Gov. Ron DeSantis has strongly opposed certain mandatory measures to keep the virus in check, saying people should be trusted to make decisions for themselves. He has asserted, too, that the spike in cases is seasonal as Floridians spend more time indoors to escape the heat.
Sunday, September 5, 2021
Friday, September 3, 2021
Texas abortion law: The implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58426145
Just because the court declined to pass judgement on the merits of the Texas law doesn't mean the court's ruling won't have an immediate knock-on effect. Texas appears to have found a way around quick judicial review of constitutionally questionable laws.
The state law outsources enforcement of the abortion ban to private citizens, who can file lawsuits against abortion providers and individuals who "aid and abet" the procedure - collecting $10,000 (£7,230) in damages for each case they win. With no government official or entity enforcing the ban, the Supreme Court majority held, there's no one for opponents of the law to sue until those private cases start showing up in court.
The tactic doesn't have to be limited to abortion, either. One can imagine liberal states passing legislation allowing citizen enforcement of handgun bans, global warming regulations or vaccine mandates.
‘It’s Time to Get Out’: Why Jews Are Fleeing South Africa for Israel
In the first eight months of 2021, 350 South African Jews moved to Israel – more than the total number for 2020. At the current pace, Jewish Agency officials estimate that more than 500 will arrive by the year’s end. That would be the largest number in any given year since the fall of the apartheid regime. It would be surpassed only by the aliyah waves that followed the 1967 Six-Day War and the Soweto riots of the mid-1970s.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Number of ultra-Orthodox With COVID on the Rise, and Most Are Under 18
The number of confirmed COVID cases in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community has surged over the past few weeks following the reopening of schools and other educational institutions, and are now far exceeding national rates.
According to Health Ministry figures obtained by Haaretz, some 20 percent of all those diagnosed with COVID in Israel on Tuesday are ultra-Orthodox; that figure was just 10 percent three weeks ago, and five percent just one month ago.
More than 1,000 ‘Rabbis for Repro’ work for abortion rights. Their fight just got tougher.
Some Jews, mostly Orthodox, oppose abortion, and have been active in the movement to overturn Roe. But Ruttenberg said that Orthodox Jews are represented in Rabbis for Repro. That subgroup includes Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, a popular writer and motivational speaker, and several Orthodox women who have been ordained and use the titles maharat or rabba.
Orthodox theology does not assign a fetus the status of a person, as do many Christians opposed to abortion, Rabbi Avi Shafran, a spokesman for Agudath Israel of America, a leading Orthodox group, told the Forward in 2019. And abortion is permitted in Orthodoxy to save the life of the mother and sometimes for other medical complications with permission from one’s rabbi.
Tamar Epstein: With the denial of R' Gartner and R' Stern - the Kaminetskys are the only Getless marriage supporters known to exist
Bs"d R. ... shlita shalom rav, how are things, long time no speak. It's come to my attention that certain individuals (bloggers et. al) are identifying me as one of the Rabbonim who signed off on the Tamar Epstein heter of kiddushei ta'us. This is totally untrue. Please feel free to disseminate the gist of this email as you deem proper on a need-to-know basis.
All the best and have a 'gutten vinter'
Tzvi Gartner
My brother Rav Dovid Eidensohn sent this todayב״הלכל מאן דבעי למידעהובא לידיעתי, שנתפרסמה בשוק, שאני הייתי מהב״ד שעקרו הקידושין של ״אהרן פרידמן״ להאשה ״תמיר עפשטיין״, ובצירוף הרבנים הרב שלום קמנצקי והרב צבי גרטנר.ומצאתי לעצמי חובה להודיע, שדברים הנ״ל דברי שקר הם.מעולם לא עסקתי בדברים כאלו. ולא היה לי שום שייכות לדבר כמו עקירת קידושין של הזוג הנ״ל. את הרבנים הרב שלום קמנצקי והרב צבי גרטנר אני לא מכיר. ומעולם לא דברתי עמהם, ותו לא מידי.ולאות אמת באתי על החתום ביום ל׳ תשרי א׳דר״ח מרחשון תשע״וגבריאל שטערן
I spoke to Rabbi Gavriel Stern that somebody named as a signer on the permission for Tamir to remarry and he vehemently rejected it. I sent in his remarks in Hebrew to my brother. I know people who are seeking out a name of people who signed for her to remarry. So far, the only thing that makes sense is that Rabbi Greenblatt relied on Rabbi Kaminetsky and his son. And I know Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetsky and also somebody who got a Kesubo from him and it was invalid. He does not know the laws of Gittin, and he once asked me where in the laws of Gittin does it say about writing names. If he doesn't know that, he is surely not a Gadol and he surely has no right to tell Tamir to remarry without a GET.
We know a few other rabbis who have in the past indicated that they would annul a marriage, but none of them are "Gedolim" and Rabbi Greenblatt told me that he did what he did because Gedolim wanted it done. I doubt if any Gedolim signed it, because the big names that I spoke to all were furious about it.
Rabbi Mordechai Willig was so angry that he almost sputtered when he talked about it. Nobody believes that any Gadol who knows Gittin laws signed the paper, and the Kaminetskies I know are not experts in Gittin. I talk about Gittin because I have the warm backing of Reb Moshe Feinstein and Reb Yosef Shalom Elyashev and Reb Shmuel HaLevi Wosner and other Gedolei HaDor. I did my shimush homework for many years, learning under Reb Aharon Kotler and every Gadol I could meet. But today, who knows the laws of Gittin? A lot of them are making it up as they go along, and the result will be many questionable children in the coming generation.
I know that these people are concerned about women who need a GET. But why are they not concerned about babies born mamzerim? After all, some of them will be ladies.
Eternal Jewish Family - Rav Nachum Eisenstein where are you?
Last November Eternal Jewish Family held a major event in Washingston. The participants included"
In addition to the chief rabbis, major presentations were delivered byTorah luminaries from around the world, including Harav ReuvenFeinstein, (Staten Island), President, EJF Halachic Committee, HaravBaruch Dov Povarsky, (Ponevezh) Harav Yitzchok Scheiner, (Kaminetz)-via video link, Harav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi, (Ateres Yisroel), HaravMoshe Shapiro, (Ulpana) Harav Hillel David (Sharey Torah) , HaravSimcha HaCohen Kook, (Rechovot), Harav Shmuel Lazer Stern, (Beis Din ofHarav Hagaon Shmuel Wosner), Chairman, EJF Halachic Committee inIsrael, Harav Shmuel Dishon, (Yad Yisroel, Karlin-Stolin), Harav AbbaBronspigel, (Touro Rabbinical College), Harav Nochum Eisenstein, (Va'adl'Inyonei Giyur, Yerushalayim), Harav Yakov Velvel Katz ( Rosh Kolel,Yad Chaim Mordechai), Harav Mordechai Dov Fein (Rav, Machzikeh Hadas)Harav Moshe Meiselman (Toras Moshe) Harav Mordechai Neugroschel, ,Harav Pinchus Rabinowitz, (Rosh Beis Din Ezer Mishpat), Harav ShlomoRyback (Rabbinical Council of America), Harav Nota Schiller (OhrSomayach International) Harav Dovid Schochet ( Beis Din of Toronto),Harav Mendel Senderovic, (Rosh Beis Din, Milwaukee), Harav MosheSoloveitchik, (Merkaz Rabbonim, Chicago), Harav Leib Tropper, (YeshivaKol Yaakov/Horizons), Harav Avrohom Union, (Va'ad Rabbinical Council ofCalifornia), Harav Yisroel Webster( Beis Din of New York), Harav DavidYosef, (Yichaveh Daas and son of Harav Hagaon R' Ovadia Yosef as wellas Conference Chairmen Mr. Marvin Jacob, Esq., Mr. Neil Auerbach, Mr.Malcolm Hoenlein and EJF Chairman Thomas S. Kaplan.Next week - a year later [after Rav Sternbuch & the Bedatz issued condemnations of EJF and Rav Eliashiv had their convention in Argentina canceled in February] - Eternal Jewish Family is holding a much more modest event in Philadelphia. The participants are scheduled to be:
The overseas guests will include Dayan Avrohom Sherman, Chief Dayanof Israel’s Supreme Rabbinical Court, Dayan Raphoel Eliyahu Aisherig(Chief Rabbinate, Israel), Dayan Chanoch Ehrentrau, Chairman of theConference of European Rabbis and Dayan Menachem Gelley (UK). Some 40dayanim and Roshei Yeshiva will participate in the conference whichwill air some of the important emerging halachic issues that constantlycome to the fore on universally accepted conversion standards inintermarriage. All but some of the dayanim at the conference are partof a growing network of independent batei din in North America thathave adopted the geirus standards of leading poskim, as is beingpromulgated by EJF International.
The conference will be opened by Harav Shmuel Kaminetsky, RoshYeshiva of the Yeshiva of Philadelphia and a member of the MoetzesGedolei Hatorah of Agudas Yisroel. Also addressing the conference willbe Harav Reuven Feinstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta of Staten Island andChairman of the Halachic Committee of EJF, Harav Dovid Olewski, RoshYeshiva of the Gerer Mesivta (Brooklyn) Harav Betzalel TuviaWettenstein (Belzer Dayan of Monsey)and Rabbi Eliyahu Levin (Lakewood).
Why is there no mention of Rav Eisenstein - Rav Eliyiashiv's representative for geirus - who was prominently involved in previous conventions? Would greatly appreciate any information - including whether the failure to mention Rav Eisentein was just a error and that he in fact will be there.
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
After six years on the run, Israeli man arrested over divorce refusal
https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-six-years-on-the-run-israeli-man-arrested-over-divorce-refusal/
An Israeli man who disappeared nearly seven years ago after refusing to give his wife a religious bill of divorce, known as a get, was found sitting in his car in south Tel Aviv and has been arrested, advocates representing the woman said Wednesday.
Madison Cawthorn Is Openly Talking About Civil War at This Point
“If our election systems continue to be rigged and
continue to be stolen, then it’s gonna lead to one place and that’s
bloodshed,” Cawthorn said
at the Republican event. “And I will tell you: As much as I am willing
to defend our liberty at all costs, there’s nothing that I would dread
doing more than having to pick up arms against a fellow American. And
the way that we can have recourse against that is if we all passionately
demand that we have election security in all 50 states.”
Divorce Court Battle Heats Up
https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/divorce-court-battle-heats-up/
But Rabbi Auman’s petition expands the criticism to include more moderate members of the Modern Orthodox movement. Among the signatories are Rabbi Shmuel Goldin of Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, N.J., a self-described “lefty” because of his leadership in Shvil Hazahav, which supports the Oslo Accords; Rabbi Simcha Krauss of the Young Israel of Hillcrest in Flushing, Queens, an advocate of women’s prayer groups; Rabbi Yosef Adler of Congregation Rinat Yisroel in Teaneck, N.J.; and Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt of the Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx.
Israeli Supreme Court: Infidelity in marriage should not be a factor in dividing property during divorce
After 30 years of marriage, the husband petitioned for a divorce at the Rabbinic Court, together with a petition to divide the couple’s property. The Regional Rabbinic Court, in accordance with the legal precedents ruled by the Supreme Court (the “specific community property rule”), concluded that the wife is entitled to half of the family home that was registered under the husband’s name (as it was built on property belonging to him before the marriage) and where the couple lived throughout most of their married life. The husband appealed to the Grand Rabbinic Court arguing that the wife had committed adultery just before the end of their marriage (a claim that was denied by the wife) and, therefore, she is not eligible to receive her portion of the residential property. The appeal was accepted and the Grand Rabbinic Court concluded that because it was convinced that the wife was unfaithful and “based on this infidelity” she was not eligible to receive any part of the residential property. The wife turned to the Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, requesting that it overturn the decision. The request was rejected by a majority of the judges.
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
More than 100 Charedi women trapped in religious marriages
https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/more-than-100-charedi-women-trapped-in-religious-marriages/
More than 100 Charedi women are trapped in religious marriages in the UK, Labour Peer Jon Mendelsohn has said.
Poll: Ron DeSantis approval rating sags as COVID-19 rages
DeSantis drew just 44% of Florida voters saying they approve of the job he is doing, while 49% said they do not approve of his job performance. The rest were unsure.
That is a huge swing from the job approval numbers DeSantis received in a Florida Chamber of Commerce poll in May. That survey gave him a 55% approval for his job performance, with 40% not approving.
NY Jewish institutions hit with 150 child sex abuse lawsuits since 2019
At least 150 child sex abuse lawsuits were filed against Jewish institutions in New York over the past two years, under a special law that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations barring old claims, according to an analysis of the New York court system by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky says go to police over sexual abuse incidents
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/kanievsky-says-go-to-police-over-sexual-abuse-incidents-678178
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, the leading rabbi of the Ashkenazi
non-hassidic ultra-Orthodox community, has stated that complaints over
sexual abuse should be made to the police, in comments which have been
released to the public by the rabbi’s advisors.
The
comments were made three years ago but have only now been publicly
disclosed in a video seen by The Jerusalem Post of the meeting in which
the rabbi stated his position. Kanievsky previously stated in 2015
regarding a specific case that a victim could report his abuse to the
police, but the new comments refer in general to all incidents of sexual
abuse and the video of his ruling was officially approved for release
by the rabbi’s advisers.
Monday, August 30, 2021
3 chareidim allegedly invented the story of the Sanhedria Murchevet satanic abuse ring - to make money for themsevles!
Today 3 chareidim were arrested for making up the story in order to raise money for their own pockets
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http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/03/satanic-child-abuse-is-there-ring-of.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/03/sanhedria-murchevet-problematic.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/03/satanic-child-abuse-is-there-ring-of.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/08/satanic-child-abuse-hysteria-in-1980s.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/03/update-where-satanic-abuse-ring-panic.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/03/satanic-child-abuse-is-believed-by-anti.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-disturbing-postscript-to-sanhedria.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/03/dangerous-false-rumors-flourish-when.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/03/satanic-child-abuse-is-there-ring-of.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/03/sanhedria-murchevet-problematic.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/03/satanic-child-abuse-is-there-ring-of.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/08/satanic-child-abuse-hysteria-in-1980s.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/03/update-where-satanic-abuse-ring-panic.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/03/satanic-child-abuse-is-believed-by-anti.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-disturbing-postscript-to-sanhedria.html
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2015/03/dangerous-false-rumors-flourish-when.html
update bhol - relationship to Nachlaot
לאחר למעלה משנתיים של חקירה מעמיקה, המשטרה הגיעה למסקנה כי ה"אגדה" בדבר קיומה של כת שהחברים בה מתעללים בילדים ומעבירים אותם על דתם לנצרות - אינה קיימת כלל.
הערב חושף "בחדרי חרדים" כיצד עבדה השיטה. על מנת להבין את הפרשה, הבה נחזור לאוגוסט 2011 אז התפוצצה פרשת התקיפות הגדולה ביותר שידעה מדינת ישראל. כתבי אישום הוגשו נגד שלושה חשודים בגין תקיפת והטרדת עשרות ילדים בגילאי 12-3 בשכונת נחלאות בירושלים.
גם לאחר החקירה והגשת כתבי האישום, בשכונה שררה אווירה מתוחה והתושבים טענו שהמשטרה פוסלת עדויות ומשחררת עצורים ועדיין ישנם אנשים מסוכנים המסתובבים בשכונה אשר פוגעים בילדים.
אחת מתושבות השכונה, אז בת 72, עליה סיפרו אגדות כי יש לה מרתפים עם חומרים מסיונריים, הוכתה באלימות קשה ובגין כך הוגש כתב אישום בין היתר נגד הרב משה שפירא ששלח את המכים. "צריך פשוט להכות אותה עד לאשפוז, וגם לא יהיה איכפת אם לא יהיה את מי לאשפז" הוקלט הרב אומר לאנשיו.
על רקע הפרשה שהסעירה את ירושלים ואת הקהילה חרדית, נמצא כר נוח לגריפת כספים. על פי חשד המשטרה, החלה ד' בפעילות ומסע שיכנועים ארוך ומאסיבי בו הצליחה לשכנע לא מעט מתושבי שכונת סנהדריה בעיר, כי ישנה "כת" הפועלת מטעם ארגונים נוצריים להמרת דתם של ילדים, חוטפת אותם למנזרים ואף מתעללת בהם.
ל"בחדרי חרדים" נודע כי תלמוד תורה חרדי מוכר קיבל פנייה מהחשודה כי מאחר וישנם אלמונים שעושים מעשים חמורים בשכונה היא מוכנה לתרום מספר בודד של מצלמות אבטחה שיותקנו ברחבי תלמוד התורה על מנת לעקוב אחר ה"פושעים". אלה השתכנעו והמצלמות הותקנו, אך הדבר גרם לפאניקה מוחלטת בקרב ההורים, שדרשו ממנהלי התלמוד תורה להשקיע בביטחון התלמידים. המנהלים נכנעו ללחץ ורכשו עוד עשרות מצלמות בעלויות כספיות גדולות - אולם דמויות חשודות לא נמצאו.
על רקע החשש הגדול של ההורים, על פי החשד, פנתה ד' לרבני השכונה וסיפרה להם על "המעשים החמורים" שמתבצעים בשכונה והשמועה עברה מפה לאוזן. ד' פנתה להורי ילדים ולהנהלת תלמוד התורה לגבי ילדים מסויימים שצריכים טיפול.
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ה"כת שלא הייתה": כך עבדה השיטה; ומה הקשר לתקיפות בנחלאות
לאחר מעצר 3 החשודים ב"המצאת כת נוצרית" והוצאת כספים במרמה מתושבים חרדים, "בחדרי חרדים" חושף לראשונה כיצד פעלה השיטה - שכנוע רבנים, התקנת מצלמות אבטחה וזריעת פאניקה. ומה הקשר לפרשת התקיפות בנחלאות • הסיפור המלא
לאחר למעלה משנתיים של חקירה מעמיקה, המשטרה הגיעה למסקנה כי ה"אגדה" בדבר קיומה של כת שהחברים בה מתעללים בילדים ומעבירים אותם על דתם לנצרות - אינה קיימת כלל.
הערב חושף "בחדרי חרדים" כיצד עבדה השיטה. על מנת להבין את הפרשה, הבה נחזור לאוגוסט 2011 אז התפוצצה פרשת התקיפות הגדולה ביותר שידעה מדינת ישראל. כתבי אישום הוגשו נגד שלושה חשודים בגין תקיפת והטרדת עשרות ילדים בגילאי 12-3 בשכונת נחלאות בירושלים.
גם לאחר החקירה והגשת כתבי האישום, בשכונה שררה אווירה מתוחה והתושבים טענו שהמשטרה פוסלת עדויות ומשחררת עצורים ועדיין ישנם אנשים מסוכנים המסתובבים בשכונה אשר פוגעים בילדים.
אחת מתושבות השכונה, אז בת 72, עליה סיפרו אגדות כי יש לה מרתפים עם חומרים מסיונריים, הוכתה באלימות קשה ובגין כך הוגש כתב אישום בין היתר נגד הרב משה שפירא ששלח את המכים. "צריך פשוט להכות אותה עד לאשפוז, וגם לא יהיה איכפת אם לא יהיה את מי לאשפז" הוקלט הרב אומר לאנשיו.
על רקע הפרשה שהסעירה את ירושלים ואת הקהילה חרדית, נמצא כר נוח לגריפת כספים. על פי חשד המשטרה, החלה ד' בפעילות ומסע שיכנועים ארוך ומאסיבי בו הצליחה לשכנע לא מעט מתושבי שכונת סנהדריה בעיר, כי ישנה "כת" הפועלת מטעם ארגונים נוצריים להמרת דתם של ילדים, חוטפת אותם למנזרים ואף מתעללת בהם.
ל"בחדרי חרדים" נודע כי תלמוד תורה חרדי מוכר קיבל פנייה מהחשודה כי מאחר וישנם אלמונים שעושים מעשים חמורים בשכונה היא מוכנה לתרום מספר בודד של מצלמות אבטחה שיותקנו ברחבי תלמוד התורה על מנת לעקוב אחר ה"פושעים". אלה השתכנעו והמצלמות הותקנו, אך הדבר גרם לפאניקה מוחלטת בקרב ההורים, שדרשו ממנהלי התלמוד תורה להשקיע בביטחון התלמידים. המנהלים נכנעו ללחץ ורכשו עוד עשרות מצלמות בעלויות כספיות גדולות - אולם דמויות חשודות לא נמצאו.
על רקע החשש הגדול של ההורים, על פי החשד, פנתה ד' לרבני השכונה וסיפרה להם על "המעשים החמורים" שמתבצעים בשכונה והשמועה עברה מפה לאוזן. ד' פנתה להורי ילדים ולהנהלת תלמוד התורה לגבי ילדים מסויימים שצריכים טיפול.
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המציאו כת שתוקפת ילדים, אספו כסף ונעצרו
המשטרה עצרה שלושה חרדים החשודים שאספו כספים ואף פנו לקבלת תקציבים במטרה לסייע בהתמודדות עם כת אותה בדו מדמיונם כשלטענתם היא פגעה במאות ילדים (משטרה)
הציגו מצג שווא לפיו מאות ילדים נחטפו ע"י 'כת', הותקפו פיזית ואולצו להמיר דתם במטרה לקבל כספים מתורמים וארגונים אותם עפ"י החשד לקחו לכיסם
במשטרת ישראל מתנהלת חקירה ע"פ החשד מספר חשודים חרדים קיבלו במרמה כספים מתורמים בארץ ובחו"ל, ואף ניסו לקבל כספים גם מארגונים ממשלתיים וזאת בטענה לקיומה לכאורה של כת שהחברים בה מתעללים בילדים וככל הנראה קשורה לנצרות.
החקירה הסמויה במשטרה החלה לפני כשנתיים בעקבות מידע שהתקבל לפיו בשכונת סנהדריה בירושלים ישנה כת שהחברים בה חוטפים ילדים בגילאי 4-10 כדי לפגוע בהם וכן כדי להמיר את דתם. ע"פי המידע שהתקבל נפגעו כך מאות ילדים.
בחקירה עלה כי לא קיימת כת וכי החשודים הציגו מצג בפני אנשי הקהילה כי מדובר בכת נרחבת. מממצאי החקירה עולה כי במספר מקרים בודדים בהם עלה חשד לפגיעה בילדים הוכח כי אין קשר בין המקרים וכי אין קשר לכת.
אתמול עוכבו 3 חשודים והובאו לחקירה במרחב ציון. החשודים נחקרו בחשד להתעללות בילדים וקבלת דבר במרמה.
And English translation appeared on the website of Jewish Community Watch
Using fictitious stories they created, the suspects fraudulently raised funds to help “save children kidnapped and abused by a cult
Several suspects have been accused of creating a fictitious story stating that hundreds of children have been abducted by a cult in a Chareidi neighborhood in Jerusalem, abused, and even converted to Christianity- all in order to scam fund from donors and organizations that they are alleged to have pocketed.
Israeli police have been conducting a lengthy investigation and alleged that that the suspects received fraudulant funds from donors in Israel and abroad, as well as trying to get governmental funding, using the claim of an existence of a sect of child molesters, possibly connected to Christianity.
The undercover investigation by the police began two years ago in the wake of information received that there was a cult active in the Sanhedria neighborhood in Jerusalem that was kidnapping children ages 4-10 to harm and abuse them and to convert them to Christianity. According to the information received, hundreds of children had been affected.
The investigation revealed no evidence of the widespread cult that the suspects presented to the community. The findings of the investigation indicate that the number of individual cases of abused and injured children which raised suspicion had no relationship to a cult.
Yesterday the police detained three suspects, including a woman. They were brought in for questioning on suspicion of child abuse and fraud.
At the conclusion of the investigation yesterday, which involved the prosecutions office and social services (revacha), two of the suspects, a man and a woman, were arrested and brought before the Jerusalem court which released them on condition of house arrest until 16/08/16
In addition, the court imposed a gag order on defense counsel regarding the details of the suspects.
Rabbi brothers suspected of sex abuse at their Jerusalem yeshiva
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-brothers-suspected-of-sex-abuse-at-their-jerusalem-yeshiva/
An ultra-Orthodox rabbinical court has found that two brothers who head a Jerusalem yeshiva have for years allegedly sexually assaulted their high school and post-high school students.
In a Friday ruling, the panel of five prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbis said that brothers Yitzhak and Moshe Tufik present a “serious threat” to students and advised that no students should enroll at their Be’er Yehuda yeshiva, located in the Sanhedria neighborhood of Jerusalem.
Yitzhak is dean of the upper yeshiva and Moshe is dean of the high school yeshiva, which is well-known in the Sephardic ultra-Orthodox community.
Sexual abuse by two rabbinic brothers suspected at Be’er Yehuda Yeshiva in Jerusalem
A special rabbinical court convened by five prominent haredi (ultra-Orthodox)
rabbis has ruled that two brothers who are deans of a prominent yeshiva
in Jerusalem sexually abused their students for years, and have
forbidden parents from sending their sons to the institution.
The
court said that “severe and obscene transgressions” had been committed
by Rabbi Yitzhak Tufik, dean of the Be’er Yehudah Yeshiva in the
Sanhedria neighborhood of Jerusalem, and his brother, Rabbi Moshe Tufik,
dean of the Be’er Yehudah “yeshiva ketana” for high-school pupils.
Friday, August 27, 2021
What’s the Truth about . . . Checking Tefillin?
https://jewishaction.com/religion/jewish-law/whats-truth-checking-tefillin/
Fact: The halachah is that tefillin that have been checked and found to be kosher and are then used regularly are not required to be rechecked. Nonetheless, as a stringency, various customs have arisen regarding how often they should be checked.
I was told that Rav Moshe never checked his tefillin but his family took them and had them checked anyway
דם החרדים הופקר, בגלל כסף // ישי כהן
https://www.kikar.co.il/399840.html
ראש שירותי בריאות הציבור, ד"ר שרון אלרועי פרייס, חשפה בריאיון הבלעדי ל'כיכר' את האמת שהממשלה ביקשה להסתיר; החרדים הופקרו, המדינה אחראית לתחלואה במגזר
COVID more likely to cause serious side effects than vaccine
Individuals who take the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine may suffer from four out of up to 25 clinically relevant side effects: myocarditis, swelling of the lymph nodes, appendicitis and herpes zoster, according to a new Israeli-American study.
In
contrast, high rates of multiple serious adverse events were associated
with coronavirus infection among unvaccinated patients, including a
greatly increased risk of developing myocarditis, pericarditis,
arrhythmias, heart attacks, strokes, pulmonary embolism, deep-vein
thrombosis or acute kidney damage, the study indicated.
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