Nobody in shul is questioned about whether a heterosexual couple is keeping taharat hamishpacha.
Nobody in shul is told they can’t read from the Torah if their wife doesn’t cover her hair
Nobody in shul is told to leave if they spoke loshon hora.
“Withholding sex will result in more agunahs” is the WILDEST take I have heard thus far. I don’t think many of you realize what you’re actually saying here.
I wish more people would be brave enough to say how they really feel about queer people, without hiding their name & face
@Chanalemusic
is saying what every homophobic frum person is feeling. Thank you for showing your lack of compassion, your humanity, and your humility.
If you’re threatening violence against me or calling me names for publicizing the harmful things Zechariah Wallerstein did, you’re actually proving why I’m the good one here.
@WorstSamaritan
There once was a international sex trafficking ring called Zwi Migdal, based in Argentina, where Jewish pimps trafficked Jewish girls and women from the shtetls of Eastern Europe. From 1860-1940.
Things that make Jews look crazy:
1. Shaking a lulav and etrog
2. Saying kiddush levana
3. Putting our fingers up to the havdalah candle
What's one more you would add?
@Anzovina
I’m really confused as to how she’s counting mamzerim per denomination. Most rebbeim will go above and beyond to make sure someone is NOT a halachic mamzer, regardless of religious observance.
Also, it’s not really a measurable variable???
@jewishmemequeen
Totally within his right to turn down a photo, but it is odd of him to suggest his wife since 1. She isn’t the celebrity here, he knows that and 2. He didn’t ask her if the wife is okay with it.
FoR: I’m of the opinion that taking photos with celebrities is overrated always.
@yoniChanowitz
There’s this book all about a man and woman making love and how they express it and it’s allegorical to the relationship between God and the Jewish people. Hope Artscroll doesn’t censor that.
Anytime a student of Rabbi Wallerstein would give in to his pleas to take off a piercing they had, he would take that piercing and put it on his tefilin bag. He always told his students, “I will be buried with it” and yesterday, he was.
@WorstSamaritan
Orthodox Jewish woman, feminist, and descendent of Glückel of Hameln Bertha Pappenheim was part of the movement to try and save these girls!
@Brookcan4
1. Bestiality** isn’t consensual nor is it legal, so we can start with drawing the line at things that are unequivocally recognized as criminal activity, which brings me to my next point:
2. We allow child molesters in shul, and some get aliyot. So, why don’t we work on that.
@JosieBrendaA
The backlash from the NYT article was to be expected, but on top of that I didn’t even think anything else could compare:
1. YU being told to go back to NY appeals before coming back to SCOTUS, which lead to-
2. YU suspending ALL clubs for the foreseeable future
Update on Zev Steen from Baltimore. On 11/09/2022 Zev William Steen was charged with rape, assault in the first degree, sexually abusing a minor, incest, perverted practice, and having a child perform a sex act in a film. This is all dated to 2005.
If you’d like to do a chessed and show some kindness to Mrs. Talia Avrahami and her family, please DM your messages to
@yeshivadreams
. He will send them to her.
@MendelSuper
@AsafShaloo
@GoldsteinBrooke
@nytimes
Dude, you literally moved to Arizona to proselytize Judaism to other Jews. This is exactly what they were referring to.
You’re doing exactly what the article says that Lubavitch does.
A few people are DMing and texting me asking how to protect children after reading up on the arrest of Zev Steen. Here’s my answer, with love:
Nobody in this world cares about your child more than you (and their co parent, if involved). Please stop putting your trust in people.
No we don’t, Zvi.
We need to protect the vulnerable. We need to provide housing to people who are houseless.
We need to fund therapy and rehab for people struggling.
We need to advocate for healthcare for all.
We do not need to promote a famous, rabid abuser.
We need unity and not hate.
@kanyewest
, accept this invitation from
@Chusidel
to meet Jews, and you will change your mind, and surely use your influence to bring peace. Pls watch -
Happy Pride Month to every member of the alphabet mafia, especially to fellow yidden who are not able to come out yet. You’re welcome in my home, always. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
For those of you too cruel to care, this is a pikuach nefesh issue:
Hot take: Holocaust studies should including educating people about the Zwi Migdal sex trafficking ring. It operated from 1860-1940. They stole little girls from shtetls and forced them into prostitution across the globe. No Rav is recorded to have tried to stop it.
If someone is in recovery/remission from an ED they should be exempt from needing to abstain from Chametz because the “purity” food culture in ED patients has overlaps with a lot of how people behave on Pesach towards food.
I am so honored to know this man and the other brave men suing Yeshiva University and their boys HS.
Fuck
@YUNews
. Fuck
@AriBermanYU
. Fuck everyone that has defended this place.
Huge ruling in the child sexual abuse case vs.
@YUNews
. A judge has dismissed YU's motion to dismiss the case. We can move forward with discovery and the case can proceed -- finally.
🚨ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF THE FIVE TOWNS🚨
Attorney Daniel Waxman from Cedarhurst, NY was arrested for allegedly sending sexually explicit photos to an undercover cop posing as a 14 yr old girl. Waxman arranged to meet with the “teen” in Rockland County where he was arrested.
@AsafShaloo
They meant kiruv. They used that word probably because there’s no other English equivalent (‘outreach’ isn’t universally understood well either) for proselytize.
@poetrychavruta
Yichus is an incredibly privileged thing to have and I don’t think people understand how lucky they are. Forget about being related to famous people, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MY GREAT GRANDFATHER LOOKS LIKE
In honor of this week’s parsha, please be mindful of how your engage in the discourse surrounding this very complex, very personal topic. Please remember we are discussing human beings that live in (or out) of our communities and are not abstract.
Agudath Israel of America, an umbrella organization of Haredi Orthodoxy, released a statement today opposing the Respect for Marriage Act (which would enshrine gay marriage).
In the statement, Agudath says the SCOTUS ruling in Obergefell caused "a dangerous social revolution."
Bnos Yisroel needs to issue a new statement ASAP and begin an investigation to find if other victims in their school exist. These charges are very serious, and are in addition to the possession and distribution of CSAM.
I read this over Shabbos.
@semills
book is phenomenal at illustrating what life is like for a survivor of sex abuse from your teens through your sixties. The trauma doesn’t go away after the abuse stops or even after the abuser dies. He’s also suing via the Child Victims Act!
Rabbi Pinchas Stolper covered up for Baruch Lanner and many other abusers at
@NCSY
. This man’s legacy will be remembered by the survivors as someone who could have saved children from being assaulted by rabbis and advisors but chose to ignore it.
Remember, this guy associates with an alleged pedophile who was arrested when this photo was taken for forging legal documents related to the reason for dismissal of the sexual abuse case. That man is Judah Karkowsky and he was convicted of the forgery last month.
Keep bitching.
I wish I had an inspirational story to share about my maternal grandparents today. Unfortunately, that was not the kind of relationship I had with them.
Today I remember the descendants of Holocaust survivors who worked hard to pick up the emotional pieces caused by the war 💔
Next week,
@ZAAKAHNY
will begin covering on our podcast ‘Outcry’ the pervasive sexual abuse that took place at
@YUNews
boys HS from the 1960s-1990s. In preparation for the episodes, here is a 🧵 featuring all 8(!) alleged sexual predators named thus far in court records:
I want everyone to know how much it hurts to read this email.
In 2021 when TABC’s former principal Shlomo Adelman was named in a Child Victims Act lawsuit for allegedly molesting a little boy in the 1990s, they didn’t even remotely handle this with a level of “scrutiny”.
From Torah Academy of Bergen County:
If a college wants to send recruiters or representatives, they need to provide a plan to keep Jewish students safe on campus.
Every Jewish day school should follow suit, especially in light of the threats at
@Cornell
and
@cooperunion
.
@Zevi_g
@MisfitTorah
Children medically can’t get hormone therapy to transition before the age of 16, let alone surgery. Don’t opine if you don’t know the first thing about the transition process.
For those who have been following the latest with
@FootstepsInc
severing ties with
@FreidomOrg
over allegations of sexual harassment and assault at Freidom events, one of the survivors has asked for this letter to be released: 🧵
This was a routine tactic by Wallerstein; threaten people so they shut up. That’s not a good leader to me. Good leaders want to learn and grow from their mistakes. Wallerstein was anything but.
I wrote about the lawsuit against Chevi Garfinkel on
@frumfollies
‘s blog. Being it’s the first time I’m writing something on a respected platform, I’m pretty damn proud:
@HannahLebovits
And of course, one of the least problematic rulers was a woman named Shlomtzion Alexandra. She protected the Perushim, re-established the Sanhedrin and gave the Perushim full religious control over it.
Going to be logging off of here until after the holidays. If you need me, find me on tiktok
@ZAAKAHNY
or email me. DMs sent to me will be responded to after I log back on in October.
Yaakov Hopfer sucks. This letter sucks. Baltimore is a cesspool.
Here’s a list of abusers (alleged and convicted) that Hopfer has defended, protected and/or allowed in his shul:
Eliezer Eisgrau
Moshe Eisemann
Stanley Levitt
Stuart Friedman
Shmuel Juravel