Friday, August 12, 2016

Kaminetsky-Greenblatt Heter: Tisha B'Av - The consequence of the Destruction of the Temple

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Sotah (49a-b): R. ELIEZER THE GREAT SAYS: FROM THE DAY THE TEMPLE WAS DESTROYED, THE SAGES BECAME OF LOWER QUALITY AND BEGAN TO BE LIKE ...
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Trump touts childcare programs, but they're for guests, not employees

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CBS News When Donald Trump vowed this week to make child care more accessible and affordable, it was just the second time during his ...
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Devarim; Eretz Yisroel Could Have Been A Lot Larger

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Guest post by Rabbi Shlomo Pollak Moshe Rabbeinu tells us to leave Har Sinai, and head straight for Eretz Yisroel, and settle in ה...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

Donald Trump Calls Obama ‘Founder of ISIS’ and Says It Honors Him

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NY Times    A day after remarks that appeared to suggest that gun rights advocates harm Hillary Clinton, Donald J. Trump sprayed his fire...
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

An Alternative Form of Mental Health Care Gains a Foothold

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NY Times   Some of the voices inside Caroline White’s head have been a lifelong comfort, as protective as a favorite aunt. It was the other...
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Rabbinic ordination or Talmudic Studies qualify for municipal jobs that demand college degrees

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Times of Israel New government regulations will enable Israelis with only a religious education to be considered for jobs offered by ...
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Republican foreign policy officials sign anti-Trump letter

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CBS NEWS Dozens of former Republican national security officials have signed a letter on Monday saying a Donald Trump presidency woul...
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Monday, August 8, 2016

Mendel Epstein's July 2016 appeal for bail - based on health reasons - denied

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  Mendel Epstein Bail Denial July 2016
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Jerusalem therapist charged with raping 3 sisters who came for treatment

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Times of Israel A neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) therapist pleaded innocent Sunday to charges that he raped three sisters and commi...
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Sunday, August 7, 2016

I Ran the C.I.A. Now I’m Endorsing Hillary Clinton.

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NY Times During a 33-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency, I served presidents of both parties — three Republicans and thre...
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Harry Maryles condemns alleged blockbusting in Lakewood area - while he acknowledges he doesn't know if it actually happened

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Guest post. I reread Harry's post twice as well as the many comments to make sure it was a bad as the guest post described. It was. ...
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Saturday, August 6, 2016

Child molester sues N.Y. Rabbi Yakov Horowitz over tweets

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USA Today   A child molester who moved from New York to Israel as he was being sought on a new misdemeanor assault charge turned to the ...
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Rockland's Horowitz not only rabbi threatened by child molester

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lohud     The Rockland rabbi being sued for tweeting about a child molester's whereabouts is not the only child advocate the sex offe...
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Friday, August 5, 2016

'There aren't more sex abuse cases now, just more reports'

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Arutz 7 In an interview with Kobi Sela, Attorney Rebecca Schwartz, a haredi woman who represents victims of sexual abuse, noted how att...