http://www.jewpi.com Jewish Press International Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:44:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewpi.com/chazon-ish-since-prohibition-of-electricity-is-not-clear-we-need-to-seek-out-prohibitions-for-it-1328828768/ http://www.jewpi.com/chazon-ish-since-prohibition-of-electricity-is-not-clear-we-need-to-seek-out-prohibitions-for-it-1328828768/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:06:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/chazon-ish-since-prohibition-of-electricity-is-not-clear-we-need-to-seek-out-prohibitions-for-it-1328828768/ From Dr. Benny Browns book on the Chazon Ish quoting his student Dr. Tzvi Yehuda Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/depressed-children-more-likely-to-be-bullied-socially-rejected-1328825767/ http://www.jewpi.com/depressed-children-more-likely-to-be-bullied-socially-rejected-1328825767/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:16:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/depressed-children-more-likely-to-be-bullied-socially-rejected-1328825767/ Time Children who are ostracized by their peers and bullied often become depressed, but new research suggests that the relationship may work the other way around as well: children’s depressive symptoms in elementary school precede social victimization and isolation later on.[… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/training-against-abuse-saves-7-year-old-child-from-abductor-1328818335/ http://www.jewpi.com/training-against-abuse-saves-7-year-old-child-from-abductor-1328818335/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:12:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/training-against-abuse-saves-7-year-old-child-from-abductor-1328818335/ Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/public-school-teachers-aide-accused-of-taping-sexual-acts-with-students-1328787124/ http://www.jewpi.com/public-school-teachers-aide-accused-of-taping-sexual-acts-with-students-1328787124/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:32:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/public-school-teachers-aide-accused-of-taping-sexual-acts-with-students-1328787124/ NY Times A teacher’s aide at a public school in Brooklyn who was charged last month with possessing and distributing child pornography was arrested again on Monday night after federal agents discovered that some of the videos showed him engaging in sexual acts with students, possibly at the school, according to law enforcement officials. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-conversation-with-rav-sternbuch-about-the-recent-reports-about-chareidi-extremists-1328737458/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-conversation-with-rav-sternbuch-about-the-recent-reports-about-chareidi-extremists-1328737458/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:44:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-conversation-with-rav-sternbuch-about-the-recent-reports-about-chareidi-extremists-1328737458/ I met with Rav Moshe Sternbuch this afternoon. In the course of discussion I asked about the newspaper reports about chareidi violence and why it wasn’t being condemned. He dismissed the issue as being the result of the newspapers looking for a story. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/plea-averts-trial-in-ny-hasidic-firebombing-case-1328696054/ http://www.jewpi.com/plea-averts-trial-in-ny-hasidic-firebombing-case-1328696054/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:14:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/plea-averts-trial-in-ny-hasidic-firebombing-case-1328696054/ Wall Street Journal A Hasidic teenager pleaded guilty Tuesday to assault, averting a trial in an attempted murder case that brought unusual attention to a religious dispute in a Jewish enclave. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/eda-haredit-raises-money-to-sue-police-1328695578/ http://www.jewpi.com/eda-haredit-raises-money-to-sue-police-1328695578/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:06:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/eda-haredit-raises-money-to-sue-police-1328695578/ YNet Eda Haredit members are fighting back against a recent wave of police arrests . The extreme ultra-Orthodox faction decided in recent days to step up its battle, and has begun filing personal lawsuits against police officers. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/school-linked-to-abuse-claims-will-replace-entire-faculty-1328605686/ http://www.jewpi.com/school-linked-to-abuse-claims-will-replace-entire-faculty-1328605686/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:08:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/school-linked-to-abuse-claims-will-replace-entire-faculty-1328605686/ NYTimes The entire faculty at Miramonte Elementary School , where two teachers were arrested last week on accusations of child sexual abuse, will be replaced by new teachers this week, the Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent announced Monday night. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/identity-vs-integration-radical-islamists-freak-out-belgian-community-1328513887/ http://www.jewpi.com/identity-vs-integration-radical-islamists-freak-out-belgian-community-1328513887/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:38:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/identity-vs-integration-radical-islamists-freak-out-belgian-community-1328513887/ Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/life-sentence-for-man-who-refuses-to-give-a-get-upheld-by-rabbinic-court-1328513415/ http://www.jewpi.com/life-sentence-for-man-who-refuses-to-give-a-get-upheld-by-rabbinic-court-1328513415/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:30:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/life-sentence-for-man-who-refuses-to-give-a-get-upheld-by-rabbinic-court-1328513415/ JPost The supreme rabbinical court of appeals upheld a life sentence handed down to a man who has refused for ten years to give his wife a bill of divorce. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-case-of-rabbinic-sexual-abuse-by-neustein-lesher-1328468899/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-case-of-rabbinic-sexual-abuse-by-neustein-lesher-1328468899/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:08:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-case-of-rabbinic-sexual-abuse-by-neustein-lesher-1328468899/ Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/gur-hasidim-sexual-separation-%d7%94%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a9%d7%9c-%d7%97%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%92%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%a9%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%9d-1328466731/ http://www.jewpi.com/gur-hasidim-sexual-separation-%d7%94%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a9%d7%9c-%d7%97%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%92%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%a9%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%9d-1328466731/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:32:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/gur-hasidim-sexual-separation-%d7%94%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a9%d7%9c-%d7%97%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%92%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%a9%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%9d-1328466731/ Understanding the extreme views some chassidim have about women Haaretz – English version In a recent study, scholar Nava Wasserman offers a window into the philosophy behind the strict sexual separation practiced by Gur Hasidim. For them, sexuality is the antithesis of sanctity, and must be resisted at all costs. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/escape-from-williamsburg-a-memoir-of-a-young-woman-going-off-the-derech-1328466366/ http://www.jewpi.com/escape-from-williamsburg-a-memoir-of-a-young-woman-going-off-the-derech-1328466366/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:26:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/escape-from-williamsburg-a-memoir-of-a-young-woman-going-off-the-derech-1328466366/ Forward review by Eishes Chayil author of Hush “Unorthodox” is a memoir about a young woman who has a lot of opinions. But in the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic world of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg, opinions in general, and certainly those of young women, are not appreciated. I grew up in a similar world nearby, the Hasidic world of [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-immanuel-schochet-criticizes-rabbi-shmuly-boteachs-book-kosher-j-1328465766/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-immanuel-schochet-criticizes-rabbi-shmuly-boteachs-book-kosher-j-1328465766/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:16:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-immanuel-schochet-criticizes-rabbi-shmuly-boteachs-book-kosher-j-1328465766/ Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/israeli-bill-aims-to-grant-financial-aid-to-haredi-youths-leaving-religious-world-1328437090/ http://www.jewpi.com/israeli-bill-aims-to-grant-financial-aid-to-haredi-youths-leaving-religious-world-1328437090/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:18:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/israeli-bill-aims-to-grant-financial-aid-to-haredi-youths-leaving-religious-world-1328437090/ Haaretz A new bill advanced by Meretz MK Zehava Gal-On aims to provide financial aid to youths leaving the religious world, similar to that given to new immigrants upon their arrival in Israel.Three years ago, Tel Aviv resident Eli Bitaan, 21, abandoned the prestigious Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak and left the religious world. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rav-aharon-lichtenstein-of-marriage-relationship-relations-1328435901/ http://www.jewpi.com/rav-aharon-lichtenstein-of-marriage-relationship-relations-1328435901/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:58:21 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rav-aharon-lichtenstein-of-marriage-relationship-relations-1328435901/ Untitled Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/problem-of-readers-making-comments-unrelated-to-the-post-1328391972/ http://www.jewpi.com/problem-of-readers-making-comments-unrelated-to-the-post-1328391972/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:46:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/problem-of-readers-making-comments-unrelated-to-the-post-1328391972/ The issue of people making comments on new issues unrelated to the post has been brought up recently. It is generally perceived as an irritant and distraction. I will try to keep the thread to topic from now on. For those who feel that there is an important issue that you want to bring up [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/shavei-israels-michael-freund-in-his-own-words-he-wants-to-reach-millions-tens-of-millions-of-1328277979/ http://www.jewpi.com/shavei-israels-michael-freund-in-his-own-words-he-wants-to-reach-millions-tens-of-millions-of-1328277979/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:06:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/shavei-israels-michael-freund-in-his-own-words-he-wants-to-reach-millions-tens-of-millions-of-1328277979/ Guest post from “RaP” ” Shavei Israel’s Michael Freund in his own words — he wants to reach millions, tens of millions of ‘lost Jews’! A year ago, YNet interviewed Michael Freund about himself and his goals in a lenghty interview. What he said is very revealing, here are some key passages: http: //www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4018444,00. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/ex-haredim-to-sue-state-for-damages-resulting-from-not-being-given-basic-core-courses-1328259856/ http://www.jewpi.com/ex-haredim-to-sue-state-for-damages-resulting-from-not-being-given-basic-core-courses-1328259856/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:04:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/ex-haredim-to-sue-state-for-damages-resulting-from-not-being-given-basic-core-courses-1328259856/ YNET Will the State of Israel be forced to pay for missing core studies? Dozens of former ultra-Orthodox men and women are seeking to sue the State for damages they allegedly suffered by not studying basic subjects like math or English in the schools they were educated in. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-indiana-jones-confesses-to-being-a-fraud-thief-1328259143/ http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-indiana-jones-confesses-to-being-a-fraud-thief-1328259143/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:52:23 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-indiana-jones-confesses-to-being-a-fraud-thief-1328259143/ NYTimes For years Rabbi Menachem Youlus, a self-described “Jewish Indiana Jones,” received plaudits from those captivated by his stories of traveling to Eastern Europe and beyond to search for historic Torahs that were lost or hidden during the Holocaust. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-ralbag-reinstated-as-amsterdam-chief-rabbi-1328233569/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-ralbag-reinstated-as-amsterdam-chief-rabbi-1328233569/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:46:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-ralbag-reinstated-as-amsterdam-chief-rabbi-1328233569/ JPost The Orthodox Jewish community of Amsterdam reinstated its chief rabbi, Aryeh Ralbag, on Thursday after briefly suspending him last month for having co-signed a statement in which homosexuality was described as an inclination from which one can be “healed. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/i-had-asperger-syndrome-briefly-the-false-promise-of-mental-health-diagnosis-1328212601/ http://www.jewpi.com/i-had-asperger-syndrome-briefly-the-false-promise-of-mental-health-diagnosis-1328212601/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:56:41 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/i-had-asperger-syndrome-briefly-the-false-promise-of-mental-health-diagnosis-1328212601/ NYTimes FOR a brief, heady period in the history of autism spectrum diagnosis, in the late ’90s, I had Asperger syndrome. There’s an educational video from that time, called “Understanding Asperger’s,” in which I appear. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/%e2%80%9cthe-toxic-truth-about-sugar%e2%80%9d-1328212245/ http://www.jewpi.com/%e2%80%9cthe-toxic-truth-about-sugar%e2%80%9d-1328212245/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:50:45 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/%e2%80%9cthe-toxic-truth-about-sugar%e2%80%9d-1328212245/ Time In an opinion piece called “The Toxic Truth About Sugar” that was published Wednesday in the journal Nature , Robert Lustig, Laura Schmidt and Claire Brindis argue that it’s a misnomer to consider sugar just “empty calories.” They write: “…There is nothing empty about these calories. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/strengthening-authority-with-the-legend-of-the-death-of-the-shagas-aryeh-1328178363/ http://www.jewpi.com/strengthening-authority-with-the-legend-of-the-death-of-the-shagas-aryeh-1328178363/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:26:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/strengthening-authority-with-the-legend-of-the-death-of-the-shagas-aryeh-1328178363/ Jewish Review of Books hat tip to Hirhurim The great 18 th -century scholar Rabbi Aryeh Leib Ginsburg was not a shy critic. He excoriated implausible talmudic arguments, even, or perhaps especially, when they were made by earlier authorities. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/fischer-israels-ultra-orthodox-must-start-working-1328177774/ http://www.jewpi.com/fischer-israels-ultra-orthodox-must-start-working-1328177774/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:16:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/fischer-israels-ultra-orthodox-must-start-working-1328177774/ Haaretz The ultra-Orthodox have to start working, companies have to stop bilking their bondholders and home prices could wind up falling too hard and too fast if the government isn’t careful, Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said in a stinging address on Wednesday. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/bail-set-at-23m-in-ex-teachers-moletation-case-1328130611/ http://www.jewpi.com/bail-set-at-23m-in-ex-teachers-moletation-case-1328130611/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:10:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/bail-set-at-23m-in-ex-teachers-moletation-case-1328130611/ USA Today Bail for a former school teacher accused of taking bizarre photos of children in his classroom for a sexual thrill was raised Wednesday to $23 million, as parents questioned why they weren’t notified when the pictures were found more than a year ago.[… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/failure-to-do-background-checks-1-million-embezzlement-1328105164/ http://www.jewpi.com/failure-to-do-background-checks-1-million-embezzlement-1328105164/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:06:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/failure-to-do-background-checks-1-million-embezzlement-1328105164/  NYTimes For eight years, the woman worked in accounts payable for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, gaining the trust of her superiors.  Colleagues praised her quiet dedication and hard work, and noted that she prayed often; her volunteer work at an event at St. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/conversation-between-chief-rabbi-sacks-prof-sandel-1328008927/ http://www.jewpi.com/conversation-between-chief-rabbi-sacks-prof-sandel-1328008927/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:22:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/conversation-between-chief-rabbi-sacks-prof-sandel-1328008927/ Judaism and Justice – A Conversation Between Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and Professor Michael Sandel from Harvard Hillel on Vimeo . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/should-a-ger-be-fearful-of-an-orthodox-conversion-1328004244/ http://www.jewpi.com/should-a-ger-be-fearful-of-an-orthodox-conversion-1328004244/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:04:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/should-a-ger-be-fearful-of-an-orthodox-conversion-1328004244/  This comment was just published to an older post Should your child marry a ger? under the name “concerned” 1) My husband and I have been trying to convert for almost 10 years. The main holdup is denominational issues. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/inverse-relationship-between-time-spent-multitasking-on-social-programs-social-problems-1327828225/ http://www.jewpi.com/inverse-relationship-between-time-spent-multitasking-on-social-programs-social-problems-1327828225/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:10:25 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/inverse-relationship-between-time-spent-multitasking-on-social-programs-social-problems-1327828225/ CNN Tween girls who spend much of their waking hours switching frantically between YouTube, Facebook, television and text messaging are more likely to develop social problems, says a Stanford University study published in a scientific journal on Wednesday. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/attention-deficit-drugs-are-not-effective-in-the-long-run-1327827736/ http://www.jewpi.com/attention-deficit-drugs-are-not-effective-in-the-long-run-1327827736/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:02:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/attention-deficit-drugs-are-not-effective-in-the-long-run-1327827736/ NYTimes Attention-deficit drugs increase concentration in the short term, which is why they work so well for college students cramming for exams. But when given to children over long periods of time, they neither improve school achievement nor reduce behavior problems. The drugs can also have serious side effects, including stunting growth. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-pintos-followers-raise-questions-about-congressmans-fund-raising-1327781646/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-pintos-followers-raise-questions-about-congressmans-fund-raising-1327781646/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:14:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-pintos-followers-raise-questions-about-congressmans-fund-raising-1327781646/ NYTimes Soon after he began running for Congress in 2009, Michael G. Grimm, a Staten Island Republican, needed to convince party leaders in Washington that he could raise enough money to become a viable candidate. Seeking help, he turned to an unlikely source: followers of an Orthodox rabbi and mystic from Israel.  Mr. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/%d7%94%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a9%d7%9c-%d7%97%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%92%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%a9%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%9d-1327671724/ http://www.jewpi.com/%d7%94%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a9%d7%9c-%d7%97%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%92%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%a9%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%9d-1327671724/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:42:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/%d7%94%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a9%d7%9c-%d7%97%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%92%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%a9%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%9d-1327671724/  Understanding the extreme views some chassidim have about womenHaaretz תקנות מחמירות האוסרות על גברים לדבר עם כל אשה – כולל זו שנישאו לה; חתנים שמגלים רק לפני חופתם את סוד הכלולות; והשיטות להסחת הדעת מכל מראה שעלול ליצור גירוי. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/maharal-explains-why-moshe-had-to-marry-a-giyorus-1327671254/ http://www.jewpi.com/maharal-explains-why-moshe-had-to-marry-a-giyorus-1327671254/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:34:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/maharal-explains-why-moshe-had-to-marry-a-giyorus-1327671254/ Maharal(Gevuros HaShem): Why didn’t Moshe marry a Jewish woman from birth with pedigree like Aaron? Don’t think like the fools that this just happened because that is mistakenly dismissing foundation principles. Therefore it is important to explain itdsf because this is one of the reasons that Moshe’s children were inferior to Aaron’s children. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rav-kook-supports-argentine-rabbis-measures-against-insincere-conversions-1327656491/ http://www.jewpi.com/rav-kook-supports-argentine-rabbis-measures-against-insincere-conversions-1327656491/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:28:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rav-kook-supports-argentine-rabbis-measures-against-insincere-conversions-1327656491/ Rav Kook(Daas Cohen Y.D. #154): [Written to the rabbis of Argentina] Even though the halacha is that those who convert for ulterio r motives are valid gerim (Yevamos 24b) and this includes a man who converts for the sake of a woman and a woman who Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rav-reuven-feinstein-prohibits-proselytization-1327572016/ http://www.jewpi.com/rav-reuven-feinstein-prohibits-proselytization-1327572016/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:00:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rav-reuven-feinstein-prohibits-proselytization-1327572016/ http: //daattorah.blogspot.com/2009/10/rav-reuven-feinstein-kiruv-and-mixed 18.html http: //daattorah.blogspot.com/2009/10/rav-reuven-feinsteinkiruv-mixed-couples.html http: //daattorah.blogspot.com/2009/10/r-tropper-is-transcript-of-rav-reuven.html http: //daattorah.blogspot.com/2009/06/ejf-attracting-non-jews-to-proselytize. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/wikipeidia-criticism-of-michael-freund-shavei-israel-1327499422/ http://www.jewpi.com/wikipeidia-criticism-of-michael-freund-shavei-israel-1327499422/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:50:22 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/wikipeidia-criticism-of-michael-freund-shavei-israel-1327499422/ Shavei has been under criticism for its limited vision of the Jew Status and Jewishness. Many rabbinical and secular notions state that a Jew is always a Jew, no matter how much he or she stood away from the rabbinical tradition. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rap-why-does-michael-freund-do-it-1327487657/ http://www.jewpi.com/rap-why-does-michael-freund-do-it-1327487657/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:34:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rap-why-does-michael-freund-do-it-1327487657/ There are good reasons why Michael Freund is still up and running: Michael Freund’s image is that of a clean-cut “good citizen” and is the opposite of the greasy sleaziness that Tropper exuded from every pore. Freund comes across like a “saint with a halo” compared to Tropper’s grim Mafioso demeanors. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/california-sex-offender-sentenced-to-195-years-in-prison-1327487167/ http://www.jewpi.com/california-sex-offender-sentenced-to-195-years-in-prison-1327487167/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:26:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/california-sex-offender-sentenced-to-195-years-in-prison-1327487167/ San Diego Union Tribune A convicted s♠ex offender who sliced off his electronic tracking device in 2010 and drove to the South Bay where he assaulted four women will spend the rest of his life in prison. Leonard Scroggins was sentenced Tuesday to 195 years to life in prison by San Diego Superior Court Judge [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/woman-assaulted-by-haredim-in-beit-shemesh-while-hanging-signs-in-a-synagogue-1327448296/ http://www.jewpi.com/woman-assaulted-by-haredim-in-beit-shemesh-while-hanging-signs-in-a-synagogue-1327448296/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:38:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/woman-assaulted-by-haredim-in-beit-shemesh-while-hanging-signs-in-a-synagogue-1327448296/ YNET Beit Shemesh resident Natalie Mashiah, 27, who was attacked  by dozens of extremist haredi men while trying to put up posters of Mifal Hapyis (Israel’s national lottery) in a synagogue recalled the moments of horror.”I didn’t even have time to pull down the hand brake, and they already surrounded me. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/school-superintendent-threatened-punished-15-year-old-boy-who-wrote-op-ed-against-gay-adoptions-1327447563/ http://www.jewpi.com/school-superintendent-threatened-punished-15-year-old-boy-who-wrote-op-ed-against-gay-adoptions-1327447563/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:26:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/school-superintendent-threatened-punished-15-year-old-boy-who-wrote-op-ed-against-gay-adoptions-1327447563/ Fox News A 15-year-old Wisconsin boy who wrote an op-ed opposing gay adoptions was censored, threatened with suspension and called ignorant by the superintendent of the Shawano School District, according to an attorney representing the child. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/kosher-switch-rav-neuwirth-rejects-use-lchatchila-1327401736/ http://www.jewpi.com/kosher-switch-rav-neuwirth-rejects-use-lchatchila-1327401736/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:42:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/kosher-switch-rav-neuwirth-rejects-use-lchatchila-1327401736/ SEE prior post – http: //daattorah.blogspot.com/2011/09/kosher-switch-problematic-haskomas.html Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/in-police-training-a-dark-film-on-u-s-muslims-aish-hatorah-connection-1327400525/ http://www.jewpi.com/in-police-training-a-dark-film-on-u-s-muslims-aish-hatorah-connection-1327400525/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:22:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/in-police-training-a-dark-film-on-u-s-muslims-aish-hatorah-connection-1327400525/ NewYork Times The 72-minute film was financed by the Clarion Fund, a nonprofit group whose board includes a former Central Intelligence Agency official and a deputy defense secretary for President Ronald Reagan. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/kav-lnoar-child-abuse-conference-mp3-of-rav-leff-dr-pelcovitz-1327280773/ http://www.jewpi.com/kav-lnoar-child-abuse-conference-mp3-of-rav-leff-dr-pelcovitz-1327280773/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:06:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/kav-lnoar-child-abuse-conference-mp3-of-rav-leff-dr-pelcovitz-1327280773/ I attended the Kav L’Noar Child Abuse Conference in Jerusalem tonight – Sunday January 22, 2012.  The presentations were excellent and are a reflection of the progress that is occurring in our communities. I am just providing the recordings of the two main speakers.  Rav Zev Leff as the halachic adviser to Kav L’Noar is [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rap-discusses-shavei-israel-search-for-hidden-jews-around-the-world-1327243568/ http://www.jewpi.com/rap-discusses-shavei-israel-search-for-hidden-jews-around-the-world-1327243568/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:46:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rap-discusses-shavei-israel-search-for-hidden-jews-around-the-world-1327243568/ Looking at the latest postings on Shavei Israel’s website; it’s reach is global with direct projects geared to: * “Bnei Anousim  http: //www.shavei.org/category/communities/bnei anousim/?lang=en   Bnei Anousim in Spain…Portugal… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rap-discusses-shavei-israel-search-for-hidden-jews-in-poland-1327242363/ http://www.jewpi.com/rap-discusses-shavei-israel-search-for-hidden-jews-in-poland-1327242363/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:26:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rap-discusses-shavei-israel-search-for-hidden-jews-in-poland-1327242363/ Guest post by RaP: Shavei Israel looks for ‘Hidden Jews’ in Poland and All Over! “The Jewish Press Friday, January 20, 2012 Page 18 (Display advertisement: )            HELP   US   UNCOVER   THESE   HIDDEN   TREASURES After decades of oppression, Poland’s ‘Hidden Jews’ are finally emerging from the shadows, seeking to reclaim [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/prominent-zionist-rabbi-moti-elon-denies-sexual-assault-charges-1327238766/ http://www.jewpi.com/prominent-zionist-rabbi-moti-elon-denies-sexual-assault-charges-1327238766/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:26:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/prominent-zionist-rabbi-moti-elon-denies-sexual-assault-charges-1327238766/ Haaretz YNet Prominent Rabbi Mordechai ‘Moti’ Elon denied on Sunday the charges against him that he sexually abused two male students. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jerusalem-police-wage-war-against-chareidi-extremists-1327224607/ http://www.jewpi.com/jerusalem-police-wage-war-against-chareidi-extremists-1327224607/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:30:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jerusalem-police-wage-war-against-chareidi-extremists-1327224607/ Haaretz The short history of the current conflict begins in 2003, with the anointing of Rabbi Yitzhak Tuvia Weiss – an elderly Belgian Jew who lives in Antwerp and who earned a respectable living as a rabbi and a rabbinical court judge – as leader of the anti-Zionist Eda Haredit community in Jerusalem. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/he-masterminded-systematic-rape-of-over-100-kids-the-nightmare-of-nachlaot-1327174445/ http://www.jewpi.com/he-masterminded-systematic-rape-of-over-100-kids-the-nightmare-of-nachlaot-1327174445/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:34:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/he-masterminded-systematic-rape-of-over-100-kids-the-nightmare-of-nachlaot-1327174445/ JPost Members of the haredi community in the capital’s Nahlaot neighborhood are calling it “The Holocaust.” At least 10 pedophiles molested more than 100 children for six years, reaching nearly every family in this close-knit community. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/responding-to-abuse-interview-with-dr-yitzchok-schecter-of-caps-of-rockland-county-1327170965/ http://www.jewpi.com/responding-to-abuse-interview-with-dr-yitzchok-schecter-of-caps-of-rockland-county-1327170965/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:36:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/responding-to-abuse-interview-with-dr-yitzchok-schecter-of-caps-of-rockland-county-1327170965/ Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-yawning-chasm-between-american-israeli-chareidim-1327063262/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-yawning-chasm-between-american-israeli-chareidim-1327063262/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:41:02 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-yawning-chasm-between-american-israeli-chareidim-1327063262/ Cross Currents by Rav Yitzchok Adlerstein Many people, myself included, believe that the fallout from Beit Shemesh and Kikar Shabbos will have a longer half-life than others suppose. One item to keep an eye on is the fault line that has surfaced, much as those that sometimes appear on the earth’s surface after an earthquake. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/constructive-gossip-proven-to-be-healthy-1327052166/ http://www.jewpi.com/constructive-gossip-proven-to-be-healthy-1327052166/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:36:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/constructive-gossip-proven-to-be-healthy-1327052166/ Medical News Today It seems as social animals we have a strong urge to pass on unsavory information to others, and people even spent their own money in the study, using a “gossip note” they had to pay for during an economic game in which participants could warn people about to play against cheaters. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/four-mea-shearim-men-released-in-charity-scam-scandal-1326970462/ http://www.jewpi.com/four-mea-shearim-men-released-in-charity-scam-scandal-1326970462/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:54:22 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/four-mea-shearim-men-released-in-charity-scam-scandal-1326970462/ Artuz Sheva Judge Dan Pollock of the Jerusalem Magistrate Court ordered the release of four men who were suspected of assisting a scam in the Mea Sharim neighborhood. The accusations involved keeping money that was advertised as being collected for charity. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/controversy-regarding-report-on-the-serious-problem-of-ethiopian-domestic-killings-1326969489/ http://www.jewpi.com/controversy-regarding-report-on-the-serious-problem-of-ethiopian-domestic-killings-1326969489/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:38:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/controversy-regarding-report-on-the-serious-problem-of-ethiopian-domestic-killings-1326969489/ Haaretz The Immigration and Absorption Ministry has withheld a landmark research project documenting the murder of women in Israel’s Ethiopian community. Only sections of the report, completed in 2009, are now coming to light.  The research was conducted by Dr. Shalva Weil, an anthropologist who has researched Ethiopian Jewry for over 30 years. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/yiddish-in-japan-1326968409/ http://www.jewpi.com/yiddish-in-japan-1326968409/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:20:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/yiddish-in-japan-1326968409/ Haaretz הרב מרווין טוקאייר מגרייט נק שבמדינת ניו יורק לא ישכח את השיחה המפתיעה שקיבל לפני 43 שנה. “ב-1969, כשגרתי בטוקיו, צלצל לפתע הטלפון בבית. “שמעתי קולות לא ברורים”, נזכר טוקאייר, שכתב 20 ספרים ביפאנית על יהדות והיה הרב היחיד ביפאן באותה העת. “השיחה היתה מטלפון ציבורי ברחוב, שמעתי את המכוניות ובכלל לא הבנתי על [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/french-police-suspect-rabbi-raped-underage-girls-1326887650/ http://www.jewpi.com/french-police-suspect-rabbi-raped-underage-girls-1326887650/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:54:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/french-police-suspect-rabbi-raped-underage-girls-1326887650/ JPost Police in France have questioned Rabbi Daniel Farhi, a prominent member of the Jewish community in that country, over suspicions that had he had raped an undisclosed number of underage girls, French media reported Tuesday. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/amsterdam-chief-rabbi-suspended-for-signing-document-saying-homosexuality-can-be-changed-through-1326887052/ http://www.jewpi.com/amsterdam-chief-rabbi-suspended-for-signing-document-saying-homosexuality-can-be-changed-through-1326887052/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:44:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/amsterdam-chief-rabbi-suspended-for-signing-document-saying-homosexuality-can-be-changed-through-1326887052/ JPost The chief rabbi of Amsterdam, Aryeh Ralbag, was temporarily relieved from his post Wednesday by the board of the Orthodox Jewish community, after he signed a document describing homosexuality as an inclination which “can be modified and healed. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/historic-reconciliation-between-satmar-belz-1326807964/ http://www.jewpi.com/historic-reconciliation-between-satmar-belz-1326807964/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:46:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/historic-reconciliation-between-satmar-belz-1326807964/ Arutz Sheva A wave of excitement is gripping parts of the hareidi religious world as a historic reconciliation between the hassidic dynasties of Belz and Satmar is underway. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-shaky-science-of-shaken-baby-syndrome-1326807372/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-shaky-science-of-shaken-baby-syndrome-1326807372/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:36:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-shaky-science-of-shaken-baby-syndrome-1326807372/ Time On New York’s Rikers Island, the parents of baby Annie await trial for shaking their infant girl to death. Her mother and father deny harming their child in any way, but prosecutors claim the 70 day old baby died with a severely fractured skull and brain damage consistent with being shaken violently. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/ultra-orthodox-teens-accost-u-s-immigrant-boy-in-beit-shemesh-1326791291/ http://www.jewpi.com/ultra-orthodox-teens-accost-u-s-immigrant-boy-in-beit-shemesh-1326791291/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:08:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/ultra-orthodox-teens-accost-u-s-immigrant-boy-in-beit-shemesh-1326791291/ Haaretz On Monday, just two weeks after a big demonstration sparked by an incident in which an ultra-Orthodox man spat at a local 8-year-old girl dressed “immodestly,” another student at Beit Shemesh’s Orot state religious school was targeted by Haredi teens on the short walk home from school. Read More »]]> 0