Category Archives: Haredi

FBI Arrests Haredi Woman At Son’s Wedding

Failed Messiah reports: “Haredi woman arrested at son’s Borough Park wedding. The woman, who’s last name is Zaprin or Safrin, is allegedly another arrest linked to the Spinka Rebbe’s money laundering scandal. The Spinka Rebbe is currently serving time in … Continue reading

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Most Chareidi Jews In Israel Don’t Want To Work

Dennis Prager writes: The Wall Street Journal recently published a column about ultra-Orthodox (Charedi) Jews in Israel who do not work for a living. Sixty-five percent of ultra-Orthodox men ages 35-54 do not go to work. Instead, they study Torah … Continue reading

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Jewish Wigs For Women

It is nice to get some MSM coverage of Orthodox Jewish life that isn’t sneering. From the LAT: Sheitels are the wigs that married Orthodox Jewish women of the most devout, or Hasidic, communities wear in public. It would be … Continue reading

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A Convert’s Sad Story

Anonymous writes: I am a convert. There can be no question that I am halakhically Jewish, at least if you trust the Lubavitchers to know halakha. I am writing to protest the downright shameful treatment of converts by the Orthodox … Continue reading

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A Convert Laments

I’m tired of all this Jewish lamenting over the latest conversion bill. I’m a convert to Orthodox Judaism and a well respected one at that! Like Jewish philosopher Jacob Stein, you’d be hard-pressed to find any Orthodox Jew who has … Continue reading

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