Friday, October 31, 2025
Hundreds of Reckless Chareidim were in the building that was under construction
Torah Is Not a Substitute for Safety
A tragedy has shaken the Charedi world—a young bochur either fell or jumped, and the community is stunned that “Torah didn’t protect him.” But this shock reveals a deeper problem: the belief, spoken or implied, that Torah study alone exempts one from basic safety precautions.
In some circles, there’s a mindset that safety rules are for goyim and chilonim. That Torah is a shield against all harm, even when common sense is ignored. But this belief isn’t just misguided—it’s a distortion of Torah itself.
In Maseches Sotah 21a, Rav Yosef and Rava debate the protective power of Torah and mitzvos.
Rav Yosef says Torah protects whether one is actively learning or not. But Rava challenges this, citing Doeg and Achitofel—Torah scholars who met tragic ends. Rava concludes:
Torah protects only when one is actively engaged in it. Otherwise, it may shield but not save.
So no, Torah is not a magical force field. It demands responsibility. It demands hishtadlus. It demands that we care for our bodies as vessels of holiness—not treat them as disposable in the name of faith.
This isn’t apikorsus. It’s halacha. It’s seichel. And it’s time we stopped using Torah as a slogan and started living it as a truth.
אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: מִצְוָה, בְּעִידָּנָא דְּעָסֵיק בָּהּ — מַגְּנָא וּמַצְּלָא, בְּעִידָּנָא דְּלָא עָסֵיק בָּהּ — אַגּוֹנֵי מַגְּנָא, אַצּוֹלֵי לָא מַצְּלָא.
תּוֹרָה, בֵּין בְּעִידָּנָא דְּעָסֵיק בָּהּ וּבֵין בְּעִידָּנָא דְּלָא עָסֵיק בָּהּ — מַגְּנָא וּמַצְּלָא.
מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַבָּה: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה, דּוֹאֵג וַאֲחִיתוֹפֶל מִי לָא עָסְקִי בְּתוֹרָה? אַמַּאי לָא הֵגֵינָּה עֲלַיְיהוּ?
אֶלָּא אָמַר רָבָא: תּוֹרָה בְּעִידָּנָא דְּעָסֵיק בָּהּ — מַגְּנָא וּמַצְּלָא, בְּעִידָּנָא דְּלָא עָסֵיק בָּהּ — אַגּוֹנֵי מַגְּנָא, אַצּוֹלֵי לָא מַצְּלָא. מִצְוָה, בֵּין בְּעִידָּנָא דְּעָסֵיק בָּהּ בֵּין בְּעִידָּנָא דְּלָא עָסֵיק בָּהּ — אַגּוֹנֵי מַגְּנָא, אַצּוֹלֵי לָא מַצְּלָא.!
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Meanwhile at the Kotel Charedie Reservists held a Beret Service at the Kotel Making a Huge Kiddush Hashem
Today at the Kotel, Charedi reservists from the Chashmonaim Brigade held a beret ceremony, highlighting their dedication to Torah learning and military service.
The footage captures the solemn event and the soldiers’ commitment to both faith and duty.
Reckless Chareidim Make Massive Chillul Hashem ...With Their Gedoilim Standing By
This is what happens when Charedim are in charge of security!
For years, they blocked the Israeli Police from taking control of Miron, the tragedy where Jews killed other Jews in a massive stampede! To date, they are still resisting Israeli Security!
This reckless behavior is a microcosm of the Charedi culture where they think that rules and regulations don't apply to them! The Gedoilim saw all this from their safe perch and said not a single word!
Firefighters are operating on Shazar Boulevard in Jerusalem after police requested assistance with several individuals who climbed onto a crane and are refusing to come down.
Bitter End to the Yom Tefilah as 20 Year-Old Menachem Mendel Litzman Jumped or Fell to His Death
A bitter end to the rally: after the tragedy, organizers called on the crowds to go home and ordered those on rooftops to come down immediately.
The young man who tragically fell during a draft rally on Shazar Boulevard has been identified as Menachem Mendel Litzman, 20. Reports are that he may have jumped from the “Migdal Marom” building, and despite immediate medical attention, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A man died on Thursday during the haredi demonstration against military conscription, after he fell from a height at a construction site on Shazar Boulevard in Jerusalem. The victim was later identified as 20-year-old Menachem Mendel Litzman.
Litzman fell approximately 20 stories. MDA paramedics who rushed to the scene found the victim suffering from multi-system trauma and no vital signs, and had to pronounce him dead at the scene.
Police are investigating the possibility that Litzman committed suicide and did not fall accidentally.
Forces from the Jerusalem District Police are at the scene and have begun investigating the incident.
MDA paramedic Lishai Shemesh and EMT Daniel Alkayam recounted: "The teen lay unconscious at the foot of a high-rise construction site without a pulse and not breathing, with very severe multi-system trauma."
"We were told that he fell from a high height. We conducted medical examinations, but his injuries were critical, and unfortunately, we had no choice but to pronounce him dead," they reported.
Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman sharply attacked the haredi leadership following the incident. "The rotten haredi leadership is directly responsible for the painful death of a young boy in a despicable and unnecessary demonstration. He came out on the orders of that leadership to be a human shield for the power and influence of the haredi activists."
Magen David Adom, which has been on medical standby at the rally, reported that as of 16:45, it had treated 56 participants. Of those treated, four required further care and were evacuated to hospitals in mild condition (including two cases of fainting, a cardiac incident, and a minor injury).
Tens of Thousands of Kollel guys and Avreichim Excited about Having a Day Off and Not having to Learn While Collecting their Checks
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| Avreichim enjoying their ride to Yerushalayim this morning |
I walked into my Kollel this morning, as I do every day. But today, the Beis Medrash was “more or less empty.” אין קול ואין עונה
What does that mean? It means the Baalei Batim—those who come out of love for Torah, unpaid and uncelebrated—were there, learning as always.
But the Avreichim? The ones on the payroll? Gone. Even the Rosh Kollel was missing.
Where were they?
They were in Yerushalayim, protesting. Not for the dead hostages rotting in Gaza tunnels. Not for the soldiers sent to the front three and four times over. Not for the widows, orphans, and shattered families. No. They were protesting for a draft dodger.
No rabbi called for a day of protest when our brothers were kidnapped. No mass rally when soldiers died defending our land. But today, thousands closed their Gemarras to chant slogans and pray!
Will someone please make a cogent argument why a milchemet mitzvah—which overrides Shabbos and Yom Kippur according to all respected poskim—is somehow not a mitzvah for Charedim?
Will someone justify how a massive segment of Israeli society takes every benefit—housing, stipends, protection—yet refuses to share in the burden of defending the nation?
And yes, they’ll still get paid today. For a day spent not in Torah, but in politics. For turning their backs on their brothers in arms. For choosing division over unity.
Hashem yerachem.
Thousands of Chareidim will NOT join the protest today because they all became Chilonim
None of those in the video ever served in the IDF! So much for the argument that the being the IDF will make them not frum.....
Latest Quinnipiac poll Cuomo gets 60% Jewish Vote Mamdani gets 16%
The latest Quinnipiac poll has:
— Shaun Maguire (@shaunmmaguire) October 30, 2025
- Cuomo getting 60% of the Jewish vote
- Mamdani getting 16%
The “40% poll” was an op designed to demoralize Jewish voters pic.twitter.com/Ljb9hVMpOg
Israel bars Red Cross from visiting jailed terrorists
By World Israel News Staff
Israel’s defense chief on Wednesday banned members of the International Committee of the Red Cross from visiting with jailed Arab terrorists, citing security concerns.
According to a statement by the Israeli Defense Ministry, the decision was made based on recommendations presented by the Shin Bet security agency and after Defense Minister Israel Katz (Likud) was convinced that allowing such visits would endanger state security.
The blanket ban prohibits ICRC officials from meeting with the thousands of Arab terrorists held in custody under the Law on the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants, including thousands of detainees captured during or after October 7, 2023.
Those detainees include terrorists directly involved in the Oct. 7 massacres.
“The opinions presented to me indicate without any doubt that visits by the Red Cross to the terrorists in prison would seriously harm the security of the state,” said Katz. “The security of the state and of our citizens comes before everything else.”
The decision comes following pressure from within the government and the leadership of Israel’s prison system not to permit the ICRC visits.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has lobbied for a ban on the ICRC visits, a position supported by the Israel Prison Service and its commissioner, Kobi Yaakobi.
In contrast, the National Security Council had opposed a sweeping ban on the ICRC visits, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly backing the NSC’s position.
Netanyahu and the NSC had reportedly favored allowing the ICRC some visitation rights, considering the group a less overtly hostile alternative to United Nations-linked agencies that have also demanded third-party visits to jailed Arab terrorists.
Blogger Tracks Down Hamas Supporter who worked in Yerushalayim Gas Station ... Could Have Been Catastrophe
Yedidya Epstein says he tracked Yaman Obeid for months after noticing alarming posts showing weapons and Hamas propaganda.
When he learned Obeid was working at a gas station near Jerusalem ahead of tomorrow’s major rally, he alerted police. Yassam officers arrived quickly and arrested Obeid before any attack could occur.
Red Cross Partnered With Hamas To Stage Fake ‘Recovery’ of Hostage Remains in Gaza
The International Committee of the Red Cross staged a Fake Hostage Recovery remains in Gaza and then called it “unacceptable,” but the Israeli Foreign Ministry accused the organization of being complicit in the charade.
“We appreciate the Red Cross condemnation of Hamas’s staged ‘burials’ and ‘discoveries’ of hostage bodies, which they previously extracted from Hamas holding sites,” the Israeli ministry stated on Wednesday.
“There seems to be a gap between what the Red Cross office knows and reality, given footage of Red Cross staff at the deception,” the ministry said. “We trust the Red Cross will take action regarding lies their staff apparently report upwards.”
A spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office told JNS that the terror organization tried to pull a fast one on both Israel and on U.S. President Donald Trump.”
“Hamas cheated President Trump. Hamas also cheated the Red Cross during this process,” the spokesman told JNS. “We want to believe they weren’t part of this.”
“Their role is to execute the mission to bring our hostages back home,” he added.
The Red Cross told JNS on Tuesday that it hadn’t been aware that a slain hostage’s body “had been placed there prior to their arrival.”
Drone footage, which the Israeli military posted online, shows terrorists throwing the body out of a window into a pit and covering it with dirt, in front of what appeared to be a Red Cross team. The Red Cross staff appeared to look on as the remains were reburied.
The Red Cross denied the sequence of events, which the video footage appeared to show, in its statement to JNS on Tuesday.
“Our team only observed what appeared to be the recovery of remains without prior knowledge of the circumstances leading up to it,” it said.
The Red Cross added that “it is unacceptable that a fake recovery was staged, when so much depends on this agreement being upheld and when so many families are still anxiously awaiting news of their loved ones.”
The Israel Defense Forces stated that the video shows that Hamas “is attempting to create a false impression of efforts to locate the bodies, while in fact holding deceased hostages whose remains it refuses to release as required by the agreement.”
The IDF said that the terror group is also making “false claims of shortages in engineering equipment, equipment that is clearly unnecessary for the transfer of remains, and therefore these claims do not constitute an obstacle to the return of the remaining deceased hostages.”
Under Trump’s peace plan, Hamas committed to handing over all 48 hostages—living and deceased—on Oct. 13. Israel liberated 20 living captives that day, but Hamas has slow-walked the return of the 28 bodies.
On Monday night, Hamas released the remains of Israeli hostage Ofir Tzarfati, whose body Israel had already retrieved, and not a 16th body, in violation of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal in the Strip.
Israel recovered Tzarfati’s body from Gaza as part of a military operation in 2023, the Prime Minister’s Office stated. It added that Hamas’s refusal to return a new hostage body constituted a “clear violation” of the deal.
On Saturday, Trump urged Hamas to return the remains of deceased hostages the terrorists still hold within 48 hours or face action by “the other countries involved” in the agreement.
An urgent discussion between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and representatives of the Israeli security establishment ended on Tuesday without any decision on Jerusalem’s response to Hamas’s ceasefire violations.
A senior Israeli official told Israel’s Channel 12 that the IDF presented a series of possible moves, including renewing attacks on the Strip. Netanyahu reportedly said that there needed to be coordination with the Trump administration to determine the next step.
Reb Noach Klein Killed by a Van in Boro Park
An elderly Orthodox Jewish man was killed Tuesday evening after being struck by a vehicle on 18th Avenue, between 48th and 49th Streets. The accident occurred around 6:30 p.m. as he was heading to daven Mincha. Hatzalah responded promptly, rushing the man to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
The NYPD arrested the driver at the scene, who was reportedly driving with a suspended license.
The victim has been identified as Reb Noach Klein A”h, 84, a longtime pillar of the Borough Park community. He operated Unique Sterling for nearly five decades, first opening on 13th Avenue in 1975 before moving to 18th Avenue. Known for his knowledge of antique silver and dedication to his craft, Reb Noach was also celebrated for his warmth, humor, and mentorship to younger generations.by Van in Boro-Park
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Yom HaAliyah: The call to move to Israel
When I was younger, when people talked about aliyah, what came to mind were the videos of aliyah flights where there was music and dancing and emotional speeches and friends clinging to each other as they said goodbye, and (if you were lucky) parents who gave you one last blessing, hands upon your head, before you got on the plane.
The music pulled the chords of your heart eastward, and then appeared on the screen, happy faces of new immigrant families and their sweet children, young singles, newlywed couples, and retirees, who were excited to move across the world on a grand adventure.
I even made a couple of those videos when my husband and I made aliyah with our children, seven years ago. I am so grateful to have those beautiful memories captured in time.
5 Lady Rabbis One of whom is a Trans Joins "Jews for Mamdani" Movement
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| Abby Stein |
One of the rabbis, Abby Stein, comes from a Viznitz background, and developed a vicious hatred towards the only Jewish State, once she grew breasts! There isn't an event that denigrates Israel that she hasn't attended!
An anti-Israel transgender rabbi who was once tossed out of the White House has become the face of a “Jews for Zohran” ad — as she tries to rally support for socialist mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani in the final days of the election.
Abby Stein, a part-time rabbi at Brooklyn’s progressive Kolot Chayein synagogue, is among a handful of female rabbis featured in the ad recently put out by the Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JREJ).
“We know Zohran will fight to make our city affordable and safe for our families,” Stein declared in the campaign ad.“As Jews, as rabbis, as New Yorkers, we believe that all people deserve to thrive. Zohran agrees.”
The far-left rabbi, who grew up in a Hasidic Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, made headlines last year after she was booted from the White House Pride Month celebration last year after she hijacked then-first lady Jill Biden’s speech to demand a permanent cease-fire in Gaza.
She also sparked controversy after it emerged she’d attended an interfaith meeting held by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during last year’s United Nations General Assembly — less than a week before Tehran launched nearly 200 missiles at Israel.
At the time, US Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) — a staunch supporter of Israel – blasted Stein for participating in the Iran-led confab.
“Anyone who associates with the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism is a useful idiot of the highest order,” the Bronx pol said.
In addition to Stein, the new Mamdani ad also featured three other female progressive rabbis – including Emily Cohen, Miriam Grossman and Rachel Goldenberg.
“We’re proud New York Rabbis for Zohran. Our movement of thousands of Jews For Zohran is growing. Join us to elect Mayor Mamdani,” the JREJ group said on X alongside the ad.
“Remember – canvassing is a mitzvah!”
Why this Chareidie Tzaddik Will not go to the Protest Tomorrow
Israeli Prof. At UK University “Apologizes” For His IDF Service.... Chareidim need to listen to this apology!
Prof. Michael Ben-Gad, a native Israeli whose economics lecture at City St George’s, University of London was disrupted a week ago by anti-Israel thugs who threatened to behead him, issued an apology for his “IDF service.”
In an appearance on GB News, Ben-Gad said that the thugs “are now offering terms. I can have my life back if I apologize for my military service.”
He then read his written statement of apology, beginning by saying,
“”Good evening, thugs.”
He then explained that since Israel has a policy of compulsory conscription, he was obligated to serve. He continued.
“But for most of us, conscription merely absolved us of the need to volunteer.”
“I was born less than 20 years after nearly my entire family was gassed at Treblinka. Personally, I would have crawled over cut glass to get to that induction center to put on the uniform and defend my people. Have a nice evening.”
IDF Suicide Attempts Spike to 279 Amid War Strain...No Yom Tefilla for them!
Torah leaders will not declare a "Yom Tefila" for soldiers stressed out because of of lack of manpower that was supposed to replace them at the front, causing depression and other mental health issues! מי כעמך ישראל!
A sobering new report from the Knesset Research and Information Center has found that nearly 280 Israel Defense Forces soldiers attempted to take their own lives between January 2024 and July 2025, underscoring growing mental health concerns within Israel’s military amid the prolonged war against Hamas.
The report — prepared at the request of Hadash-Ta’al MK Ofer Cassif, one of the Knesset’s most left-wing lawmakers — reveals a troubling trend: for every soldier who died by suicide, seven others attempted to do so.
The figures represent a marked escalation in mental distress among Israeli troops since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre, which triggered Israel’s largest mobilization of reservists in decades and thrust tens of thousands of civilians back into combat duty.
According to the data, combat soldiers accounted for 78 percent of all military suicides in 2024, a dramatic surge from the 42–45 percent range recorded between 2017 and 2022. Military analysts say the shift reflects the unique psychological burden on front-line troops serving in an extended and unpredictable conflict.
The findings were compiled from internal IDF Medical Corps mental health records and Knesset committee hearings, focusing solely on soldiers currently serving — either in regular or reserve duty. The report explicitly excludes veterans who took their own lives after completing military service, meaning the actual scope of the crisis could be significantly larger.
Knesset researchers cautioned that while suicide rates fluctuate in wartime, the consistency of attempts over the 18-month period points to systemic stress within the ranks.
MK Ofer Cassif, who commissioned the study, said the figures should serve as “a wake-up call to Israeli society and its leadership.”
“The state cannot demand endless sacrifice from its young people while ignoring the emotional and psychological toll,” Cassif said in a statement. “Mental health must be treated as a national security priority.”
‘Hamas Hotel’ Evicts Freed Terrorists After Media Exposé Sparks Outrage
A Cairo luxury hotel has expelled more than 150 freed Hamas terrorists after a report revealed they were staying alongside unsuspecting Western tourists, including British airline crews.
The five-star Renaissance Cairo Mirage City, a Marriott property known as a hub for international air crews, removed the group within hours of the revelations. The extremists — released from Israeli prisons under Donald Trump’s peace deal — had been housed there under Egyptian supervision.
British flight attendants who discovered they had been sharing hotel facilities with convicted jihadists expressed shock, according to multiple reports. The group included high-profile militants such as Mahmoud Issa, founder of Hamas’s Special Unit 101, and Samir Abu Nima, responsible for a deadly 1983 Jerusalem bus bombing.
The terrorists were later relocated to a remote government-owned resort outside Cairo. While still reportedly living in comfort, their movements and visitors are now tightly restricted.
Moshe Saville, CEO of the Israeli charity OneFamily, which aids terror victims, said the incident “shows the moral absurdity in which murderers are pampered while bereaved families face lifelong pain.”
Sources indicate some of the men may eventually be transferred to other countries in the region, including Qatar and Turkey, under continued monitoring by local security agencies.
The Marriott group has not issued a statement on the matter.
Checking Up on "The Lev's" Who Made Aliyah Last Year!
They are learning about the Israeli culture LOL! They are trying to change it....Good luck!
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Yeshiva Bochrim Eligible to Serve Beat the Crap out of Senior in Ramat Eshkol
I'll admit I don't know the circumstances, but regardless, a bunch of Yeshiva Bochrim who learn Torah, surrounded an elderly man and beat the crap out of him! If one of those guys was my grandchild, I would have taken him out of Yeshiva and have had him enlist!
This is a Chillul Hashem!! Period!
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