Baruch Lanner News Today

Before the popularity of Yahoo groups, which every Jewish community seemed to have a decade ago … before Facebook became the rage … before the development of WhatsApp groups for every particular interest and segment of our Jewish lives … there was Avodah and Areivim, two of the very first online discussion groups for Torah observant individuals.

From the blog of Michael Feldstein at The Times of Israel

Artists and rabbis, war heroes and survivors: These are just some of the New York Jews we lost in the year that was.

Two new books cast light on sexual abuse in the Jewish community, one in a Jewish sleepaway camp and the other in the rabbinate.

(JTA) – Israel’s top immigration official says the country will not award citizenship to Baruch Lanner, a rabbi and convicted sex offender from

While it may seem reasonable to some to allow Lanner entry and a temporary residency it is not reasonable to allow him the freedom to engage with students, youngsters or teens.

Tear-jerking stories and carefully orchestrated music and dancing made a heady mix of guilt-trip and inspiration. But at what cost salvation?

Baruch Lanner, who was convicted of assaulting two students in 2002, will be allowed to remain in Israel for the next year under a temporary residence visa.

What happened with Leifer needs to be a lesson for the Israeli government that sex offenders are not wanted in the country.

Baruch Lanner, who was convicted for abusing pupils, will be allowed to remain in Israel for the next year under a temporary residence visa