tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post2099791092406110138..comments2024-03-27T15:07:31.495-04:00Comments on <b><center>Unorthodox-Jew </center></b> <br><small>A Critical View of Orthodox Judaism</small>: "Don't Ask Don't Tell" - Theme of Agudah Convention 2010!Paul Mendlowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-17780420420636310592010-11-13T19:28:20.586-05:002010-11-13T19:28:20.586-05:00I should see if there is an opening for IRS Commis...I should see if there is an opening for IRS Commissioner. I have plenty of experience making sure kids in dire straits don't get help.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/business/13missing.html?ref=business&src=me&pagewanted=print<br /><br />I.R.S. Sits on Data Pointing to Missing ChildrenShea Fishmanhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/business/13missing.html?ref=business&src=me&pagewanted=printnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-61914399203742441892010-11-11T20:14:46.439-05:002010-11-11T20:14:46.439-05:00This seems to be the nephew with the same name. He...This seems to be the nephew with the same name. He is in trouble with the NYC Fire Marshall and is due back in court on Nov. 15th. Can't this family ever stay out of trouble?<br /><br />Kings Criminal Court<br /><br />Case # 2010SK010768<br /><br />Defendant Rubashkin, SholomRubashkin newsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-47588174197621285602010-11-11T19:44:28.260-05:002010-11-11T19:44:28.260-05:00http://vvoice.vo.llnwd.net/e12/5610845.28.jpg
The...http://vvoice.vo.llnwd.net/e12/5610845.28.jpg<br /><br />The Frankel's shul chevra are wondering when Uncle Milty will be joining everyone in Otisville. Maybe Yankel Applegrad can take his place as the go-to guy on the outside.Leib Pinterhttp://vvoice.vo.llnwd.net/e12/5610845.28.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-90331611943013946192010-11-11T19:40:00.109-05:002010-11-11T19:40:00.109-05:00http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/amazon-un...http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/amazon-under-attack-for-sale-of-pedophile-book/?hp<br /><br />Amazon Under Attack for Sale of Pedophile Book<br /><br />TechCrunch’s MG Siegler lit the match that led to a firestorm with a blog post that asked why Amazon would allow the book “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure,” into the Kindle online bookstore. Mr. Siegler questioned why a book promoting something that is technically illegal had not been banned by the online retailer.<br /><br />In response to the blog post, and another by TechCrunch’s founder, Michael Arrington, Amazon issued a statement saying:<br /><br />Amazon believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable. Amazon does not support or promote hatred or criminal acts, however, we do support the right of every individual to make their own purchasing decisions.<br />This is when the small debate exploded into an online atom bomb, with thousands of people threatening on Twitter to “boycott Amazon” if the company did not stop selling the book, as well as thousands of Amazon users attacking the book’s author on the book’s page on Amazon.<br /><br />As of late afternoon Thursday the book had been removed from the site, and the link to the book had been replaced with an error page telling users “We’re sorry. The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site.”TechCrunch imitates UOJhttp://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/amazon-under-attack-for-sale-of-pedophile-book/?hpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-31496596411275913632010-11-11T19:05:39.473-05:002010-11-11T19:05:39.473-05:00Neuhoff, take your pick ... Vantz, Hundt ...
http...Neuhoff, take your pick ... Vantz, Hundt ...<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/nyregion/12bedbugs.html?hp<br /><br />Doubts Rise on Bedbug Sniffing DogsBungalow Putz trackerhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/nyregion/12bedbugs.html?hpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-15547909891071286222010-11-11T17:44:40.329-05:002010-11-11T17:44:40.329-05:00Good job Binyamin!
Real Time Economics
Inability...Good job Binyamin!<br /><br /><br />Real Time Economics<br />Inability to Cut Rates Fuels Joblessness<br /><br />American consumers borrowed and spent their way into today's slow recovery, and the jobless rate is being held near 10% because the Fed is unable to cut interest rates below zero, says Stanford University economist Robert E. Hall.<br /><br />http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/11/11/economist-fed-inability-to-cut-rates-fuels-joblessness/<br /><br />* * *Paul Mendlowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-28000630540894812732010-11-11T17:40:33.294-05:002010-11-11T17:40:33.294-05:00___________________________________
THE WALL STREE...___________________________________<br />THE WALL STREET JOURNAL<br />The Evening Wrap<br /><br />___________________________________<br /><br />SEOUL--President Barack Obama limped toward the close of the Group of 20 summit, weakened by an anemic economic recovery and an election drubbing that has left world leaders questioning U.S. authority.<br /><br />In private meetings with Mr. Obama Thursday, Chinese President Hu Jintao resisted his pressure on currency revaluation. Mr. Obama also failed to secure a free-trade agreement with South Korea by his imposed Thursday deadline, a blow to a U.S. president who has pledged to double U.S. exports over the next five years.<br /><br />The G-20 summit is expected to conclude with a communiqu? that papers over differences on fiscal and monetary policy that had burst into the open in the run-up to the gathering.<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703848204575608024073731214.html?mod=djemTEW_tPaul Mendlowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-7771056693605405232010-11-11T16:49:17.049-05:002010-11-11T16:49:17.049-05:00http://lakewoodsvoice.com/voice/chaim-dovid-zweibe...http://lakewoodsvoice.com/voice/chaim-dovid-zweibel-intermarriage-is-not-so-bad-by-hershel-herskowitz/comment-page-1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-4523499630568711992010-11-11T16:45:58.661-05:002010-11-11T16:45:58.661-05:00http://lakewoodsvoice.com/voice/no-more-danishes-i...http://lakewoodsvoice.com/voice/no-more-danishes-in-front-of-bmg/Lakewoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-61348015180847865852010-11-11T16:44:04.399-05:002010-11-11T16:44:04.399-05:00http://lakewoodsvoice.com/voice/kupat-hair-is-geze...http://lakewoodsvoice.com/voice/kupat-hair-is-gezel-gamur-proclaims-the-mashgiach/Speaking about genaivanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-18007959866973909782010-11-11T14:01:41.109-05:002010-11-11T14:01:41.109-05:00"i guess by dedicating the convention to &quo..."i guess by dedicating the convention to "protecting children" AI is kind of admitting that they were wrong to ignore the problem (at best) and silence it (at worst). i suppose that might be a good start, except that they are trying to portray themselves as brave heroes for bringing this issue to light, when in truth they were dragged into it by Klal Yisroel kicking and screaming. don't expect them to give any credit to the real brave ones who brought up this issue at the risk of their livelihoods, reputations and kids shidduchin. Do expect them to attack "blogs" anyway, even though now the blogs seem to have one, at least on this one.<br />poor chaim duvid esq. all he ever wanted was to be in charge :-( "<br /><br />We'll see, at the Convention, if they're erliche Yidden. <br /><br />Its really not so hard to be nice, is it? The Mandel, Pelcovitz book Breaking the Silence has people pissed off, because they refused to give credit to the people who deserve it. They refuse to break the silence about the people who broke the silence. Not right.<br /><br />The Agudists should klop al cheit a thousand times, and shout from the rooftops the names of every Yid who is fixing the problem while they have sat on their hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-22817439654906811842010-11-11T13:19:45.335-05:002010-11-11T13:19:45.335-05:00Dear Reb Arthur and Reb UOJ
While I appreciate yo...Dear Reb Arthur and Reb UOJ<br /><br />While I appreciate your question as to why these seemingly esoteric halachic queries merit a place in a public discourse on business ethics, and while I got a good chuckle from UOJ's good natured laitzonus, I still think that addressing these types of questions is not trivial. Unfortunately, even some of our finest have become desensitized to the notion of boundaries when it comes to other peoples' property. We become big meikilim when it is someone else's assets with which we are dealing. These types of questions can often lead to a broader discussion of related topics that are more serious.<br /><br />Rav Moshe Feinstein ZT"L insisted that our young boys start learning gemara from Eilu Metzios, though it deals with similar esoterica, in order to sensitize our children to the concept of personal boundaries of ownership (as opposed to finders keepers...). And to teach them that these concepts are Torah and not only keeping kosher and shabbos.<br /><br />Are there more important issues that face the frum community? Almost certainly. Should we ignore the "little" halachos to concentrate only on the devarim kashos? We dare not.davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-91428443210216468522010-11-11T11:39:39.152-05:002010-11-11T11:39:39.152-05:00Yeah!
http://chabad.info/index.php?url=article_en...Yeah!<br /><br />http://chabad.info/index.php?url=article_en&id=20961<br /><br />Death Threat Sent to Chabad RabbiShmarya groupiehttp://chabad.info/index.php?url=article_en&id=20961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-71336364834659786112010-11-11T11:19:21.924-05:002010-11-11T11:19:21.924-05:00http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c...http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=849241&ct=8867115<br /><br />AJC expressed dismay at a religious injunction issued by six orthodox rabbis in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak forbidding residents to rent apartments to African refugees and other migrants. The ruling, based on the rabbis’ interpretation of Halacha, or Jewish religious law, follows a similar call from a group of Tel Aviv rabbis in July, and comes amid rising tension between migrants and established residents of poorer neighborhoods in Israel’s cities.Shmarya groupiehttp://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=849241&ct=8867115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-29987185847509384632010-11-11T05:49:16.985-05:002010-11-11T05:49:16.985-05:00http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/2...http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/2155374/<br /><br />A connected company's license to loot—at the expense of the taxpayers, elderly, and infirm<br /><br />The story starts in 1994 when a group of wealthy health care moguls put all their chips down on the Republican candidate for governor, George Pataki. Leaders of this push included a nursing home tycoon named Benjamin Landa and a pair of wily operatives out of Williamsburg's Orthodox Jewish community named Joseph Menczer and Joseph Goldberger. They raised some $500,000 for Pataki's campaign, the kind of support that cements deep friendships.<br /><br />They quickly presented the new governor with a list of favors sought. One had to do with the business of supplying home care attendants for the elderly and infirm.<br /><br />This notion worked so well that home care costs skyrocketed once unscrupulous for-profit companies recognized their earning opportunities. Patients needing a few hours of care could be served all day long; even better, around-the-clock. Who cared? The government was paying.<br /><br />In his last year in office in 1994, Mario Cuomo's administration slapped a moratorium on all new home care licenses (in health care babble, they are CHHAs—pronounced "cha's"—for Certified Home Health Agency).<br /><br />This greatly inconvenienced the health care tycoons. They convinced their new best friend, George Pataki, that the moratorium hurt needy New Yorkers, especially those developmentally disabled or mentally retarded. The administration agreed to authorize a small group of new home care agencies (CHHAs—remember?) to serve these special-needs patients. How could you be against that?<br /><br />A probe by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo—dubbed "Operation Home Alone"—later found that Excellent's landlord, Immediate Home Care, had routinely used untrained aides with bogus state certificates. The owners eventually pled guilty to defrauding Medicaid of $12 million.<br /><br />Its mission to serve only disabled New Yorkers was another laugher. In 2008, this needy group accounted for less than 5 percent of its patientsWilliamsburghttp://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/2155374/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-68714363154735718342010-11-11T05:36:37.201-05:002010-11-11T05:36:37.201-05:00http://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/fcas_docs...http://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/fcas_docs/2010MAY/2300323722008100SCIV.pdf<br /><br />If I had to guess, here is a possible sevora of what happened here. The other kids of Avrohom Aron Rubashkin sued to assume ownership as a way to protect his real estate assets so that they couldn't be seized if he was convicted in the Agri case. Once prosecutors dropped charges they had no reason to continue that process.Rubashkin fresserhttp://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/fcas_docs/2010MAY/2300323722008100SCIV.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-38901562889720236702010-11-11T05:27:51.784-05:002010-11-11T05:27:51.784-05:00http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/2...http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/2216919/<br /><br />The Rabbi Who Conned Himself<br /><br />Balkany, veteran of New York politics & religion, says he's been badly misjudged. He was merely on one of his many missions from God<br /><br />Balkany visited Cohen's firm, SAC Capital, in Stamford, CT. There, he told executives how his Washington connections "began with President Reagan when his wife came to our school. Then he started inviting my wife & myself to the White House. We were there many times as guests." He also had friends in Congress. "Every 6 weeks, a different senator comes to my house for lunch or dinner," he said, ticking off a list including Hatch, Lieberman, Specter, Kennedy & Baucus. He knew law enforcement officials as well. "I'm friends with the Attorney General & because I'm close with the Justice Department, I can come & go almost anywhere," he told the hedge-funders. "I don't need credentials."<br /><br />He wasn't bragging, he said, but merely explaining how he came to learn about trouble headed Cohen's way. During one of his visits to Otisville, where many Orthodox prisoners are held, an inmate named Hayim Regensberg, convicted in a Ponzi scheme, had approached him: The FBI was offering him early release in exchange for information about insider trading deals involving Cohen.<br /><br />The rabbi's voice dropped to a whisper: "Regensberg asked me if I knew Cohen, because in the White House, in these parties, you get to meet the big, the famous."<br /><br />He had done business with other powerful figures, he said. Leona Helmsley gave $2 million when he helped her out in prison. General Motors had given $1 million for his aid with a bill in Congress. <br /><br />If this were mounted for an audience, you'd see Balkany don his black homburg & exit stage left. Stage right, federal agents enter to disconnect the hidden camera that captured the meeting. The next act would show the rabbi angrily complaining to Cohen's lawyer that his requests were ignored: "They're taking it as some kind of joke," he said. "Good luck to them if that's their attitude."<br /><br />You would then see him shift tactics to play both ends. On Jan 19, Balkany called federal prosecutors to tip them that Regensberg had knowledge about crimes involving Cohen. He painted his own role differently. Despite "the stigma" of a Jew informing on a fellow Jew, he said he was urging the inmate to tell all. "I made it clear he should cooperate," he told investigator Robert Manchak.<br /><br />He asked for considerations in return: One inmate should be reassigned to a prison nearer home. Also, reduced sentences should be granted to both Regensberg & Sholom Rubashkin, a Balkany relative who had been "shafted very, very badly" in a case involving abuses at a kosher-meat plant. "As you can see, my requests are not outlandish," he said. "They're not crazy."Rubashkin fresserhttp://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/2216919/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-48367484398905950162010-11-11T05:27:34.850-05:002010-11-11T05:27:34.850-05:00http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/2...http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/2216919/<br /><br />The Rabbi Who Conned Himself<br /><br />Balkany, veteran of New York politics & religion, says he's been badly misjudged. He was merely on one of his many missions from God<br /><br />Balkany visited Cohen's firm, SAC Capital, in Stamford, CT. There, he told executives how his Washington connections "began with President Reagan when his wife came to our school. Then he started inviting my wife & myself to the White House. We were there many times as guests." He also had friends in Congress. "Every 6 weeks, a different senator comes to my house for lunch or dinner," he said, ticking off a list including Hatch, Lieberman, Specter, Kennedy & Baucus. He knew law enforcement officials as well. "I'm friends with the Attorney General & because I'm close with the Justice Department, I can come & go almost anywhere," he told the hedge-funders. "I don't need credentials."<br /><br />He wasn't bragging, he said, but merely explaining how he came to learn about trouble headed Cohen's way. During one of his visits to Otisville, where many Orthodox prisoners are held, an inmate named Hayim Regensberg, convicted in a Ponzi scheme, had approached him: The FBI was offering him early release in exchange for information about insider trading deals involving Cohen.<br /><br />The rabbi's voice dropped to a whisper: "Regensberg asked me if I knew Cohen, because in the White House, in these parties, you get to meet the big, the famous."<br /><br />He had done business with other powerful figures, he said. Leona Helmsley gave $2 million when he helped her out in prison. General Motors had given $1 million for his aid with a bill in Congress. <br /><br />If this were mounted for an audience, you'd see Balkany don his black homburg & exit stage left. Stage right, federal agents enter to disconnect the hidden camera that captured the meeting. The next act would show the rabbi angrily complaining to Cohen's lawyer that his requests were ignored: "They're taking it as some kind of joke," he said. "Good luck to them if that's their attitude."<br /><br />You would then see him shift tactics to play both ends. On Jan 19, Balkany called federal prosecutors to tip them that Regensberg had knowledge about crimes involving Cohen. He painted his own role differently. Despite "the stigma" of a Jew informing on a fellow Jew, he said he was urging the inmate to tell all. "I made it clear he should cooperate," he told investigator Robert Manchak.<br /><br />He asked for considerations in return: One inmate should be reassigned to a prison nearer home. Also, reduced sentences should be granted to both Regensberg & Sholom Rubashkin, a Balkany relative who had been "shafted very, very badly" in a case involving abuses at a kosher-meat plant. "As you can see, my requests are not outlandish," he said. "They're not crazy."Rubashkin fresserhttp://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/2216919/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-28228707285068236162010-11-11T04:41:58.471-05:002010-11-11T04:41:58.471-05:00http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/11/08/re-exam...http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/11/08/re-examining-the-friedmans-molestation-case-under-review/<br /><br />Could this be from the 1% of cases where someone is wrongly accused of molesting?Great Neckhttp://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/11/08/re-examining-the-friedmans-molestation-case-under-review/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-27586794967287814602010-11-11T01:52:17.811-05:002010-11-11T01:52:17.811-05:00"poor chaim dovid, all he really wanted was t..."poor chaim dovid, all he really wanted was to be in charge"<br /><br />Can you imagine this scenario:<br /><br />One day CD develps a conscience, emotional maturity, integrity and compassion for Jewish children all overnight.<br /><br />He resigns publicly to protest the sickening travesty that has been perpetrated by the Gedolim on our people.<br /><br />Can you imagine the message that would send the molester protectors? Can you even be masig how validated the survivors of rabbinic abuse would feel? Can you picture how scared and traumatized the molesters and their supporters would be?<br /><br />Yaish Koneh Olamo B'sha'a Achas. What I wouldn't do to be in his shoes right about now, and have the opportunity to get some major oylam haba. And then he could go practice law or get a real job and live happily ever after.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-27162483199203298182010-11-11T00:26:53.940-05:002010-11-11T00:26:53.940-05:00i guess by dedicating the convention to "prot...i guess by dedicating the convention to "protecting children" AI is kind of admitting that they were wrong to ignore the problem (at best) and silence it (at worst). i suppose that might be a good start, except that they are trying to portray themselves as brave heroes for bringing this issue to light, when in truth they were dragged into it by Klal Yisroel kicking and screaming. don't expect them to give any credit to the real brave ones who brought up this issue at the risk of their livelihoods, reputations and kids shidduchin. Do expect them to attack "blogs" anyway, even though now the blogs seem to have one, at least on this one.<br />poor chaim duvid esq. all he ever wanted was to be in charge :-(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-14046409606103691532010-11-10T19:30:45.136-05:002010-11-10T19:30:45.136-05:00http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A95UA201011...http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A95UA20101110Rabbi Found Guiltynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-15343939622001056792010-11-10T18:10:44.642-05:002010-11-10T18:10:44.642-05:00Filed at 5:53 p.m. EST
HURON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP)...Filed at 5:53 p.m. EST<br /><br />HURON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan high school freshman endured merciless taunting from classmates after they learned that she had accused a senior of rape.<br /><br />The weeks of harassment eventually became too much. On Monday, Samantha Kelly went home from school and hanged herself in this Detroit suburb.<br /><br />With their key witness dead, prosecutors on Wednesday dropped criminal charges against the older student, saying they had no case without the accuser's testimony.<br /><br />Samantha's mother screamed at 18-year-old Joseph Tarnopolski after his brief court appearance and had to be restrained by a relative.<br /><br />The girl's accusations became known to many of her neighbors and classmates last month after she and her mother spoke to a television station about the matter. Samantha's face was blacked out, but word of her allegations quickly spread.Talmidei Margonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-54887925553797242252010-11-10T18:09:11.144-05:002010-11-10T18:09:11.144-05:00http://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID...http://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=13814<br /><br />Kesher Israel in Washington DC was the only OU shul that made good on threat made by many OU shuls to quit the organization when the OU kept covering up for Baruch Lanner. I'm also impressed that someone leaning Left like Rabbi Barry Freundel signed a letter AGAINST gays, not for.OU Crony Watchhttp://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=13814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-1069655970803655642010-11-10T17:40:05.939-05:002010-11-10T17:40:05.939-05:00Tifer Vort - Roshei Teves T.V. or Torah Vodaath.
...Tifer Vort - Roshei Teves T.V. or Torah Vodaath.<br /><br />Torah un daas iz nisht Torah!Paul Mendlowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.com