Orthodox Jewish Abuse, Immigration And Bible, Addiction Recovery

Monday, June 11, 2012 Orthodox Jewish Woman Who Claims Abuse Ostracized By Own Community NEW YORK — The abuse went on for nearly three years before the schoolgirl told anyone that her spiritual adviser was molesting her while he was supposed to be mentoring her about her religion, authorities said. But in Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community, 53-year-old Nechemya Weberman has been embraced and defended as wrongly accused. The girl has been called a slut and a troublemaker, her family threatened and spat at on the street. Can the Bible Inform Public Debate Over Illegal Immigration? Mortality And The Gift Of Perspective Catholic Church Holds Eucharistic Rally In Troubled Ireland The Crystal Cathedral Gets A New Name To Heaven And Back BLOG POSTS Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley: Removing the Anesthesia: A Reflection on Step 6 We can't and shouldn't demand perfection of ourselves, but we must always keep moving ahead, challenging ourselves to move past our personal zones of comfort. Michael Jinkins: The Tragedy of Labels One of the best ways to dismiss the ideas of others, without ever having to think about them, is to label them as quickly as they are uttered. Some roads to hell may be paved with good intentions, but others are made smooth by a flippant bigotry that avoids truth by stereotyping. Diane Tobin: Are All Jews White? The Woody Allen Syndrome As funny and emblematic of a certain kind of neurotic Jewish mindset as Woody Allen is, what could be more ridiculous than assuming that he represents all Jews. Zinnia Jones: Gov. Bryant, There Is No 'Non-Denominational' School Prayer When the civil government decides that a certain faith should be honored in schools and other public institutions, it positions itself as the arbiter of which religious beliefs are true or false. Andrea Palpant Dilley: Why Isn't God Like Eric Clapton? My Story of Faith and Doubt One Saturday morning while browsing at a Hi-Fi store with my father, I came across a TV playing Eric Clapton live in concert. As strange as it sounds, I experienced a crisis of faith while surrounded by TV screens.

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