Massive Protests in front of the Home of R' Yaakov Farber After His Shiva

 

These animals didn't let him live and now they don't let him die in peace!

A day after the completion of the shiva for the founder of the "Ma'alot Tzur" organization, Yaakov Farber z"l, dozens of Chareidim  arrived at the home of the late Yaakov Farber z"l, a prominent figure in the Chasidic community in Be'er Sheva, to protest. 

The protest was massive, unprecedented, and took place in front of his house, with crowds from all over the country.

As we recall, last week, after a serious illness, the late Yaakov Aharon Farber z"l, a prominent figure in the Chassidic community in Be'er Sheva, and only 32 years old at the time of his passing, passed away leaving a widow and six orphans 

The deceased z"l was ill for the past year and received many prayers for his recovery, but his condition worsened in recent days, and on the night between Sunday and Monday last week, when Tehillim  and the Shema Yisrael were recited around his bed, he returned his pure soul to its Creator. (Kikar HaShabbat).

Saudis gravitate toward Middle East basket cases when it should join US’ fight against Iran

 

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly called President Trump on Saturday and implored him to hold off on striking the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Trump acquiesced and punted on a massive American bombing raid that could have potentially turned the tide of the war.

Admittedly, Saudi Arabia is in a tough spot: The Iranian regime continues to hammer the kingdom with drones and missiles, threatening its oil and water resources.

But the Saudis have not gone unprotected. American warfighters and even Greek air defense teams have ensured the safety of the Saudi state throughout this conflict.

Yet rather than aligning more closely with us, the Saudis have started to gravitate toward an alliance of basket cases in the Middle East.

The alliance is now referred to as “STEP”: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan.

These are all theoretically American allies. But they are not exactly working for American interests right now.

They view the weakening of the Shiite regime in Iran as an opportunity to reassert Sunni state dominance in the Muslim world.

At the same time, they are not eager to see the widening of the war because it would wreak more havoc, which is why they keep calling for diplomatic agreements.

By now, however, it should be clear that the Iranian leadership is not interested in a diplomatic agreement.

Every time one is brokered, the regime carries out aggressive actions in the Strait of Hormuz or it attacks our Persian Gulf Arab allies. And that’s not likely to change. So when the Saudis ask America for restraint, they need to offer clear alternatives, not platitudes.

Better yet, the Saudis should join the fight.

Admittedly, the Saudis last month launched one strike against Iran-backed militias in Iraq.

And according to recent reports, the Saudis may be preparing for military action against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, particularly if the group tries to shut down Saudi shipping in the Red Sea.

The Saudis have a history of conflict with the Houthis; Riyadh launched a war against the group in 2015.

That war garnered a huge amount of criticism from US lawmakers, primarily due to errant strikes that led to high civilian casualties.

But that was then and this is now. A wider war has erupted across the Middle East.

Iran and its proxy network are fighting America and its allies on multiple fronts, and America should not be expected to fight on its own.

The Israelis have stepped up when asked. They’ve put skin in the game.

It’s time to ask the Saudis to do the same.

The kingdom boasts a vast arsenal of American-made planes, helicopters, tanks and other weapons.

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Saudis must decide

Its forces are clearly equipped to fight, even if questions linger about the readiness of Saudi fighters, who have not seen much action on the battlefield.

In the end, however, it boils down to will.

Now, whenever the war heats up, the Saudis seem to want to cool it down — a significant shift from the beginning of the conflict, when Saudi officials quietly backed Trump’s effort.

With the war at an impasse, and the Iranian regime looking increasingly emboldened by that, Saudi Arabia must be put to a choice.

There’s no time for fence-sitting.

The president should send our allies in Riyadh a clear message: It’s time to either join the fight, foot the bill, or get out of the way.

Why is Spain occupying Arab territory?

 

Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies.

Last week’s controversy over tens of thousands of Moroccans trying to enter Spain (amid antisemitic social media posts attempting to blame Israel) has reminded the world of an uncomfortable fact: While Spain regularly accuses Israel of “occupying Arab territory," Spain itself is occupying Arab territory.

The tens of thousands of Arabs from Morocco who crossed the border into Spanish-occupied territory did so simply by walking into the region of Ceuta, next door.

Spain has controlled Ceuta since the 17th century. The Spanish claim to the territory is that they’ve been there for a long time.

Morocco counters that Ceuta is physically part of Morocco’s northern coast, while Spain is part of a different continent, twelve miles away and across the Strait of Gibraltar. Spain’s control of Ceuta is a remnant of the era of European colonialism.

By contrast, the territory where Israel is situated has been the Jewish national homeland since biblical times. It has been the core of Judaism itself for more than 3,000 years. The very name “Judea" testifies to the area’s deep Jewish roots.

The name “Ceuta" is the Spanish corruption of the Arabic name for the area, “Sebta," a reminder that Arabs and Berbers (Morocco’s other large ethnic group) were there long before the Spanish conquistadors showed up.

Off the coast of western coast of Morocco, 800 miles to the south, is another Spanish-occupied territory-the Canary Islands. The Spanish occupiers committed mass atrocities against the Guanches and other indigenous peoples when they conquered those islands.

And let’s not forget about the various regions of mainland Spain where local residents are seeking independence, such as the 9 million Catalans in northern Spain, the 3 million Basques in northwest Spain, and the 2.7 million individuals of Celtic heritage in Spain’s Galicia region.

Perhaps the Spanish leaders who often yell about “freeing Palestine" from “Israeli occupation" should take a look in the mirror.

The consistent negligence and recklessness of Chardeie People during Bein Hazmanim

 

by Yehuda Dov

The news clips are laconic, but they reveal a story of consistent negligence, ignorance and shocking indifference to human life.

Today’s news started with a search for a father and his six children who had gone missing in a Negev Wadi. For the uninformed, it should be mentioned that Israel is currently experiencing a heat wave not unlike those in Europe. In many areas, temperatures have crossed 40°C (105°F), and in the northern Negev they are even more extreme. It is more than ill advised to take a hike in such conditions, it borders on lunacy. Within two hours or so the body loses liquids and starts dehydrating, and heat stroke is another possible danger in the blazing desert sun. Nobody can carry the amount of water required to stave off these hazards, and even the IDF prohibits training in such conditions.

Fortunately, after the family failed to show up at the end of their route, the worried mother called rescue teams in and they managed to locate the group, exhausted and dehydrated but alive. 

The next news item, broadcast the same afternoon, revealed a less fortunate outcome, but a similar lack of respect for safety precautions. A 2-year-old toddler at a villa in central Israel had drowned in a pool. This has happened before, but repeats itself far too often. There should be no situation in which a pool is not locked with a high lock if children are around. Parents must know that if the child is anywhere near the pool, and even if they have other young children, they cannot let go of them for even a second. If they cannot control the children, they mustn’t let them into the pool.

The child was taken to hospital in critical condition, but doctors were forced to declare him dead. A 16-year-old boy is also in serious condition after drowning last week, but at least he was in a public pool with a lifesaver, who managed to extricate him before his condition deteriorated further.

The day’s tragedies were not yet over. In the evening it was reported that two young men had overturned in an ATV southeast of Jerusalem. One of them was lightly injured but the other bore the brunt of the accident and was declared dead at the scene. 

The two young men, like the others from the previous items, were charedi, and they join the litany of accidents and mishaps which always seem to befall the community during the Bein Hazmanim period. Even more tragic, the victim in this case, a student at the prestigious Ponovezh yeshiva, was due to get married in the coming weeks.

The real issue here is hubris. People who have never ridden an ATV or only done so on rare occasions have no business riding it out on rugged, steep desert ridges. People who rarely take trips and hikes think that they can consult a map, plan a route and go out in all weathers. People who have only a bathtub to worry about at home rent villas with pools and sometimes rely on an irresponsible older child to take care of his younger sibling.

It is high time that the Torah community, so aware of the value of life and of what can be done with every minute of precious time granted to us by Hashem, makes a concerted campaign to educate people on “V’Nishmartem L’Nafshoseichem”, including all the numerous examples from bitter past experience, and may we set an example for safe vacation activities and not wild, dangerous or extreme pastimes.

Yenuka Loses in Secular Court ...his miracles fall flat!

 

"Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord your God gives you." (Deuteronomy 16:20).

Today, the judgment was issued in the matter of the request for a restraining order against harassment filed by "Hinuka" against the investigator Israel Friedlis.

The court rejected the petitioners' (Hinuka) claims in full, and ruled that they shall bear the court costs of the respondent in the amount of 3,600 ILS.

Why Did Max Blumenthal go to Iran to Ayatollah’s funeral?????

 

by Laura Loomer

Waaaaaaaa Waaaaaaaa 😭😭😭 somebody call the Wambulance!!!!

Radical leftist and Islamic terrorist sympathizer Max Blumenthal 

@MaxBlumenthal

 is crying over the fact that I reported him to the authorities when he traveled abroad to Iran to attend the Ayatollah’s funeral and then DHS confiscated two of his cell phones when he returned from Iran. 

Max allegedly refused to tell Border Patrol who paid for his trip to Iran, a sanctioned country currently at war with the United States, and he allegedly refused to comply with Border Patrol’s questioning, most likely because telling them the truth about what he was really doing in Iran would likely land Max in serious trouble with law enforcement. 

We don’t need to use our imagination to imagine what Max was doing in Iran. 

If you are supporting enemies of America and may possibly even be violating sanctions, I will monitor you and report you to federal law enforcement. And no, I won’t apologize for doing so either, no matter how much you throw a tantrum and cry about it. 

When you play stupid games, you will win stupid prizes. 

OTD Sings Shabbos Songs With Such Feelings

 

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Some dreams do come through

 

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Baghdad was home to one of the oldest Jewish communities and then...............................

 For centuries, Baghdad was home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, a community older than Islam itself. 

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Skverer Chutzpah ! Schnooring from the very communities they are trying to destroy!

 

The sheer chutzpah of asking for money from the very Jews New Square considers too problematic to live near, or expose to its children, cannot be ignored.

A fundraising letter from Merkaz Hakollelim Dshikun Square recently arrived in mailboxes throughout the Monsey community.

The appeal describes kollel families struggling “to clothe their children, put food on the table, and cover the huge daily expenses.” With Yom Tov approaching, it asks outside donors to help these families celebrate with dignity.

The need is real. These families deserve help.

But the letter raises an unavoidable question:

There Is Plenty of Money, Just Not for This!

New Square’s leadership has spent years advancing a policy designed to prevent other frum families from settling near the village.

Within the Mile has documented numerous properties connected to that campaign, homes acquired to preserve New Square’s claimed “isolation” and protect its supposed spiritual “purity.”

These are not inexpensive properties.

Consider 6 Durante Court, purchased for $810,000. Article HERE

The property sits directly across the street from a neighborhood shul. Local residents view the purchase not merely as another acquisition within the mile, but as a deliberate attempt to interfere with and disrupt the surrounding Jewish community.

That is one house.

How many struggling families could receive food, clothing and Yom Tov assistance from $810,000? How many children could be properly dressed, refrigerators filled and worried parents given room to breathe?

Instead, the property was purchased across from a shul serving the very community New Square wishes to keep away, and now a fundraising letter is being sent to those same Jews asking them to finance food and clothing inside New Square.

Do Not Blame the Families

The struggling kollel families are not responsible for these priorities.

They should not be shamed, and they should not be left without food or clothing.

The responsibility belongs to the leadership and wealthy supporters who can apparently mobilize extraordinary resources whenever another house becomes available within the mile, but then turn to outsiders when families inside New Square cannot afford basic necessities.

No one is claiming that this particular Yom Tov fund purchased these houses.

The issue is communal priorities. Article HERE

When $810,000 can be found to purchase one property across the street from a neighborhood shul, it is difficult to accept that the surrounding community must then be asked to cover food and clothing, especially while being told that its own families must stay away to protect New Square’s “purity.”

You cannot treat neighboring Jews as a spiritual contamination and then address your fundraising appeal to them as “Dear Friend.”

Return the Envelope to the Ashpa like the dead Sheretz it is!

Anyone receiving this appeal should not simply throw it into the garbage.

Keep the return envelope.

Send it back with a respectful note explaining why you will not participate until New Square changes its priorities.

The note can say:

> I fully support helping families afford food, clothing and Yom Tov necessities. However, New Square-linked buyers continue spending enormous sums purchasing properties around the village as part of the so-called mile policy.

6 Durante Court, located directly across the street from a neighborhood shul, was purchased for $810,000.

Before asking surrounding families for donations, please sell this property, or another property acquired for the mile, and use the proceeds to support your own struggling families.

The same Jews being asked to finance your charitable needs should not simultaneously be treated as too impure to live near you.

Send the envelope back.

Let them see the address. Let them see the purchase price. Let them explain why $810,000 was available to purchase a house across from a shul, while outside donations are needed to provide their own families with food and clothing.

Feed the families. Clothe the children. Sell the houses. *End the mile.*

Why is New Square asking surrounding communities to pay for food and clothing while enormous sums are being spent purchasing houses around the village for the so-called “mile”?

During Viznitz wedding, Chardeim attack The Schatz Rebbe's son because he goes up to the Har Habyis

 

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Saudis convinced Trump to stop ‘massive’ weekend attack on Iran

 

Saudi Arabia's de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, reached out to President Donald Trump by telephone on Sunday to advocate for "de-escalation and diplomacy," according to a report by the kingdom's official state news outlet, SPA.

SPA reported that the crown prince - frequently referred to as MBS - initiated the discussion with Trump to discuss developments in the region and their regional and international implications."

During the exchange, the Saudi leader "stressed the need to prioritize dialogue to reduce escalation and the importance of making every possible effort to achieve calm that paves the way for diplomatic solutions, preserves the region's security and stability and prevents a wider conflict whose repercussions would affect regional and international security and stability," SPA detailed.

The phone call comes a day after Axios reported that the Saudi Crown Prince held a telephone conversation with Trump to express deep misgivings over potential broad-scale military strikes targeting Iran.

"The Saudis expressed concern and asked for clarity about the plan of action," one US official told Axios.

Some reports suggested that this phone call ultimately contributed to Trump’s decision, announced on Saturday night, to cancel a planned attack on Iran and allow for diplomacy.

He was asked whether there is a deadline for Iran to come to an agreement and said, “We will see. Would I rather make a deal? I am not looking to kill people. Because people die. A lot of people die. We don’t want that."

Crazed antisemites now blaming Israel and the Jewish people for the recent migrant surge into Spain

 

A new report by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) claims that antisemitic conspiracy theories blaming Israel and the Jewish people for the recent migrant surge into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta spread widely on X, reaching an estimated audience of more than 100 million people within 72 hours.

According to an analysis by CAM's Antisemitism Research Center (ARC), 173 posts from 119 influencer accounts recast the border crisis as a Jewish plot, generating 57.5 million views, an estimated reach of 103.1 million people, 1.9 million likes, and more than 368,000 shares.

Between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta on July 30, prompting Spain to declare a state of emergency. The migrant influx followed a Spanish domestic legal ruling and came amid ongoing tensions between Spain and Morocco, as well as years of pressure on Europe's asylum system.

While the causes of the crisis were publicly documented, conspiracy theories rapidly gained traction on X, claiming that Israel and the Jewish people had orchestrated the events.

The ARC said its analysis focused exclusively on named, monetized influencer accounts rather than anonymous users or bot networks. According to the report, many of the accounts held paid verification, which CAM said gives their content greater visibility through X's recommendation systems.

Among the examples cited in the report was an account identified as "Forbidden HQ," which allegedly shared an image depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with migrants emerging from his mouth onto a Spanish beach. CAM said the post was viewed 5.3 million times and was accompanied by additional claims portraying Morocco as an Israeli puppet state.

The report also cited a post by social media personality Dan Bilzerian, which CAM said received 2.7 million views. According to CAM, Bilzerian falsely claimed that Prime Minister Netanyahu had threatened Spain with "the ultimate price" over its criticism of Israel, combining that allegation with an unrelated Israeli Foreign Ministry holiday greeting to Morocco.

CAM further alleged that an account calling itself "China Times," which it said is unaffiliated with any Chinese news organization, falsely claimed Israel had admitted to engineering the migration through the Mossad, citing a parody account as evidence.

According to the report, shares significantly outnumbered comments across the analyzed posts, suggesting that users were more likely to amplify the claims than challenge them.

The ARC also found that similar narratives appeared across far-right, far-left, and Islamist accounts, despite their differing political ideologies.

According to CAM, far-right accounts promoted longstanding antisemitic "Great Replacement" theories alleging that Jewish elites are engineering demographic change in Europe. The report said far-left figures, including author Susan Abulhawa, claimed that the migrant surge had been "completely engineered by the US, Israel, and Morocco," while other accounts linked Spain's support for the Palestinians and other geopolitical developments to what they described as an Israeli plot.

CAM also cited posts falsely attributing statements to Spanish actor Javier Bardem alleging that Israel planned the migration in retaliation for Spain's criticism of Israel. According to the report, Bardem made no such statement, but the claim was subsequently amplified by commentator Mia Khalifa.

The report said additional posts attempted to portray Morocco's military cooperation with Israel as evidence that Israel orchestrated the migrant crossing, while others revived longstanding antisemitic narratives portraying Jewish people as manipulating migration to undermine European society.

"A humanitarian emergency at Europe's border was turned into a global antisemitic campaign in under 72 hours, and X did nothing to slow it down. This is not a story about a few bad actors. It is a story about a platform whose design rewards the fastest and most inflammatory explanation available, and on X that explanation is increasingly a Jewish conspiracy," said CAM CEO Sacha Roytman Dratwa.

CAM called on X to introduce what it described as algorithmic safeguards for keywords associated with established antisemitic tropes during humanitarian emergencies, remove accounts spreading such content from the platform's advertising and verification benefits, and deploy expert Community Notes in partnership with organizations, including CAM, to provide historical context in real time.

The movement argued that X's recommendation systems are amplifying antisemitic content and called on the platform to take action against what it described as the demonization of the Jewish people and the State of Israel.

2025 Was the Deadliest Year for Jews Living Outside Israel in More Than 30 Years*

 

2025 Was the Deadliest Year for Jews Living Outside Israel in More Than 30 Years*

A new report from the J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism has identified 2025 as the deadliest year for antisemitic attacks outside of Israel in more than three decades.

The report also found that antisemitic incidents across the seven largest Jewish diaspora communities have risen dramatically in recent years, with overall incidents up 136% since 2022 and violent attacks increasing by 97%.

Silence is not an option. Stand up. Speak out. Fight antisemitism.

Oct. 7 survivor commits suicide on the grave of his girlfriend who was murdered by Hamas

 

An Oct. 7 survivor died by suicide over the grave of his girlfriend, who had been murdered by Hamas.

The body of Bar Asraf, 30, was found at the cemetery Saturday. His partner, Liron Barda, was working at a bar at the Nova Music Festival when Hamas attacked, and she tended the wounded until she was killed. She was 26.

Jérémy Benhaïm, a French Jewish activist, broke the news of Asraf’s death, posting on X that “Since the pogrom of Oct. 7, 2023, during which his partner, Liron Barda, was murdered by Hamas, Bar had been struggling … Throughout this period, he had remained very close to Liron’s parents, visiting them regularly.”

“The horror of Oct. 7, it’s also this,” Benhaïm added. “Let us never forget. May his memory be a blessing.”

Video footage of Barda on Oct. 7 shows her administering first aid to victims of the attack. Her father told an Israeli outlet that he had begged her to escape.

“I spoke to her that morning. I asked her to leave the area. She refused; she said there were wounded people, and she was staying,” said her father, Avi. “This was Liron. I would have been surprised if she agreed to flee.”

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The "Holy" Yenuka Goes to Secular Court instead of Bais Din to Shut up his critics

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּשִׂ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם

לפניהם. וְלֹא לִפְנֵי גוֹיִם, וַאֲפִלּוּ יָדַעְתָּ בְדִין אֶחָד שֶׁהֵם דָּנִין אוֹתוֹ כְּדִינֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, אַל תְּבִיאֵהוּ בְעַרְכָּאוֹת שֶׁלָּהֶם, שֶׁהַמֵּבִיא דִּינֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי גוֹיִם, מְחַלֵּל אֶת הַשֵּׁם וּמְיַקֵּר שֵׁם עֲ"זָ לְהַשְׁבִּיחָהּ, 

The Storm Surrounding the Yenuka’s Legal Move

From moral lectures to the courtroom — the man who consistently preaches that accepting insults serves as atonement for the Jewish people has now turned to the civil courts.

The Yenuka’s decision to file a lawsuit against journalist Israel Fridlis continues to stir widespread astonishment and raise sharp questions about the gap between his words and deeds.

Following a video attached to the post, many followers wonder how someone who teaches his disciples that accepting humiliation is “the greatest gift” and “atonement for the Jewish people” chooses to wage a legal battle in civil court the moment he himself faces criticism.

The question is especially pressing in this tense period of security threats and after the passing of Rabbi Amos, known as “the protector of the generation,” when the Jewish people most need salvation and spiritual atonement.

Critics argue that this is not an innocent act of self‑defense but a carefully planned tactical move.

Its goal, they claim, is to create a smokescreen, intimidate critics, and block negative publications so that followers and the public will not be exposed to materials that cast doubt on his credibility.

Within the Torah world, harsh criticism has also arisen over the very choice to turn to civil courts — a step viewed as a serious halachic violation when done without explicit permission from a rabbinical court.

Conversely, those close to the Yenuka vehemently reject these accusations, asserting that the move — taken only after about a year and a half of silence — is a necessary measure to prevent harm, threats, and incitement against someone they regard as the greatest sage of the generation.

The controversy has sparked a broader discussion about the boundaries between spiritual ideals and practical defense. Is this a legitimate act of protection, or a maneuver meant to silence criticism?