Ultra Orthodox Jews

When Rabbis Muzzle Sex Crime Victims, What's a Prosecutor to Do?

Bennett L. Gershman | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Obstruction of Justice, Prosecution of Sex Crimes, Child Sex Complaints, Orthodox Rabbis, Rabbi Sex Crimes, Clergy Sex Abuse, Sex Abuse, Sex Crime Vicitms, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Charles Hynes, Crime News

What exactly should a prosecutor do when religious leaders pressure victims, especially victims of child sexual abuse, from coming forward with complaints?

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Leading Ultra-Orthodox Group Insists Abuse Claims Go To Rabbis First

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, Video, Judaism, Clergy Sex Abuse, Sex Abuse, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Agudath Israel, Charles Hynes, Haredi Jews, Religion News

By Paul Berger The Forward An Orthodox parent whose child tells him he’s been sexually abused may not take that child’s claim to the police wi...

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What the Sold-Out Ultra-Orthodox Anti-Internet Rally Was About

Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Citi Field, Citi Field Ultra Orthodox Rally, Anti-Internet Rally, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Ultra Orthodox Internet Rally, Ultra Orthodox Internet, Judaism, Religion News

Not just a fear of pornography, but a concern about presentation and perception -- the creeping suspicion that information could not be controlled, that the Internet was importing, copying and pasting, all sorts of things that the community had spent so many decades trying to keep at bay.

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Taking Back Our Souls: A Reaction To Sexual Abuse

Chava Tombosky | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Sex Abuse, Faith, Hasidic Jews, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Ultra-Orthodox Sex Abuse, Clergy Sex Abuse, Judaism, Religion News

As G-d stands watching our reaction, we are forced to create an initiative that I dare say, can take on a new day if we are willing and open. As a first step in destroying the silence, I invite you all to belong to a new community and a new higher consciousness.

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SOLD OUT: Ultra-Orthodox Jews To Hold Huge Rally Against The Internet

Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Video, Judaism, Haredi, Orthodox Judaism, Internet Addiction, Religion News

Its the hottest ticket in town. Originally available for $10, tickets to the ultra-Orthodox "anti-Internet" rally on May 20 at the 40,000-seat Citi Fi...

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For Jewish Orthodox Children: No Justice -- No Peace

Rabbi Asher Lipner, Ph.D. | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Judaism, Anti-Semitism, Sex Abuse, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Charles Hynes, Orthodox Judaism, Clergy Sex Abuse, Jewish Social Justice, Religion News

Jewish children will only be safe when Jewish and non-Jewish people of good conscience work together to demand that the rabbis stop covering up abuse, and that the prosecutors use all their resources and authority to bring the abusers to justice.

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Victims Protest: Rabbis, Protect Our Children

Leah Vincent | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Judaism, Clergy Abuse, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Haredi, Footsteps, Clergy Sex Abuse, Religion News

When I heard that thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews were gathering together to address a pressing issue in the religious community, I was furious that the issue being addressed at the unusually elaborate meeting was the dangers of the Internet.

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The Internet Is Banned; Long Live The Internet

Howard Meyer | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Anti-Internet, Internet, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Haredi, Religion and Technology, Judaism, Religion News

On May 20 at Citi Field, thousands of people are expected to gather for an underdog cause. It's not the Mets. Rabbis, community leaders and ordinary citizens will gather to discuss the dangers of the Internet.

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews To Hold Rally Against The Internet

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: The Internet, Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, Jews, Orthodox Jews Internet, Video, Orthodox Jews, Haredi Jew, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Technology, Haredi Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Technology News

A mass rally against the Internet and technology held by a group of Haredim, or ultra-orthodox Jews, will take place in Queens, New York on May 20, re...

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Exploiting the Memory of Child Holocaust Victims Is Obscene

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camp, Ultra Orthodox Jews, Holocaust, Gregrory Wallance, Cordell Hull, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day, World News

My brother and every other child murdered in any genocide deserve to be remembered as fragile flames extinguished in tsunamis of hatred, intolerance and bigotry. Exploiting their memory to score cheap political points is obscene.

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Women's Rights Around The World: How Far Have We Really Come?

Nick Mills | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Sharifa Sharif, u.s. Marines Urinating, Women's Rights, Sahar Gul, Afghan Women, Women News

In the ten long years of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, during which we hoped to sow the seeds of democratic governance and equal rights for women, what have we achieved?

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Message To Religious Extremists: Listen To Joseph!

Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, Ph.D. | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, Naama Margolese, Jewish Wisdom, Gender and Religion, Israel, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Torah Wisdom, Haredi, Book of Genesis, Judaism, Religion News

In recent weeks, there have been reports of the escalating tensions in Israel between some in the ultra-Orthodox community and the general Israeli populace.

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Ultra-Orthodox Judaism Need Not Be Obscurantist

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Lubavitcher Rebbe, Hasidic Jews, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Judaism, Religious Tolerance, Beit Shemesh Schoolgirl, Israel, Haredim, Haredi, Israel Haredim, Religion News

While one must not tar all ultra-Orthodox Jews with the brush of intolerance, the fact is that the antagonism displayed by haredim toward other Jews is becoming ever more extreme. It was not always thus.

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Israeli Military Rabbi Quits Over Comments

Reuters | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Ultra-Orthodox Military, Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, Video, Israeli Military, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Israel, Israeli Military Rabbi, Israeli-Military-Women, Reuters, World News

JERUSALEM, Jan 10 (Reuters) - A top Israeli military rabbi resigned on Tuesday after making comments that appeared to condone allowing ultra-Orthodo...

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Jewish Extremists Prompt Culture War In Israel

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Religion, Jerusalem, Judaism, Orthodox Jews, Haredim, Religious Freedom, Extremist Religion, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Israel, World News

JERUSALEM -- If they hadn't been stirred already by the female soldier who was called a "slut" on a public bus, or the 8-year-old girl spit on by neig...

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3 Ultra-Orthodox Arrested In Suspected Pedophilia Ring In Israel

AP | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Jerusalem Ultra Orthodox Jews, Ultra-Orthodox-Child-Abuse, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Video, Child Abuse, Pedophilia Jerusalem, Pedophilia, Ultra Orthodox Pedophiia, Religion News

JERUSALEM -- Israeli police say three men have been arrested in a suspected pedophilia ring thought to have preyed on dozens of Jerusalem children. P...

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Violence To Preserve Judaism, Or Diversity Of Opinion?

Eliyahu Federman | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Haredi Jews Israel, Chabad, Insular Judaism, Religious Tolerance, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Haredi Violence, Ultra-Orthodox Violence, Israel, Talmud, Haredi, Judaism, Haredi Jews, Religion News

The Haredi communities turning to violence have forgotten the essential cornerstone that has kept Judaism relevant, vibrant and intellectually honest through the ages.

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A Black Mark on the Israeli Society, One That We Must Erase

Shelly Yachimovich | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Naama Margolese, Religion, Beit Shemesh Protests, Judaism, Haredim, Religion and Politics, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Israel, Gender, Video, World News

Forbidden pavements for women. Sounds like a science fiction movie featuring an especially grim, hallucinatory reality. Yet this is a reality. And this kind of reality, in the State of Israel, in the 21st century, puts a black mark on the Israeli society.

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Those Who Desecrate the Holocaust Have No Place in Society

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: The Holocaust, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Newt Gingrich 2012, Rush Limbaugh, Women's Rights in Israel, Nazi Analogies, Jerusalem, Holocaust, Judaism, Israel, World News

We have reached the point when politicians and media commentators eager for a sound bite on the evening news think nothing of exploiting the Holocaust and Nazi terminology, and apparently the crasser the better.

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If You Could See Israel Naked

Bradley Burston | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Religion, Jerusalem, Israeli Settlements, Haaretz, Segregation, Judaism, Bradley Burston, Beit Shemesh, Israel, Palestinians, Religion and Politics, Discrimination Against Women, Messiah, World News

If we could see the Jewish world naked, we might well see a new Judaism emerging this new year, stripped of xenophobia and 19th century clothes for 21st century issues. In the long run, it could save the Jewish people from extinction. If we're lucky, it could save Israel as well.

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Ultra Orthodox And Secular Jews Clash Over Gender Segregation In Israel

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, Gender and Israel, Beit-Shemesh, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Gender Segregation and Jews, Israel and Gender Segregation, Ultra Orthodox Israel, Video, Religion News

Ultra Orthodox Jews continue to push for segregation between men and women in the city of Beit-Shemesh, Israel, as secular residents fight back. "It ...

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Israelis, Resentful Of Orthodox Grip On Society, Fight Back

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, Haredi Secular Divide, Video, Israeli Identity, Judaism, Hardei Jews in Israel, Haredim, Ultra Orthodox Israel, Secular Jews, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Israel, Haredi, Haredi Jews, Religion News

By Michele Chabin Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS) With its department-store-sized windows, the Kolben Dance Company's studio faces a busy do...

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Top Israeli Rabbi: Segregated Buses Not Jewish Law

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Israel Segregated Buses, Video, Sex Segregated Buses, Rabbi Shlomo Amar, Women in Israel, Judaism, Sex Segregated Bus Israel, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Gender-and-Religion, Hillary Clinton Israel, Mehadrin Bus Lines, Israel, Religion News

JERUSALEM — One of Israel's chief rabbis ventured into the divisive question of gender segregation on Monday, saying separate seating for men an...

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EXCLUSIVE: Orthodox Rabbis To Sign Anti-Gay Declaration

Jayson Littman | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Jewish Reparative Therapy, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Jewish Ex-Gay Therapy, Orthodox Judaism Homosexuality, Orthodox Rabbis Homosexuality, Orthodox Rabbis Homosexuality Declaration, Video, Gay Voices News

I was saddened to learn about a top-secret Declaration currently being passed confidentially among Orthodox Jewish rabbis, entitled, "Torah Declaration, Petition, re: The Torah Stance on Homosexuality." The full text of this Declaration is posted here.

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Rise Of Ultra-Orthodox Jews Cause Fractures In Israeli Society

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Ultra Orthodoz, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ultra Orthodox Jews, Israel-Jews, Jewish, Israel Ultra Orthodox, Israel, Israel-Ultra-Orthodox-Protests, World News

JERUSALEM — Dramatic changes may be coming in Israel: Demographers now estimate about a third of last year's Jewish babies were born into the ul...

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