Thursday, July 2, 2026
Kamala Harris holds talks with Mamdani and Pro-Palestinian activists ahead of potential 2028 bid
Call me crazy but I think depending on the outcome of the midterm elections, she has a good chance of making it to the White House!
Muslims and those sympathetic to Muslims are slowly wining seats in key positions!
Former US Vice President Kamala Harris has been holding confidential, extensive discussions with prominent left-wing figures and pro-Palestinian Arab organizers, including a recent private phone call to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Axios reported on Wednesday.
The intentional outreach indicates that Harris is actively paving the way for a potential presidential campaign in 2028. Her current strategy appears focused on mending and reinforcing her standing with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, according to Axios.
According to an individual familiar with the matter, Harris reached out to Mamdani last Thursday to deliberate on the future trajectory of the party and arrange a more comprehensive meeting. The two have exchanged occasional text messages over the past few months. Notably, this latest call occurred just two days after candidates backed by the New York City mayor secured victories in three local congressional races, unseating two established incumbents.
Mamdani has become notorious for his antisemitic and anti-Israel statements and actions. During his election campaign, Mamdani refused to disavow the phrase “globalize the intifada". He was also called out for criticizing Israel on October 8, 2023 - just one day after the Hamas massacre in southern Israel.
He has repeatedly accused Israel of war crimes in its battle against Hamas in Gaza, and has vowed to arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits New York City. He has faced multiple antisemitism controversies since taking office. Most recently, Mamdani boycotted the annual Israel Day Parade in New York City.
Harris also held a private meeting in April with New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Chicago during the "Power Rising" conference, a summit centered on Black women's empowerment.
Ocasio-Cortez, who is a member of the so-called “Squad" of progressive Democrats known for their anti-Israel stance, has a history of anti-Israel behavior, including accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinian Arabs.
Concurrently, Harris and her team have spent the last year quietly contacting pro-Palestinian Arab critics, the Axios report said. Among them are figures tied to the "Uncommitted Movement," an advocacy effort born out of progressive pushback against former President Biden’s Gaza war policies.
During the 2024 election cycle, uncommitted Democratic delegates stated that the Harris campaign rejected their formal request to allow a Palestinian American speaker on the main stage at the Democratic National Convention. That decision left a significant portion of activists feeling politically alienated and deeply divided over whether to back her candidacy.
More recently, Harris traveled to Detroit to meet with Abbas Alawieh, a co-founder of the Uncommitted Movement who is currently running as a Democrat for a Michigan state Senate seat.
The outreach follows lingering dissatisfaction from the left over Harris's refusal to break away from Biden’s steadfast alignment with Israel during the 2024 general election. However, internal accounts show Harris viewed herself as an internal ally for grassroots organizers within the Biden administration.
In her 2025 memoir, “107 Days", Harris disclosed that she privately "pleaded" with Biden to display greater public empathy regarding civilian casualties in Gaza.
Harris also admitted in the book to feeling frustrated when pro-Palestinian Arab demonstrators repeatedly disrupted her 2024 campaign stops, noting, “The issue was not binary, but the outcome of this election certainly was."
Harris recently accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of pulling President Donald Trump, who defeated Harris in the 2024 election, into the war with Iran.
Speaking during the Michigan Democratic Party endorsement convention in Detroit, Harris said, "Trump entered a war - and he got pulled into it by Bibi Netanyahu, let's be clear about that - that the American people didn't want. Among the many consequences of it is jacking up the price of gas."
"When you look at this war in Iran, that the American people do not want, which was not authorized by Congress - and even if it was, it should not have been initiated - he talked about obliterating… and then he said… it's all just… bulls--t!"
When My Son Was Rejected From A Lakewood Yeshiva, the Public School System Welcomed Him
So this is a pretty vulnerable post, and I am happy I can advocate for myself.
My 8-year-old was removed from his school for behavioral challenges (the principal said he was not following directions or was disruptive). In February, we had a face-to-face meeting, and the principal decided that my kid should be removed from the school until he is eligible for their ABA program.
I was devastated.
How can a school just reject a child like that?
We were proactive and did what needed to be done to start the process—insurance, get the diagnosis, evaluate, etc. Suffice it to say, the whole process was extremely tedious and took 3 months to complete.
In the meantime, this is happening, and my kid is becoming more and more disengaged and withdrawn.
6 months went by, and we had no idea what to do. As a licensed therapist, I could see the potential risks already being observed by my now 8-year-old, and certain symptoms were concerning to me.
I had people advocating for me and calling the school and pleading for my son to come back temporarily while everything is being completed.
The principal did not budge.
We were rejected and dismissed.
We needed to get an assessment to rule out anything we can. We contacted our local Board of Education, and they guided us by having our son enrolled in the system.
When asked why this assessment needed to be completed, we had to tell them the truth.
Well, fast forward to a few days before, and my husband got a call for confirmation, and the person said that if we don’t enroll our child, the DOE would send a summons.
We did not get in trouble legally.
My kid, as a young 7-year-old, was being enrolled in public school.
I had very mixed feelings, but we know what is best for our child.
He was lacking, for a few months, the structure and routine. He did not have the social and emotional piece that was missing from school.
I could not sit back and watch my child suffer.
The first day happened, and he was nervous, but by the end of the day, I saw that glow on his face and smile. I was beyond happy to see what I was missing.
He was there for a month.
He was treated with respect as far as his observances.
I was so happy to see that.
Fast forward, he has been rejected by a local Lakewood school that I will not mention.
I write this not to offend people but to advocate for the system in general.
Once we were rejected, someone said, “Do you have pull?”
Why should someone have to plead or bargain for a school to accept their child?
I am all for rules, but I believe in authenticity.
I do not believe “dressing the part” is authentic for an interview.
We gave it our authentic selves, and to see us being rejected as well as dismissed is a horrible feeling.
People are afraid my kid will lose his Yiddishkeit, but I believe quite the opposite, as the foundation is in our home.
I do believe his sense of loss for his Jewish values is because of how he has been treated by other schools.
Will this system change?
Timing is everything, and I believe it is time to say goodbye to Lakewood.
I loved some of the people, but my kid’s happiness and values are a much bigger priority, and I do not think he will find them here.
I want my family to be loved and recognized for their true and authentic selves.
I write this to give a voice to the people who were also rejected or dismissed.
Thank you.
Name withheld upon request.
The Sanzer Einikel that Sued Her Parents in Secular Court to get a secular education
At the turn of the 20th century, just like today, the expectations for a young woman born into a Hasidic family were rigid: marry young, have many children, and take care of your home. Higher education was not on the table. But Anna Kluger refused to accept that destiny.
Born on June 24, 1890, in Podgórze, Anna (or Chaya, as her family called her) was the daughter of Wolf Kluger, a millionaire steam mill owner, and Simcha Halberstam, a direct descendant of the founder of the Sandz Hasidic dynasty. Despite her family's immense wealth and elite status, Anna was not interested in luxury, but instead had a fierce passion for learning. While Hasidic girls today attend religious schools like Beis Yaakov, those schools didn't exist then. Anna had a taste of secular knowledge at a non-Jewish primary school and didn't want to stop. Instead of getting married young, she desperately wanted to pass her matriculation exams and attend university.
To her family, this ambition was an existential threat. What followed was a harrowing campaign of domestic abuse. Her parents destroyed and burned her school books, physically punished her for reading, and even brought a lawyer to the Jagiellonian University library to demand the director ban her from borrowing books. When this all failed, they tried marriage. They betrothed her at fifteen to a teenage Hassid named Zacharias Arak.
In August 1909, Anna and her younger sister Leonore escaped from their family home, carrying valuables worth 20,000 crowns to fund their survival. They hid in a convent abroad to evade their family's search parties.
Instead of converting to Catholicism to sever ties, the sisters doubled down on their civil rights. They hired Dr. Siegmund Marek, a prominent Social Democrat lawyer, and sued their father in civil court. They petitioned to be released from their father's legal custody, demanding the right to study, the permission to live independently, and a legal mandate forcing their millionaire father to pay for their living expenses.
When a local Kraków court initially ruled against them, the sisters appealed to the Viennese Supreme Court in a highly publicized, dramatic legal battle. What follows is Anna’s own voice. Written in June 1910 as a personal statement for the Supreme Court, this document lays bare her fight for intellectual autonomy amidst abuse and resistance from her family.
Anna Kluger's Personal Statement in Her Supreme Court Appeal
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Satmar Bochur in Manhattan Has no idea what Oct 7 is,,,and says that even when Moshiach comes they won't go back to Israel
You guys may think that this guy is an anomaly, but unfortunately he is not, this is one of the core beliefs of Satmar that they will not go to Eretz Yisrael should Moshiach comes, unless Moshiach comes "with God"
I don't know what that means. But God is already in Israel and doesn't need "to come with him" so they are going to wait in KY Uganda even after the 3rd Bais Hamikdash is built!
Kabbalist murdered in Netanya in his Bais Medrish by a follower! Breaking: Murderer Arrested
HaRav Amos Guetta ZT”L, a well-known mekubal, was R”L stabbed to death in Netanya today (Wednesday) by a talmid inside the beis medrash where he taught on Rechov Shimon Bar Yochai. HaRav Guetta HY”D was 75 years old.
The suspect was reportedly close to HaRav Guetta ZT”L, and is mentally unstable. He had reportedly demanded to daven with HaRav Guetta and then stabbed him after a heated conflict.
Police are at the scene searching for evidence, and a manhunt for the suspect is underway.
HaRav Guetta was born in Libya in 1951, on 19 Adar Sheini. He immigrated to Eretz Yisrael with his family as a child, and they settled in Netanya.
He started off working as a postal carrier and studying medicine, but ultimately devoted his life to Torah.
He learned at Kollel Or HaTorah in Netanya under HaRav Shimon Gabai, and later made daily commutes to Moshav Porat to learn b’chavrusa with HaRav Avraham Mordechai Yitzchaki.
HaRav Guetta went on to create his own yeshiva, which he named after the renowned mekubal HaRav Yitzchak Chai Taieb ZT”L.
Over time, his influence extended far beyond Netanya, as he became known for drawing thousands of Yidden closer to Yiddishkeit through his warmth and his shiurim.
During COVID, when many batei medrashim were shut, he relocated temporarily with a group of close talmidim to Tiveria.
HaRav Guetta ZT”L kept on inspiring thousands despite enduring tremendous personal tragedy, including the loss of his young son in a car accident shortly after he had his bar mitzvah.
HaRav Guetta ZT”L is survived by two sons and two daughters. His oldest son, HaRav Moshe Guetta, was closely involved with him for many years in his work.
WATCH: Israelis turn quiet wedding proposal by Latinos into raucous celebration
Israeli tourists in New York City spotted a man proposing to his partner and burst into song and dance, with even the groom-to-be joining in the unplanned festivities.
🇮🇱 THE REAL ISRAELIS — NOT THE EVIL CARICATURES
— 🔯 Monotheistic Zionist 🔯 (@Zionist_faithfu) June 30, 2026
A Mexican couple visited New York City for what they thought would be a private rooftop proposal.
But the groom-to-be had no idea what was waiting for him. As he got down on one knee, a huge group of Israelis suddenly witnessed the… pic.twitter.com/ZcCRR0aKdT
Itche Meir Brim just appointed Deputy Mayor of Yerushalyim is the leader and organizer of all Chardeie Protests that paralized the country!
Laura Wharton לורה ורטון
I am ashamed!
As a veteran member of the city council, I know that sometimes compromises must be made—especially in a mixed and complex city like Jerusalem. This is how I managed to achieve many of my accomplishments over the years, across a wide range of issues. In politics, it is rare to get 100% of what you want.
But sometimes your stomach turns at what is happening. Yitzhak Meir Brim was appointed Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem—one day after the large chaeredi public protest that blocked roads across the country in support of draft evasion.
What is Brim’s connection to the protest?
Brim is one of the leaders and organizers of the demonstrations nationwide, and particularly in Jerusalem. He personally led the convoys from the city to Prison 10. During the protest, Brim gave interviews expressing his support for the deserters who were arrested and for maintaining a situation in which an entire sector ignores the burden placed on others.
There is a thin line between political compromise and moral collapse. With this appointment, the most extreme voices were rewarded. Representatives who call to break the law (while avoiding punishment), evade service, and still expect privileges—while others are required to sacrifice everything for the defense of the state—are infuriating and immoral. Jerusalem deserves leadership that respects those who uphold it, not those who weaken it.
אני מתביישת!
כחברה ותיקה במועצת העיר, אני יודעת שלפעמים חייבים לעשות פשרות, בעיקר בעיר מעורבת ומורכבת כמו ירושלים. בדרך זו הצלחתי להביא לחלק גדול מהישגיי במהלך שנות כהונתי, במגוון נושאים. בפוליטיקה נדיר להגיע ל100% ממה שרוצים.
אבל לפעמים הבטן מתהפכת מול מה שקורה. יצחק מאיר ברים מונה לסגן ראש עיריית ירושלים, יום אחרי מחאת הציבורי החרדי שחסמה כבישים רבים בארץ למען ההשתמטות.
מה הקשר של ברים למחאה? ברים הוא אחד מהמובילים והמארגנים של המחאה בארץ ובפרט בירושלים, והוביל בעצמו את השיירות מהעיר לכלא 10. במהלך המחאה ברים התראיין והביע את תמיכתו בעריקים שעצורים ובשימור המצב בו מגזר שלם מתעלם מהנטל שקיים על אחרים.
יש גבול דק בין פשרה פוליטית לבין אובדן מוסרי. במינוי הזה הקולות הקיצוניים ביותר קיבלו פרס. נציגים שקוראים להפר את החוק (תוך התחמקות מהעונש), להשתמט משירות ועוד לצפות לפריבילגיות, בזמן שאחרים נדרשים להקריב את הכל למען ההגנה על המדינה, מקומם ובלתי מוסרי. ירושלים ראויה למנהיגות שמכבדת את מי שמחזיק אותה, לא את מי שמחליש אותה
R Yazdi's Kollel the one Who Cursed another Jew received 653,000 Shekel last year alone from the Zionists!
ה״כולל״ של הרב יזדי שקילל בצורה נוראה את הרמטכ״ל זמיר מקבל ממשלמי המסים 653,000₪ תמיכה בשנה.
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