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Category Archives: Chabad
Is Israel Trying To Turn American Jews Into Orthodox Right-Wingers?
J.J. Goldberg writes: As part of its promotion of Orthodox observance, Chabad Hasidism touts a traditional version of Jewish family values, including rules on modest dress for women, “impurity” during menstruation and opposition to homosexuality. Less well known is Chabad’s … Continue reading
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After a career of ups and downs, Joe Gutnick is once again a diamond in the rough
Sydney Morning Herald: Back in 2003, mining magnate Joseph Gutnick stared down a threat by his sister to refer their bitter legal dispute to a rabbinical court in Israel by invoking the famous Jewish teaching “dina demalchuta dina”, which means … Continue reading
The Realignment of American Jewry
Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie writes: If only traditional Judaism would lower its standards, become more open minded, there would be a Jewish renaissance. That is the assertion of Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, in a recent article in the Jewish Week. He points … Continue reading
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Feds accuse private Michigan Jewish Institute college of grant fraud
REPORT: A private Jewish Michigan college committed fraud over the past decade, leading to millions of federal dollars being sent to the West Bloomfield school to pay for the education of students who weren’t enrolled there, according to the federal … Continue reading
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How Two Guys Lost God and Found $40 Million
From Bloomberg: I’ve come to their tax-haven sex mansion to hear their improbable story—how two sons of an ultrareligious Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn witnessed the birth of a new kind of lending, made a fortune, and then saw it all … Continue reading