Monthly Archives: April 2008

Sexual Abuse In The Ultra-Orthodox Community

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Luke Ford

Gadi Pickholz writes: "Go to the ynet and haaretz stories, they are much more detailed. Yediyot devoted SIX PAGES to Charedi Sexual Abuse yesterday. The Ministry of Social Affairs formally announced that they are "helpless" to stop the "rampant sexual … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, Haredi | Tagged Beit Shemesh, child abuse stories, community shelters, eglash, haaretz, having sex, immigrant family, incest, israeli society, jerusalem district court, jerusalem report, ministry of social affairs, national consciousness, orthodox communities, orthodox community, Rabbis, religious cult, scarf, sexual abuse, ynet | Comments Off

The Tape & The Talmud

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Luke Ford

From the New York Times: Four days before his first North American Boxing Federation title defense, Yuri Foreman sat in the basement of a Brooklyn brownstone studying Shulchan Aruch, the code of Jewish law. By early afternoon, he would be … Continue reading →

Posted in Boxing | Tagged american boxing, arum, boxing career, boxing federation, brownstone, code of jewish law, jewish leaders, knockouts, new york board of rabbis, New York Times, observant jew, potential danger, puncher, rabbi joseph, risk and reward, rsquo, shulchan aruch, world champion, Yeshiva University, yuri foreman | Comments Off

Two Shootings In South Robertson

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Luke Ford

The Los Angeles Times reports: They had hoped to reclaim their neighborhood from violence. Scores of marchers walked through a section of the South Robertson area of Los Angeles with banners calling for an end to gangs and guns and … Continue reading →

Posted in Pico/Robertson | Tagged bloodshed, boulevards, community police advisory board, crimes, fears, freeway, gang members, gang related, gangs, la cienega, local community, locals, Los Angeles Times, neighborhood watch group, organizers, police officers, police officials, slogans, street corners, westside community | Comments Off

Initial reports on Delice Bistro are outstanding

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Luke Ford

It is located at 8581 Pico Blvd, just west of La Cienega on the north side of the street. It’s packed every night and people seem to leave there pleased. Glatt Mart next to Eilat Market is now open to … Continue reading →

Posted in Kashrut | Tagged initial reports, la cienega, pico blvd | Comments Off

Spend Passover In Egypt

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Luke Ford

I’m leading a rebel tour: I’m live on my cam: matisyahu: I saw a Canadian documentary called ‘GIve me your Soul’ which I think should have included more of your comments YourMoralLeader: yep matisyahu: Bryan Adams matisyahu: Canadian content! matisyahu: … Continue reading →

Posted in Passover | Tagged ahh, army cot, bryan adams, canadian content, canadian documentary, Christopher Hitchens, civil servant, egypt, jew, jewish men, mandingo, Matisyahu, moneywise, mr marcus, Passover, porn star, porned, sam sam, sammy, territorial government, yep | Comments Off

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