tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post1702475968090723352..comments2024-03-27T15:07:31.495-04:00Comments on <b><center>Unorthodox-Jew </center></b> <br><small>A Critical View of Orthodox Judaism</small>: Rabbi Hershel Schechter's Orthodox Jew!Paul Mendlowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-62850919126468011782011-05-24T13:22:04.350-04:002011-05-24T13:22:04.350-04:00(Who in his right mind would give a stripper money...(Who in his right mind would give a stripper money for safe keeping?)<br /><br />Three high school bochurim were thrown out of Ner Yisroel in Toronto for going downtown to find a hooker. They weren't matzliach because the smart shiksa told them give me the money and I will meet you somewhere. The idiots waited all night until they realized she wasn't coming back. When they were caught by the dorm counselor sneaking back at 6 am he managed to pry out of one guy where they were. They showed up on time for shacharis but were immediately thrown out of the beis medrash and made to wait in the rosh yeshiva's office. The rosh was an old European Jew who learned in Germany before the war. He just glared at them for an hour without saying a word. He finally asked "WHY??!!!". When the loose lipped one said "all I wanted was a rub down" the rosh lurched over and smashed his head against the concrete wall. He then immediately threw them both out of his office and out of yeshiva for good.<br /><br />One guy is the son of a big rov. Another went off the derech but still came to shul every shabbos where he would tell people he has STDs.Torontonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-84586442722304775902011-05-24T13:15:39.341-04:002011-05-24T13:15:39.341-04:00Or Chaim Toronto - Faywood Ave
The alleged woman...Or Chaim Toronto - Faywood Ave <br /><br />The alleged womanizer was there in the 1980s.<br /><br />There was also one of the rebbeyim from Israel who was in charge of screening the videos that the out of town boys would watch in the dorm. He would watch movie after movie full of sex scenes that he then decided were inappropriate for viewing. What an idiot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-447917201175161402011-05-23T21:54:13.020-04:002011-05-23T21:54:13.020-04:00Yes a rabbi who passed through Or Chaim Toronto at...Yes a rabbi who passed through Or Chaim Toronto at one point has been accused of being a major womanizer. He happens to be very ugly but I guess that never stopped Mordechai Tendler. His chief accuser was almost put in cherem by Philly's Rabbi Elya Svei for not listening to a din Torah. The accuser ran to Rav Moshe Feinstein & Rav Nosson Wachtfogel and enlisted their help to fend off Rav Svei after he agreed to listen to the psak. The one bringing the din Torah was a talmid of Rav Svei and a big weirdo who probably fabricated some charges but that did not subtract from the fact that he was owed money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-74157260926341649572011-05-23T20:08:49.096-04:002011-05-23T20:08:49.096-04:00I went to Ohr Chaim in '79. How long ago was t...I went to Ohr Chaim in '79. How long ago was the womanizing headmaster?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-12575927322670903642011-05-23T12:11:33.141-04:002011-05-23T12:11:33.141-04:00Scot Berman is much worse than just a week leader....Scot Berman is much worse than just a week leader. he is mean spireted and verbally abuses the students at Ohr Chaim.<br /><br />He expels students without cause ( as long as their parents don't sit on the board of the school).<br /><br />Anyone know why he left the Kushner school to become a director of Papa Kushners Foundation that so proudly used donation funds to ask Rabbis to write nice charachter witness letters so that the felon can get reduced charges.<br /><br />How can anyone let this guy into a chinuch position.<br /><br />Its like having Ivanka give taharas Mishpacha classes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-23300682136839765662011-05-23T11:19:46.122-04:002011-05-23T11:19:46.122-04:00(What's pshat that a Mendlowitz is teaming up ...(What's pshat that a Mendlowitz is teaming up with Belsky?) <br /><br />*<br /><br />Every large family has their black sheep:-). Shimon's a tzaddik, he should keep in contact with his smart cousins!Paul Mendlowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-1023434175903141282011-05-23T10:04:58.582-04:002011-05-23T10:04:58.582-04:00OU at Ohr Sameach in Monsey in a previous year:
S...OU at Ohr Sameach in Monsey in a previous year:<br /><br />Sunday May 10, 8-10pm – “Nikkur and Other Meat Issues,” by Rav Yisroel Belsky, Rabbi Nosson Goldberg, and Reb Shimon Mendlowitz. A free “HOW TO be Menaker” DVD will be distributed. <br /><br />(What's pshat that a Mendlowitz is teaming up with Belsky?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-41859024115951872122011-05-23T09:50:37.938-04:002011-05-23T09:50:37.938-04:00Yes, Rabbi Scott Berman is headmaster of Toronto&#...Yes, Rabbi Scott Berman is headmaster of Toronto's Bnei Akiva schools, the high schools Yeshivat Or Chaim and Ulpanat Orot for girls.<br /><br />Just another weak leader of a weak institution. <br /><br />Or Chaim was totally hefker for years. When it got to the point of kids leaving boom boxes in the hallways to blast rock music, most of the student body left. Anyone serious about learning went to Ner Israel. The rest went to co-ed or public school. There were left about 35-40 students.<br /><br />A previous headmaster was accused of being a womanizer although his chief accuser is a controversial person himself who the rosh yeshiva of Philadelphia reportedly tried to excommunicate.<br /><br />In the 1970s when Ner Israel was also completely hefker and full of mechalalei Shabbat and other bums they would get together at night with Ulpanat girls to have sex.Torontonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-15176491961791083852011-05-23T00:02:08.832-04:002011-05-23T00:02:08.832-04:00Then let him issue a public statement that he made...Then let him issue a public statement that he made a huge mistake, disgraced Judaism, and that the RCA will conduct an investigation by independent trustworthy Orthodox rabbis as to how this perversion happened.<br /><br />Anything less, puts him in the same category as the hoodlums at the Agudath Israel!Paul Mendlowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-62116653333853883992011-05-22T23:07:03.835-04:002011-05-22T23:07:03.835-04:00I suppose Rav Shechter made a huge, bloody mistake...I suppose Rav Shechter made a huge, bloody mistake. <br /><br />I suppose Gedolim are human after all.<br /><br />I suppose people make decisions that they regret.<br /><br />Holy Brother UOJ, you are right about this, I suppose.<br /><br />I also suppose that the difference between real Gedolim and pretenders is how they react AFTER they make mistakes. So many times, we have seen coverups and sickening excuses. But this time, my bet is on Rav Shechter to own up to his mistake, and THAT can't be said about most people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-41521440515030129972011-05-22T19:13:38.557-04:002011-05-22T19:13:38.557-04:00http://www.ask.com/wiki/New_York_(magazine)
With ...http://www.ask.com/wiki/New_York_(magazine)<br /><br />With 400,000 paid subscribers, and a readership of over 2 million people (doctors offices, waiting rooms..etc.)- NOBODY TOLD SCHECHTER THAT SHE AND KUSHNER WERE LIVING TOGETHER FOR THE 2 YEARS LOOKSTEIN WAS SPENDING TIME WITH HER? SHE WAS SUPPOSE TO DISCLOSE WHAT HER LIVING ARRANGEMENTS ARE! SCHECHTER DIDN'T ASK HER YOU MEAN TO TELL ME?<br /><br />THIS IS SCANDALOUS! IT BECAME A BLOODY HEFKER VELT! AND SCHECHTER WAS SUPPOSE TO BE ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS!!!Paul Mendlowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-74802131293433417412011-05-22T13:44:27.241-04:002011-05-22T13:44:27.241-04:00Dear Reb UOJ
Part of the problem is the attached...Dear Reb UOJ<br /><br /><br />Part of the problem is the attached document that puts trust in the sponsoring Rabbi.ie looksteen<br /><br />see clause 4 c<br /><br />http://www.rabbis.org/documents/Comprehensive%20and%20Final%20Geirus%20Policies%20and%20Standards%20Protocol.pdf<br /><br /><br />When I was involved in Gittin and Geirus in Montreal many years ago the potential Ger had to meet each dayan and had an oral Farher. It was not done because the Rabbonim did not trust the Rabbi who was responsible for teaching the Ger it was done because they felt it was their responsiblity. It seems from the document that i have linked you with that this practice has been dispensed with.<br /><br />Note also paragraph 5 a i seems to go against what Rav Moshe said in Igros Moshe.<br /><br />It will be interesting to see if a review will be done on this conversion and proclaim Ivanka and her yet unborn child to be Gentiles<br /><br />The RCA says that when marriage is involved one has to assess whether if the future jewish spouse would disappear would the ger still want to be a jew. <br /><br />It says nothing about whether such future jewish (from birth) spouse intends on keeping torah and mitzvos. Looksteen must have attested to the beis din that Jared was a member of his shul for many years and led an orthodox life. <br /><br />I'm sure looksteen not only didn't share in the Payola nor did he disclose it to Rav Schechter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-79008553031318747402011-05-22T13:25:31.206-04:002011-05-22T13:25:31.206-04:00One of the rebbeim in the Kushner yeshiva in Livin...One of the rebbeim in the Kushner yeshiva in Livingston NJ is the rabbi of a non-orthodox synagogue. A rosh yeshiva from NY found out about it and complained to the Kushner yeshiva. I am going to look into whether anything was done about this by the Kushner people.Northern NJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-5321259567473528852011-05-22T13:13:41.246-04:002011-05-22T13:13:41.246-04:00Dear Reb UOJ,
I agree Rav Schechter made an error...Dear Reb UOJ,<br /><br />I agree Rav Schechter made an error in judgement. And I bet if you called him up he would tell you the same.<br /><br />But I can tell you based upon my experiences with a few Gedolim of our time that I have been very close to, (one of whom gave me Semicha) is that they have a certain Temimus even in this corrupt world that causes them to have a certain naivety.<br /><br /><br />The New York Magazine is not likely read by The Rav and one could not expect him to give it more credibility than Looksteen ( although maybe one should going forward).<br /><br /><br />I'm sure this is a wake up call for Rabbanim everywhere. Trust only the Almighty and yourself. It used to not be that way and Rav Schechter got caught. He is no fool and he is among the precious few Rabbonim we have left that are trustworthy and can back it up with Torah knowledge.<br /><br /><br />Cut him some slack. Its looksteen who is the bad guy here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-41002989546213264352011-05-22T12:54:08.681-04:002011-05-22T12:54:08.681-04:00Rabbi Scot Berman says Charles Kushner built a sch...Rabbi Scot Berman says Charles Kushner built a school that everyone marvels at?????<br /><br />See below.<br /><br />http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2001/sept01/pages/spot_kushner.html<br /><br /><br />Really???<br /><br />Send your young potential talmidei chachomin there so they can emulate the schools main benefactor's son Jared and marry a rich shikse. No worries you can always easily find Lookstein to do the phony conversion. You can even bring the shikse to the Beis din in a Buunny suit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-27863946290112930392011-05-22T12:44:56.208-04:002011-05-22T12:44:56.208-04:00Chaver:
The burden of each member of bais din is ...Chaver:<br /><br />The burden of each member of bais din is that each dayan has an individual responsibilty to independently be convinced that the applicant for gerus will gladly, willingly and without any ulterior motive, accept the 613 mitzvos. Talk is cheap, especially from the house of Trump and Kushner. <br /><br />New York Magazine knew that Trump and Kushner were living together, but Schechter did not? <br /><br />It's high time that every rabbi accepts responsibilty to everything they put their name to.<br /><br />What Hershel Schechter did is unforgivable - and time and circumstances will prove him to be a fool!<br /><br />So what else can't I trust him about? Is his judgment so warped that he let Trump slide?<br /><br />Please!Paul Mendlowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-49266787903649722512011-05-22T12:23:58.965-04:002011-05-22T12:23:58.965-04:00Dear UOJ, I think you are being much to hard on Ra...Dear UOJ, I think you are being much to hard on Rav Schechter in the matter of the fraudulent conversion by Lookstein of Ivanka Trump.<br /><br />The Rav trusted Lookstein, I'm sure he will not trust him again.<br /><br />Looksteen is the culprit here and so are all the "Rabbis" who have had a long history of being bought off by the Kushners.<br /><br /><br />Dozens of rabbis wrote letters coming to the defense of Jared's convicted felon of a father. My understanding is that all got paid for their "noble" efforts<br /><br />Rabbi Scot Berman who was the founding principal of one of the Kushner schools had no problem defending the school position and that of his boss as an employee of one of the Kushner Foundations while it was public knowledge that he was guilty of fraud, bribery and tampering with a witness in the case against him.<br /><br />Is it any wonder that Jared Kushner educated in a school funded by treif money, led by a Rabbi Scot Berman who became the Kushner paid mouthpiece to defend his louse of a Father would want to Marry a Trump Shikse???<br /><br />The eppele falt nisht veit foon dem boim.<br /><br /><br />My understanding is that Rabbi Berman has resurfaced in Toronto to become the Headmaster of a Bnei Akiva school. Lets hope his Talmidim marry jewish girls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-48077443931368799402011-05-22T10:02:32.764-04:002011-05-22T10:02:32.764-04:00http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-ka...http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-kabbalah-investigation-20110506,0,6476645.story<br /><br />By Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times<br />May 6, 2011<br /><br />The Kabbalah Centre, the Los Angeles-based spiritual organization that mingles ancient Jewish mysticism with the glamour of its celebrity devotees, is the focus of a federal tax evasion investigation probing, among other things, the finances of two charities connected to Madonna, the center's most famous adherent.<br /><br />Sources familiar with the investigation said the criminal division of the IRS is looking into whether nonprofit funds were used for the personal enrichment of the Berg family, which has controlled the Kabbalah Centre for more than four decades, a period in which it expanded from one school of a little-known strain of Judaism to a global brand with A-list followers like Ashton Kutcher and Gwyneth Paltrow and assets that may top $260 million.UOJ gets resultshttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-kabbalah-investigation-20110506,0,6476645.storynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-57078161170795778042011-05-21T23:11:55.582-04:002011-05-21T23:11:55.582-04:00Another criminal that the rabbonim of Baltimore ar...Another criminal that the rabbonim of Baltimore are tolerating.<br /><br />Convicted child molester Stanley Levitt who once learned in Philly has now moved to Baltimore too & is davening by Rav Hopfer.<br /><br />http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/fbi_informant_solomon_dweks_se.html<br /><br />Solomon Dwek — the central figure in the biggest federal corruption sting in New Jersey history — is unlikely to hear his fate anytime soon.<br /><br />Dwek was due to be sentenced on Monday. But today, U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares, who has repeatedly agreed to a series of postponements, once again put off his sentencing date — this time until March 5, 2012.<br /><br />Nobody directly connected with the case expected the long-scheduled hearing next week to actually go forward. Dwek, who pleaded guilty in October 2009 to a $50 million bank fraud, continues to cooperate with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and remains free on bail. His sentencing has already been delayed three times in the past three years.<br /><br />Dwek’s attorney, Michael Himmel, said he did not request the adjournment, but was not surprised by the new delay.<br /><br />"I didn’t ask for that date," he said. "But when someone cooperates in a criminal case, judges like to sentence them last. This is probably the judge’s best guess at a more realistic date — and it may well be adjourned again."<br /><br />No one will say where Dwek spends his days, but he continues to draw a $12,500-a-month stipend being paid out of his bankrupt real estate empire in return for his services to the federal trustee overseeing the sell-off of his properties.<br /><br />A judge in the case last month also approved the payment of limited expenses — including the cost of $100-an-hour bodyguard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-66725449016628786042011-05-21T22:29:10.726-04:002011-05-21T22:29:10.726-04:00http://www.communitym.com/article.asp?article_id=1...http://www.communitym.com/article.asp?article_id=101575<br /><br />the voice of Hacham Shlomo Amar, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel, could be heard, apparently speaking on behalf of the cause. When contacted, Rabbi Amar’s office revealed that the sound clip in question was actually recorded three years earlier for a different appeal, and that the Rabbi had never in fact been asked to speak for Hodaya’s charity campaign. There is even evidence suggesting that the haskamot (letters of support) from rabbis on the organization’s website were either forged or not presented honestly.<br /><br />Six months ago, as the full-blown investigation progressed, the organization sensed that significant details of the fraud were being uncovered. Realizing the potential fallout, the organization re-approached Hodaya’s family and offered 70,000 NIS (approximately $20,000) to settle the matter. In desperate need of the money, her father accepted and, as part of the settlement, agreed not to pursue the matter in the courts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-15481916504635563932011-05-21T22:19:58.477-04:002011-05-21T22:19:58.477-04:00http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archi...http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/rabbi_will_be_re-tried/id_36299<br /><br />This rabbi is the brother of the Agudah's Mordy Avigdor.Connecticuthttp://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/rabbi_will_be_re-tried/id_36299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-45975373071062559772011-05-20T16:57:12.858-04:002011-05-20T16:57:12.858-04:00can someone please explain why no one is going aft...can someone please explain why no one is going after schmeltczer for his groping activities ans what is safras shul doing about this problem <br /><br />can someone ask the father to ask the police to invistigate<br /><br />maybe thats why schmeltzer ran to yeshiva gedola in montrealAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-45813857046077477482011-05-20T08:17:25.964-04:002011-05-20T08:17:25.964-04:00This is incredibly arrogant even by the standards ...This is incredibly arrogant even by the standards of Rabbi Dr. Moses Tendler. Not only does he attack the YU roshei yeshiva & misrepresent the shver R' Moishe but "he was almost never wrong"???!!!<br /><br />http://www.jstandard.com/content/item/moishe_tendler_to_address_brain-stem_death/18530<br /><br />The Jewish Standard spoke with Rabbi Tendler on the topic of Jewish law and brain-stem death.<br /><br />J.S.: Your father-in-law, the renowned rabbinic authority Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, as well as the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, had come out in support of brain-stem death as a criterion for death. What led to this change of heart by the RCA?<br /><br />M.T.: The Chief Rabbinate of Israel supported brain stem death as the only irrefutable indication of death. This was followed until 2 years ago, when under pressure of [Rabbi J. David] Bleich and [Rabbi Mordechai] Willig in the RCA, they tried to reverse it. They didn’t have the slightest idea of what brain-stem death means. There were attempts to obfuscate Rabbi Feinstein’s position. Rabbi Willig said that polio patients who were paralyzed & can’t breathe were brain-stem dead according to Rabbi Feinstein. He published that kind of nonsense. How could they make such errors? These are issues that touch upon intellectual integrity. The 100-page document is not a p’sak.<br /><br />J.S.: The document suggests that although they do not subscribe to the notion that brain stem death is death, they believe that it is permissible to get an organ from a non-Jew who is brain-stem dead.<br /><br />M.T.: That’s a blood libel. It encourages anti-Semitic reactions — “I am a non-Jew. Do you mean you can take my organs even though I'm still alive?”<br /><br />J.S.: The rabbis who oppose these principles are colleagues of yours at Yeshiva University. Those are strong criticisms of your colleagues. Is that a problem for you?<br /><br />M.T.: They are colleagues who are ignorant or biased & say things without careful investigation. I’ve been criticized for using strong words. When dealing with pikuakh nefesh, there's nothing wrong with strong words if you think it will accomplish saving life.<br /><br />J.S.: Are there any disadvantages to being Rabbi Moshe Feinstein’s son-in-law?<br /><br />M.T.: They expect me to defend all his responsa. I only agreed to marry his daughter, but not to defend all his responsa, although he had a wonderful track record and was almost never wrong. He did his homework.YU - Torah Madua?http://www.jstandard.com/content/item/moishe_tendler_to_address_brain-stem_death/18530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-68145925215586681342011-05-20T02:03:13.792-04:002011-05-20T02:03:13.792-04:00Someone looking for me? Ivanka also sometimes hang...Someone looking for me? Ivanka also sometimes hangs out in my shul. Our left wing shul is cool with her and her "observance"<br /><br />"Intern" by the way is the euphism we use for female rabbi. Gila is the daughter of RCA President Rabbi Kletenik who has breached the RCA's own policy when he calls for protecting molesters.<br /><br />http://www.ckj.org/docs/SynagogueDirectoryMagnet.pdf<br /><br />Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, Senior Rabbi <br />212-774-5650 <br />rhl@ckj.org<br /><br />Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, Associate Rabbi <br />212-774-5630 <br />rms@ckj.org<br /><br />Rabbi Elie Weinstock, Associate Rabbi & Director of Education & Outreach <br />212-774-5636 <br />ravelie@ckj.org<br /><br />Rabbi Alexander Kaye, Assistant Rabbi <br />212-774-5652 <br />rak@ckj.org<br /><br />Gilah Kletenik, Congregational Intern <br />212-774-5660 <br />gilah@ckj.org<br /><br />Dina Farhi, Assistant to Rabbi Lookstein <br />212-774-5648 <br />dina@ckj.orgHaskel the Rascalhttp://www.ckj.org/docs/SynagogueDirectoryMagnet.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-52683014599600544382011-05-20T01:46:25.947-04:002011-05-20T01:46:25.947-04:00Barack Hussein Osama & Hillary Clinton pulled ...Barack Hussein Osama & Hillary Clinton pulled a fast one today by jumping out to say Israel should give up territory from 1967. They were in a hurry to do this before Netanyahu addressed Congress at the invitation of the pro-Israel Republican party who realize surrendering land will make Israel indefensible.<br /><br />Bibi was yelling at Hillary in a phone call just before the speech but the Democrats refused to back down.<br /><br />The Democrats are also so far refusing to lobby Britain, France & Germany to join the US veto of Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly this coming September as a way of punishing Bibi for being a "right wing" ally of Republicans.<br /><br />Remember who your "friends" are in the next election including the others in the party of Osama & Hillary who help them throw Israel under the bus. <br /><br />Shmuckie Chuckie Schumer, Anthony Weenie and Gary Ackerman.Political analystnoreply@blogger.com