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Orthodox Jews Targeted In Scam By The Same Bloke Who Denied His Wife A Divorce For Near A Decade
I’ve received emails asking me why I have not linked the Joseph Shereshevsky below to the Rabbi Yossi Sharashefsky who refused for many years to give his wife a get (Jewish divorce). The reason I have not linked them is … Continue reading
Posted in Fraud, Orthodoxy, Sharashefsky
Tagged bank fraud, orthodox jewish community, orthodox jews, private placements, securities and exchange commission, unauthorized purposes
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Some Charedim Ban The Ipod
Jameel Rashid blogs: Despite the attempts to elevate the ubiquitous iPod and other similar mp4 recording/playback devices to objects that are "kosher" within the ultra-orthodox Jewish community, the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Geula and Mea-Shearim are now plastered with "pashkevils" posters … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Israel
Tagged geula, haredi world, meah, orthodox jewish community, playback devices, torah lessons
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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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Materialism & Jewish Life
I was just talking to someone looking for a Modern Orthodox Jewish community that wasn’t too materialistic. As long as I’ve been Jewish — 15 years — I’ve been poor. I’ve never been treated badly because of it. On the … Continue reading
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Orthodox Parents Accused Of Abuse
Here are a collection of articles on this story. Says a source: "The case of Isaac Hersh needs to be in the news media until he is allowed to be free of Brooklyn. I believe he wants to be in … Continue reading
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