Thursday, June 4, 2026
Qatar Shutting down its Foundation of Educating" US Children K-12 to Universities
Aliyah from North America Continues to Rise
More than 2,300 Jews from 478 families are expected to make aliyah from North America this summer through Nefesh B'Nefesh.
The organization plans to operate 47 group flights from cities including New York, Miami, Boston, and Los Angeles.
Nefesh B'Nefesh expects to surpass last year's total of more than 4,150 olim from North America, one of the highest annual figures in the organization's history.
Chuck “Cryi'n" Schumer Endorses a Nazi Candidate who Praised Hamas June 3, 2026
Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader who has long called himself a “Shomer Yisroel,” is standing fully behind a Democratic Senate candidate who spent years sporting a Nazi-linked tattoo, posted comments online praising a deadly Hamas raid on Israelis, and appeared on a podcast hosted by antisemitic conspiracy theorists. And he doesn’t want to talk about it.
During a press gaggle this week, Schumer repeatedly dodged questions about Graham Platner, insisting over and over that Democrats are “gonna beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.” When asked directly, “Are you satisfied with the explanations he’s given for the controversies his campaign has faced right now? Are you concerned about what you’ve heard?” Schumer replied: “I met with Graham Platner today. We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.”
The man Schumer is determined to elect to the Senate is an oyster farmer from Maine with a history that has alarmed Jewish groups across the spectrum.
Platner carried for years a chest tattoo depicting a Totenkopf — a skull symbol associated with Nazi SS units — which he only covered up with a new tattoo after announcing his Senate run. He claimed he didn’t know about the symbol’s Nazi associations.
The tattoo was only the beginning. In a since-deleted Reddit post commenting on a deadly 2014 Hamas raid on Israeli soldiers, Platner wrote, “Looks like an all around well executed and successful small unit raid to me.” When another user criticized the Hamas “execution” of the Israeli soldiers, Platner replied: “Pragmatically I have little problem with killing an enemy combatant who you attempt to capture but for whatever reason cannot. From a strictly professional standpoint, this was a damn fine looking and successful raid against a superior opponent.”
Outrage as High Court Orders Government To Allow Red Cross Visits To Nukhba Terrorists
Three judges on Israel’s High Court ruled unanimously to revoke the government’s policy prohibiting visits by the Red Cross to Palestinian security prisoners held in Israel Prison Service and IDF facilities, including the Nukhba terrorists who participated in the murderous October 7 massacre.
The policy was instituted immediately after the October 7 massacre.
The main ruling was written by Justice Daphne Barak‑Erez, who wrote that the government failed to present a legal basis for the policy. Previously, the government’s main justification for the policy was the fact that the Red Cross did not visit Israeli hostages in Gaza.
Deputy President of the Court, Justice Noam Solberg, joined the ruling, noting “the difficulty of reconciling the policy with the relevant provisions of domestic law, which the state chose not to amend or repeal, and the state’s failure to present any legal basis for its decisions despite many opportunities to do so.”
Justice Yitzchak Amit agreed with the other two judges.
The Court therefore ruled that the state must permit Red Cross representatives to visit security prisoners and provide information about their status in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Red Cross Ordinance, and, with necessary adjustments, in IDF‑run facilities as well.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir condemned the decision. “A disgraceful decision by detached judges who sit in an ivory tower and continue to worry about terrorists while Israeli citizens pay the price of terrorism. Every such decision is a reminder of why the judicial system needs deep reform. Reform now!”
Bnei-Torah Terrorize and Smash Car Window of Judge Sohlberg Who was always Sympathetic to Charedim..
רשע למה תכה רעך
This story is absolutely wild — and it says far more about the leadership vacuum than about the kids on the street.
Judge Noam Sohlberg is a shomer Torah u’mitzvos, of reasonable mind, and one of the few Supreme Court justices who consistently rules with sensitivity toward chareidi needs. And yet he becomes a target for harassment simply because a group of Bnei-Torah have nothing productive to do and no one in authority willing to rein them in.
This isn’t about ideology. It’s about boredom, lack of structure, and zero accountability.
When thousands of young men are told:
not to serve ....not to work and then don't learn
you create a pressure cooker. They’re restless, they’re idle, and they’re looking for stimulation. And when the adults in the room — the roshei yeshiva, the rebbes, the askanim — respond with silence, the message is unmistakable:
“Do whatever you want. No consequences.”
So the “entertainment” becomes intimidation. The “excitement” becomes mob behavior. And the “cause” becomes whatever excuse justifies the chaos of the moment.
This isn’t Torah.This isn’t yiras Shamayim. This is what happens when a community refuses to confront the reality that a large percentage of its youth are drifting, unanchored, and desperate for meaning — and instead of giving them purpose, it gives them slogans.
The tragedy is that the leadership knows this. They see it. They feel it. And they still choose silence.
Because silence is easier than responsibility. And the moment boredom turns into a hobby, every decent Jew becomes a target.
A protest by dozens of Haredi demonstrators outside the home of Israeli Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg turned violent Wednesday evening, with authorities reporting damage to the property and widespread condemnation from government officials and the judiciary.
The protesters gathered outside Sohlberg’s residence in Alon Shvut, a settlement in the West Bank, to oppose what they said were judicial measures aimed at increasing enforcement against ultra-Orthodox men who evade military service.
Rabbi Moshe Brandsdorfer issued a halachic ruling on what Bracha a yeshiva student should make when arrested over enlistment.
If they had asked me that shaaleh, I would have answered רופא חולי עמו יש
Rave Brandsdorfer if he asked me, I would paskin that he himself can make the bracha חונן הדעת with Shem and Malchis!
Amid the uptick in arrests of haredi draft dodgers around the country, a rabbi in Jerusalem published a new halachic ruling on how a yeshiva student should act when being arrested for refusing to enlist in the IDF.
The ruling was released by Rabbi Moshe Brandsdorfer, who is the Chief Judge and head of the Heichal Horah institution in the capital.
The rabbi was asked if a student who is arrested should recite a blessing on the "sanctification of G-d's name" when he is apprehended.
After reviewing the relevant halachic sources, Rabbi Brandsdorfer ruled that a detainee should recite: "Baruch ata Hashem, hamikadesh shemo berabim - Blessed are you Hashem who sanctifies his name in public" without saying G-d's name, due to the general halachic rule that states that when there is uncertainty surrounding a blessing, a blessing is not recited.
He added that those present during the arrest should answer: "Good for you for being caught on the words of the Torah," as the sages said about Rabbi Akiva.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
The Brave Selfless Jews Who Fought Nazis
Watch this clip and be inspired, These were not Rabbis, nor were they all frum, but were "pushiteh" Yidden and many of them gave their lives so that others would live!
Bnei-Torah Nearly Lynched IDF Soldier,....
Body Camera Footage: Israeli Soldier Rescued After Being Attacked During Violent Riot in Jerusalem*
Last night, during a violent disturbance in Jerusalem that included road blockages and attacks on police officers and civilians, police and Border Police riot-control officers identified a hostile crowd surrounding an Israeli soldier who had exited a bus that had been stopped by demonstrators.
The rioters began attempting to assault the soldier, hurling insults, spitting at him, and throwing various objects in his direction.
Riot-control officers and police immediately pushed into the crowd and, using crowd-dispersal measures, forced the attackers back, isolated the soldier from the mob, and safely evacuated him from the scene.
The real tragedy of this is that young, brainwashed kids who think they can justify their conduct, won't be punished and neither their parents or roshei yeshiva will even find out.
If this is how these בני תורה behave, with the charedi population mushrooming as they are, what does the future hold here?
There is something very sick in the charedi sector here and they are destroying the country from within.
And no.. these weren't the extreme peleg boys .. they were mainstream charedim.
this isn't charedi bashing..it's pointing out that the system is collapsing !
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Trump dealt Israel a strategic blow and eroded the gains against Iran
by Danny Zaken
The Israeli leadership had early concerns about a scenario in which US President Donald Trump would "turn" on Israel, and there is no way to downplay the scale of the strategic blow contained in the "shouting call" Trump held Monday night with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and especially in its publication.
There is no dispute that, until now, Trump has been considered the best president the State of Israel has ever had. The excellent relationship with him during his first term brought about the Abraham Accords and led to the cancellation of the terrible nuclear deal advanced by the Obama administration. This was joined by the relocation of the US Embassy to Jerusalem and the fundamental shift in the American approach to Judea and Samaria and the Golan Heights.
Finally a Rebuke from a Gadol attacking the Charedie position that "Torah Scholars are exempt from Military Service"
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| Harav Hatzaddik Yaakov Levanon Shlita |
!לא תעמוד על דם רעך
Rabbi Yaakov Levanon, one of the rabbis of Har Hamor Yeshiva, attacked the Haredi position that Torah scholars are exempt from military service in a special lecture.
"No Torah scholar is exempt. If there is a battle involving lives, then you're exempt? How can anyone say something so horrific? Let me use the word 'horrific.' I want you to understand. Are there different opinions here? No, there are no opinions. This is a horrific opinion."
The rabbi intensified his remarks and added:
"To say that a Torah scholar is not included in a situation of saving lives, that he does not come to help? This drives me crazy. I can't say more than that, so I will stick to using the word 'horrific.' From a Torah perspective, it is horrific to say such a thing."
He went on to describe the feelings that this position arouses in him.
"It is cruelty. It is contemptible. It reflects a complete lack of basic moral character. That's what it is."
To illustrate his argument, he gave an example from everyday life:
"Let's see what happens in his own home. The kollel student from Ponevezh would run like a Golani reconnaissance soldier to shut off a leaking faucet or take a scorching-hot frying pan and carry it outside to the balcony. His wife can't do that herself. But when it comes to the Jewish people as a whole, suddenly he's exempt."
The rabbi added that his difficulty with this position stems precisely from his commitment to the honor of Torah.
"It destroys me. I feel anguish for the Torah when I hear this. This is not honoring the Torah; it is destroying the Torah. Saying that Torah scholars are exempt is not honoring the Torah. I cannot live with this idea."
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