept His 5-Year-Old Daughter

“It is a mafia here in Rechasim. I will not give my name for if I do I will be a dead man. Tomorrow my daughter will be thrown out of school and they will make sure to ruin my life and that of my family."

Top Hasidic Rabbis Order Haredi Girls High Schools To Keep Discriminatory Admissions Policy

The existing system of admissions tests and other requirements – like barring all girls from admission who come from homes in which both parents or the father works (outside the haredi educational system) – has been repeatedly used to discriminate against Sefardi girls. Nonetheless, the Council of Torah Sages ordered that discriminatory system remain in place.

Don’t Let Men Who Own TVs Or Smartphones Lead Prayers, Chief Rabbi Says

“One must find a prayer leader who fears Heaven. If you know that the prayer leader has a TV at home and watches videos of abomination or [has] a TV in his pocket [i.e., a smartphone] and watches these types of abomination videos, how is it possible that they will lead the prayers in front of God? It would be like someone sending their children to a non-religious school and teaching them abomination. It’s forbidden for someone like this to lead prayers, and if he did [so], then you need to organize a new [prayer] service.”

Haredi Seminaries Union Calls For State Closure Of Haredi School That Won’t Accept Most Sefardi Students – Or Maybe It Didn't

The Union of Seminaries (haredi girls high schools) in Israel has called for the preeminent seminary in the haredi town of Elad to be closed over its discrimination against Sefardi girls. Or maybe it hasn't.

Report: Prosecution Withheld Exculpatory Evidence In Case Of Sefardi Haredi Kabbalist

Exculpatory evidence that confirmed some of the claims made by Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto was allegedly withheld by the prosecution, Israel Channel 1 News reported today.

In An Old Jerusalem Synagogue An Unexpected Piece Of Modernity Is Found

In the narrow winding streets of the neighborhoods which lie just outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City lies an old synagogue where inside you will find something surprisingly new.

High Court Allows Bribe-Giving Money-Laundering Rabbi-Felon To Go To The US For Medical Advice

Sefardi haredi kabbalist Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto was sentenced several months ago to one year in prison for bribery, money laundering and other crimes – a slap on the wrist considering who he tried to bribe and his history of lying and cheating. But this is Israel, a country where justice is relative, and now this convicted felon will be allowed to travel to the US before he serves even a day in prison.

Top Sefardi Haredi Rabbi Rules Yeshiva Students Are Forbidden To Serve In The IDF, Calls IDF Recruiters “Enticers” Who Have No Place In The World To Come

“God forbid, that an unmarried yeshiva student at any level of learning, or a married student, even if he has problems with his income, should leave the holy guard post [yeshiva], and should not be enticed by any ‘haredi’ or non-haredi elements promising a future with money and honor if he joins some [IDF] course,” Cohen reportedly wrote, adding that everyone who lures or “entices [haredi yeshiva students to join the IDF] and incites [yeshiva students to leave their Torah studies to join the IDF] causes the masses to sin.”