A Year Of Living Dangerously
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer The ranks of Orthodox rebels, despite being a tiny percentage of a small part of the Jewish community, are drawing a major share of notice in recent days. Books and...
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by Hella Winston Special To The Jewish Week Did the haredi rabbis go too far this time? That’s the question being asked in some circles after a ban issued by 33 fervently Orthodox rabbinic...
View ArticleNo Sex Charge For Kolko; Boys’ Parents Foiled By DA
by Hella Winston and Larry Cohler-Esses Special Report/Editor at Large In a surprise move, Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, the Brooklyn yeshiva teacher charged with having sexually molested his students, pleaded...
View ArticleHikind Subpoenaed On Sex-Abuse Information
by Larry Cohler-Esses and Hella Winston Staff Writers State Assembly member Dov Hikind was subpoenaed Monday to provide testimony and files he has compiled about rabbis and yeshiva employees who have...
View ArticleAnti-Abuse Rabbi Says He’s In Danger
by Hella Winston And Larry Cohler-Esses Staff Writers A Williamsburg community activist who has spoken out frequently against child sexual abuse in the Brooklyn Orthodox community claimed Monday that...
View ArticlePlaying With The Banned
Hella Winston Special to The Jewish Week Did the haredi rabbis go too far this time?That’s the question being asked in some circles after a ban issued by 33 fervently Orthodox rabbinic authorities...
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