tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post2360095460853796840..comments2024-03-27T15:07:31.495-04:00Comments on <b><center>Unorthodox-Jew </center></b> <br><small>A Critical View of Orthodox Judaism</small>: “This is about protecting children” Paul Mendlowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-17465037005770336232011-10-16T10:11:27.027-04:002011-10-16T10:11:27.027-04:00Would a Penn. law allow for victims in Baltimore M...Would a Penn. law allow for victims in Baltimore MD to sue the yeshiva in Philly for sending them the molester?<br /><br />Whatever R' Shmuel holds of molesters he certainly doesn't want them around. A bochur in the mesivta was molesting other bochurim in the dorm 28 years ago. R' Shmuel expelled him as soon as he learned of it.Philly Willynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-51303739876882202872011-10-16T10:06:52.058-04:002011-10-16T10:06:52.058-04:00New lows - even for Pinny Lipschutz.
The Yated s...New lows - even for Pinny Lipschutz. <br /><br />The Yated sees fit to reprint every rant that Rubashkin writes from prison, the latest one is that the big bad (read between the lines: anti-Semitic) government sucks the ruchniyus out of a Yid's neshomo when incarcerating him. Maybe it would have served Sholom Mordechai well to think about that before committing crimes.<br /><br />Lipschutz is also pleased to tell the oylam Hatoyrah in the Yated Succos edition that Rubashkin was shaliach tzibur for Yomim Noyroim of the all the heimishe crooks like treif sandwich macher Leib Pinter at Otisville prison. Just like the OU and Rav Weissmandl, Lipschutz is not fazed at all that Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin is openly Meshichist.<br /><br />The Yated Succos edition was also full of pictures and articles promoting the myth that former Torah Vodaas bus driver - the major enabler of child molesters named Lipa Margulies - is somehow a real rosh yeshiva.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-45166827209014762622011-10-16T02:40:03.681-04:002011-10-16T02:40:03.681-04:00"To those who Occupy: We stand with you
We, ..."<a href="http://www.benjerry.com/activism/occupy-movement/" rel="nofollow">To those who Occupy: We stand with you</a><br /><br />We, the Ben & Jerry’s Board of Directors, compelled by our personal convictions and our Company’s mission and values, wish to express our deepest admiration to all of you who have initiated the non-violent Occupy Wall Street Movement and to those around the country who have joined in solidarity. The issues raised are of fundamental importance to all of us. These include:<br /><br /><b>The inequity that exists between classes in our country is simply immoral.<br /><br />We are in an unemployment crisis. Almost 14 million people are unemployed. Nearly 20% of African American men are unemployed. Over 25% of our nation’s youth are unemployed.<br /><br />Many workers who have jobs have to work 2 or 3 of them just to scrape by.<br /><br />Higher education is almost impossible to obtain without going deeply in debt.<br /><br />Corporations are permitted to spend unlimited resources to influence elections while stockpiling a trillion dollars rather than hiring people</b>.<br /><br />We know the media will either ignore you or frame the issue as to who may be getting pepper sprayed rather than addressing the despair and hardships borne by so many, or accurately conveying what this movement is about. All this goes on while corporate profits continue to soar and millionaires whine about paying a bit more in taxes. And we have not even mentioned the environment.<br /><br />We know that words are relatively easy but we wanted to act quickly to demonstrate our support. As a board and as a company we have actively been involved with these issues for years but your efforts have put them out front in a way we have not been able to do. We have provided support to citizens’ efforts to rein in corporate money in politics, we pay a livable wage to our employees, we directly support family farms and we are working to source fairly traded ingredients for all our products. But we realize that Occupy Wall Street is calling for systemic change. We support this call to action and are honored to join you in this call to take back our nation and democracy.<br /><br />— Ben & Jerry’s Board of Directors<br /><br />...<br /><br />Does Ben & Jerry’s spend money on lobbying in the United States?<br />Ben & Jerry’s has launched numerous activist campaigns over the years that are considered lobbying activities according to federal and state laws.<br /><br />In the past four years, the positions we have taken in these activist campaigns are:<br /><br />1. Support for a Constitutional amendment that would limit corporate spending in elections.<br /><br />2. Support for stronger social and environmental protections in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.<br /><br />3. Support for the Youth PROMISE Act, which funds proven youth violence prevention programs.<br /><br />4. Support for continued funding for the United States Institute of Peace.<br /><br />5. Support for continued funding for the Complex Crises Fund which supports State Department emergency efforts to defuse volatile conflicts around the globe.<br /><br />6. Support for aggressive federal legislation to limit and reduce carbon emissions to respond to the challenge of climate change.<br /><br />7. Opposition to FDA approval of foods from cloned animals.<br /><br />8. Support for a USDA program to require mandatory tracking of cloned animals in the food supply to support consumer choice.<br /><br />9. Opposition to FDA approval of genetically engineered animals in the food supply.<br /><br />10. Support for the right of dairy companies to label their products as being ‘rBGH-free.’<br /><br />11. Support for the United Nations Millennium Development goals to eradicate extreme poverty and inequality.<br /><br />Ben & Jerry’s has reported all expenditures on these grassroots campaign activities as required by federal and Vermont state law."Ben N Jerrys and Occupy Wall Streetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-32029980165880669152011-10-16T02:13:06.139-04:002011-10-16T02:13:06.139-04:00"10 Things Social Workers Have In Common With..."<a href="http://naswnyc.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/10-things-social-workers-have-in-common-with-the-occupy-wall-street-protests" rel="nofollow">10 Things Social Workers Have In Common With The Occupy Wall Street Protests</a> <br /> <br />October 11, 2011 by NASW <br /><br />...<br /><br />1. <b>The country has been experiencing the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression in the 1930s, caused in part by extraordinarily risky investment practices that put major financial institutions at risk of collapse, with world-wide impact</b>.<br /><br />2. <b>The federal government has been far more willing to bail out the financial sector than to help low income people and a vulnerable middle class. Attempts to tighten regulations on risky investments are being resisted by the financial sector and by many in Congress</b>.<br /><br />3. The United States has engaged in two enormously costly wars in the Middle East without raising revenues to pay for them. The total cost over the past 10 years has been estimated at $2.5 trillion.<br /><br />4. The President and Congress agreed to cut $2.5 trillion in programs over the next 10 years, with more cuts being considered. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other important social programs are being targeted.<br /><br />5. <b>We now have the highest poverty level in US since 1993, with 46.2 million people living in poverty in 2010, or 15% of the population. This is up from 11.7% in 2000. In New York City the poverty rate is 20%</b>.<br /><br />6. <b>Unemployment in the US is over 9%, and this number is much higher when those who have given up looking for a job is considered. Joblessness wreaks havoc on individuals and families, both economically and in terms of mental health, including the experience of sustained stress and depression</b>.<br /><br />7. New York’s lawmakers passed a budget in the Spring that includes $10 billion in cuts that fall disproportionately on low income communities, including a $2.85 billion reduction in Medicaid. Proposals to raise significant revenues through taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers were rejected.<br /><br />8. Nationally, health insurance premiums rose 9% in the past year in spite of passing a national health reform law, a law that assures higher profits for insurance companies. The number of uninsured is now 49.9 million.<br /><br />9. The principles of democracy are undermined by the influence of corporate wealth in the political arena, resulting in both major parties being dependent on their contributions, making the possibility of significant change less likely to come from electoral politics (as important as this is). That the US Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of unlimited corporate spending on campaigns is further evidence of the threat to electoral democracy.<br /><br />10. The social work profession itself is at risk as services and social work jobs are cutback for communities that are suffering from the current economic conditions. Given the current state of politics today, with a focus on cutbacks with no new revenue, the social work profession will be significantly challenged while the need for services increases.<br /><br />..."Social Workers speak up about Occupy Wall Streetnoreply@blogger.com