Unpious.com has been up for one week now, and has been successful beyond expectations. We’ve received a fair number of excellent submissions, but we’re still looking for more, and we want them better than ever. To that end we’re announcing…
The Chabad rabbi of Newport Beach California, Rabbi Reuven Mintz, believes that the estate of Joey Bishop, former member of the “Rat Pack,” rightfully belongs to Chabad. The girlfriend claims otherwise. The California Supreme Court decided this is one…
Well, some people are still making money the good old-fashioned way: investment fraud. But it ain’t pleasant when you get caught. Chaim Citronenbaum, a Monsey resident, will do three years in the slammer. He is also now $1,683,903 poorer,…
The massive earthquake in Haiti has caused widespread devastation, and Jewish groups have been rallying to support the relief efforts. We’re wondering when Rabbi David Niederman will announce the Satmar community’s assistance, although we won’t be holding our breath.…
A few years after a fish talked in New Square thus proving that the God of Chasidim is the true one, another proof has surfaced. Rabbi Batzri is attempting to remove a Dubbuk from a Brazilian man…
A heretic with a shtreimel? You better believe it. And he’s on board to contribute commentary and insight in his own masterful way. Known as one of the pioneers of the Chasidic blogosphere with his wildly popular blog
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The BBC has discovered that some Chasidim (and members of other ultra-Orthodox groups) have been leaving the community to join the secular world. And they, like so many others, choose to focus on the difficulties and challenges one…
We expect to have a number of well-known Chasidic bloggers and commentors contribute regularly to this blog. The first that has joined is the erstwhile Pen Tivokesh, blogger extraordinaire, author of the very fine blog Penned In – Writing…
The Chametz Warrior
Flashbacks to the chametz battles of childhood. One man decides he’s a conscientious objector.
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