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Cuomo Allegedly Pressuring Satmar Faction To Accept Backroom Deal On Purchase Of Massive Williamsburg Armory

Two representatives of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are allegedly meeting today with the Williamsburg Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, to pressure him to agree to a deal for the sale of the massive Williamsburg Armory.

Secrets Don't Get Better With Age

"But after mustering up the courage to disclose the facts behind closed door meetings with rabbis, I -- like so many others -- was hurt by the lack of results. With a breath of authority -- and without any investigation -- one leader in Detroit's rabbinical court exclaimed that the accusations were "My word vs. The perpetrators' word" and that there was nothing that he was going to do about it. In a further attempt to muffle my cries, he took out a large volume of the Talmud and encouraged me to read the words in a pathetic attempt to comfort my pain and revitalize my Spirit.…I still feel betrayed by their lack of sympathy and action."

Brooklyn Needs A New DA, Anti-Abuse Activist Says

"…DA Hynes had his second victim. Yet within months the DA decided not to take this case to trial and instead reduced the charges and offered Kolko a sweetheart plea deal. Questioned by reporters, Hynes’ office tripped over itself defending its decision.  First, it claimed the victims were not willing to testify. When the families offered proof this was not true, the DA reversed course and said he had sought to spare the children the trauma of a trial. But the children were not fearful of taking the stand. In fact, one of them testified last year when Kolko was charged with violating the terms of his probation. Both have been looking forward to testifying in the pending civil case against Yeshiva Torah Temimah.…"

Israel’s HMOs Ordered To Stop Haredi Gender-Segregation

Israel’s Health Ministry ordered HMOs to immediately halt gender-segregated medical services for haredim after a report by Israel’s Attorney General documented the questionable practices – which may have been previously concealed from the public by Israel's former (Deputy) Health Minister Rabbi Yaakov Litzman, a Gerer hasid.

Borough Park Store Offers Gender-Separate Shopping Hours For Yeshiva Students

A Borough Park store offers separate single-gender shopping hours for unmarried haredi yeshiva students.

Video: Lapid Lashes Out At Haredim

“Have you no shame? Have your forgotten the outrageous state of affairs during your tenure? Should I remind you of the resources the Ministry of Housing poured into [the haredi areas of] Beit Shemesh and Charish? How you spent an entire tenure taking care of your own!”

Racial Rumble At Glatt Kosher Slaughterhouse Leaves One Person Stabbed, Another Arrested

Approximately 15 people were involved in a fight at Agri Star in Postville, Iowa. One person was reportedly stabbed and had to be airlifted to a Wisconsin medical facility. The fight appears to have been between Hispanic and Somali workers.

Montreal’s First Jewish Mayor Resigns Amid Corruption Charges

"I am going to put my energies into my defense and into my family," Applebaum, who insists he is innocent, said. "This is why I am resigning as mayor of Montreal - it is the responsible thing to do,” he stressed.

Haredi Sex Offender Violates Terms Of No-Jail Sentence, Goes To Prison – Sort Of

Monsey haredi pedophile Shumel Dym, who was originally given a 10-year no-jail probation-only sentence for sexually abusing two haredi children, was sentenced to six months in the county jail last week for violating it.

Zionist Orthodox Rabbis Attack Draft Reform, Warn Government to Protect Yeshivas

Prominent Zionist Orthodox rabbis attack the government's draft reform plan which would draft haredim in part because the plan also reduces the number of draft exemptions given to Zionist Orthodox yeshivas.

Haredi Gadol Bans Men's Wristwatches

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky argues that men should not wear wristwatches because doing so violates the prohibition of lo yilbosh gever simlat isha (men should not wear women's type of clothing).

Haredi Ad Calling For Borough Park Store Shutdown Due To Shabbat Violations

A modesty squad ad in ad Luach HaTzibur calling for the closure of a Borough Park store that allegedly violates Shabbat by doing business on the Jewish day of rest.

London Modesty Squad Warns Store Owners

The modesty squad of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations sent a letter to store owners telling them that the behavior of their employees and customers is immodest, and offering the modesty squad's help in fixing that.

DA's Evidence Against Sam Kellner Ambiguous, NY Times Columnist Reports

Five years ago, this gray-bearded and excitable man with a black velvet yarmulke spoke out about the sexual abuse of his 16-year-old son by a prominent Hasidic cantor [pictured at right]. As Mr. Kellner helped investigators with the Brooklyn district attorney’s office search for other young Orthodox victims of this man, the Orthodox establishment grew ever angrier at him. The rabbi at his Hasidic synagogue in Borough Park, Brooklyn, denounced Mr. Kellner as a traitor and forbade parishioners to talk with him on the street. Yeshivas barred his sons. His businesses dried up — he pawned his silverware to meet his bills. And he still fears that he will never find a marriage match for his son. “I felt murdered and abandoned,” Mr. Kellner said. “I’m ruined.”…

'Independent' Report On Yeshiva Of Flatbush AirTran Incident Written By The Executive Director Of…Yeshiva Of Flatbush

Try to contain yourself as you read a report on the AirTran Yeshiva of Flatbush incident in which an entire group of Modern Orthodox Yeshiva of Flatbush students and their chaperones were booted off an AirTran flight when students allegedly failed to heed flight attendants' commands. The 'independent' report is written by the yeshiva's own executive director, Rabbi Seth Linfield.