Thursday, April 25, 2013

This is not Orthodox, sorry

This is another proof that Modern Orthodox is no longer considered Orthodox as its paradigm has shifted towards the Conservative movement.  Please don't label your congregation Orthodox when you are no longer preserving Orthodox traditions.

MONTREAL — A woman will soon join the clergy of the Orthodox-practising Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, which has become the first synagogue to announce that it’s hiring a graduate from the inaugural class of a new yeshiva that ordains women.

“Nothing I’m doing is new [for Orthodox women], nothing is against Jewish law, yet the trappings are different, it looks different,” she said.
More readings about the trappings of "Modern" Orthodoxy:


More readings from the Charedi response:

As for Avi Weiss and the IRF, we urge them to prove the Moment article right and make themselves a new denomination. Call yourself anything but Orthodox or halachically observant.
http://www.yated.com/a-tale-of-two-worlds.0-231-0.html

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Israeli Charedim, Extremist Group???

DOD (Department of Defense) classification of Religious Extremism

Everyday, the Charedim is being spat at, by both Orthodox and secular Jews in Israel.   What has the  Charedim done to provoke such wrath from the DOD? For a one spitting incident in Bet Shemesh?  If chalitzah were done today, would a woman who spit at her brother-in-law for refusing to perform yibum with her also be classified as a religious extremist and a terrorist? 

Apparently, the DOD (Department of Defense) has equated the Israeli Charedim to be in a similar category as terrorists such as Hamas, the Moslem Brotherhoood, Al Qaeda Sunni Moslems.  Nevermind that they have always classified the Kahane followers as such, albeit their "crimes" have not matched one iota of the severity of the real terrorists who have made more impact towards the merciless contribution of mass murders in the world.

Note that the Italian Mafia who seeks refuge in their Catholic house-of-worship is not even on the list!

The Defense Department came under fire Thursday for a U.S. Army Reserve presentation that classified Catholics and Evangelical Protestants as “extremist” religious groups alongside al Qaeda and the Ku Klux Klan. Source: Washington Post Free Beacon , http://freebeacon.com/an-extreme-position-on-extremism/http://www.adfmedia.org/files/ExtremismPresentation.pdf

Who is going to speak for our beloved Charedim?  Maybe more writers such as this one who wrote "Haredi Reflections on Israel Independence Day."

Today, they ban the Israeli Charedim, tomorrow the Diaspora Charedim, lo aleinu, v'lo aleichem.


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