Ultra-Orthodox Discuss their Rules for the Internet
Apparently, the internet needs rules. Religious rules. Women weren’t even allowed to enter the room. That pretty much sums it up. No need to read on. Well, yeah, you might just in case: Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attended a rally Sunday at the New York Mets’ stadium on the dangers of the Internet and how to use modern technology in a religiously responsible way. Women were not permitted to attend the meeting at Citi Field in Queens. However, it was broadcast live...
Read MoreOrthodox Jews Shun Other Jews for Reporting Child Abuse
Some Orthodox Jews have been shunning others for reporting Jewish child molesters. This is one of those gut-curdling stories. From The New York Times: The first shock came when Mordechai Jungreis learned that his mentally disabled teenage son was being molested in a Jewish ritual bathhouse in Brooklyn. The second came after Mr. Jungreis complained, and the man accused of the abuse was arrested. Old friends started walking stonily past him and his family on the streets of Williamsburg. Their...
Read MoreDocumentary ‘Standing Silent’ uncovers sexual abuse in Baltimore’s Orthodox Jewish community
“Standing Silent” is a new documentary by Phil Jacobs. It uncovers the ritual abuse in an Orthodox Jewish community in Baltimore, Maryland. Jacobs went on a quest to uncover the stories from the sexual abuse survivors. The Washington Post has a piece on it. It’s very moving. One by one the victims stood and described their alleged molesters: the Torah teacher, the rabbi, the ice cream truck driver, the man at the mikvah. That meeting, held nearly six years ago in a small room...
Read More4 people killed in shooting at Jewish school in France
Four were shot down in a French Jewish school. CNN: A teacher was gunned down along with his two children at a Jewish school in southern France Monday, while the director of the school saw his daughter shot and killed in front of him, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a somber appearance at the school. It is the third time in the past 10 days that a gunman on a motorcycle has fired on members of ethnic minorities in the southwest of France. Authorities believe the cases are linked, and a...
Read MoreAn Israeli novelist gets a legal writ of divorce between Jewish ethnicity and religion, others wish to follow in those footsteps
Yoram Kaniuk, a prominent Israeli novelist, is now officially a Jew of no religion. This historic case has inspired hundreds of other Israelis to get divorced from the Jewish religion. Israel is 15-37% atheist, so this comes as no surprise. The less religious people are in the middle east, the greater the chances are for an end the violence. If only more people of “Muslim” countries came out as atheists (or nonreligious), we could be closer that goal. Kaniuk’s case has been...
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