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September 2015

September 17, 2015

Christian-Jewish Relations in 5776

Let's talk about the state of "Christian-Jewish" relations! For most of the past 2,000 years,...

August 2015

August 05, 2015

Murderous Jewish Religious Fanaticism, Part Two

View image | gettyimages.comBefore I take a short vacation hiatus from the blog and my...

July 2015

July 13, 2015

Wear Long Skirts! Cover Your Elbows! You Can Save Israel and Get Ice Cream, Too!

There is nothing in traditional Judaism that demonstrates its sexism better than the rules of...

July 08, 2015

Who Is a Jew and Who Is a Rabbi?

The newly-appointed Israeli Minister of Religious Services, David Azulai, has said something stupid. This puts...

July 05, 2015

The Holy Kabbalist and the Dead Cop

Last night the head of the National Fraud Unit of the Israeli Police, Deputy Commissioner...

June 2015

June 28, 2015

Jewish Reaction to Gay Marriage Decision

So how has the Jewish community responded to the marriage equality decision? My own Facebook...

June 24, 2015

Sex Tourism, Hasidic Style

Today’s post falls under the category of religious morality. The Israeli news site Mako has...

June 16, 2015

Compassionate Jewish Law: When a Dead Baby Is Returned to Parents in a Cardboard Box

Early in my career, while serving as director and rabbi at a Hillel Jewish student...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

Leaving Hasidism

In the genre of “de-conversion” books, there is a Jewish sub-category of “OTD” memoirs. “OTD”...

March 2013

March 04, 2013

A New Day In Israeli Politics?

I am a political junkie. My drug is not domestic, as I prefer to feed...

February 2013

February 12, 2013

Crime Wave At The Western Wall

I just returned from Jerusalem to news about the latest round of arrests of Jewish...

January 2013

January 10, 2013

Shas Demeans Russian Jews

For those who say that I have spent too much time here on Haredim, I...

August 2012

August 20, 2012

More Drivel From The Great Rav Ovadiah

Rav Ovadiah Yosef, spiritual leader of world Sephardic Jewry, just attacked one of the major...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Haredim Vandalize Ancient Synagogue. Really.

You might think that one place safe from the vitriolic attacks of Haredi fanatics would...

May 23, 2012

Blogosphere Heats Up Over Haredi Internet Rally

The non-Jewish press has taken a great interest in the Haredi internet sobfest held on...

May 22, 2012

Praying Away The Internet

Sunday night 40,000 Haredi men (just men) gathered at New York’s CitiField. They did not...

March 2012

March 19, 2012

Orthodox Versus Unorthodox

Not too long ago, the publishers of Deborah Feldman’s book, Unorthodox, were kind enough to...

March 06, 2012

Another Baby Dies Due To Ritual Circumcision

I wish that I did not have to post things like this. I’ve already written...

February 2012

February 22, 2012

Buses On Shabbat? Haredim Serving In The IDF? Perish The Thought!

There have been two interesting developments in the battle of religion versus secular society in...

February 18, 2012

Breaking Away Is Expensive To Do

Here’s a good use of the money that usually goes to Israeli Haredi Jews so...

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Leviticus 30:1: Verily Shalt Thou Shun The Internet

Israeli Sephardic leader Rav Ovadia Yosef, patron of the Shas Party, has joined with others,...

January 10, 2012

Haredi Power Could One Day Spell Doom For Israel

I realize that I’ve been somewhat single-mindedly focused on Israeli Haredim over the last several...

January 08, 2012

Israel’s Great Secular Hope

There is breaking news from Israel that I have been awaiting for a very, very...

January 06, 2012

Inside The Primitive Ideology Of Haredi Judaism

Behind the growing conflict between Haredim and the rest of the Jewish community is a...

January 03, 2012

Tone Deaf Haredim Protest In Concentration Camp Garb

Last night Haredim gathered in Jerusalem to protest against the crackdown on their thuggish behavior...

January 02, 2012

More Shattering Examples Of Haredi Immorality

Below is a piece by Israel’s Channel 2 evening broadcast of December 27. It shows...

December 2011

December 27, 2011

Haredi Misogyny Is Nothing New

If you have not had the opportunity to watch the YouTube video in the previous...

December 26, 2011

Israeli Haredim Are Losing It

It should come as no surprise that The Atheist Rabbi would have an issue or...

December 22, 2011

I’m Back And Talking Smack About The Exclusion Of Women

For all of my well-wishers out there (I know there’s at least a couple of...

October 2011

October 06, 2011

Haredi Jews Vs. Orthodox Jews?

Many people do not understand the difference between Modern Orthodox and Haredi Jews. Well, here’s...