Posts Tagged: orthodox Jews
Leiby Kletzky’s Brutal Murder Brings 150 New Cameras to Brooklyn
150 cameras will be installed in the Borough Park and Midwood areas of Brooklyn, New York, in an attempt to prevent violent crimes, like the...
Child Molesters and Those Who Protect Them, Cannot Be Called Religious Jews
One could pray 100 times per day, don a yarmulke, tefillin and tzitzit; yet those acts exclusively wouldn't quality someone to be called a religious...
U.S. Court Upholds New York “Kosher Law”
A U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that New York's "Kosher Act" does not violate the constitution, upholding a previous ruling by a lower court. The...
Jewish Vigilantes Aid Black and Latino Victims in Brooklyn on Back to Back Days (PHOTOS)
In two separate incidents this week, victims of violence were aided by local Orthodox Jewish men in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. On Tuesday, a...
Bat/Bar Mitzvahs: More Than Just Collecting Checks From Family Friends
At age 12, Sally Gottesman—now a not-for-profit consultant, largely in the Jewish community—was attuned to feminism in ways that other girls at her...
Forced Marriages are Against Jewish Law
Deborah Feldman, author of Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots, and model mom, Pearl Perry Reich, have recently made national headlines with their stories of...
A Chassidic Discussion on Dr. Phil (VIDEO)
"Dr. Phil & America's Fascination with Chassidic Women" was published by The Algemeiner on Thursday, written by Chava Tombosky. Tombosky, a member of the Chassidic community...
Dr. Phil & America’s Fascination with Chassidic Women (VIDEO)
I was invited to attend the Dr. Phil show last week to offer commentary on their feature story about a young and beautiful woman who...
Organ Donation: Jews Can Learn Something From Atheists
Recently while renewing my driver's license, the DMV attendant looked surprised when I requested organ donor designation. She remarked how she thought being...
“Unorthodox” Belongs in the Fiction Section
Who would have guessed that Anti-Semitism could lurk in the allegedly autobiographical words of a young Jewish woman? But they have, in 'Unorthodox: The Scandalous...
American Jewish Groups Enter Contraception Debate
Amid controversy between the Obama administration and the Catholic Church over the use of contraception, Jewish groups have started voicing their opinions on...
The Secret Life of Hasidic Sexuality
Though I am not entirely sure why, people seem just plain fascinated by the (supposedly) cloistered communities of black clad Jews who briskly...
Responding to Attacks on ‘Kosher Jesus’
Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf's vicious attack against me and my new book, Kosher Jesus - to say nothing of the insane comments attending his...
Reflections of a Shoah Interviewer
In The summer of 1994 I accepted The Shoah Foundation's invitation to join the crew of interviewers for a week of work at a Catskill...
