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Tzedek-Tzedek: Unusual & Fascinating - The National Library
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Monday, 13 July 2015. Unusual and Fascinating - The National Library. At the request of my 15 year old son, this week we made a spontaneous and first ever Morris family visit to the Israel National Library - and had a (surprisingly, for me at least) fascinating time. The National Library is located in the Givat Ram Campus of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. My enthusiastic son led us to the Gershom Scholem Collection - described as the world's most extensive (35,000) collection of books on Chasidut an...
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Jonathan Rosenblum Defends Rabbis, Attacks Morris
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Jonathan Rosenblum Defends Rabbis, Attacks Morris. Rabbis prefer to work behind the scenes due to a considered philosophy about what is best for victims. The piece portrayed two parents who bravely bucked "the stringent cultural norms" of their "tight-knit haredi community in Ramat Beit Shemesh" to seek redress for the alleged sexual abuse of their children. WHAT AROUSED MY SUSPICIONS? I have many friends in the English-speaking community of Ramat Beit Shemesh "Aleph" and know many of the communal rabbis...
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Obama's Iran Deal Sounds a Lot Like Clinton's Failed North Korea Deal | ...
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Tuesday, 21 July 2015. Obama's Iran Deal Sounds a Lot Like Clinton's Failed North Korea Deal . Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The views expressed on this blog are those of the author/s, and do not necessarily represent those of any other individuals or organizations. Bet Shemesh, Israel. View my complete profile. Bat Melech - Centre for Religious Women in Distress. Bizchut - Rights for Disabled. Eli - Child Protection. Israel Ministry of Justice. Lema'an Achai - Poverty Relief and Prevention. Come V...
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Is Life Like Waze?
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Monday, 20 July 2015. Is Life Like Waze? I was told an interesting parable by my daughter Avital, in the name of Rav Daniel Stavsky. This is an interesting approach to the old chestnut question how can we have freedom to choose, when God is all knowing and is in control of the whole world, down to the finest detail? Life is like Waze. (Waze is an Israeli-invented GPS and traffic management system). The beginning and end of each trip is defined. The optimal route is also mapped out for us. Bat Melech - Ce...
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Greece Lightening
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Sunday, 5 July 2015. Greece has become the (economic) joke of Europe - and this was a particularly good example tweated around the internet recently. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The views expressed on this blog are those of the author/s, and do not necessarily represent those of any other individuals or organizations. Bet Shemesh, Israel. View my complete profile. Bat Melech - Centre for Religious Women in Distress. Bizchut - Rights for Disabled. Eli - Child Protection. Israel Ministry of Justice.
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Tzedek-Tzedek: When is food "Kosher"?
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Thursday, 14 May 2015. When is food "Kosher"? The Attorney General, Yehudah Weinstein, has ruled that the word "kosher" can be used for describing food products, even when there is no kosher certification by the Chief Rabbinate. Until now, the Rabbinate has been the gold-standard, whose approval is required by law for food in Israel to be described as "kosher". Boutique kashrut supervision providers, such as the Bedatzim, are in addition to the Rabbinate certification required by law. Rabbi Lau likened t...
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Those Ubiquitous Caps
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Sunday, 9 August 2015. Whether or not to look Jewish is a big issue when travelling abroad - particularly with concerns of antisemitism in Europe and Israel-phobia throughout the world. On a visit to Prague, Czech Republic, last week, I again revisited this topic. Many of the Jewish travelers I met there, were wearing baseball caps. This in an effort to keep their Jewish identity low-profile. I attach a photo of one such gentleman who kindly agreed to pose. So imagine the following scenarios:. Jewish Cha...
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Tzedek-Tzedek: 10 Years, 10th Av: Gush Gatif - What Didn't Happen Next
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Sunday, 26 July 2015. 10 Years, 10th Av: Gush Gatif - What Didn't Happen Next. Our orange ribbon still hangs from our car mirror. 10 years later. "Zecher LeChorban Gush Katif" - in memory of the destroyed Gush Katif. Over the years, it has become clearer that the destruction of the Gush Katif and Northern Shomron settlements, was but a prototype for what was planned to be a much larger expulsion of many more towns and villages in the Yehudah and Shomron. This Disengagement therefore required Israel to vo...
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Tzedek-Tzedek: "Magen" - The New Bet Shemesh Child Protection Agency
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Magen" - The New Bet Shemesh Child Protection Agency. Published at Tzedek-Tzedek by kind permission of Connections Magazine. When I found out that Shlomi, my 9 year old son, had been abused,. My whole world shattered and collapsed. We were thrilled for Shlomi. But Shlomi even made a fuss about going to these tutorials. I literally had to carry Shlomi into the car to take him to the rebbe's house. When Shlomi started bed-wetting, we were recommended by Shlomi's pediatrician to visit a child psychologist.
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Right of Response - Defending David Morris
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Right of Response - Defending David Morris. Name of Author Witheld. Rosenblum misses the point in reflexively defending the haredim. Jonathan Rosenblum's response ("Those primitive haredim- yet again," June 12) to the article about abuse cases in Ramat Beit Shemesh ("Haredi parents take on sexual abuse of children, June 3") contains several misleading statements. Rosenblum refers to the case against the heder rebbe. This is exactly the problem on which the original Jerusalem Post. Rosenblum highlights th...