Polisher Airport Worker Wants to know why Jews are still traveling in Poland

 

Man in Photo Kneeling in Front of Nazis with Tallit Identified!

 The man in the photograph is Ber (Dov) Erlich, a Jew photographed during the Holocaust in the Łuków Ghetto in 1941.

He is seen kneeling, wrapped in a tallit, under the watch of German soldiers. Minutes after the photograph was taken, he was murdered. His grandson would one day be Meir Dagan, head of Israel’s Mossad. The story of israel.

Hamas Mocks the Trump Gaza Deal saying they will never Disarm

 Hamas is not pretending anymore.

Senior Hamas official Suhail al Hindi was explicit. They will never disarm. Not as part of a deal, not under pressure, not at any stage. Weapons are not leverage for Hamas, they are the mission. He even mocked the process, saying Western misjudgment has always worked in Hamas’s favor. That stance now runs directly into the emerging Peace Council framework and President Trump’s Gaza plan. Hamas has formally rejected disarmament, labeled its arsenal “essential for resistance,” and demanded a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza as a precondition for any discussion. This is not posturing. It is clarity. You cannot construct a peace framework around an organization that defines itself by armed struggle, celebrates violence, and openly states it will never give up its weapons. Any plan built on the assumption that Hamas can be disarmed voluntarily is detached from reality.

Vance is a genius, is able to talk about the Holocaust without mention the word "Jew" even once!

 

Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while humans create beautiful things and are full of compassion,… pic.twitter.com/2UwFcy4Kmp

— JD Vance (@JDVance) January 27, 2026

No Early Release for Child Sex Abuser Nechemya Weberman

by Asher Levy

 An excellent op-ed in today's New York Daily News by Guila Benchimol and Alissa Ackerman of Ampersands Restorative Justice about the upcoming Weberman hearing.

Tomorrow, Jan. 27, Nechemya Weberman, a prominent figure in the ultra-Orthodox Satmar community in Williamsburg, will have a resentencing hearing that could lead to his early release. Weberman was originally sentenced to 103 years in prison, which was later reduced to 50 years, for repeatedly sexually abusing a young girl beginning when she was just 12 when he worked as an unlicensed school counselor in the community.

Weberman is asking that the Brooklyn judge vacate his sentence entirely and resentence him to time served, arguing that his age, health conditions, and, most notably, that he no longer poses a threat to his community, are some grounds for his early release.

As survivor advocates and practitioners of restorative justice for survivors of sexual violence in faith communities and organizations, one of whom is a survivor of abuse within the Orthodox community herself, we support efforts to repair harm by helping harm doers take accountability outside of the criminal legal system.

We support reducing disproportionate sentences and compassionate release as policies. But Weberman should not be granted early release just 13 years into his 50-year sentence. Doing so, as Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has been consistently showing support for, would not only pose an imminent risk to the many girls he would have access to upon release, but also further erode trust in a legal system that has too often served as the last backstop for justice when insular religious communities fail to protect their own.

Watch Rani Gavili's body on its way back home to Israel

 

🚨WATCH: Rani Gavili's body on its way back home to Israel https://t.co/YGJtqEcIGI pic.twitter.com/28sTegr4Wp

— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) January 26, 2026

 The IDF says the body of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili has been returned to Israel from the Gaza Strip after 843 days, confirming that no hostages remain in Gaza.

The military notified Gvili’s family that he has been formally identified and brought home for burial, with his funeral scheduled for Wednesday.

“With this, the return of all living and fallen hostages from the Gaza Strip to the State of Israel has been completed,” the army said.

It is the first time since 2014 that no hostages are being held in Gaza.

Beyond the 251 hostages abducted on October 7, 2023, two Israelis who entered Gaza independently in 2014 and 2015 — Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed — were freed during the war, and the remains of two IDF soldiers killed in the 2014 Gaza conflict — Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul and Lt. Hadar Goldin — were also recovered.

The IDF said its forces operated continuously throughout the war, both on the front lines and deep inside enemy territory, often at great personal risk, driven by a steadfast commitment to bringing home every hostage, living and fallen alike.

According to the military, the completion of the hostage recovery effort reflects the IDF’s enduring pledge to Israel’s citizens: to never leave anyone behind.

ISIS Destroys 2,700-year-old carving of the earliest-known depiction of Jerusalem

 For millennia, hundreds of vivid bas-reliefs adorned the walls of the Nineveh palace of the legendary eighth-century BCE Assyrian king Sennacherib, depicting daring conquests richly described in Assyrian sources and the Hebrew Bible.

In 2016, Islamic State terrorists entered the palace, in modern-day Mosul, Iraq, and systematically smashed the artifacts. The long-surviving sculptures had enabled modern scholars to compare biblical information on Sennacherib with historical sources and archaeological findings since the 19th century. Had they not been destroyed, they would have likely had more to offer.

Among the treasures broken in the terror group’s campaign of destruction was a slab of stone that had adorned Sennacherib’s opulent throne room, which scholars long ago concluded depicts the Assyrian siege of the Philistine city of Eltekeh.

But new research analyzing photographs and drawings of the largely overlooked bas-relief before its destruction suggests that it actually shows Jerusalem, making it the oldest-known depiction of the city.

Pentagon’s New Strategy Elevates Israel as “Model Ally,” Revives “Peace Through Strength”

 The Pentagon has unveiled its 2026 National Defense Strategy, marking a sharp doctrinal shift toward a “peace through strength” posture that elevates Israel as a central U.S. strategic partner, prioritizes homeland defense, and places unprecedented demands on allies to shoulder more of the global security burden.

The 34-page document, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, represents one of the most consequential resets of U.S. defense policy in years — formalizing the Trump administration’s post-October 7 Middle East strategy, codifying the results of recent military campaigns against Iran, and signaling a more transactional approach to alliances in Europe and beyond.

Iran protests death toll hits more than 31,000 as Trump sent 'all-out war' message

 Devastating new data from Iran's deadly protests has exposed that a staggering 33,000 people have lost their lives as the oppressive government intensifies its suppression of the nation's revolt.

Earlier assessments had indicated that between 16,500 and 18,000 deaths occurred during the first two weeks of turmoil; however, that number has now climbed to approximately 31,100. These alarming figures emerge as Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's administration issued threats of war should the US intervene in response to the country's situation.

The Iranian demonstrations began across multiple cities on December 28 last year, initially fueled by anger over soaring inflation, food costs and the plummeting value of the currency. Starting with shopkeepers and merchants protesting at Tehran's Grand Bazaar, who were subsequently joined by university students, the unrest quickly expanded to other major urban centers.

The government has responded with a savage and ruthless crackdown, resulting in nearly 100,000 injuries and thousands of fatalities, reports the Daily Star.

A source connected with protest movements in Iran characterized the casualties as a 'genocide'. They said: "The latest figures are off the scale. This was genocide."

In addition to the fatalities, 97,645 individuals have sustained injuries, with 30 per cent suffering eye trauma, according to research conducted by Prof Amir-Mobarez Parasta.

The German-Iranian ophthalmologist and human rights advocate also stated that the government was carrying out executions of protesters - despite warnings from US President Donald Trump. Hospital records revealed that 468 individuals were executed in Tehran alone, with over 500 additional deaths occurring in other parts of the nation.

Trump has announced that a US 'armada' is en route to the Middle East and stated that Washington is closely monitoring Iran.

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, accompanied by several guided-missile destroyers, continues its deployment toward the Middle East. US military commanders at Centcom are reportedly developing strategic plans and are believed to have reached Israel.

However, an Iranian official warned that the country would regard any attack "as an all-out war against us".

Yesterday, more than 100 demonstrators assembled outside Downing Street, urging the UK Government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Israeli Guinness Record Attempt for Kidney Donors

 More than 1,000 people gathered overnight at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center to attempt a Guinness World Record for the largest number of kidney donors in a single photo, marking 2,000 Israeli kidney donations.

After initially boycotting Israel, Guinness World Records sent representatives to review the event for inclusion in the 2027 book. President Isaac Herzog said the moment exposed the hypocrisy of boycotts over saving lives.

The event was organized by the nonprofit Matnat Chaim, which promotes voluntary kidney donation to save lives

It took Satmar 75 Years to Find out that protests don't work !

It took the death of a Satmar Bocher for Satmar to come to its senses! Two weeks ago when the young Litvishe Bochur got killed by a bus driver, that didn't stop Satmar from protesting! But when it hit home, then they came to their senses! 

The Satmar Rebbe issued a dramatic and unprecedented directive on Motzei Shabbos instructing all Satmar chassidim in Israel to refrain from participating in protests, following the deaths of two young yeshiva students during recent demonstrations.

The directive comes after the killing of Yosef Eisenthal, z’l, and Naftali Tzvi Kramer, z’l, who were struck by Israeli bus drivers during or after protest activity.

The incidents sent shockwaves through the charedi community and intensified concerns over the safety of protest participants.

During a chizzuk address delivered at his vacation residence in Palm Springs, California, the Rebbe spoke about the growing dangers surrounding the demonstrations.

He warned that the situation on the ground has deteriorated to the point where it now poses a real threat to life.

The Rebbe stressed that the preservation of human life must take priority above all else.

He said there is no justification for placing yeshiva students and avreichim in circumstances that could lead to serious harm or tragedy.

Reckless Chardeidie Parents allow their 6 year-old to smoke !

 There are videos of this child smoking right in front of his mother, and she encourages him! 

This reckless behavior is what is causing the killing of their Children and teenagers at the protests and what caused the Meron Tragedy! 

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Berlin Rabbi Reuben Yaakobov 49 father of four Convicted of Sexually assault ..did it to 32 other women

 A Berlin district court has found a rabbi guilty of “sexual assault and sexual coercion by exploiting a moment of surprise,” a misdemeanor under German law.

The criminal case was brought by the Berlin public prosecutor and by one of multiple women who have accused the rabbi of a range of sexual abuses dating back almost two decades. Anyone with a complaint may press charges, Michael Petzold, a press spokesman for the public prosecutor, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Many of the women — including the co-plaintiff in this case — have said they thought they were his only victim, until news reports emerged following his firing by the Jewish community in Berlin on June 1, 2023. 

The saga proved significant because it marked a rare instance of a rabbinic firing by an organized Jewish community in Germany. It also initiated a new openness to discussing abuse allegations within the community.

Iranian Source Claims Jews Taken Hostage by Regime

 

An Iranian source reports that in the cities of Kerman, Yazd, and Isfahan, several Jewish residents have been taken hostage by the regime and threatened with property confiscation and severe imprisonment.

Why it’s possible to slightly lower the level of panic of Iranian bombing Israel

 At the start of Operation Rising Lion in June, Iran was operating at 100% of its launch capabilities. The operation ended with 33 fatalities in Israel. Since then, Iran’s launch capability has been significantly reduced

Without minimizing any loss of life, Israel possesses what is likely the best and most effective air-defense system in the world — and I don’t use superlatives lightly.

 An interception rate close to 90% is almost unimaginable, and certainly unprecedented on a global scale when facing ballistic missile launches of this magnitude.

Beyond that, most potential launches from Iran are prevented in advance by proactive Israeli Air Force strikes — often before the launches even take place, and sometimes before the missiles or launchers are deployed in the field (there is clear data on this, though we won’t go into it here).

In addition, even though the Iranians have improved in this area since the attacks in April and October 2024, they still suffer a significant failure rate of roughly 20%–30% of the ballistic missiles fired toward Israel.

Finally, any missiles that do get through encounter our protected rooms and shelters. These are so effective that even if a missile with a half-ton warhead lands about 10 meters away — or even closer — there is still a good chance that those inside a protected room or shelter will survive.

In other words, your building — and even your apartment — could take a direct hit from an Iranian missile with a fairly large warhead, and you would still have a reasonable chance of surviving.

*Bottom line:* Israel is not alone. Follow Home Front Command instructions, and your chances of being harmed will be very low.

China arming Iran to Fight Israel!

Although reports of up to 16 Chinese military cargo aircraft landing in Iran surfaced more than five  days ago, their implications continue to ripple. 

If accurate, the sustained airlift points to deeper Chinese involvement behind the scenes, quietly reshaping the balance around Iran and Israel. 

The silence since then may be the most telling signal of all.

DIN"s Night Out In Tel Aviv

 

In this week's Parshas Bo there is an interesting Rashi that I never really understood until this past Thursday night when I spent the evening in Tel Aviv! 

Moshe Rabbeinu tells the Jewish people by the 10th and final plague, not to leave their homes:

וּלְקַחְתֶּ֞ם אֲגֻדַּ֣ת אֵז֗וֹב וּטְבַלְתֶּם֮ בַּדָּ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־בַּסַּף֒ וְהִגַּעְתֶּ֤ם אֶל־הַמַּשְׁקוֹף֙ וְאֶל־שְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזוּזֹ֔ת מִן־הַדָּ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּסָּ֑ף וְאַתֶּ֗ם לֹ֥א תֵצְא֛וּ אִ֥ישׁ מִפֶּֽתַח־בֵּית֖וֹ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר׃

“You shall take a bundle of hyssop, dip it into the blood that is in the basin, and apply it to the lintel and to the two doorposts from the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the entrance of his house until morning.

Rashi comments that if a Jew was in an Egyptian home that night, he would nevertheless be saved and would not die

הֲרֵי שֶׁהָיָה יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּבֵיתוֹ שֶׁל מִצְרִי, שׁוֹמֵעַ אֲנִי יִלְקֶה כְמוֹתוֹ, תַּ"לֹ "וְלֹא יִהְיֶה בָכֶם נֶגֶף" (מכילתא)

Let’s walk through this Rashi slowly.

Rashi describes a Jew so distant from his roots that he ignores Moshe Rabbeinu’s explicit command to stay inside on this critical night. Not only does he disregard the instruction—he’s out socializing with his Egyptian neighbor. In other words, he doesn’t believe a word Moshe is saying in the name of Hashem. And yet, Rashi says, he will still be saved, even though he is not inside a protected home marked with blood to identify it as Jewish.

I never fully understood that… until last Thursday night in Tel Aviv.

A supporter of the kollel where I learn donated a Sefer Torah to a shul in the heart of Tel Aviv, just around the corner from Dizengoff—an area where the clubs and bars stay open all night. They set up a tent to write the final letters, and then the entire ten‑block radius was closed to traffic. Cars and buses were stopped in place, including buses packed with people, for two hours.

When the music began, something incredible happened. People— who are so far removed from Yiddishkeit that many had never seen a Hachnasas Sefer Torah in their lives—poured out of restaurants, clubs, and bars. They clapped, they joined the dancing, they watched with fascination. Passengers from the stopped buses ran out to see what was happening. Not a single person complained.

Then the singer suddenly called out, “Shema Yisrael!” and “Hashem Hu HaElokim!” People closed their eyes, tears streaming down their faces, and repeated those holy words. In my entire life, I have rarely witnessed something so moving

And in that moment, Rashi made perfect sense. Hashem is not mevater on a single Jewish neshama—not even one who believes in nothing, not even one in a bar in Tel Aviv.

Hashem loves them just as deeply as He loves those learning in kollel. And when the final redemption comes, the Jews in the bars and clubs of Tel Aviv will be saved and uplifted together with the Jews in Bnei Brak and Yerushalayim

Charedim who hate and vilify Zionists will learn that Hashem loves Zionists dearly as they are the ones getting credit for beautifying Hashem's gift to Klall Yisrael , a country built , Leshem Ultiferes

The tragedy by the plague of darkness was

לֹֽא־רָא֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אָחִ֗יו

When one doesn't see their brother, then you have darkness

Let's pray that there should be light in all of Klall Yisrael

וּֽלְכׇל־בְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָ֥יָה א֖וֹר בְּמוֹשְׁבֹתָֽם׃

Tearful Kaddish by Soldier’s Son Stuns Mourners at Mount Herzl

 A hushed stillness fell over Israel’s Mount Herzl military cemetery as the young son of fallen reservist Asa’el Babad struggled through the words of the Mourner’s Kaddish, his voice trembling and breaking with tears beside his father’s grave.

When the prayer ended, grief turned into a collective cry of faith. Hundreds of mourners — soldiers, family members and strangers drawn by loss — began singing “Ani Ma’amin,” the ancient declaration of belief in redemption, their voices rising together through the cemetery in a moment of shared heartbreak.

Babad, 38, died after succumbing to severe wounds sustained months earlier during fighting in Rafah. He was laid to rest Thursday at the national military cemetery in Jerusalem, a place reserved for Israel’s fallen, as his wife and five children stood beside his coffin.

Friends and relatives described a man of quiet strength and unwavering faith — someone who never complained, even when the burden was heavy. “That’s how God wanted it,” his wife, Hagit, recalled him saying, even in the hardest moments. “Without questions. Without doubts.”

During her eulogy, Hagit spoke through tears of a husband who built their home with steadiness and love, who listened more than he spoke, and who lived simply but bravely. She told mourners that his organs were donated to save others, calling it a final act that reflected a life devoted to helping those around him.

Babad, a resident of the Binyamin region, served as a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces. Fellow soldiers remembered him as someone who acted without fanfare, saying only, “I’m doing what I need to do.”

As the singing faded and the mourners slowly dispersed, many lingered — unwilling to leave the sound of faith that had risen from unimaginable loss. For one family, and for a nation at war, the funeral became a painful reminder of the human cost carried by those left behind.

Major Airlines Suspend Flights to Tel Aviv Amid Regional Tensions

 

Airlines across Europe are beginning to suspend flights to Israel and parts of the Middle East, with Air France, British Airways, and KLM among the carriers announcing cancellations and service halts.

Air France confirmed it has canceled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai, citing the evolving security situation in the region. The airline did not immediately provide a timeline for when service might resume.

British Airways announced it has suspended its evening service to Dubai, while monitoring developments closely and reviewing additional routes as needed.

Meanwhile, KLM said it has halted flights to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, becoming one of the first major European carriers to suspend service across multiple Middle Eastern destinations.

Industry officials say flight cancellations are expected to increase gradually as airlines reassess safety conditions and airspace restrictions. Passengers are being advised to check directly with airlines regarding upcoming travel and rebooking options.

The cancellations come amid heightened regional tensions, prompting airlines to prioritize passenger and crew safety while coordinating with aviation authorities.

More updates are expected as the situation continues to develop.

Zera Shimshon Parshat Bo