Halpern's (the alleged rapist from London) goons arrested for harassing the victims

Two Orthodox men have been charged with harassment.

Samuel Erlanger and Shlomo Feldman will appear in court next month.

They were arrested in January as part of an ongoing investigation which saw Golders Green rabbi Chaim Halpern questioned in February in connection with alleged sexual assault and perverting the course of justice.

Rabbi Halpern, head of the Divrei Chaim Synagogue, has not been charged and denies all allegations of wrongdoing.

Mr Erlanger, 38, of Powis Gardens, Golders Green, faces one charge of harassment in relation to incidents alleged to have taken place between December 25 last year and January 23 this year.

He has been bailed to appear at Hendon Magistrates' Court on May 2.

Mr Feldman, 29, of Lynmouth Road, Stamford Hill, faces three charges of harassment without violence. He will appear at the same court on May 15.

The men were charged today at Colindale police station.

Dascalowitz admits to raping 15 year old

An Orthodox Jewish man accused of raping a young Brooklyn boy in a ritual bath pleaded guilty today in an agreement that will likely get him five years in prison when he is sentenced.

Meir Dascalowitz, 29, had faced 32 counts of felony and misdemeanor sex abuse but pleaded guilty to just one count of sexual abuse in the second degree.

“Do you admit that you … engaged in anal sexual conduct with a person who was less than 15 years old?” Judge Joseph Gubbay asked Dascalowitz, who answered, “Yes.”

The victim’s father joyfully held up his hands in court as the plea was announced.

“I’m very happy my son got justice. To go through a trial would have been very difficult for a mentally-disabled boy,” said father Mordechai Jungreis, who was exiled from his Orthodox community for reporting the abuse to outside authorities.

“I was shunned in the community. I’m happy to show the community that the game is over. If you do the crime, then you need to do the time.”

Saudi suspect in Boston Attack ruled out as the attacker

Breaking news now:
Fox News reports that the Saudi man in police custody is no longer a suspect! 

3rd Bomb Goes Off, 2 dead, 99 injured, Police may have a suspect a Saudi

At least two people are dead and dozens injured – including up to 10 with amputated limbs – after two bombs tore through the finish line of the Boston Marathon and another exploded near a Boston library, according to the Boston Police Department.

Authorities were guarding a person of interest at a local hospital, sources told FoxNews.com. The person had severe burns, but authorities had not determined whether the person was a victim or a perpetrator. The FBI, which was treating the bombing as a terrorist investigation, was analyzing video from several area surveillance cameras. 

The simultaneous explosions just before 3 p.m., another blast several miles away more than an hour later, and reports of two other unexploded devices found near the scene raised suspicions of a terrorist attack. Authorities shut down cellular service in the area in order to prevent remote detonations. Intelligence officials told The Associated Press two unexploded devices were being dismantled, and a third explosion near the JFK Library in the Columbia Point section of Dorchester. Competitors and race organizers were crying as they fled the bloody chaos, while some witnesses reported seeing victims with lost limbs.

"Somebody's leg flew by my head," a spectator, who gave his name as John Ross, told the Boston Herald. “I gave my belt to stop the blood.”

The first two explosions occurred at 2:50 p.m. – nearly five hours after the marathon began – about 50 to 100 yards apart, according to Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis. The third explosion occurred several miles southeast of the marathon's finish line, at around 4:15 p.m. Police could not say if it was related to the earlier explosions.

Witnesses heard booms that sounded like two claps of thunder near the finish line inside the Fairmount Copley Plaza Hotel, according to multiple local reports. The horror unfolded as the city marked the 238th annual Patriot's Day, commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Video of the scene showed a number of emergency crews in the area tending to victims and blood on the ground near the finish line. 

"I saw two explosions. The first one was beyond the finish line. I heard a loud bang and I saw smoke rising," Boston Herald reporter Chris Cassidy, who was running in the marathon, told the newspaper. "I kept running and I heard behind me a loud bang. It looked like it was in a trash can or something...There are people who have been hit with debris, people with bloody foreheads.”

"There are a lot of people down," said one man, whose bib No. 17528 identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina. He was not injured, but marathon workers were carrying one woman, who did not appear to be a runner, to the medical area as blood gushed from her leg. A Boston police officer was wheeled from the course with a leg injury that was bleeding.

About three hours after the winners crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the photo bridge that marks the finish line. Another thunderous explosion could be heard a few seconds later.

Runner Laura McLean of Toronto said she heard two explosions outside the medical tent.

"There are people who are really, really bloody," McLean said. "They were pulling them into the medical tent."

Cherie Falgoust was waiting for her husband, who was running the race.  "I was expecting my husband any minute," she said. "I don't know what this building is ... it just blew. Just a big bomb, a loud boom, and then glass everywhere. Something hit my head. I don't know what it was. I just ducked."

Authorities in New York, meanwhile, are deploying counter-terrorism vehicles around landmark sites in Manhattan, including prominent hotels, according to the New York City Police Department.  

Nearly 25,000 people, including runners from around the world, competed in Boston's celebrated 26.2-mile race, attracting huge throngs of onlookers, especially near the finish line.

"This is a horrific day in Boston," Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said in a statement. "My thoughts and prayers are with those who have been injured. I have been in touch with the President, Mayor [Thomas] Menino and our public safety leaders. Our focus is on making sure that the area around Copley Square is safe and secured. I am asking everyone to stay away from Copley Square and let the first responders do their jobs."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/15/explosion-reported-near-finish-line-boston-marathon-spokesman-says/#ixzz2QZQTg2p7

12 Year old Shoshana Stern killed in Boca Raton

A 12-year-old Orthodox girl was killed Sunday night after she was hit by a car while riding on a skateboard in suburban Boca Raton.

Palm Beach Post is reporting (http://bit.ly/10XyL7M) that Shoshana R. Stern of suburban Boca Raton was standing on the southeast corner of West Palmetto Park Road and Boca Del Mar Drive just after 7 p.m. Sunday night. While pedaling on her skateboard in the crosswalk, Stern then crossed West Palmetto Park Road from the south side to the north side, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s report.

At the same time, Marvin S. James IV, 24, was driving a 2005 Ford Mustang west on West Palmetto Park Road approaching the intersection. While entering the intersection, James’ vehicle hit Stern.

Both the Mustang and Stern came to rest on the west side of the intersection.

James and his passenger 23-year-old Maryanne E. Diener, both of suburban West Palm Beach, were not injured in the crash. Both were wearing seat belts, the report says.

Stern died at the scene.

Terrorists Bomb Boston

BREAKING NEWS: Two explosions occurred near the Boston Marathon finish line at 2:50 p.m. The race was diverted before being halted as police and fire crews swept the area. Two more devices were found, with one being purposely detonated by Boston Police at Boylston Street and another exploding at JFK Library. Two people are dead and 23 are injured. >>> This is a developing story.

Two explosions near finish line... DEVELOPING...
COPS: 2 dead, 23 injured...
'People Missing Limbs'...
BLAST VIDEO...
AFTERMATH FOOTAGE...**WARNING: Graphic**
REPORT: Suspect apprehended...
Saudi national under guard at hospital...
Surveillance Video Shows Man With 2 Backpacks Near Scene Moments Before Blast...

REPORT: Other unexploded devices found...

 

Satmar Rav "R' Aaron" "DerGroiser Chuchem," says that the IDF Draft of Yeshiva Boys is worse than the Nazis!

His uncle R'Yoilish Z'L was saved by the Zionists, and he never ever gave them any credit, but in fact spewed hatred against the Jewish state.... now his great nephew speaking on eve of Holocaust Day, accuses the Zionists of being 'worse than those who murdered us', I wonder what Satmar Chassidim that lost their lives in Auschwitz would say about that!

Der Groiser Chuchem, Aaron Teitelbaum

Satmar Rebbe Aaron Teitelbaum this week lashed out at attempts to draft yeshiva students and advance an equal share of the burden in Israel, calling them "a decree worse than the annihilation of the Jewish people."

He went on to accuse the supporters of the move of being "worse than those who murdered us."

The rabbi made the remarks on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is unlikely, however, that he was aware that Israel was commemorating the memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis that day.

The Rebbe, one of the leaders of the world's biggest Hasidic community, spoke to thousands of followers in the village of Kiryas Joel in Monroe, New York, during an event marking the anniversary of his father's death.

He said that those working to draft yeshiva students were actually seeking to "cause us to leave religion."

'Jews here don't understand the magnitude of the disaster.' Satmar Hasidim (Photo: Yitzhak Weiss)

"A black cloud is hanging these days over our brothers, the people of Israel living in the Holy Land," the rabbi said. "A malicious government has convened… and is seeking to uproot the Torah.

"Jews here don't understand the magnitude of this disaster, which applies to every single individual," he added, comparing the situation to the annihilation of the Jewish people.

"We, in the Diaspora, must be prepared for the moment when we will have to rise up with all our might against this terrible decree so that it is not executed, God forbid."

Self-sacrifice

The radical ultra-Orthodox leaders appear to be sharpening their tone against the IDF draft recently. The other Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum, who visited Israel on the eve of the Knesset elections, stating that "the draft decree aims to make us forget all the other troubles Zionism has inflicted on us. We must fight it uncompromisingly so that such ideas won't even cross their minds."

He referred to the State of Israel and its Zionist residents as "the generation's Amalek," adding that "the Zionists came from the seed of Amalek. There has never been such a sect that caused so much damage to the Jewish people."

About 10 months ago, Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach spoke at aprotest organized by the Eda Haredit faction, stating that opposition to enlistment should be regarded a mitzvah that warrants self sacrifice.

Chusid Shoitah! Massive Chilul Hashem!

This picture has gone viral, and you saw it already, but what you dont knows is, that the world media is making fun of frum Jews!

Read this from the Huffington Post

A picture of an Orthodox Jew encased in a giant plastic bag is causing some debate on the Internet this week, as commenters attempt to explain the man's unusual traveling garb.

Redditor "FinalSay" posted the picture of the man early Thursday morning to the r/atheism subreddit, with the caption, "An Orthodox Jew in an airplane with women - so he covers himself with a plastic bag..."

Ultra-Orthodox Jews adhere to a strict set of guidelines that include gender segregation in public. In fact, Haaretz reports that Israeli airline El Al has noticed an increase in the number of ultra-Orthodox men asking to switch seats to avoid sitting next to women. (One woman even sued the airlines for allegedly moving her to the back of a plane after ultra-Orthodox men refused to sit next to her.)

However, netizens were quick to point out that the "flying with women" explanation may not be entirely accurate.

"This has nothing to do with women," user "thenewyorkgod" wrote. "He is a cohen,' descendant from the high holy priests of the temple and they are not allowed to walk into or fly over a cemetery, which would render them impure."

Indeed, there seems to be some precedent for holy men (alternately known as a Kohen or Cohen) attempting to travel in plastic bags to and from Israel.

In 2001, El Al Airlines decided not to allow ultra-Orthodox Jews of priestly descent to "hermetically seal themselves in plastic bags when flying over the Holon cemetery in order to avoid ritual impurity."

El Al stated "flight safety considerations do not allow for passengers to board while covered in sealed plastic bags."

Still, the paper reported that in 2002 a flight crew got into a heated dispute with anultra-Orthodox passenger who attempted to fly wrapped in plastic, according to Haaretz. The confrontation eventually led the pilot to turn the plane around.

Thank G-D that there aren't any more problems in Israel, except for Women wearing Talitot!

Baruch Hashem, we can now be satisfied that  we do not have any more problems in Israel. We can now concentrate to fight the women davening with Talitot at the Kotel!

Friends of slain Beachwood nurse Aliza Sherman gather downtown to offer reward, keep alive her memory

A crowd of about 80 of Aliza Sherman’s friends and family gathered near the site of the Beachwood woman’s murder to not only announce a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of her killer, but also to keep alive her memory.
Emotions ran high the morning of April 9 as those assembled remembered Sherman, 53, near the downtown Cleveland Erieview Tower parking garage off East 12th Street where an assailant stabbed her 11 times.
“We have to raise community awareness for our beautiful friend, Aliza,” said Mary Feuer, a Beachwood resident who knew Sherman 22 years.
Sherman was in the midst of divorcing husband, Sanford, a divorce that had dragged on nearly three years. Sherman had just had a meeting with her divorce lawyer when she was attacked in the garage at about 5:30 p.m. March 24.
Police have released no further statements pertaining to the investigation.
“We’re not going to let this go,” Feuer said, her voice cracking with emotion. “We can’t sleep.
Jan Lash met Aliza Sherman 28 years ago when they took Lamaze class together. Lash considered Sherman her best friend and said Sherman called her from Cedar Road hill on the way to her final visit with her lawyer.
“Whoever did this is a monster and doesn’t have a soul,” said Lash, of Solon. “I’ll never be the same.
“I talked to her every day. It was an awful divorce. She apologized to me for being so down.”
Sherman was the mother of four, ages 28, 25, 23 and 17, and was known for her deep Jewish faith and love of animals.
“I have a lot of sadness for her children who are suffering so much,” Feuer said. Then, speaking to anyone who might know something about the murder, Feuer said, “Please step forward and do the right thing.”

Solon resident Jan Lash, who considered Aliza Sherman her best friend, is pictured in this undated photo, at right, with Sherman. Photo courtesy of Jan Lash. 

Dr. Hanna Lisbona, of Pepper Pike, met Sherman when Lisbona began her residency 30 years ago at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Lisbona and Sherman also worked together at Cleveland Clinic, where Sherman was an in vitro fertilization nurse at the time of her death.
“She was a wonderful person,” Lisbona said. “I learned a lot from here. We all did.
“She always knew how to say thank you, to make you feel good. She was very considerate, gentle and loving.”
Lisbona said she was in Israel when she learned through text messages of her friend’s death.
“My sister lives in Washington, D.C., and when I told my sister about what happened, she knew immediately who I was talking about when I said Aliza because I talked about her so much.”
The Friends of Aliza Sherman have raised $23,000 in reward money. Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County Coordinator David Rutt said that money, added to the $2,000 Crime Stoppers’ reward, means someone could earn up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer.
“They can give us a call and remain anonymous,” Rutt said.
The Crime Stoppers number is 216-252-7463.
“We just want any information,” Lash said. “Somebody knows something, or somebody will brag or talk about doing it. We just want to hear something.”
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