Israel's divorce rate plunges by 3.9% in 2025.....Tougher sanctions on get refusals

 The directorate of Israel's rabbinical courts published its 2025 activity summary report, which recorded a 3.9% decrease in Israel's divorce rate.

In 2025, 11,093 couples divorced, compared to 11,542 in 2024.

Alongside the divorce figures, the report also notes the achievements of the special unit of the Rabbinical Courts Administration in resolving cases of women whose husbands have disappeared and who are unable to remarry under Jewish law, which succeeded in obtaining a get (divorce document) for 198 women, compared with 221 the previous year."

Regarding get refusals, over the past year, heavy sanctions were imposed on both men and women who refused divorce. 156 sanctions were imposed on 36 men who refused to give their wives a divorce, while 41 sanctions were imposed on 12 women who refused to accept a divorce. The sanctions included stay of exit orders, closure of bank accounts, credit card suspensions, limiting of check usage, and revocation of driver's licenses, among other things. Following amendments to the law, the new sanctions have proven effective against divorce refusal.

Likewise, the Supreme Court ruled on 69 petitions against the rabbinical courts, of which only six were adopted, while the rest were rejected or erased.

Regarding the verification of Jewish status, in 2025, final rulings were issued in 2,558 cases referred to the rabbinical courts, compared with 2,174 the previous year.

The Director of the Rabbinical Courts, Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan, said: ‘The rabbinical courts continue to improve and become more efficient. At the top of our priorities are service to the public and an uncompromising fight against the phenomenon of refusal to grant a get. This year, the number of husbands refusing to grant a get declined by about 30%. With God’s help, we will continue this trend of improvement and greater efficiency in public service this year as well.’"

Hilarious!!! Spain Cancels Israeli Spike Deal, Later Reorders Through German Branch

In June 2025, Spain canceled a €285 million deal to purchase Spike  anti-tank missiles from the Spanish subsidiary of Israel’s Rafael, citing a need to reduce dependence on Israeli defense suppliers.

Months later, after failing to find alternatives, Madrid reportedly reordered the same Spike missiles through Eurospike, Rafael’s German-based affiliate.

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 The month of Adar is meant to be a time of joy for the Jewish people — a time to dress up, to celebrate, and to remember how we were saved from a threat that once loomed over our entire nation. Yet this year, the threat we must confront feels painfully internal. What happened yesterday was not only dangerous; it was a near‑miss that could have spiraled into tragedy.

Two female IDF officers, simply doing their job and visiting a soldier under their care, were attacked by a mob of thousands — not enemies, not extremists from afar, but fellow Jews. The absurdity of it could be mistaken for a Purim skit, but the reality is sickening.

According to Yeshiva World News:

The usually quiet Chagai Street in Bnei Brak turned into a mob scene on Sunday after two female military police officers arrived in the area and rumors spread that they were distributing draft orders.

A crowd of over a thousand people quickly gathered. Police arrived to rescue the soldiers as the crowd grew. A police vehicle was overturned on HaRav Shach Street, and a police motorbike was set on fire. A burned siddur and tefillin were later found in the storage compartment of the bike, belonging to a frum officer.

Community leaders did condemn the violence. As YWN reported:

New settlement to ‘expand Jerusalem’ for first time since 1967

 A recent development agreement signed by the state and the West Bank’s Mateh Binyamin Regional Council will, once given final approval, see the establishment of a new settlement that would in practice constitute the first expansion of Jerusalem since 1967.

The proposed settlement announced earlier this month would technically be a westward expansion of the Adam settlement, which lies very close to Jerusalem’s northeast boundary. It includes plans for the construction of some 2,780 housing units in a new “neighborhood” for Adam.

But the land on which the new settlement would be built is physically separated from Adam, first by Route 437, a major traffic artery, and second by the security barrier.

Kariv said that he had written to Housing and Construction Minister Haim Katz about “the plan to expand Jerusalem over the Green Line and to de facto annex territory,” adding, “Annexation will bring about a security catastrophe.”

Mateh Binyamin Regional Council head Israel Ganz lauded the new development, describing it as “the realization of the settlement vision” for his region.

“The new plan will allow us to build thousands of housing units, while at the same time dramatically upgrading the quality of life of the residents,” said Ganz, adding that his council is “already working on additional agreements” that will “herald dramatic change on the ground.”

Thwarted Heist Leads to Discovery of Second Bais Hsamikdash Stone Workshop

 

An attempted antiquities theft on Mount Scopus led the Israel Antiquities Authority to a hidden Second Temple-era stone workshop, where hundreds of ritual vessel fragments and production debris were discovered.

The find reveals the site’s role in supplying Jerusalem’s Jewish population and pilgrims with ritual vessels, highlighting the region’s ancient craftsmanship and religious practices.

19 year-old Hero raised her two siblings since birth and now they graduated

 

I was 19, dressed in black, listening to loud music—and suddenly responsible for two newborns.

My name is Roxy. Our dad was already gone, and my mom passed away just after giving birth. My baby sister, Charlotte, and my baby brother, Eli, had no one stepping forward. Relatives said it was too much. Two newborns. Too much responsibility. Too much sacrifice.

I signed the papers anyway.

Overnight, my world became bottles, diapers, sleepless nights, and trying to balance school and work. I learned how to mix formula half-awake at 3 a.m., how to soothe tiny cries, and how to stretch every dollar. I raised them in combat boots and band tees—but I never missed a doctor’s appointment, a school meeting, or a single milestone.

Today, Charlotte and Eli walked across the graduation stage. And when they searched the crowd and found me, smiling through tears, I knew I had made the right choice all those years ago.

Chareidim Close off Entrance to Yerushlayim and Beit Shemesh

 

No body is learning, no one to "protect the country" how much longer until someone gets himself killed! 

For those in Lakewood writing on their popular WhatsApp news chats how police are beating the protestors, I ask, have you been on one of those buses or cars for hours while a bunch of parasites sit with their Fat derrières blocking traffic? If you haven't then shut the hell up!

The Police have to start using force and everyone eligible must be drafted. 

Arabs are watching this and are seeing how easy it is to paralyze the entire country! 

HAPPENING NOW:

 The entrance to Jerusalem has been blocked.  Ultra-Orthodox protesters are demonstrating at the city’s entrance in response to the ongoing discussions over the military draft exemption law.

The Talking Points spread by Charedim that the Violent Rioters are a "Minority" or a "Handful" has been Totally Debunked

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 Look at the videos circulating across multiple media outlets. It’s impossible to deny what’s right in front of us: the rioters come from across the Charedi spectrum — Litvish/Yeshivish, Chassidish, and everything in between.

Charedi leadership can no longer hide behind the excuse of “a fringe group.” The rioters are in fact.. Bnei Brak — full stop.

Bnei Brak has become so extreme that even the cats won’t chase the rats anymore. Garbage piles up everywhere; the city feels hefker in every sense.

For the past two years, Rav Landau and Rav Hirsch encouraged the protests and watched how these protests escalated. They knew about the violence.. And they said nothing. We posted the footage repeatedly.

But now that the entire world has witnessed the chaos — the spontaneous, unplanned eruption of anger and contempt carried out by “Bnei Torah” from every faction — suddenly Rav Landau and Rav Hirsch issue statements. Not to condemn the behavior, of course. Heaven forbid they criticize their own followers.

Instead, they released a carefully worded notice advising their talmidim and the broader community not to participate in confrontations with police, warning that such involvement is dangerous and a chilul Hashem.

R' Dov Lando and R' Moshe Hillel Hirsch issued a public statement following recent clashes in Bnei Brak, strongly warning against participating in or being present at confrontations with police. In a letter directed to the talmidim of the yeshiva and the broader community, they emphasized that being involved in protests or clashes with law enforcement not only endangers personal safety but also constitutes a serious chilul Hashem.

Too little, too late.

And what triggered this riot? Two Jewish female soldiers walking through Bnei Brak. That’s it. That was enough to send hundreds and according to many estimates, thousands, of supposed yeshiva bochurim — who were meant to be learning — into the streets.

One Lakewood commentator even suggested that the IDF “shouldn’t send female officers into the heart of the Charedi community.” The absurdity of that statement speaks for itself.

A simple question exposes the flaw in that thinking: If there’s an attack, should female soldiers stay out until male soldiers arrive? Should Charedim now be barred from walking through secular neighborhoods as well?

This mindset is not just misguided — it’s dangerous.

Did Iran have anything to do with Dana Eden's murder in Greece?? Updated!

 Israeli producer Dana Eden, creator of the Apple+ series Tehran, was found dead in her hotel in Athens during the filming of the fourth season. Greek police are investigating it as a murder.

Tehran is a fictional series about an Israeli undercover agent in Iran

UPDATE!

In a statement posted on its Facebook page, Eden’s production company, Donna and Shula productions, sought to dispel rumors that the producer had been killed.

Iconic Jewish Song "My Tatty My King" Performed by Amish-Mennonite Bible school

 

The iconic Jewish song Tatty My King, a cherished classic from the Waterbury Yeshiva, was performed by an Amish-Mennonite Bible school in Calico Rock, Arkansas.pic.twitter.com/1SW16QShfV

— Awesome Jew (@Awesome_Jew_) February 15, 2026