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Category Archives: Chabad
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
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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Boca Raton victim says hate crime was ‘nerve-wracking’
It’s rarely a good idea to start a fight just because somebody insulted you. It’s even more rarely a good idea to start a fight over an insult when you are a rabbinical student. I’ve had people flip Heil Hitler … Continue reading
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Visiting The Rebbe
JTR: Secular Jew Howard Jacobson wrote in 1993 about his experiences while waiting to see the famous Orthodox Lubavitcher rabbi, Menachem Schneerson, in New York City. For a decade, the rabbi gave out a dollar (symbolic charity) to each of … Continue reading
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Going Modern Orthodox
A Chabad friend who’s gone Modern Orthodox says the hardest part is all the women (who let themselves go after marriage) want to hug and kiss you. A traditional Jew does not touch women (outside of his wife and family). … Continue reading
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