Category Archives: Chabad

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

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CHILD ABUSE ALLEGATIONS PLAGUE THE HASIDIC COMMUNITY

Newsweek: While there is no evidence that child abuse is any more likely to occur in ultra-Orthodox schools than in public or secular institutions, stories like Reizes’s—an alleged abuser sheltered and victims unwilling to talk for fear of losing the … Continue reading

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Happy New Year

* Post: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel, during the 70’s would often find himself in the Rebbe’s office. Once, he was in the office during the eve of the secular New Year. When the twelve o’clock arrived, the … Continue reading

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