tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post7933766754161418972..comments2024-03-27T15:07:31.495-04:00Comments on <b><center>Unorthodox-Jew </center></b> <br><small>A Critical View of Orthodox Judaism</small>: What Simchat Torah?Paul Mendlowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05887774341136059873noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-62163841583428450452008-10-23T01:06:00.000-04:002008-10-23T01:06:00.000-04:00http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1222017...http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1222017599066&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull<BR/><BR/>... a prominent hassidic leader in the US had his car repossessed over the holidays after he failed to pay leasing costs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-18365623042739508352008-10-23T00:33:00.000-04:002008-10-23T00:33:00.000-04:00http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story...http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95889722<BR/><BR/>October 20, 2008 · Governments around the world continue to announce financial rescue plans. Dutch officials poured more than $13 billion into their country's largest bank, ING. Over the weekend, ING became the latest European bank to seek government help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-53139434209988387062008-10-23T00:24:00.000-04:002008-10-23T00:24:00.000-04:00http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1030276.htmlEl...http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1030276.html<BR/><BR/>Election season leaves Haredi politicos no time for repentanceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-41660019022633121832008-10-23T00:14:00.000-04:002008-10-23T00:14:00.000-04:00"gay men have been at the heart of every major fas..."gay men have been at the heart of every major fascist movement that ever was"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-46030697156952120042008-10-23T00:11:00.000-04:002008-10-23T00:11:00.000-04:00http://www.forward.com/articles/14411/Obama Campai...http://www.forward.com/articles/14411/<BR/><BR/>Obama Campaign Hits Hasidic Sukkah Circuit<BR/><BR/>By Marc Perelman<BR/>Mon. Oct 20, 2008<BR/><BR/>The Obama campaign plunged into the heart of the ultra-Orthodox community at a Sukkot event hosted by a rabbi in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.<BR/><BR/>Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, wearing a yarmulke with “my bubbe votes for Obama” written on it, spoke in a Sukkah with a delegation of rabbis and members from different ultra-Orthodox sects. As at most Jewish Obama events, Nadler spoke about Obama’s pro-Israel credentials, but his campaign also talked about social services, which are a key issue for the ultra-Orthodox community.<BR/><BR/>“Other more affluent communities have less social issues than we do,” said Rabbi David Niederman, head of the United Jewish Organization, a community-wide advocacy organization in Williamsburg. “But for people here, social services are really important.”<BR/><BR/>The Obama campaign was invited to speak by a variety of Brooklyn ultra-Orthodox groups and took place at a Sukkah outside the home of Joseph Menczer, a rabbi from the Pupa Hasidic sect.<BR/><BR/>Williamsburg is a stronghold of Hasidic Jews who trace their roots to Hungary, including the neighborhood’s dominant sect, the Satmar Hasidim. The Satmar community traditionally votes en bloc by following the recommendations of its leader. Since the death of its grand rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, however, the community has been divided as two of his sons have feuded to take over leadership of the community.<BR/><BR/>One of the sons, Zalman Teitelbaum currently heads the Williamsburg-based branch, and the event took place before a Zalman-affiliated crowd. Another son, Aaron Teitelbaum leads the sect in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn and the enclave of Kiryas Joel, in upstate New York. The two camps split their endorsements in a state senate race earlier this year and it is still unclear who they will support in the presidential race.<BR/><BR/>Jeremy Goldberg, Obama’s Jewish outreach director for the tri-state area, told the Forward that the campaign had reached out to a variety of Hasidic communities, including the other main Satmar branch, and was working on holding similar events before the election.<BR/><BR/>“We firmly believe in trying to get every vote and that our platform resonates with everyone,” he said, adding that the campaign felt optimistic about getting support from the whole Satmar community.<BR/><BR/>Nadler focused his talk on foreign policy but the conversation quickly turned to social issues and what the Obama administration would do to ensure funding for education, healthcare and housing. Goldberg stressed that the Democratic presidential nominee had spelled out the importance of religious groups in education and vouched to make funding more transparent and accessible, especially for small religious organizations.<BR/><BR/>Niederman said that the community was waiting to hear from the McCain campaign and would then reach a decision, “through a vote.”<BR/><BR/>“We wanted to hear from them because there is an unknown aspect to this candidacy,” Niederman said. “The community leaders will get together and reach a decision.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-13201991214728739512008-10-23T00:03:00.000-04:002008-10-23T00:03:00.000-04:00http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/busines...http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/sarkozy-blames-ireland-for-igniting-bank-deal-crisis-14010815.html<BR/><BR/>French President Nicolas Sarkozy has blamed the Irish banks guarantee for an international financial crisis in which money flows from country to country depending on who is offering the best deal. <BR/><BR/>He said the Republic's Finance Minister Brian Lenihan's €500bn scheme, covering 11 banks in southern Ireland, has resulted in a total loss of liquidity in the City of London as all the cash flowed to guaranteed banks in Ireland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-69859177122952280472008-10-22T23:56:00.000-04:002008-10-22T23:56:00.000-04:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd5gm8XKv_whttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd5gm8XKv_wAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-39546192727715244672008-10-22T23:44:00.000-04:002008-10-22T23:44:00.000-04:00This is my poor Nazi buddy from Austria who always...This is my poor Nazi buddy from Austria who always supported me & Neturei Karta.<BR/><BR/>http://www.afterelton.com/blog/michaeljensen/deceased-far-right-jorg-haiders-lover-speaks?&comment=56672<BR/><BR/>Last week Austria's former leader Jörg Haider was killed in a car accident reportedly shortly after leaving a gay bar where he had argued with another man. Speculation that Haider was at least bisexual had circulated in European circles for quite some time, but the charismatic 58-year-old had remained silent on the issue. <BR/><BR/>Haider might have been silent, but according to Britain's The Independent, the 27-year-old Stefan Petzner, who replaced Haider as the leader of the right wing Alliance of the Future of Austria, recently told an Austrian radio show he and Haider were lovers for the past five years. It was reportedly with Petzner that a drunk Haider had been arguing the night he died. <BR/><BR/>During the radio broadcast, Petzner said he had a "magnetic attraction" to Haider and that "We had a relationship that went far beyond friendship. Jörg and I were connected by something truly special. He was the man of my life.” <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, Haider was also the man in Claudia's (his wife's) life, although there are conflicting accounts of whether she was accepting of the relationship of which she was apparently aware. According to Petzner, "She loved him as a woman. He loved her as a man. I loved him in a completely different and personal way. She understood that." But other accounts say Claudia was jealous of the relationship.<BR/><BR/>Unlike neighboring Germany, Austria is less gay-tolerant and Haider reportedly feared alienating his far-right base if he were revealed as gay or bisexual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-59870040621762371692008-10-22T23:42:00.000-04:002008-10-22T23:42:00.000-04:00First, last fall, there were all kinds of people, ...First, last fall, there were all kinds of people, a number of them Ron Paul supporters, dashing from Internet site to Internet site suggesting that John McCain could not serve as president of the United States.<BR/><BR/>That was because he was born outside the United States and, therefore, not native-born, as presidents must be constitutionally.<BR/><BR/>McCain was, in fact, born in a U.S. military hospital in the Panama Canal Zone, where his father was serving in the Navy. That was, in fact, American-controlled territory at the time. <BR/><BR/>More importantly, his parents were both American citizens, so he could have been born on Mars and still been an American at birth. And a sense of the Senate resolution took care of any lingering doubts.<BR/><BR/>Now come the rumors about Barack Obama's birthplace, that he was really born in his father's native Kenya, so like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was born in Austria, he can't become a U.S. president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-25259827132646057782008-10-22T23:31:00.000-04:002008-10-22T23:31:00.000-04:00http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/216725-cuomo-has...http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/216725-cuomo-has-eyes-on-nursing-home-industry<BR/><BR/>Cuomo has eyes on nursing home industryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-10183506350217765032008-10-22T23:28:00.000-04:002008-10-22T23:28:00.000-04:00NEW YORK (AP) _ High-profile divorce lawyer Raoul ...NEW YORK (AP) _ High-profile divorce lawyer Raoul Felder, who has represented celebrities including former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has filed a $5.2 million lawsuit charging that an investment firm lost $200,000 of his money when it ignored his instructions and investment goals. <BR/><BR/>The lawsuit, filed Monday, says Alliance Global Wealth Management officials induced Felder to put his money into risky investments after he asked for relatively conservative securities and he "began to suffer significant losses." <BR/><BR/>Felder's court papers say the Alliance financial advisers abused his trust and acted out of "greed and self-interest." Felder's papers say he asked out of the fund in April but they made him stay in until June. <BR/><BR/>Felder said, "This kind of fraud is being duplicated all over America." <BR/><BR/>Alliance Global didn't immediately return a telephone call seeking comment Monday. <BR/><BR/>Felder represented Giuliani in his divorce from television personality Donna Hanover. <BR/><BR/>"She will stay in (mayoral residence) Gracie Mansion until they take her screaming, scratching and kicking out of that place," Felder said in May 2001. "I suppose we're going to have to pry her off the chandelier to get her out of there." <BR/><BR/>Giuliani and Hanover reached an out-of-court settlement in July 2002, avoiding a public conclusion to their bitter separation after two decades of marriage. <BR/><BR/>In recent years, Felder also has represented Brazilian model Luciana Morad in her paternity suit against Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, David Gest in his divorce from entertainer Liza Minnelli and Richard Taubman in his divorce from model Christie Brinkley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-62474438699031509112008-10-22T20:49:00.000-04:002008-10-22T20:49:00.000-04:00NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The number of layoff an...NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The number of layoff announcements involving at least 50 workers rose in September to the highest level since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks seven years ago, the government said Wednesday.<BR/><BR/>There were 2,269 mass layoff actions, up 497 from August, according to statistics released by the Labor Department. That was the most mass layoffs since the 2,407 in September 2001.<BR/><BR/>"At large firms, basically what I see is an across-the-board, shotgun approach," said Paul Sarvadi, chairman and CEO of human resources outsourcing firm Administaff in Houston. "If they anticipate revenues going down, then they see how much they need to cut to reach operating targets, and equate that cost to a number of people."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-40193120889326520312008-10-22T20:47:00.000-04:002008-10-22T20:47:00.000-04:00Gasoline consumers who’ve been waiting for the end...Gasoline consumers who’ve been waiting for the end of higher prices per gallon on the East End will have to wait until November 24 before new laws targeting the pumps go into effect.<BR/><BR/>In September, Governor David A. Paterson signed a bill that bans “zone pricing,” a method of pricing gasoline according to the demographic makeup of a community, not the true cost of shipping the gas to that location.<BR/><BR/>State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., who represents the South Fork in Albany and is a major supporter of the new law, has said that such practices artificially inflate gasoline prices here by an average of 20 to 25 cents per gallon over neighboring areas that are less affluent. Mr. Thiele, who has proposed similar legislation in the past, said that such pricing schemes place an unfair burden on year-round residents who are not wealthy.<BR/><BR/>Last week, Mr. Thiele sent a letter to the corporate headquarters of the Exxon Mobil, Hess, Citgo, Sunoco, Gulf Oil and Shell Oil companies warning them of the impending penalties for engaging in zone pricing.<BR/><BR/>If caught, gas stations that practice zone pricing will pay civil fines of up to $10,000 per day. Mr. Thiele warned the gas companies that New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is continuing to investigate zone pricing and will be quick to enforce any violations of the law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-58359220866491409212008-10-22T20:39:00.000-04:002008-10-22T20:39:00.000-04:00Jake Tapper is another left wing slimebag pretendi...Jake Tapper is another left wing slimebag pretending to be a neutral journalist.<BR/><BR/>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6091383&page=1<BR/><BR/>Obama Says McCain Would Pose a National Security Risk<BR/><BR/>Obama Attacks McCain on National Security.<BR/><BR/>By JAKE TAPPER<BR/>Oct. 22,2008 RICHMOND, VA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-65497252909757573402008-10-22T20:22:00.000-04:002008-10-22T20:22:00.000-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/business/22targe...http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/business/22target.html?em=&pagewanted=print<BR/><BR/>October 22, 2008<BR/><BR/>The Debt Trap<BR/><BR/>Banks Mine Data and Woo Troubled Borrowers <BR/><BR/>By BRAD STONEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-10328783820376954922008-10-22T20:16:00.000-04:002008-10-22T20:16:00.000-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/business/22auto....http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/business/22auto.html<BR/><BR/>DETROIT — One of the biggest boosters of the American auto industry said Tuesday that he was bailing out of his large stake in the Ford Motor Company — a stinging no-confidence vote that raised the anxiety level in this city over the deepening troubles of the Big Three car companies.<BR/><BR/>By starting to sell off his $1 billion bet on Ford, an investment that is now worth less than $300 million, the financier Kirk Kerkorian joined the growing ranks of investors who have soured on Detroit’s prospects because of plummeting sales and mounting losses.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Kerkorian’s abrupt decision to back away from Ford comes just six months after he began building his stake. It also follows an effort by the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management to try to sell Chrysler to General Motors after spending $7.4 billion a year ago to acquire the smallest of the Big Three automakers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-50770555616647897222008-10-22T20:01:00.000-04:002008-10-22T20:01:00.000-04:00http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6083271FAA Consider...http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6083271<BR/><BR/>FAA Considers Crackdown on American Eagle for Flying Overloaded PlanesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-73628706380638736132008-10-22T19:38:00.000-04:002008-10-22T19:38:00.000-04:00Argentine Bonds, Stocks Sink as Takeover Fuels Def...Argentine Bonds, Stocks Sink as Takeover Fuels Default Concerns <BR/><BR/>By James Attwood and Drew Benson<BR/><BR/>Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Argentine stocks had their biggest two-day drop since 1990 and dollar bond yields topped 30 percent as a planned takeover of pension funds heightened concern the government is headed for its second default this decade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-60425312943266721462008-10-22T16:56:00.000-04:002008-10-22T16:56:00.000-04:00akiva kagan is still teaching in toras eliyahu. he...akiva kagan is still teaching in toras eliyahu. <BR/><BR/>he will never be sacked.<BR/>keep your children out of that schoolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-42626106602434951192008-10-20T20:29:00.000-04:002008-10-20T20:29:00.000-04:00Rabbi Ze'ev Smason is a long time friend of The Aw...Rabbi Ze'ev Smason is a long time friend of The Awareness Center. Actually he was our first halachic advisor back in 2001. With his permission it is a great honor that I'm sharing the following comments he made regarding the case of David Kramer. <BR/><BR/>The case of David Kramer first broke in his community last year. It's turning out that David Kramer traveled the world. He not only left victims in not only St. Louis and Australia, but there are rumors that he also left victims in Israel, also possibly in Argentina. <BR/><BR/>The next time you see Rabbi Smason, please stand up and give him a round of applause. He is definitely a friend to every Jewish survivor of childhood sexual abuse and their family members.<BR/><BR/>-----------------------------------------------------------<BR/><BR/>Rabbi Ze'ev Smason on the Case of David Kramer<BR/>http://www.theawarenesscenter.org/Kramer_David.html<BR/><BR/>The Kramer case provides a great opportunity to trace the failure of segments of the Jewish community to their source. If only the problem had been addressed in Australia (or Israel, or Argentina), the victim in St. Louis and countless others would have been spared suffering. If the process through which the problem was 'punted' to Israel, Argentina and St. Louis can be identified -- not only will those responsible for their dereliction of duty be held accountable, but such an occurrence will be less likely to take place in the future in other parts of the Jewish world. When rabbis and school officials see that there's no 'statute of limitations' on the problems they should have addressed, they may think twice before they pass toxic waste on to the next community.<BR/> <BR/>Our tradition teaches that those who are kind to the cruel, are ultimately cruel to those who are kind. The 'kindness' of those who deliberately or negligently refrained from acting when they had the opportunity to put DK away perpetrated a terrible act of cruelty on his later victims. Let's find out what happened with the intention of not letting this happen again<BR/> <BR/><BR/>Rabbi Ze'ev Smason<BR/>Nusach Hari B'nai ZionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-65073584614283235452008-10-20T16:51:00.000-04:002008-10-20T16:51:00.000-04:00http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1077400/Mi...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1077400/Misery-shareholders-rescue-deal-hands-60-Royal-Bank-Scotland-taxpayer.html<BR/><BR/>Misery for shareholders as rescue deal hands 60% of Royal Bank of Scotland to taxpayer<BR/><BR/>By James ChapmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-55531085513766937172008-10-20T16:47:00.000-04:002008-10-20T16:47:00.000-04:00http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/17/siu.wall.street/?...http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/17/siu.wall.street/?iref=mpstoryview<BR/><BR/>Wall Street: Fall of the fat catsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-53793810660168388382008-10-20T16:40:00.000-04:002008-10-20T16:40:00.000-04:00GENEVA (Reuters) – Chocolate-flavored body spreads...GENEVA (Reuters) – Chocolate-flavored body spreads sold in British sex shops have been found to be tainted with melamine, the chemical that made thousands of babies ill in China, food safety authorities said Monday.<BR/><BR/>The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) said melamine had been found in Chinese-made "I Love You" sets, sold at Ann Summers shops, containing chocolate and strawberry body pens and chocolate-flavored spreads.<BR/><BR/>"This is a first. We've never had to put out an alert before on 'willy spread' -- chocolate-flavored or otherwise," the FSA said on its Web site, www.foodstandards.gov.uk.<BR/><BR/>It said the health risk from the affected products was low.<BR/><BR/>At least four children died in China and thousands of others were treated in hospital after consuming milk powder containing melamine, an industrial compound added to cheat quality tests.<BR/><BR/>Dozens of countries have since banned imports of Chinese dairy ingredients and recalled products ranging from cookies to herbal drugs and octopus dumplings.<BR/><BR/>Peter Ben Embarek, a food safety expert at the World Health Organization (WHO), said national authorities needed to widen their checks and tests.<BR/><BR/>"Milk powder is a very common ingredient in a very large range of products, from candies to biscuits, chocolates, drinks, and so on and so on," he said.<BR/><BR/>The levels of melamine detected in the "I Love You" sets, manufactured in China by Le Bang and imported into Britain by Scobie (Llarn) Ltd, ranged from 126 milligrams per kg to 259 milligrams per kg, the FSA said.<BR/><BR/>European Union rules require that products with more than 2.5 milligrams per kg must be withdrawn and destroyed.<BR/><BR/>Embarek said adults may be less at risk of illness from consuming melamine than infants whose only food source was tainted formula.<BR/><BR/>"It is not an acute public health danger if you eat one contaminated biscuit," he said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-39961556398005850202008-10-20T15:49:00.000-04:002008-10-20T15:49:00.000-04:00On page 108 of the above PDF document it says Aron...On page 108 of the above PDF document it says Aron Twerski is involved too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21519732.post-89447082564492071352008-10-20T15:45:00.000-04:002008-10-20T15:45:00.000-04:00http://www.israel613.com/books/DINTORA_WEISHOUSE_C...http://www.israel613.com/books/DINTORA_WEISHOUSE_CASE.pdf<BR/><BR/>Can someone give us the short version of this scandal & what role the Agudah had?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com