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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Sadistic cult leader sentenced to 26 years
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YNET 26 years in prison. That is the punishment meted out Thursday morning by the Jerusalem District Court on the head of a "...
Kolko claims Rabbi Belsky and other rabbis pressured him to falsely plead guily and to go to jail - to avoid sensational trial
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Asbury Park Press Middle-of-the-night visits and YouTube videos of child molesters in prison were among methods employed by Lakewood...
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R Mendel Epstein's alleged get kidnap & torture gang - soon to be out on bail
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Asbury Park Press [ See also Lohud for additional details] Two rabbis and four other men charged with planning to kidnap and tort...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Just Say No: When It Makes Sense Not to Take Your Medicine
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Time Magazine It sounds like something a quack would support, but it’s true. There’s growing evidence that lifestyle changes such as...
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Israeli court rules teen can’t be forced to go to yeshiva
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Haaretz The Haifa District Court overturned a Magistrate's Court ruling that forced a 16-year-old boy to study in a yeshiva as his...
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Lashon Hara:Did Chofetz Chaim transform a moral issue into a legal one?
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[updated see below] How do we know that lashon harah (making derogatory statements about others) is prohibited? The most obvious candida...
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Progress in dealing with Domestic Abuse
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Times of Israel It was only when her sons came at her with knives that she realized keeping quiet was not going to work. For ni...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Rachel Imeinu and the Rescue of the Jewish people
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5TJT by Rabbi Yair Hoffman [...] Yaakov knew that Hashem Yisboruch would not be able to resist the cries of a mother. A young mothe...
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Chacham Tzvi #1 Provides no heter to force a Get in a case of ma'os alei or where the husband loses leverage
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I recently posted an article by Rabbi Hoffman in 5TJT about the use of cattle prods to force a husband to give a get. He noted wh...
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Monday, October 14, 2013
Rav Hershel Schacter's lectures dealing with violence against husbands have been removed from YU website
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At the bottom I have provided links to some of the posts dealing with the subject. It is important to note when rereading these posts h...
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Dying Alabama congregation saved with $50K relocation grants
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NY Times [see also CNN 2008] DOTHAN, Ala. — Five years ago, a Jewish businessman, worried that his synagogue was dying, put up $1 m...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013
A Rabbi's Tale of Abuduction, Torture - Newsday
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update 10/12/13 NY Post Click Rubin case documents 1998 2005 Bedatz protesting against American cattle prod gittin ============...
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Lubavitcher Rebbe attacks Women's Liberation Movement
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Saturday, October 12, 2013
R Epstein and Wolmark original criminal complaint in get coercion case
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This is the original criminal complaint filed against Rabbi Epstein and Wolmark and 2 others. It has since been modified by the additio...
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