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Friday, May 17, 2013
Rate of global warming slows significantly
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Scientific American Extreme global warming is less likely in coming decades after a slowdown in the pace of temperature rises so far t...
Kolko case: Learning to believe the unbelievable
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When we read about a horrible crime, we look for a rational explanation by seeking out the words regarding the accused, "he was a lo...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Enlightenment & the Jews: What part should G-d play in secular culture?
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This is the first of a series of posts on the relationship of Judaism to secular society and secular knowledge. I had previously mentione...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Eli Weinstein charged again - for $6 million scam
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Asbury Park Press A Lakewood man will spend at least the next few days in jail on charges that he and two others swindled a New Zeala...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Calling another Jew a rasha (evil): Punishment and Repentance
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Kiddushin (28a): It was taught: If someone called a person a slave then he is banned (nidoi). If he called him a mamzer then he is given...
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Why did the Lakewood establishment and Rav Belsky get it wrong?
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Now that Kolko has confessed to being a molester, the big question is why didn't his supporters realize this? The supporters who in...
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Yosef Kolko pleads guilty to charges today after learning 2 more victims came forward
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Asbury Park Press A former Lakewood Yeshiva teacher today admitted sexually abusing a boy, after authorities said two more victims ...
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Binyamin Satz of Nahlaot sentenced to 15 years
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YNET The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Binyamin Satz, a 46-year-old resident of Jerusalem, to 15 years in prison after he was f...
Aspaklaria Jewish Source Book - Currently Free Online
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I just noticed reports 1 2 that the very valuable research tool Aspaklari by Rabbi Dr. Shmuel Adler is currently available free online c...
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Shavuot Is Tough Sell in Digital Age
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Forward by Rabbi Mendel Horowitz When I began teaching in 1998, dormitory floors were littered with magazines and books. Back when no...
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Lapid's financial program is sabotaging his promises for universal draft
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Times of Israel One of the central campaign promises of the governing coalition parties was to institute a universal draft to the ID...
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Kolko Trial: Victim's father testifies
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Asbury Park Press The father of a former Lakewood boy who accused his camp counselor of sexual abuse wanted to handle the matter dis...
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Father Gordon MacRae: Hope in a case of apparent grave injustice
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Wall Street Journal [...] That a great many of the accusations against the priests were amply documented, that they involved the cri...
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Cleveland kidnappings: Emotional Recovery Seen Possible for Victims of Prolonged Abuse
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NYTimes Day after day, it was his voice they heard, his face they saw. He was their tormentor and their deliverer, the one who — at ...
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