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Haredi Girls Schools Ban All Girls Whose Parents Are Employed

In the haredi town of Elad, Israel, work does not pay. More than 100 girls, Sefardim and Ashkenazim, were denied places in the only two girls high school yeshivas (known as seminaries) in Elad for one reason and one reason only – their parents work for a living.

Two Kahane Supporters Who Burned Jewish-Arab School Get “Harsh” Prison Sentences

After the court hearing was over, the brothers said burning the school was "worth the price" and then burst into triumphant songs praising God as they were led away by guards.

Shas Official Stops Army Radio Journalist From Praying, Kicks Him Out Of Party’s Open Mincha Prayer Service

“Chutzpan! Chutzpan! [Arrogant one! Arrogant one!] Get out! I will file a complaint against you with the [Army Radio’s] station director, Yaron Dekel!…There are no haredim in Army Radio and until there are, you are ousted from the Shas mincha!”

Tax Authority Tells Knesset Committee It Is Cracking Down On Rabbi-Kabbalists, Mystics And Private Haredi Kosher Supervision Companies’ Widespread Tax Evasion

Kabbalists and other ‘mystics’ will now have to pay taxes on the money they receive for doling out advice, amulet and other segulot, and blessings, a Knesset committee reportedly heard today. And so will private haredi kosher supervision companies that make millions of dollars while paying little or even no tax.

IDF Soldier Tries To Kill Fellow IDF Soldier Over Negative Remarks About Revivalist Yemenite Haredi Rabbi

An IDF soldier was reportedly stabbed by another IDF soldier upset his victim had  made fun of Yemenite haredi ‘mega-church’ revivalist Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak.

Smartphone Missing Of Top Cop Who Allegedly Shot Himself Dead – Does It Contain Secret Evidence?

Top cop Ephraim Bracha was shot in the chest – and unusual way to commit suicide – causing some people who have previously been victimized by Pinto and his organized crime associates to question the events surrounding Bracha's death.

Religious Services Minister Calls Reform Movement “Sin” And Reform Jews “Sinners”

"[W]e see with great pain the danger of the Reformation in Judaism, which brought the greatest danger to the Jewish nation: assimilation. We pray that sins will be purged from the land – sins, not sinners."

Alleged Victim Describes Sex Assault By Miami Beach Rabbi

The mother said, since Karro's arrest, she has been outcast by her local community. "I know that I have to stand up for my daughter and for this community, maybe for the voices that are scared to speak out. I'm here for you."

Reform Jews Not Jews, Israel’s Haredi Minister Of Religious Services Says

“A Reform Jew, from the moment he stops following Jewish law, I cannot allow myself to say that he is a Jew."

How A Sefardi Haredi Kabbalist Drove A Top Israeli Cop To Suicide

"…[A senior police officer] ordered Bracha to give Pinto the impression that all was business as usual…to record him and even to send his wife to pick up the money from the rabbi’s wife. Bracha knew that his life was about to change; that he was about to set out on a campaign against one of Israel’s most powerful men.…People in the synagogue Bracha prayed in…viewed him as a “moser”.… [W]hen he learned that the rabbi was accusing him of corrupt dealings with the Israeli mafia…Bracha became disillusioned and exploded. “You are no rabbi,” he snapped at Pinto…[whose followers] and his uninhibited publicists…launched an entire industry of fatal, unbridled rumors… This…was joined by police officers past and present, who spread rumors and half-truths about [Bracha] that always led to absolutely nothing. I personally investigated some of these rumors and discovered there was nothing to them. …[N]one of these allegations survived scrutiny…"

Many Ashkenazi Haredim Oppose Anti-Sefardi Discrimination In Haredi Schools – Even Though Their Rabbis Do Not

14.1% of haredim polled demanded "government control [be exerted] because the current quota system [employed against Sefardim by Ashkenazi haredi schools] is racial discrimination” while just under 50% wished top haredi leaders would intervene and deal with the discrimination. 

Top Cop From Bribery Case Against Sefardi Haredi Kabbalist Commits Suicide, Cops Say

Many people will likely question Ephraim Bracha’s suicide and will instead believe he was killed as payback for Pinto’s conviction.

Top Haredi Kabbalist Was Laundering Money For The Underworld, Senior Cop Says under Oath

Before his fall, Pinto was extremely close to many top Israeli politicians and businesspeople and built a net worth of tens of millions of dollars through ‘donations’ he received for his kabbalah-inspired advice, making his one of the top ten richest rabbis in Israel. But now it appears a significant part of Pinto’s fortune may have come through illegal activity, like laundering money for criminals.

Report: Sefardi Haredi Minister Of Religious Services To Fill Local Chief Rabbi Positions With Shas Party Haredi Loyalists, Others To Be Shut Out

Why no Zionist Orthodox appointments or Ashkenazi haredi appointments? Because Minister of Religious Affairs David Azoulay’s primary (and only) concern in choosing these new rabbis will reportedly be their loyalty to his Sefardi haredi Shas Party – which is arguably the most corrupt political party in the history of Israel.

Mother Of Alleged Miami Beach Child Sex Abuse Victim Says She Has Been Threatened, Ostracized By Rabbi's Supporters

The mother of an 11-year-old who has accused a South Florida rabbi of inappropriately touching her is speaking out, saying she has been shunned by the Jewish community and has even received bribes to stay quiet.

Rabbi Accused Of Child Molestation Caught Allegedly Bribing Victim's Family

Surveillance video has surfaced that may show a South Florida rabbi accused of inappropriately touching an 11-year-old, giving a parent an envelop believed to contain money to stay quiet over the entire ordeal.

Tax Authority Announces Crackdown On Kabbalists, Issuers Of Charms And Amulets, Distributors Of Holy Water, Mohels, Cantors – And Private Haredi Kosher Supervision Companies

Israel’s Tax Authority announced it will begin to crack down on haredi kabbalists who charge fees or take money for blessings. The crackdown will also include cantors, mohels,  “distributors or sellers of charms, holy water, or other holy objects,” and private haredi hechshers (non-state-employed providers of kashrut supervision).

Miami Beach Rabbi Gets Bail And House Arrest In Alleged Child Molestation

On arrest, he reportedly told police he touched the girls shoulders, back and buttocks as form of spiritual cleansing.

Another Haredi Synagogue Bans Owners Of "Non-Kosher" Cellphones From Prayer Roles

While a small number of haredi rabbis object to these types of bans, the majority of haredi rabbinic leadership has backed ever-increasing restrictions and bans on use of technology like smartphones, because those technologies allow haredim to access forbidden information, from pornography and wife swapping groups on one hand to basic science information that contradicts fundamentalist understandings of the Torah and information about crimes and misbehavior of haredi rabbis and community leaders on the other.

Video: My Husband Doesn't Know How To Be A Child Molestor, Accused Rabbi's Wife Says

"He does not know how to use molestation techniques. I say this as a wife, as his sex partner. I believe that these charges were placed in order to defile his reputation.…He never kissed her on the neck as the charges say. And he never touched her on the buttocks area as the charges indicate.…[But he did touch her back f]rom the top to the bottom just to take off the negative energy, or, not everybody likes it, obviously, but that is in a spiritual way," Janet Karro said.

Soon All Female Haredim Will Be Forced To Wear Veils, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s Daughter Says

“If a man cannot look at a woman and say ‘What a healthy and handsome woman the Almighty has created,’ then I do not know what is happening to us. And I fear that if this continues, we will have to veil our faces!”

Rabbi Busted For Molestation Says He Fondled 11-Year-Old’s Buttocks For “Cleansing” Purposes

Rabbi Steve Karro denied some of the allegations, but reportedly told police he touched the girl’s buttocks for "cleansing [purposes,] as she was exhibiting negative energy."

Court Bans Accused Haredi Cult Leader From Teaching Females Or Managing Schools

Accused haredi cult leader Rabbi Aharon Ramati has been forbidden by the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court from managing any school or educational institution or teaching females. The ban is in place for a period of 70 days or until he is indicted.

Joseph Hayon, Founder Of Brooklyn's Tea Party, Arrested On Child Porn Charges

Joseph Hayon, the founder of Brooklyn's Tea Party and a Sefardi haredi community activist, has been arrested for child porn yesterday and was arraigned today.

Haredi-Controlled Petach Tikva Rabbinate Caught Discriminating Against Ethiopian Jews, But Israel’s Haredi-Controlled Religious Services Ministry Says The Discrimination Does Not Exist

Israel’s Army Radio reported yesterday that Ethiopian Jewish couples in Petach Tikva have been forced to wait to marry for more than nine months while the Petach Tikva official state rabbinate, which is haredi-controlled, delayed approving their marriage documents – documents that had already been approved and certified by their official state Ethiopian Jewish rabbi.

Many Sickened At Elegant ‘Halakhic’ Dinner Led By Rabbi Meir Soloveichik That Served Locusts, Duck Foie Gras, Veal Hearts And Other ‘Delicacies’

The menu reportedly consisted of a salad of mixed greens topped with etrog dressing; crispy shallot-topped veal intestines stuffed with veal heart, chicken gizzards, duck liver and kidneys; truffle oil-drizzled poached brains with garbanzo beans, white pickled garlic and lemon; Moroccan ‘cigars’ stuffed with duck foie gras; goat tangine with dates, dried plums, cracked Syrian olives and fava beans; braised squab with poached fennel mousseline, roasted shallots, braised artichoke hearts and fresh truffles; bison sliders with glazed onions and Israeli cracked olive paste; slow cooked ox tail with green peas and sherry wine mousseline; dulce de leche cake in a chocolate caramel box; and Mexican chipotle chocolate covered locusts.

Israel Will Have Massive Earthquake If Pinto Put In Prison, Sefardi Haredi Kabbalists Claim, Say Nepal Quake Was Supposed To Strike Israel But Was Diverted Due To Kabbalist’s Prayers

Pinto bribed top police officers to try to get inside information on the police investigation into Hazon Yeshaya, a charity Pinto controlled through close followers. Those close followers allegedly looted the charity, taking tens of millions of dollars in food donations earmarked for elderly Holocaust survivors, selling them on the black market and pocketing the cash – much of which allegedly ended up in Pinto’s pockets.

Sefardi Haredi Kabbalist Sentenced To One Year In Jail For Bribery, Corruption, Obstruction Of Justice And Money Laundering

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, the kabbalist and rabbi-to-the-stars who pleaded guilty to attempting to bribe a senior police officer last month, was sentenced today to one year in jail – the maximum amount allowed under his generous plea bargain – and was fined NIS 1 million ($260,000).

Sefardi Haredi Shas Party Joins New Netanyahu Government, Gets Religious Affairs And Economy Ministries

The Sefardi haredi Shas Party signed a coalition agreement today with the Likud Party, making it the third party to join the new government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Jewish Violence At Christian Event In Israel Averted – But Only After Police Give In To Jewish Mob

The crowd of Rabbi Peretz’s protesters grew much larger and angrier. They demanded the two protesters be immediately released from police custody. At this point, police used a police vehicle to block the entrance to the building to prevent the large, angry crowd from storming it. But Rabbi Peretz was then allowed to enter the building. He negotiated with police who gave him what he wanted and released the two men, who reportedly raised their hands in victory as they left the building.

Haredi Mayor Abruptly Cancels Public Bar And Bat Mitzvah Ceremony For Disabled Children In Slap At Conservative Movement

Rahamim Malul, the haredi mayor of the Israeli city of Rehovot canceled a public bar and bat mitzvah ceremony for children with disabilities because it was scheduled to held at a Conservative synagogue. Wha t Malul did is almost certainly illegal. But in the banana republic that is today's Israel, that really doesn't matter – and neither do the kids.

If I Serve Even 1 Day In Prison, My Children Will Be Given To Goyyim, Sefardi Haredi Kabbalist Says

One of the documents Pinto submitted to the court contends that if Pinto serves even one day in prison, his children – who spend half of each year in New York City with Pinto and his wife – will be put in the care of non-Jews there and their education will suffer as a result.

Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi Reacts To Nepal Earthquake: "All The Idols Worshiping Places…Are Now Destroyed"

No stranger to making controversial statements, Sefardi haredi Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi (Mizrahi) posted a photo of a destroyed Buddhist temple in Nepal with the text, "All [t]he idols [sic] worshiping places [i]n Nepal are now destroyed."

Jew Versus Jew Rape And Murder In Medieval Spain

Before the Inquisition, border communities in Spain had their share of violence – and some of it was committed by Jews against others Jews, even by Jewish communal leaders against Jewish community members. And many Jews' greatest fear was that reporting the crimes to the Crown would cause Jewish community leaders to label them mosrim, informers – with all the danger and negative connotations that implied.

Gruesomely Murdered Arab Boy Added To Official Israeli State Memorial Plaque For Victims Of Terror

Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the 16-year-old East Jerusalem Arab boy gruesomely murdered last summer by right-wing terrorists from an extended Sefardi haredi family, has had his name added to the list of names on the official Israeli government memorial plaque memorializing Israeli civilians who died in terrorist attacks over the past year.

Pinto Equates Himself To Rabbi Akiva, Says He Suffers For His Followers Sins

Before Shabbat, Pinto did what he had done at least twice before, once earlier this year and once late last year – he told followers in the port city of Ashdod that he wasn’t really guilty. Instead, Pinto claimed he only pleaded guilty to protect his wife, who Pinto had used a mule to carry the bribe money – a wife Pinto appeared to be willing to sacrifice for his own freedom only a year ago.

I’m Suffering For Your Sins, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto Says

Convicted felon Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto wants you to know he is suffering for your sins.

Pinto Officially Pleads Guilty To Bribery

Despite bribing police to try to escape punishment for the alleged looting of millions of dollars in food donations meant for poor elderly Holocaust survivors, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto's attorney says Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, will testify to Pinto’s good character by video conference at Pinto’s sentencing hearing.

Recordings Aired On Army Radio Show Alleged Sefardi Haredi Voter Fraud

"Everyone who goes to vote - let them remove the [ballot] slips of 'ketz [i.e., the joint Yachad Party and Otzma Yehudit Knesset list started as a breakaway from Shas by Eli Yishai],’ let them put them in their pocket and put in its place Shas [Party ballots]. In this way at all the ballot boxes there will be two [stacks of] Shas [ballots]. If they search for 'ketz' [ballots]- they won't find [any], and they [Yachad] can go to hell."

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto Returns To Israel, Complains Of Sudden Cardiac Trouble, Is Hospitalized – But Is He Really Ill?

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto returned to Israel from New York today and on his arrival in Ben Gurion International Airport, Pinto complained of feeling ill and was rushed to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv for what his associates said was cardiac emergency. At the hospital, Pinto underwent a diagnostic cardiac catheterization, which reportedly ruled out the presence of coronary artery disease.

Memory Of Elderly Greek Rabbi Who Saved Hundreds Of Jews During Holocaust, Led Partisans, To Be Honored This Week

On Sept. 30, 1943—Rosh Hashanah—the eldery Rabbi Moshe Shimon Pessach was summoned to the headquarters of the German military governor who demanded that within 24 hours he submit a list of all the Jews in the city and their assets, purportedly for determining the amount of food rations needed to sustain them. The astute rabbi had no intention of playing into the hands of the Germans and instead embarked on a series of actions to rescue his community, at great risk to himself and his family. Pessach saved most of the Jews, but the Germans killed his two sons. Pessach then established a partisan unit that rescued allied soldiers and fought the Germans. For these actions, he was decorated both by King Paul of Greece and by the commander of the Allied forces in the Mediterranean.

Sefardi Haredi Kabbalist Must Return To Israel By Tuesday For Criminal Court Date, Despite Claims Of Illness, Court Rules

Tel Aviv District Court Deputy President Oded Modrik ordered Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto to return from New York and present himself for his arraignment Tuesday despite Pinto’s claims of being too ill to travel due to a fight against cancer.

Haredi Father Of 7 Kids Killed In Horrific Brooklyn House Fire Says The Lesson To Be Learned From The Fire – Which Was Caused By A Shabbat Hotplate – Is…Jews Should Not Use The Internet Or Cellphones

"…Our generation is tested with many types of trials, but the greatest of which, as declared by our great leaders to be the greatest trial that ever existed since the beginning of time, the trial of technology and the internet. With awesome hidden and veiled heavenly hand, the internet is burning and destroying the souls of many Jews while keeping their bodies intact. When our heavenly father returns us to our home and redeems us, how great will be the pain of the heavenly presence be, over the souls lost for all eternity, due to the internet, heaven forbid.…"

Report Haredi Voter Fraud And Intimidation, Top Rabbi Says

“Since we heard that there were many cases of fraud and intimidation at the polls, and the Yachad Party as a result did not pass the threshold [of votes necessary to hold any Knesset seats], I hereby give notice that according to my Torah opinion anyone who has seen or heard of these things [the fraud and intimidation] must give testimony to the proper [legal] authorities [i.e., the police and the state prosecutor's office]…[in order] to bring truth, justice and integrity into their proper place – and as it says in the Torah, ‘if he does not tell [then] he will carry the sin.’”

Video: Father Of 7 Haredi Kids Killed In Brooklyn House Fire Speaks About His Family

Gabriel Sassoon, the father of the seven children killed in a horrific Brooklyn house fire 9 days ago, talks about his kids and the importance of family.

Rabbi Yosef Mizrahi Blames A Specific Jew's Supposed Lack Of Shabbat And Mitzvah Observance For The Deaths Of 7 Haredi Children In Tragic House Fire

"a mechalel shabbat garbage like you have no right to open their fealty mouth ,jews are dying because of your crime and then you have the audacity to blame others such a moron"

Video: Rabbi Yosef Mizrahi Blames Death Of 7 Sasson Children On Facebook, Women's 'Immodest' Wigs

Mizrahi blames the deaths of the seven Sassoon children – who were all killed early last Saturday in a Brooklyn house fire started by a Shabbat hotplate left on and unattended – on Facebook, text messages, immodesty, lack of proper Shabbat observance, lack of shomer negiah, and women's wigs that are too long, as well as "sins" committed by the children in previous lifetimes, a position based on 'normative' Lurianic kabbalah.

Father Of 7 Children Killed In Horrific House Fire Wants More Children, Asks Rabbi For Blessing

“He’d prepare special drinks for every kid every morning, all the right proteins, that kind of guy,’’ the friend said, adding that it appears that Sassoon is turning to his faith to try to deal with any guilt he may be struggling with over the home’s lack of smoke alarms. “If he had been as meticulous about smoke alarms as about proteins, it wouldn’t have happened,’’ the friend said. “But sometimes if you move into a house that’s already furnished, you don’t think about it.”

Video: Father Speaking At Burial Of His 7 Children

The father of the seven Sassoon children killed in a horrific house fire in Brooklyn early Saturday morning speaks at their burial in Jerusalem earlier today.

Funeral At 3 PM Today For 7 Haredi Siblings Killed In Horrific House Fire

The funeral for the seven Sassoon children killed in the horrific house fire in Brooklyn early Saturday will be held at 3 pm today.