Monday, June 01, 2015

"The behaviour of some of these people is what pushed me to the edge of my sanity, and to the edge of my faith. I was lied to, lied about, ignored, pacified, and profoundly betrayed. Not by sick, indecent men, but by people who thought they were doing the right thing...."

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Migdal Emunah An open letter to Rabonim and Askonim In the aftermath of what has been a very diffic...
Friday, May 29, 2015

They get to move across the country, start a new life, and are presented a plateful of new women. Women who have no idea. Congregations that have no idea. Even when you stare us down with gag orders and secret meeting or trials. These men still find our weakness....

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..."At first, I said no to his advances, but his wanting me felt so good , and I was so hungry. We lived in different states, but...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Statement on Sexual Abuse From The Chief Rabbi of the U.K.

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Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis - United Kingdom Statement on Sexual Abuse 26 May 2015 --- The conviction of a prominent member of...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

"Like any democracy, Israel isn’t perfect, but its government and people need no lessons from Barack Obama about values or which policies best serve its long-term interests. Israel doesn’t need to be saved from itself, and anyone who thinks it should be has no respect for the Israeli people...."

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Obama on Israel: A Judgmental Friend and Its Open Enemies The Know-Nothing President Dons A Yarmulke & Lectures American Jews about Hi...
Friday, May 22, 2015

"Pretty much every rabbi we know has used his pulpit or his classroom to tell us what he thinks of our flesh. Of course we’re all traumatized. Our bodies have been on communal display for a very long time. Freundel’s actions triggered some of our worst fears and unleashed a lot of trauma. But it’s not enough to say, well, it wasn’t rape, or it’s only one rabbi.... This is the right time for the entire Jewish community to try to understand what really happens when girls’ and women’s bodies are considered communal property".

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Stop Minimizing Barry Freundel's Actions By Saying He is Nonviolent May 21, 2015 by Elana Sztokman Barry Freundel BARRY ...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

The Vatican has been at best indifferent and at worst, like today, willfully harmful to the Jewish State....

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Op-Ed: The Vatican has Always Tried to Inflict Damage on the Jewish State A few days ago, before his deplorable meeting with PA ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

"Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, the founding dean of New York's Mesifta Torah VoDaath, became a vegetarian after the Holocaust/Shoah, simply yet powerfully declaring, "There has been enough killing in the world."

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The Planet-Saving Mitzvah: Why Jews Should Consider Vegetarianism  by Daniel Brook Judaism has to be a daily spiritual and social...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

"Move on from the pedophile jokes Louis SNL."

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Louis C.K. is making headlines after his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, using material that included jokes ...
Monday, May 18, 2015

One recent study found that nationally, teenage boys who were sexually assaulted were about 10 times more likely to attempt suicide, girls more than three times more likely...

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Friday, May 15, 2015

After Being Asked Not To Come To The Agudath Israel 93rd Dinner - Yisroel Belsky Shows Up - They Stick Him In The Cheap Seats!

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BUT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DRAGGED OFF TO JAIL! NO MONEY IN THIS ! Anyone Here Willing To Pay For A Good Beating?...A Hazman...