Monday, June 27, 2022
Susan Collins Shocked That Brett Kavanaugh Would Ever Lie to a Woman
“When I met with Justice Kavanaugh before his confirmation hearings, he looked me in the eye and said that he considered Roe v. Wade the law of the land,” she said. “Nothing in his confirmation hearings suggested that he would ever be less than trustworthy with a woman.”
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Ultra-Orthodox parties fear vote drain as Haredi youth turns to far-right
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sylp49ty9
As more and more young religious Jews find firebrand MK Itamar Ben Gvir's political ideas appealing, Haredi party leaders become concerned with Otzma Yehudit stealing votes from ultra-Orthodox in upcoming elections
'The dog that caught the car': Republicans brace for the impact of reversing Roe
Republicans finally got the Roe v. Wade decision they wanted, and in public, they are delighted.
More quietly, however, according to interviews with more than a dozen Republican strategists and party officials, they just didn’t want it to come right now — not during a midterm election campaign in which nearly everything had been going right for the GOP.
But it’s a victory that will almost certainly come at a cost. In Republican circles, a consensus has been forming for weeks that the court’s overturning of a significant — and highly popular — precedent on a deeply felt issue will be a liability for the party in the midterms and beyond, undercutting Republicans to at least some degree with moderates and suburban women.
Why Jews ignored stark warnings from inside Auschwitz
But he soon realised his assumption was incorrect. There was quite a difference between knowledge and belief. He found it difficult to alert the community because many leaders did not believe the content of his report. And it is not obvious that if people had been alerted they themselves would have believed it, and would have acted accordingly.
Saturday, June 25, 2022
Teen Girl Charged With Kidnapping, Trafficking of 13-Year-Old: Police
https://www.newsweek.com/teen-girl-charged-kidnapping-trafficking-13-year-old-police-1719184
Police on Wednesday morning rescued a 13-year-old girl who was kidnapped by another teenager, in what authorities currently believe was a human trafficking situation.
The incident occurred in Canton, Georgia, just after 10:20 a.m. when officers of the Canton Police Department approached a 2014 Dodge Caravan that had been reported stolen. A young woman was seen driving the car while using a cellphone, while a younger girl was also observed, Fox 11 News reported Friday. Once pulled over, the teen driver was unable to provide any license or registration for the vehicle.
Justice Thomas: SCOTUS ‘should reconsider’ contraception, same-sex marriage rulings
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/24/thomas-constitutional-rights-00042256
Justice Clarence Thomas argued in a concurring opinion released on Friday that the Supreme Court “should reconsider” its past rulings codifying rights to contraception access, same-sex relationships and same-sex marriage.
Politically Correct- Mishpacha magazine
https://mishpacha.com/they-dont-teach-corporate-in-yeshivah/
I’ve spoken to a number of yeshivah graduates about to enter the corporate world who didn’t really think about their coworkers. Their plan was to work hard, do their job, and go home. Unfortunately, that isn’t realistic in today’s corporate world. Teamwork and collegiality are highly valued. Employees are often chosen for “fit” as much as qualifications. Ignoring your coworkers, or even worse, self-segregating with only other frum Jews, will be viewed negatively.
There tends to be a very strong echo chamber in the Orthodox world. Believe it or not, there are plenty of people out there who do not agree with Ben Shapiro (and, yes, they can debate him when given the chance on even terms).
Conservative politics seem to be almost ubiquitous in the yeshivah community, but it’s essential to realize that they aren’t the mainstream. As passionately as we may feel about certain conservative principles, the people we interact with often have very different opinions.
My advice: Unless you work in the political realm, stay out of political discussions at work. That isn’t necessarily easy, especially as coworkers passionately defend ideas that you find horrific, but politics at work is a no-win situation.
Alan Dershowitz Confronts Hannity on Abortion Ruling's 'Judicial Activism'
Alan Dershowitz confronted Fox News host Sean Hannity Friday over whether the Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade constituted "judicial activism."
The Supreme Court announced the ruling on the case, which guaranteed abortion-rights for women across the United States, on Friday—ending the right to receive an abortion for millions of women living in conservative-led states. The move immediately sparked a wave of protests and criticism, including from Dershowitz.
Friday, June 24, 2022
Son of alleged predator rabbi accused of raping one of father’s complainants
The son of a Jerusalem rabbi indicted earlier this month for raping seven of his followers has been arrested in a sexual assault case of his own.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of the prosecution in the case, allowing the publication of 38-year-old Lior Yazdi’s name as well as the allegations against him.
One of the complainants against his father, 59-year-old Rabbi Moshe Yazdi, told police Lior Yazdi had raped her in her home while her four children were inside in 2017.
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