Friday, December 26, 2025
Syrian Jewish Community in Brooklyn Purchases Two Luxury Towers in Central Jerusalem
The Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn has made a historic real estate move in Jerusalem, purchasing two entire residential towers currently under construction near the Machane Yehuda shuk. The deal, valued at up to NIS 1 billion (approximately $270 million), is believed to be among the largest private real estate transactions ever completed in Israel.
The purchase was made by OP Jerusalem with the goal of creating a central hub in Eretz Yisrael for the Syrian Jewish community, primarily families from Brooklyn and Deal, New Jersey. The apartments will also be marketed to other Sephardic communities, including Moroccan and Persian Jews, as well as Syrian Jews from Panama and Mexico, though sales are open to the broader Jewish public as well.
The project includes 200 luxury apartments across two towers, part of a larger four-building complex adjacent to the shuk. Planned amenities include a shul, mikvah, full-time doorman, gym, children’s play areas, communal halls, and rooftop terraces. Apartment prices range from about $1 million for a one-bedroom to $3.7 million for larger family units.
About 70% of the apartments have already been sold, with completion expected in roughly five years. Many buyers plan to divide their time between Israel and the U.S., with high occupancy anticipated during Yomim Tovim.
The deal comes as Israel’s housing market has cooled, making the successful sale of two full towers particularly notable.
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Crazy! Matt Gaetz Blames Israel on his own Pedophilia
No, Gaetz, you’re a disgusting pig all on your own. You’re too dumb to shut up about your officially certified perversion. https://t.co/w2MxFtgZgK
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) December 23, 2025
UN Spends $100M a Year Targeting Israel
Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations says the UN spends roughly $100 million annually on reports, committees, and mechanisms that overwhelmingly single out Israel.
Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon said the funds support “orchestrated, well-funded propaganda” against Israel and the IDF, often under bodies dedicated exclusively to Palestinian issues.
The analysis highlights entities such as the Division for Palestinian Rights and points to UNRWA, whose budget remains largely untouched despite evidence of Hamas infiltration.
Married Lady's Letter to Her OTD Husband
The Marriage I Was Never Given
Guest post from N's wife
You keep saying you are finally living “the truth.”
I want to understand that word the way you use it. Truly.
Because from where I’m sitting, alone at the Shabbos table, “truth” looks a lot like leaving your wife and children while you head off to drink beer with your friends, flirt with women who don’t know—or don’t care—that you have a family, and eat pepperoni pizza like it’s a philosophical statement instead of indulgence.
But please, enlighten me.
This is authenticity.
This is courage.
This is existing.What you never seem to remember is that you were already living your truth when you married me. You just didn’t tell me. You stood under the chuppah knowing you didn’t believe, knowing you didn’t intend to live the life you promised, knowing that if I had the actual facts I might have walked away.
So instead, you made sure I couldn’t.
That was your first act of truth.
I married a man who was presented as religious, committed, aligned with me in values. I married a vision. A performance. A carefully managed version of you that existed just long enough to secure a wife, a home, children, legitimacy.
And now you want applause for ripping off the costume.
You write about how lonely you feel, how numb, how trapped by expectations. You write about how I “won’t let you” leave for Shabbos, as if I am a tyrant guarding the gates of pleasure instead of a woman trying to keep her family from dissolving one weekend at a time.
You frame it as oppression.
I experience it as abandonment.Because when you leave, I’m still here. Lighting candles alone. Explaining to our children why Abba isn’t home. Holding a structure together that you dismantle and then blame me for mourning.
But of course, your absence is noble. It’s about truth. About being real. About not pretending anymore.
Funny how your truth always seems to involve disappearing into places where no one asks you to be accountable.
And yes—I wonder. I wonder what else is happening when you vanish into that world I’m not allowed to question. I wonder what other truths you’re discovering when you’re surrounded by women who don’t carry the weight of your deception, who don’t know the vows you broke before they were even spoken.
If that makes me suspicious, so be it. Betrayal rewires the brain. That’s not insecurity—that’s pattern recognition.
You talk about my pain like it’s irrational. Like it’s fear of change. Like it’s denial. You even mourn that I won’t form a support group, as if what I need is communal processing rather than a time machine and informed consent.
I don’t need a group to help me accept that my husband reinvented himself at my expense.
I need you to stop pretending this is a shared tragedy.
You want credit for staying. For not walking away entirely. As if staying after lying is a favor. As if partial presence is generosity.
But I am not grateful.
Because I never had the husband I chose. I never had the loving, religious partner I was promised. I never had the opportunity to decide whether I could live with an atheist husband—because by the time I knew the truth, leaving meant losing everything I was taught to build my life around.
You didn’t just change the terms.
You waited until escape was nearly impossible.And now you stand in your freedom—beer in hand, truth on your lips—and ask why I’m not more understanding.
Here is my truth:
Your authenticity costs me every day.
Your liberation is built on my confinement.
And your self-discovery looks an awful lot like indulgence wrapped in moral language.If you want to live honestly, start by telling the story without making yourself the hero.
Stop calling your appetite “authenticity.”
Stop calling my boundaries “control.” Stop calling your betrayal “truth”.And stop asking me to disappear quietly so you can feel better about how you got here.
This is not a story about courage.
It’s a story about what happens when one person decides their truth matters more than another person’s consent—and then demands to be admired for saying it out loud.
6 things to know about pancreatic cancer after former senator’s diagnosis
Former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska announced this week that he has been diagnosed with metastatic stage 4 pancreatic cancer, calling the disease "a death sentence" in a message posted on X.
Sasse, 53, said the cancer has spread and acknowledged that he has "less time than I’d prefer," although he also mentioned recent scientific advances and his intention to pursue treatment.
"I’m not going down without a fight," Sasse said when revealing his diagnosis. "One sub-part of God’s grace is found in the jaw-dropping advances science has made the past few years in immunotherapy and more."
Pancreatic cancer is known to be one of the deadliest forms of cancer, with ongoing research efforts aiming to improve outcomes.
Below are six key things to know about the disease.
Beit Shemesh Residents Shout Down Rav Feldman who Came from Chutz Le'aaretz to Bad-mouth the Jewish State
Rav Aharon Feldman spoke Monday night during a public asifah in Beit Shemesh that addressed the issue of giyus.
The asifa, organized by the Ezram U’maginam organization, drew a diverse and mixed crowd and was headlined by Harav Feldman alongside Rav Yehoshua Eichenstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yad Aharon and a close talmid and confidant of Harav Aharon Leib Shteinman zt”l.
During the event, a man from Beit Shemesh began shouting harsh accusations at Rav Feldman, including calling him a liar. Many in the audience who have children on the front ,supported the individual who made a lot of sense.
As tensions rose and members of the audience began yelling at each other, Rav Feldman intervened and asked everyone to calm down!
This asifa" demonstrated to the Charedie world, that we are not on the same page and those who have sons, siblings and husbands serving in the IDF are no longer taking these Chutz-Leaartz self-righteous leaders seriously and will confront them!
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Binyamin Kreif Jailed for Draft Dodging says Prison was basically "A summer camp. Don’t be afraid.”
Half a million people closed their gemaras for an entire day to pray on behalf of individuals who, as Binyamin Kreif — himself a jailed draft evader — described, were essentially in “a summer camp.”
"Gedolim" were dragged from all over Israel to daven for draft dodgers who were receiving three full meals a day, permitted visitors throughout the day, and were in no real danger whatsoever.
These same groups loudly proclaim, “We are ready to die rather than enlist,” yet their leaders clearly do not believe this slogan. If they truly thought prison was a form of martyrdom, they would not be fighting so fiercely to prevent their followers from spending even a moment in this comfortable, low‑risk environment.
Yeshiva bochur Binyamin Kreif, who was released after three and a half months in military prison for failing to report to the draft office, spoke Monday night in a wide-ranging interview about his incarceration, including two months spent in solitary confinement, the high-profile escape attempt that drew national attention, and the message he wants fellow yeshiva students to hear: “Prison is a summer camp. Don’t be afraid.”
Kreif spoke with broadcaster Yankele Friedman, who opened the conversation by describing the emotional scenes surrounding Kreif’s release, including a celebratory reception in Modi’in Illit and what he termed a “royal welcome,” complete with a limousine. Friedman said Kreif had been jailed solely because he is a yeshiva student devoted to Torah study, adding that tefillos for his release had come from across the country. “I saw videos today of thousands celebrating together with him. He was welcomed like a king,” Friedman said.
Kreif thanked Friedman for his steady support throughout his imprisonment, calling him a “holy person” whose encouragement helped him endure months behind bars.
During the interview, Kreif described in stark detail the conditions he faced, most notably two months in solitary confinement, in a cell measuring roughly two and a half meters. “I was in solitary for two months—just a cell and a guard watching you all the time,” he said. According to Kreif, security was intentionally stringent, with guards rotating every four hours to prevent any rapport. He said the harsh treatment stemmed from the widely documented escape incident that followed his arrest. “The guards told me, ‘You shamed the IDF,’” Kreif recalled. “I answered them, ‘Fortunate are we.’”
Despite the isolation and physical strain, Kreif said he and other inmates found ways to lift their spirits and even inject humor into daily life. He described harmless antics meant to unsettle guards without being caught, such as ducking into camera-free restrooms and making animal noises. “We turned the place into a summer camp,” he said with a smile. “We’d shout, ‘Zoo—fall in!’ and keep them on edge all night.” Friedman wondered whether such behavior prolonged Kreif’s time in solitary, but Kreif insisted the goal was to retain dignity and feel like “a prince” even in prison.
One of the interview’s most striking moments involved Kreif’s encounter with an atheist inmate who was transferred into his cell just days before his release. Kreif said that over the course of four days, he shared parables and spoke about faith, sparking a profound change. “On the day I was released, he told me, ‘Binyamin, can you leave me your peyos so I can look chareidi too?’” Kreif recounted. Friedman responded that even behind bars, Kreif had merited “bringing a lost brother closer.” Kreif added that many secular inmates expressed deep respect for the chareidi yeshiva students housed alongside them.
As the conversation drew to a close, Kreif addressed yeshiva students anxious about the prospect of arrest. “There’s really nothing to fear about this prison. It truly is a summer camp,” he said confidently. He acknowledged that solitary confinement is difficult, but emphasized that conditions improve significantly once inmates are moved to the regular unit, where the atmosphere is far more social and supportive.
Civil War Between Charedie Parties as Tensions rise in United Torah Judaism over draft law
The draft law currently being debated in the Knesset is deepening tensions within the factions of United Torah Judaism. A source in Agudat Israel accused Degel HaTorah of promoting legislation that, according to him, would impose sanctions on Torah students.
“Where have we seen a haredi party advocating a law that imposes draft quotas on young haredim while punishing Torah students?” he asked in an interview with Israel National News - Arutz Sheva. “At the crucial moment, I want them to refrain from raising their hand in support of this law in the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee,” he added.
Degel HaTorah responded sharply, pointing to the growing number of arrests of yeshiva students, which he said is creating chaos within the haredi community.
“I am surprised at Agudat Israel for burying their heads in the sand and ignoring their constituents,” a Degel HaTorah source told Arutz Sheva. “Yeshiva students are being arrested almost every night. This will continue until a conscription law is passed.”
He added, “If they have another solution to stop these arrests, they are more than welcome to propose it. But since they do not, there is nothing left but to criticize.”
The source emphasized that Degel HaTorah’s actions are guided by religious authority: “Every step we take is in consultation with the leadership of the Degel HaTorah Council of Torah Scholars. They instructed us to resign from coalition positions and are actively overseeing the enactment of this law.
“Criticizing the decisions of the Degel HaTorah Torah Scholars is, at best, naïve and, at worst, brazen. At the very least, they should remain silent,” he concluded
Bereaved Israeli Father Condemns Anti-army Chants at at the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
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| Jonathan Luber HY"D |
Hagai Luber, whose son was killed fighting in Gaza, condemned chants against Israel’s military and state after witnessing them during a religious gathering at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.
Luber, chief executive of the Aspeklaria Theater and the father of Jonathan Luber, an Israeli soldier killed in combat in the Gaza Strip in late 2023, described the episode in a social media post published Monday night.
He said he traveled to the Meron shrine to observe the Zot Hanukkah pilgrimage, a tradition his son loved, and joined thousands of worshippers in song and dance.
“I imagined your face in every bearded countenance,” Luber wrote, addressing his son. “I danced with joy, and you were with me.”
The atmosphere shifted suddenly, he said, when a speaker called for blessings for those imprisoned for refusing military service and denounced the army. Dancers then chanted slogans rejecting Israel’s government and the military draft.
Luber said he withdrew from the crowd, overcome with pain.
“My son, whom they call ‘impure,’ would have stood with his body to protect them,” he wrote. “Because he reported for duty, he took the bullet — instead of their wives and children.”
Jonathan Luber was killed while serving in the Israel Defense Forces during the war triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
Despite his grief, Luber said he remained to pray with the crowd.
“I mourned among them,” he wrote. “And I knew that in his righteousness, he would ask for mercy even for those who rejected him.”
As worshippers recited the Shema Yisrael prayer, Luber said he nearly collapsed while declaring the final word.
“I was there,” he wrote, “alone.”
US refuses to approve Israeli strike as Iran missile threat grows
As rumors and intelligence warnings about a growing Iranian missile threat continue to mount, concern is rising across the region.
At the same time, senior U.S. officials are signaling that the Trump administration is not, at this stage, inclined to approve direct Israeli military action against Iran’s ballistic missile program, despite heightened tensions and intensified Iranian military activity.
A senior U.S. State Department official told Israel’s Wallah News that while Washington continues to view Iran as a destabilizing force in the Middle East and beyond, President Donald Trump’s current approach relies on diplomatic and economic pressure rather than immediate military action.
The official said the administration has reinstated its “maximum pressure” policy, aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, scaling back its ballistic missile program, and limiting its support for terror groups.
The U.S. stance comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to raise renewed military options against Iran in a planned meeting with Trump at the president’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on December 29.
According to U.S. and Israeli sources cited by NBC News, Israeli assessments indicate that Iran is accelerating efforts to rebuild and expand its ballistic missile capabilities following strikes earlier this year.
Israeli officials quoted in the report said they now view Iran’s missile production and recovery of air defense systems as a more immediate threat than its nuclear program, which they believe was significantly damaged during U.S. and Israeli operations in June.
Netanyahu is expected to argue that Iran’s expanding missile arsenal threatens not only Israel but also regional stability and U.S. interests, and to present a range of options that could include Israeli action alone or varying levels of American involvement.
The debate is unfolding amid growing alarm over recent Iranian military activity.
According to U.S. and Israeli sources, Western intelligence has detected unusual air activity in Iranian airspace over the past several days involving drones and missiles, appearing to be part of a large-scale missile exercise.
A report published by Axios said Israel’s security establishment is increasingly concerned that the drills, following similar recent activity, could serve as cover for a planned surprise attack on Israel.
Lebanon Suspects Israel Kidnapped Senior Military Figure Linked to Ron Arad
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| Ron Arad |
Lebanon suspects that Israel abducted a senior retired Lebanese military officer who may have information related to the fate of missing Israeli airman Ron Arad, according to a report by Saudi outlet Al Arabiya.
The report claims the missing officer is a relative of former Hezbollah chief of staff Fuad Shukr, who was killed by Israel in 2024.
Lebanese judicial sources said investigators are examining the possibility that the officer was lured by Israel in an intelligence operation. He reportedly met with two Swedish nationals at Beirut’s airport just two days before his disappearance, which occurred five days ago.
Lebanese authorities are investigating the disappearance of former security officer Ahmad Shukr amid claims he may have been taken in a foreign intelligence operation tied to the long-unresolved case of missing Israeli airman Ron Arad, regional media reported. A senior Lebanese legal source said Shukr vanished days ago after visiting the town of Nabi Sheet in the Bekaa Valley. Investigators reportedly believe he may have been lured into an intelligence entrapment and removed from Lebanon, citing the absence of evidence indicating he remains inside the country.
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Yoeli Landau The Satmar Billionaire that Tried to Convince the Gerer Rebbe Not to take Money from the Medina is going Bankrupt
Chasidic billionaire Yoeli Landau is in trouble:
A company he controls has gone into bankruptcy with debts of more than $1.6 billion, the company sought to grant Landau immunity from lawsuits, but the court ruled that this could not be approved – especially when Landau did not appear for the hearing.
Now, the lawyers are turning on him and intend to sue him personally.
It turns out that Landau tried to use the familiar trick:
declare bankruptcy, get immunity from personal lawsuits, and then buy back the company's "assets" through another company under his control.
However, the court canceled the tender for the sale of the company's assets, after the judge ruled that there were irregularities in the tender and ordered a new tender to be held under government supervision.
Turns Out Trump Was Correct About How the DemonRats Stole the Election!
Reminder — they demanded you ignore what happened in Fulton County, Georgia, where the room was cleared at 10:30 p.m. due to a supposed “water main break.” Then people stayed behind as thousands of ballots were pulled from under tables in suitcases and scanned!
🚨 Reminder — they demanded you ignore what happened in Fulton County, Georgia, where the room was cleared at 10:30 p.m. due to a supposed “water main break.” Then people stayed behind as thousands of ballots were pulled from under tables in suitcases and scanned! pic.twitter.com/OEbz5bfJV0
— 🔥🇺🇸 KC 🇺🇸🔥 (@KCPayTreeIt) December 21, 2025
Megyn Kelly is a disgusting fraud... Mark Levin
Megyn Kelly is a disgusting fraud and hateful propagandist. She need not condemn Candace Owens. She is Candace Owens.
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) December 23, 2025
More to come.https://t.co/iV1Owmnope
So weird how Kelly has landed on blaming Jews for anti-Semitism and saying the dude buying a house in Qatar, sides with Iran, plays footsie with a neo-Nazi, platforms folks who say America should have sided with Nazi Germany, etc. is just fine. Note, I don’t think Kelly really… https://t.co/NO1niifhnW
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) December 22, 2025
Sometimes you have to draw a line in the sand and say “No, the person on stage who is telling Americans we are disgusting for not wanting to embrace Islam” is not someone I want to unite with.
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) December 23, 2025
No, I don’t want to giggle with @megynkelly in a fire side chat about how Candace… https://t.co/qVwIUsuJq3
Judge orders JPMorgan to keep paying Charlie Javice’s $74M legal bills — including $530 in gummy bears
A Delaware judge on Monday denied a bid from JPMorgan to wiggle out of $74 million in legal bills from convicted fraudster Charlie Javice — even as fresh details of lavish, bizarre spending emerged in court papers.
Javice and her lawyers spent $530 on gummy bears, more than $3,000 on first-class airline tickets, a $581 dinner that included a $161 seafood tower and $25,800 on hotel upgrades — then billed the costs as part of the staggering legal tab she wants JPMorgan Chase to pay, the bank alleged in court filings.
According to the filings, the expenses included a $284 car ride covering just half a mile. Lawyers also billed “copious amounts of alcohol,” including cocktails and wine, as well as personal care items such as cellulite butter.
The bank also flagged expenses incurred by attorneys themselves. In one instance, a law firm partner expensed a hotel stay in New York City to JPMorgan despite listing New York as his home office.
In November 2024, a Quinn Emanuel attorney based in Miami billed a two-day stay at a Florida hotel located roughly 20 minutes from her own office. Defense attorney José Baez sought reimbursement for a $13.57 Spotify charge and a $75 suitcase purchased at City Souvenirs USA.
Charedi Protest Erupts Into Major Route 4 Blockade, Paralyzing Central Israel
Making a Siyum on Route 4 while thousands in cars and buses cannot move an inch!
זו תורה וזו שכרה
It's now totally out of hand, causing hate!
Their "Gedoilim" offer no outlet to these boys with raging hormones and they are bored out of their minds! It was Zos Chanuka, and while IDF Soldiers were on the front being Moiser Nefesh for Klall Yisrael these "Torah" gangsters were out blocking innocent people from going on with their lives! This will not end well as the typical Israeli is getting very frustrated with these Charedie shenanigans and will take the law into their own hands!
Extremist ultra-Orthodox protesters blocked Route 4 in both directions near the Geha Interchange by Bnei Brak and Givat Shmuel, choking one of central Israel’s busiest corridors and triggering heavy gridlock.
Police declared the demonstration illegal and moved in to clear the roadway while diverting traffic, with closures reported along stretches of Route 4 and nearby access points as officers worked to restore flow.
The protest is tied to anger over enforcement against draft evasion
Start making your wishlist: Personal import VAT exemption to increase to $150 on Wednesday
Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich is expected to sign an order on Tuesday expanding the VAT exemption on personal imports from $75 to $150.
The order will be published in the official registry and is set to take effect overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday.
The higher exemption is expected to significantly broaden the range of products Israelis can order from abroad, particularly through international e-commerce platforms such as Amazon.
Raising the threshold is also expected to reduce the overall cost of purchases, as consumers will be able to include more items in a single shipment without incurring VAT.
The measure is expected to boost competition in the local market, expand consumer choice, and help lower prices for competing products already sold in Israel.
Monday, December 22, 2025
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