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Category Archives: Abuse
Religious tensions at boiling point in Beitar Illite as 14-year-old girl attacked by member of town’s ‘modesty guard’
From YNET News: A 14-year-old girl from Beitar Illite was taken to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem after an unknown person spilled acid on her face, legs and stomach, causing light burn wounds. The act has been attributed … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Modesty, Orthodoxy
Tagged eini, face legs, hadassah ein kerem, hadassah ein kerem hospital, illite, religious tensions
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Rabbi Elior Chen Arrested In South America
From Haaretz: SAO PAULO – Local police yesterday arrested an ultra-Orthodox rabbi suspected of seriously abusing Jerusalem children, one of whom is in a vegetative state. Police officers nabbed Rabbi Elior Chen on a street corner in the Bom Retiro … Continue reading
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Tagged brazilian police, elior, jewish neighborhood, orthodox jewish community, orthodox rabbi, state police officers
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Seduced By A Rabbi
From Newsday: ALBANY, N.Y. – New York‘s top court is considering whether a 1935 state law that prohibits suing seducers for monetary damages applies to members of the clergy. Adina Marmelstein wants the Court of Appeals to reinstate her claim … Continue reading
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Tagged breach of fiduciary duty, kehillat new hempstead, new york city woman, orthodox rabbi, rabbi mordechai tendler, richard bliss
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Sotah – The Wife Suspected Of Adultery
The Torah has a great way for dealing with such women and such troubled marriages. They have this nifty ritual to be done in front of God and the High Priest where the woman drinks muddy water. If she’s guilty … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Adultery, Torah
Tagged Adultery, drinking muddy water, high priest, jealous husbands, jewish law, troubled marriages
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Shame Over Sexual Abuse In Israel
Time magazine reports: Among Israel’s ultra-orthodox Jews, the Haredim, social workers are often called "child-snatchers" and the police "Cossacks," harking back to the 19th century pogroms against Jews in Russia. These cloistered communities, in which women are expected to raise … Continue reading
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Tagged incest rape, jews in russia, Naomi Ragen, national police force, time magazine reports, ultra orthodox jews
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OU Admits Replacement Of Sholom Rubashkin Ploy To Keep Kosher Supervision
FailedMessiah posts: Rabbi Menachem Genack of the OU has admitted what many of us thought all along – the "ouster" of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin as Agriprocessors CEO is… …nothing more than a ploy to help the OU leave its mark … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Agriprocessors, Orthodox Union
Tagged agri products, Agriprocessors, ethics and morality, kosher supervision, rabbi menachem, rubashkin
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Agriprocessors Is The New Artscroll
Just as the Modern Orthodox love bashing Artscroll (the hugely successful Jewish publishing company run by the super-Orthodox), they now love bashing Agriprocessors (the hugely successful meat packaging plant run by the super-Orthodox). One of the criticisms of Agriprocessors is … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Articles, Kashrut, Modern Orthodox
Tagged illegal immigrants, illegal mexican immigrants, kosher market, meat packaging, mexican illegals, mexican immigrant
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‘Why Didn’t He Molest Me?’
In my capacity as a moral leader, I have to counsel a lot of hurt and confused men and women dealing with the hard knocks that life delivers. Sometimes their pain comes from their rabbi being accused of molestation. "I … Continue reading
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Tagged hard knocks, men and women, moral leader, quot, rabbi, shame
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Bet Tzedek, Bush Gottlieb File Class-Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Carwash Workers in Response to Widespread Labor Violations
Carwash Owner Routinely Violates Wage-Hour Laws, Suit Alleges; Many Instances Cited of ‘Hard Work for No Pay’ LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — A class-action lawsuit covering an estimated 250 current and former carwash workers was filed today … Continue reading
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Tagged bet tzedek legal services, carwash industry, carwashes, class action lawsuit, county superior court, employment rights, flagrant violation, gross abuses, health and safety standards, kish, labor and employment lawyers, los angeles county superior court, occupational health and safety, overtime pay, poverty law, rest breaks, star car, suit names, vermont hand, workplace laws
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The Case Of Rabbi Jack Sparks
From The Awareness Center: Director, Albert Einstein Academy – Wilmington, DE Talleyville, DE Newark, DE (2004 – ) Director, Austin Jewish Academy – Austin, TX (2004 – ) Volunteer, Shir Ami Congregation – Cedar Park, TX Miami, FL New York … Continue reading
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Tagged albert einstein, albert einstein academy, Awareness Center, boston university, cedar park tx, child endangerment, counseling psychology, doctorate degree, dr jack, education field, educational leadership, elementary education, gaming magazine, jewish academy, jewish studies, london road, newark police department, pornographic magazines, talleyville delaware, tobacco store
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