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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Did the Holocaust save the Chareidi world from extinction?

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YNet מחקר חדש מעלה כי בתקופה שלפני מלחמת העולם השנייה היו רק אלפים בודדים של תלמידי ישיבה באירופה. החורבן העצום גרם לניצולי השואה ל...
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Monday, September 8, 2014

Court vindicates Beit Shemesh Charedim in conflict with Education Ministry

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YNet    Members of the Beit Shemesh Haredi community arrived at the Safot V’Tarbuyot school Thursday night and dismantled a barrier that ...

Messianic Sex Cult - that required prostitution with Arabs - exposed

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Arutz 7    A media gag order was lifted on Monday on the testimony of the main complainant against the extremist Messianic cult  exposed th...
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Sunday, September 7, 2014

The story of Big History - What would a Jewish version look like?

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NY Times    As Gates was working his way through the series, he stumbled upon a set of DVDs titled “Big History” — an unusual college ...
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Saturday, September 6, 2014

NY Times coverage of Gaza war was biased against Israel (surprise?!)

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Tablet Magazine     I am a lifelong Democrat, a political liberal, a Reform rabbi, and for four decades, until last week, a New York T...
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Friday, September 5, 2014

Appeals court upholds dismissal of lawsuit regarding sexaul abuse at Yeshiva University

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NY Times     A federal appeals court panel ruled on Thursday that dozens of men who say Yeshiva University covered up their sexual abuse ...

Rivky Stein & Yoel Weiss: Before Rosh HaShana all those who mistakenly believed Rivky and slandered Yoel should ask him for forgiveness

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As everyone knows by now, Rivky perpetrated a massive fraud and chillul hashem. In particular she tried to destroy her husband by having ...
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Seminary Scandal: Harry Maryles fails to get his facts and halacha straight before he pontificates

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While it is true that I said that it is time to move on in dealing with the Seminary scandal, Harry Maryles just posted an article attac...
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Defeat and victory is in the eyes of the beholder - or why Palestinians think Hamas won

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Contrary to what is typically understood - victory or defeat is not dependent on objective reality but the subjective reality. What is re...

Judges slam Yeshiva University in $680 million abuse case- Title IX - defining statute of limitation

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Forward   Imagine you are in a car accident. It’s the other guy’s fault, and you know your insurance company will sue his. But should yo...
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A United Family or a United Front - the lesson of the rebellious child (Devarim 21:18) by Allan Katz

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guest post by   Allan Katz  Many parenting experts cite a verse from our weekly parasha-portion in order to encourage parents to keep ...
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Seminary Scandals: It's not over till it's over VS it's time to move on.- the END!

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 update - see my rebuttal to Harry Maryles egregious misunderstanding of this post Having spent many hours in the last few weeks respon...
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Monday, September 1, 2014

Schlesinger Twins: Petition against Austria and Germany denying custody to non-native parents

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Beth Alexander's loss of custody in not an isolated phenomenon but is in fact typical for non-native parents in Austria and Germany...
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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Chedvas Seminary: Welcoming letter from Rabbi Meir Kahane to parents and incoming students

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Dear Parents and Incoming Students amus”h , I hope this letter finds you well. As many of you are aware, much of our summer has...
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