The Contemporary Ma Nishtana מַה נִּשְׁתַּנָּה - "How is this scandal...
Hidden cameras in the mikveh? Why a voyeurism scandal is rocking the Jewish worldThe shocking charges that Rabbi Barry Freundel in Washington, D.C. videotaped women congregants in their most vulnerable...
View ArticleOrthodox Jewish rape survivor buried by community that shunned him
MONSEY, N.Y. (PIX11) – The marker on the freshly-dug grave in the Monsey Cemetery had the name “Joel Deutsch” in Hebrew, the name 34-year old Joe Diangello was given at birth in Williamsburg,...
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"Detectives told them there could be more than 200 victims, some as far away as...
View ArticleWhat the Freundel scandal says about Orthodoxy
MODIIN, Israel (JTA) — With the news that Rabbi Barry Freundel, a prominent Orthodox rabbi, has been arrested for peeping at the naked bodies of his female congregants through a secret camera in the...
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Dr. Levy was filming women at Johns Hopkins with a secret device. A few months ago the court awarded $190 million in damages to the 8000 victims. That works out to about $24,000 per victim although...
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US rejected Ya'alon request to meet key officialsObama administration refused to grant visits with top figures, in act of political payback for defense minister calling Kerry 'obsessive and...
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Power and Powerlessness in ReligionLet me preface with this: I am aware that this situation is an outlier. The majority of clergy are people who have sacrificed their family, their time, financial...
View ArticlePolice find micro cameras, lists of names in search of rabbi’s Towson...
Police searching the Towson University office of a prominent Georgetown rabbi accused of secretly recording women in a ritual bath found a backpack with an assortment of tiny cameras hidden in everyday...
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*Authority or Authoritarianism*Dynamics of Power in the Contemporary Orthodox Rabbinate"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." -Abraham...
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FREUNDEL SCANDAL: Rabbinical establishment must leadRabbi Barry Freundel of Washington D.C., was charged with voyeurism earlier this month.On Oct. 14, Rabbi Barry Freundel of Congregation Kesher Israel...
View Article"But he looks like a nice Jewish teacher"
When The Sex Offender Looks Like a Nice Jewish TeacherLast year, some little girls were sexually assaulted in my son’s 2nd grade class. He was their trusted teacher who they called “Rebbe.” He was...
View Article"They would have us rely on the peaceful intentions of jihadists, believe in...
The Arab world is a war zone and Israel is expected to adopt an Arab peace plan?Recent talks about the Arab Peace Initiative beg disbelief. The Arab world is a war zone. Syria has been destroyed by a...
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From A Saudi MagazineJews are very annoying – they really are. They are the cause of all the world’s problems. It’s true, you know. I read it in all the newspapers and I see it in the protests across...
View Article"If individual Jews and communal Jewish organizations are not now prepared to...
Don't American Jews Realize They Are All Klinghoffer?They just don't get it.An elderly, crippled, wheel chair bound Jew by the name of Klinghoffer was thrown overboard from a cruise ship by Arab...
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The world cannot stand the idea of Jewish sovereignty over JerusalemThe deafening silence of the international community after last week’s terrorist attack in Jerusalem that claimed the lives of two...
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Netanyahu is no Coward, but Obama is a LiarThe real reason Israel did not attack Iran is just part of it.PM Netanyahu has been a brave Israeli Prime Minister on the Iranian nuclear issue. Why? The...
View ArticleObama Officials’ Insults Are Vulgar, But Their Policies Are Far Worse
The Obama administration officials’ vulgar treatment of Israel’s prime minister is troubling. But the policies behind their vulgarity – and reckless – are far worse.Two officials were involved: one who...
View ArticleNo Longer Orthodox
HARD to find a silver lining in anything as scandalous as the “Mikvagate” accusations against Rabbi Barry Freundel. There isn’t a decent minded person in the world that does not feel the pain and...
View ArticleAmerica faces most dangerous two years in 150 years
Obama still has two more years left in his final term.Already, he has demonstrated again and again that he has no regard for the constitution or the legitimacy of laws when they do not suit his agenda....
View ArticleViral anti-street-harassment video spawns Jewish parody
A video titled "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman" depicting street harassment of women went viral last week and while it was praised by some for highlighting the important issue, it also came...
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