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Entries from November 2005
November 30, 2005
The New “Jerusalem Compass” Exposed
The new compass that points to Jerusalem and "defies" the laws of nature has been exposed as fraud. As Rebel Jew notes, the Observant Astronomer did some research into the compass, marketed by, among others, Torah Educational Software and endorsed by leading rabbis (a.k.a., gedolim) including leading anti-Slifkin agitator Rabbi Moshe Shternbuch. This is what [...]
November 30, 2005
Nation Of Islam Trashes Liquor Stores, Kidnaps Worker
In what appears to be an attempt to impose Sharia law in the US, a gang made up of members of Lewis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam has allegedly trashed liquor stores, committed arson and kidnapped a store employee. Why? The store Muslim-owned stores sell liquor to blacks.
Oh, and what gave these geniuses away? [...]
November 30, 2005
New Haredi Blogs Bash Non-Orthodox
A ba’al teshuva ‘non-denominational’ haredi has started two blogs with the sole purpose of bashing the Reform and Conservative movements. Clean your own house, my friend. There is enough dirt there to last many lifetimes.
November 30, 2005
Chabad Blocks DNA Tests On Newly Discovered Holocaust Remains
Chabad’s front organization the Rabbinical Center of Europe and ZAKA have blocked DNA testing on newly discovered Holocaust remains. The testing would have given closure to surviving family members still seeking information of their lost relatives.
This is perhaps the greatest misuse of halakha in our lifetimes. Only truly ignorant men would deprive these families of [...]
November 30, 2005
Rabbi Aaron Feldman’s Untruthful New Letter
Rabbi Aaron Feldman, Rosh Yeshiva of Ner Israel in Baltimore, was an early supporter of the now-banned "Zoo Rabbi" Rabbi Nosson Slifkin. He wrote a disgusting essay distributed several months ago in which he blamed Rabbi Slifkin for the damage done to the reputations of the foolish rabbis (known as gedolim) who banned him. Why? [...]
November 30, 2005
Pope Jewish, Historian Claims
A Jewish historian is claiming that Pope John Paul 2 was Jewish. The "proof" is weak and the argument weaker, but, hey, you never know.
(First spotted on the Canonist.)
November 28, 2005
Chabad Compass™!
In light of the new Jerusalem Compass (see here) that always points toward Jerusalem, I thought Chabad deserved its own version more suitable for its own use:
November 28, 2005
Chabad Rears Its Anti-Zionist Head: Sharon “False Messiah,” Do NOT Pray For State, “We do not believe in the rule of the heretics, and disregard their laws.”
"We do not believe in the rule of the heretics, and disregard their laws."
The Jerusalem Post and Ynet are reporting Rabbi Sholom Dovber Wolpe, the most popular Chabad rabbi in Israel, has published a new book arguing against Religious Zionism. The book, based on the Rebbe’s teachings, is creating quite a stir in Israel. Rabbi [...]
November 27, 2005
Haredi Compass
An e-mail from TES trumpets a new invention – a compass that always points toward Jerusalem. Here is GodolHador’s take on this new invention. Mine is immediately below:
November 27, 2005
New Israeli Play Features 3 Formerly Haredi Stars
Ha’aretz reports Israel’s leading playwrite, Yehoshua Sobol, has written a play about two haredi men who lead double lives, secretly exploring the secular world. Three of the play’s stars are former haredim who left the fold. One describes his real life exit this way:
Segal wanted to flee from that jail [the haredi world], and to [...]
November 27, 2005
Ha’aretz: Chabad To Help Shas In Upcoming Election
Chabad has agreed to join the Shas campaign for the new Knesset. Ha’aretz reports:
Members of the Chabad Hasidic movement will assist Shas in the upcoming elections campaign, the ultra-Orthodox party said Thursday.
Shas spokesman Roi Lachmanovitch said that the agreement between Shas and Chabad was reached through MK Amnon Cohen, who is close to billionaire and [...]
November 26, 2005
Editor Of The Journal Of Halakha And Contemporary Society, Chabad Caught Illegally Screening Movie
Rabbi Alfred Cohen, editor of the Journal of Halakha and Contemporary Society, and the Chabad Center in Wayne, New Jersey are both caught illegally screening the movie Ushpizin without paying its distributor or filmmaker or receiving permission. Rabbi Cohen claims to have sought permission before the screening. Chabad does not. Both settled out of of [...]
