Friday, November 6, 2026
Senate Democrats Will Not Let Trump Put A ‘Right-winger’ On The Supreme Court, Schumer Vows
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is vowing that Democrats will not allow President Donald Trump to put “a right-winger” on the Supreme Court once they take power, raising the possibility that his party could block a presidential nominee if there is a vacancy in the next two years.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Schumer would not say if he would hold a Supreme Court vacancy open until after the next presidential election, as former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell did in 2016. But he said that Democrats are “not going to allow any crappy nominees” to be confirmed to the Supreme Court — or to the lower courts or Trump’s Cabinet, either.
“The bottom line is we’re not going to allow a right-winger on the court,” Schumer said.
Schumer’s pledge came two days after Democrats won a decisive Senate majority in the midterm elections — a feat few predicted a year ago, when Schumer was facing intense criticism from progressives within his party and Senate Republicans were betting that a favorable map and backing from Trump would help them keep power.
While there is still frustration with Schumer in some corners of the party, the New Yorker is expected to easily be reelected as leader by his caucus after leading them to wins in Republican-leaning states across the country. Democrats could have as many as 56 seats in the Senate if they win Mississippi and Alaska, which still have not been called — “a durable majority,” Schumer predicts, that has been 20 years in the making as he has been directly or indirectly in charge of his party’s Senate campaign operation.
With so many seats, Schumer is betting that “it’s not just a flip of the Senate once.” And the party will have the power not only to reject any of Trump’s nominees, forcing him to seek more moderate choices, but also to halt the Iran war and alter policies that they have been unable to counter in the minority.
Navigating divided government, Schumer says focus will be on costs
Schumer says the party’s agenda will center around lowering prices, along with five issues that they have focused on in the minority — healthcare, housing, Trump’s tariffs, childcare and lowering energy bills. He has said Democrats will try to ban federal elected officials from stock trades, and limit consumer costs from data center expansion.
Democrats also want to investigate Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids across the country and scrutinize the Trump administration, which he says is the “most corrupted administration by far in American history.”
But Schumer would not get into specifics, or how he plans to get around Trump — who posted a picture of a red hat with the word “veto” in large letters on election night.
Beyond Trump, Schumer will also have to navigate his own caucus, including progressives who have criticized him and incoming freshman who won red states and would not commit to supporting him for leader during their campaigns. And to pass any legislation, he will still have to win Republican support as well.
He predicts that Republicans will suffer more losses “and keep following Trump over the cliff” if they don’t work with Democrats in a bipartisan way.
But that will not be easy. Schumer would not say if he would try and eliminate the filibuster, which he tried and failed to do when he was majority leader during President Joe Biden’s term, to allow Democrats to pass legislation with a simple majority instead of 60 votes.
“The focus has got to be on getting things done,” he says. “That’s all I am saying.”
Asked if he would support a third Trump impeachment after Trump was impeached and acquitted twice during his first term, Schumer responds that he would support an impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, an effort that House lawmakers have already launched.
And Trump? “That’s up to the House,” Schumer said.
Election wins two decades in the making
Schumer first led his party’s campaign arm in the 2006 cycle and has had a hand in every election since then, with mixed results.
He attributes this year’s wins to good candidates and a focus on local issues in Republican states — the effect of Trump’s tariffs on farms in Iowa, where Democrat Josh Turek won, Trump’s war with Canada in Maine, where Democrat Troy Jackson beat Republican Sen. Susan Collins, and data centers in Ohio, where former Sen. Sherrod Brown won after losing his seat two years ago to Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno.
Still, the party’s focus on lowering costs was “a message that resonated everywhere,” he says. “That’s a big difference than in the past.”
The Democrats who won were not all his recruits — in Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed represents the progressive wing of the party and beat Schumer’s original choice for the seat, Haley Stevens, in the primary. But Schumer poured $67 million into that race to help El-Sayed and the two “talk regularly,” he said.
Schumer’s future is unclear
Even with his winning record this year, it is still unclear how long he will stay in power — and how long the party will support him as some call for a new generation of leadership. He is up for reelection in 2028, and he won’t say if he’ll run again for a sixth term.
“I’m focused on 2027,” said Schumer, who became the party’s Senate leader in 2015.
Senators in his caucus are sticking by him, but many are also agitating for change as they enter a new era of power.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a potential contender for the 2028 presidential nomination who has not committed to supporting Schumer, said in an interview with the AP on Wednesday that Democrats need to have an “open and honest discussion” about the next leader.
Vermont Sen. Peter Welch said in a separate interview that Schumer “has to adjust and open things up and take into account the criticism of our efforts.”
Still, Welch said, there’s no indication of a leadership challenge. “Schumer did an incredible job on this campaign,” he said.
NC Democrat Who Posed Smiling at Nazi Crematorium With Message That Trump Supporters Belong There Wins State House Race
NC Democrat Who Posed Smiling at Nazi Crematorium With Message That Trump Supporters Belong There Wins State House Race
North Carolina Democrat Shelly Kates Headen has won her state House race despite controversy over a photo showing her grinning in front of Nazi crematorium ovens, circulated with the words: “This is where Trump supporters belong.”
Another post attributed to her reads: “I think our only hope is an attack on US soil… preferably Alabama, Louisiana… where the stupid people live.”
JBN Editor’s Note:
Who stands in front of Nazi crematorium ovens grinning from ear to ear? Who does that? This is a solemn place where innocent victims’ remains were burned. It demands reverence and respect, not a beaming smile and a message suggesting fellow Americans belong there.*
Thursday, November 5, 2026
Israeli Rabbanim in London Address Women Behind a "One Way Mirror" as if the Woman were fish in an aquarium
The truth is a lot funnier than fiction! Who comes up with these ideas?
The last time this "schnorr" Organization, Keren Olam HaTorah did something like this was in Israel addressing thousands of Seminary Girls behind a curtain!!
Women were outraged and Keren Olam HaTorah got a lot of flack, so someone who as a child was probably fascinated with watching fish swim in a bowl, decided without asking advice from his mother, wife or daughter who I assume are females, on how to have these Tzdekei Olam, Gedoilei Hador, address thousands of naive women and get them to pressure their husbands to spend their hard earned money!
What better way than to put them all into an aquarium!!
I don't know what these Holy Gedoilim who I presume are married to females, thought about this degrading spectacle which turned out to be a huge Chillul Hashem! The entire world is mocking the Gedoilim bringing the worst out of decent people, who normally have the highest respect for Talmedei Chachamim!
If they don't want to look at women they could have easily have spoken on video!
This Keren Olam HaTorah is basically raising hundreds of millions of dollars around the world to sustain the willingly unemployed kollel community in Israel which is dependent on billions of dollars in government funding, because they refuse to work and share in the tremendous burden of securing the holy Land!
They will probably keep flying these old men in private Jets every month because they need to close the huge gap that the Zionists provided which is close to a Billion Shekels or if you wish $ 315 Million Dollars !
They are running out of men who want to be fleeced every other month so Keren Olam Ha Torah decided to go after the ladies but not before throwing them all into Goldfish Bowls! These schnorring campaigns will obviously not be sustainable in the long run, especially during war times!
But my question is: I met Real Gedoilim in my lifetime, and they all spoke to woman directly, yes there were a few who didn't but most of the Torah leaders all spoke to women directly, in fact I was at Lakewood dinners during the lifetime of Harav Shneur Kotler z"l and the dinner had mixed seating!
97-year-old dies at his own birthday party moments after dancing to Bee Gees’ ‘Stayin’ Alive’
A 97-year-old California man died at his own birthday party moments after dancing to the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive” — a “dramatic exit” that the fun-loving senior would have wanted.
Los Angeles baker Eden Malinoff, 24, revealed the remarkable story of Vito, her neighbor, after throwing him a Halloween-themed 97th birthday bash last week.
Vito was seen clapping, swaying and smiling while he was dressed in a black button-down shirt and dress pants as the ‘70s disco classic played during the celebration, in footage Malinoff posted to TikTok on Monday.
The senior appeared to be having the time of his life before the celebration took a tragic turn and he suddenly died at the party — shortly after guests had sung “Happy Birthday” to him.
“This past week was Vito’s 97th brirthday and in true Vito fashion, he wanted to celebrate by throwing a Halloween birthday rager,” said Malinoff, who runs the cake and cookie business Baked.
“So of course I made him a cake. When I asked him the secret to living such a long life, he told me it was to never drink cheap liquor,” she continued, explaining that she made him a red wine chocolate cake in his honor.
The baker praised Vito for his youthful energy, saying he was a beloved member of her friend group despite being decades older than most of its members.
“If I learned one thing from Vito, it’s to never let your age stop you,” Malinoff said.
“This man lived his life to the fullest, all the way up until his last moments, quite literally. At 24 years old, I could not keep up with this man, he was the life of the party,” she continued.
Malinoff said the night took a heartbreaking turn, but Vito’s final moments were still filled with the people and music he loved.
“Unfortunately the night did not end as anticipated and Vito made a dramatic exit. But if there’s any way he could have chosen to go out it would have been like this,” she added.
“He was surrounded by people he loved, we were celebrating his long and full life, and I’m just so grateful I got to be a part of it.”
Vito’s best friend also confirmed his pal’s death on social media, saying the 97-year-old had medical issues that those around him had not realized were so serious.
“He had some medical issues that we didn’t know the severity of, and he passed away peacefully with his favorite music going,” the friend posted.
Malinoff’s tribute video has since attracted 9.5 million views on TikTok.
“RIP to an absolute legend,” she captioned the video.
@bakedsocal Replying to @Bleeblop ♬ original sound - baked
Shabbat in a Changed Israel: How Israelis have embraced Shabbat since October 7
by Carol Unger
If there is a silver lining to the cloud that has hung over our nation since October 7, it is the remarkable increase in faith and Shabbat observance.
Since the earliest days of our history, Shabbat observance has been a defining marker of Jewish identity. The term shomer Shabbat has long served as shorthand for a Torah-observant Jew, even finding its way onto tombstone epitaphs. In our times, when the majority of Jews have moved away from the traditional day of rest,
Shabbat-with its many intricate halakhot-remains one of the most challenging mitzvot to reclaim. And yet, in the wake of the tragic events of October 7, a growing number of Jews in Israel, especially hostages and hostage families as well as October 7 survivors, have embraced this foundational mitzvah.
Perhaps the best known of them is twenty-year-old former hostage Agam Berger who famously demonstrated an inner strength of Biblical proportions by resisting her captor’s demands to violate Shabbat. Berger’s journey to Shabbat did not start in a Gaza tunnel. It began in her suburban Tel Aviv home nearly a year before her abduction, when Agam’s beloved grandmother, Sima Rosenthal, suddenly passed away. “She had been my whole world," says Agam’s mother, Meirav. As a merit for her mother’s soul, Meirav decided to start keeping Shabbat.
Why Shabbat? Meirav, who lives in Holon, near Tel Aviv, attributes the decision to a book she read Lo Bikashti Lavo Laolam (I Didn’t Ask to Come to This World), a collection of thought-provoking articles based on the teachings of the well-known Chabad lecturer Rabbi Manis Friedman.[1] The book led Meirav to realize that the Creator has expectations of us, including observing Shabbat. “I decided I would keep Shabbat for a year," she recalls. During that first year, Meirav kept Shabbat mostly alone, sometimes joined by Agam and her twin sister, Li-Yam.
From the moment Agam was abducted from her army base in the Gaza Envelope on October 7, the rest of Meirav’s family joined her in keeping Shabbat. Meirav’s decision didn’t just transform her home-it inspired her neighbors to make the same commitment. For six weeks, she recited morning and evening prayers in Agam’s room until it occurred to her that a Torah scroll should be brought in.
“I put a sefer Torah in her room," Meirav recalls. “Eventually, I moved the Torah into the lobby of our building." Soon after, the neighbors began to gather there to pray together on Shabbat.
“Every Shabbat, seventy to eighty people-some of whom had never attended Shabbat services before-came together to pray, hear a devar Torah and share the third Shabbat meal," Meirav recalls.
Now that the scroll is housed in a synagogue, Meirav and her neighbors still hold a Friday night service together in the plaza outside of the family’s home.
From the moment Agam was abducted from her army base in the Gaza Envelope on October 7, the rest of Meirav’s family joined her in keeping Shabbat.
Meirav is far from alone in recognizing the power of Shabbat. “There is a trend. Many people took on Shabbat observance," she says.
Among them is Merav Daniel, from Kfar Saba, who began to keep Shabbat on October 7 after learning that her son Oz, a soldier stationed near Gaza, was missing. For 142 days, Merav and her family held out hope that he had been kidnapped rather than killed, until the army discovered his blood stains on a tactical vest and stretcher-both were buried in a funeral the Daniels held for their son. They learned that Oz was killed while fighting the terrorists on the first day of the war. As of this writing, they are still waiting for the return of his body. For Merav, Shabbat is the way she honors her son’s memory. “Shabbat is a holy day with great meaning. I feel a need to protect this day because it does something good for Oz’s soul," she says.
Meah She’arim-born Tzili Schneider is one of a small but dedicated group of kiruv workers who have supported these families almost from the moment their loved ones were taken captive.
A former teacher, mother of eleven and founder and CEO of the Jewish unity initiative Kesher Yehudi, Schneider first met the hostage families in the winter of 2023 when she visited the protest tent they pitched outside of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence. “As a haredi woman, I thought I would be criticized," recalls Schneider. Instead, she was welcomed. After Schneider offered each of the mothers of hostages a hug, all of the women became teary-eyed. “I then pointed to their sign with the words ‘Bring them home now,’" she recalls. “‘Who can do this? Bibi?’ I asked.
At once, all fingers pointed Heavenward. ‘So let’s tell Him. Let’s do something that Hashem won’t be able to refuse.’" Schneider’s idea was to give the hostage families a chance to keep one Shabbat according to halakhah. A week later, thirty-eight members of hostage families gathered together at a Jerusalem hotel for that purpose. For many of them, this was the beginning of their journey into Shabbat observance.
Schneider has glowing memories of that Shabbat. “It was a Shabbat of pure holiness. The families didn’t skip a single prayer service," she recalls.
Since that time, Schneider and Kesher Yehudi have held many more such Shabbatot.
In the spring of 2024, Schneider had another dream. “I wanted the Nova survivors to keep Shabbat in the merit of the hostages," she recalls. When she shared the dream with one of her supporters, New York-based philanthropist Ralph Rieder, she got the green light to move forward.
By the time of this writing, the organization has held five Shabbatonim enabling Nova survivors to keep Shabbat in the merit of the hostages. Schneider says that miracles have ensued. “Sinwar was killed. Then, Nasrallah. The Nova survivors’ Shabbat makes an impression in Heaven."
Schneider says that 230 members of the hostage families and survivors have Torah study partners arranged via Kesher Yehudi and at least half a dozen formerly secular hostage families and thirty-five Nova survivors have become Shabbat observers. That has a tremendous ripple effect. “If one person starts to keep Shabbat, he can influence another ten people," says Schneider.
After a missile fell 200 meters from our warehouse, thirteen people approached us telling us they want to keep Shabbat.
That’s where V’Shamru comes in. Founded in the aftermath of the Meron tragedy in 2021 and dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives, V’Shamru is committed to helping Jewish families embrace keeping Shabbat across Israel and around the world by providing “Shabbat kits." Over the past two years, especially since the outbreak of the Swords of Iron war, V’Shamru has helped more than 40,000 families start observing Shabbat. Designed to remove barriers to keeping Shabbat, each kit includes essential items such as a ceramic hot plate, electric kettle, Kiddush cup, Shabbat lamp and Shabbat timer as well as books that explain Shabbat. The Bnei Brak-based organization provides the kits at no cost.
Additionally, V’Shamru matches recipients with shomer Shabbat families in their communities for support and guidance. “We want them to have someone to speak with about halakhot and for help in getting ready," says Rabbi Avihai Darshan, who founded the organization together with the singer Avraham Ben Yisrael.
“Before the war, we distributed twenty to thirty kits each week," recalls Rabbi Darshan. Since the Gaza war started, that number has doubled, and when war broke out with Iran in June 2025, the numbers rose once again. “After a missile fell 200 meters from our warehouse, thirteen people approached us telling us they want to keep Shabbat," says Rabbi Darshan.
For those who are not used to keeping Shabbat, even with the right supplies, taking on Shabbat can be a formidable challenge.
Part of the challenge is FOMO (fear of missing out). “Shabbat is when all the best festivals take place," says twenty-nine-year-old Nova survivor Shira Cohen, from Ramat Gan, who took her first steps back after attending a Kesher Yehudi Shabbaton. Gradually, she moved along to full observance. Shira wants to help others, especially those who live in secular environments where keeping Shabbat can feel lonely. “I want to rent a large house. Then everyone who finds it hard to keep Shabbat alone can come to me."
On the same page is Tehila Dvir, an ADD coach from Tzefat who also took on Shabbat observance in the wake of October 7. In May 2025, Tehila posted a video on social media suggesting a gentle path into Shabbat, which has garnered more than 50,000 views. “You can introduce Shabbat slowly," she says. “There are ups and downs in the process. For example, you might watch a movie on the computer but not drive, or you can put up a hot plate and not cook," she says.
“Start with small things. Just think about one Shabbat, not about forever."
Having taken on the mitzvah of keeping Shabbat, Shira and Tehila are deeply devoted to observing the holy day each week-and have no regrets. “Shabbat," says Tehila, “is a present to my soul."
I am a Palestinian and this is my message
"Hello, I am Palestinian.
And since honesty is so rare in my politics, let me confess a few things.
1947. The UN offered me a state. Alongside Israel. Borders, independence, recognition. I said no. My leaders promised that war would "drive the Jews into the sea." Instead, I lost everything and they called it a catastrophe. Not because they didn't offer me a state, but because I rejected it.
1948–2025. Arab states could have integrated me, given me rights, passports, dignity. Instead, they locked me in refugee camps for generations, so I would remain a weapon against Israel. They built palaces for themselves and prisons for me. They used me as propaganda, not as people.
1967. After another lost war, I could have built a state in the West Bank and Gaza. Instead, I insisted on "no peace, no recognition, no negotiations." Three noes. Fifty years later, I still have no state. Turns out, rejection doesn't pay the rent.
Oslo, 1990s. Israel said: "Let's try it." It gave me autonomy. Weapons for the police. Billions in aid. What did my leaders do? They stole the money, armed militias, and launched an intifada. Suicide bombings instead of schools. Rockets instead of factories.
Gaza, 2005. Israel left completely. No settlers, no soldiers. I had the chance to turn Gaza into a Mediterranean Singapore. I voted for Hamas. They turned it into Mogadishu by the sea. Billions in aid? Tunnels, rockets, and palaces for their leaders, while my people eat canned food in the dark.
Democracy? I haven't had elections in nearly 20 years. Hamas kills dissenters in Gaza. Fatah imprisons them in the West Bank. My leaders cancel elections because they're too busy fighting for power.
Religion. Instead of building a future, I put clerics on TV teaching children to hate Jews. I glorify "martyrs" who blow up buses. I raise my children with songs of blood and fire instead of books and science. I trade hope for holy war.
Arab world. Arab regimes call me "brother." But ask them how many Palestinians can live freely in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, or Kuwait. They exclude me, but celebrate my death, because my death is their excuse.
Absurdity. I keep saying I want to "build a state." And ironically, right next door is Israel: the neighbor that built a thriving democracy, a tech powerhouse, farms in the desert, cities from dust. No oil, no infinite wealth, just courage. I could have learned, copied, collaborated. Instead, I chose envy and rage.
Anti-Jewish obsession. I could have accepted Jews as neighbors. I could have said: "Two nations, two states." Instead, I repeat: "From the river to the sea." Instead of displaying honor, hospitality, and rich Arab culture, I showed only the culture of the sword: anger, extremism, and blood. Instead of shouting salaam (peace) to Israelis, I shouted death to the Jews. And then I pretend to be surprised when Israelis don't trust me, when they're angry, disappointed, and convinced I don't want coexistence at all.
Responsibility. I blame Israel for everything. Always. My leaders steal billions? Israel's fault. Hamas fires rockets from hospitals? Israel's fault. I glorify death over life? Israel's fault. Responsibility isn't my strong suit.
I am Palestinian.
I could have built a nation, many times. I chose rejection, corruption, and endless war. I could have lived in peace with Israel, but I chose to live in the shadow of its destruction.
So yes, I am a victim. But too often, I am a victim of my own leaders, my own choices, and my own refusal to let go of hate.
And that, dear reader, is the tragedy no one wants to admit.
An answer to Vance
by The Rational Animal
Let's start with Vance's method. A team of data analysts obsessing over electorate composition, pollsters asked to explain the loss after it happens, a survey handed to defecting voters asking what would bring them back. This is the technique of a pragmatist.
A man of principle could not care less about polls. He cares about ideas and whether they are right or wrong, and he would rather lose every election in his lifetime doing the right thing than win a single one doing the wrong thing. He holds a standard, measures his actions against it, and knows before the returns come in whether he governed by it.
Victory means nothing to him if the price is his principles, because a victory won by abandoning what is right is a defeat in everything that matters. That is not what is happening here. These men are asking the crowd what it feels because they have no idea what is true, then adjusting their convictions to match the answer. Ayn Rand named this method decades ago. When men abandon reason as their guide, the opinion survey becomes their substitute for thought.
Observe what the assessment leaves out entirely.
Not one word about tariffs, a tax on Americans that the Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional and the administration reimposed under a different statute, running through two years of roughly 6% cumulative inflation.
Not one word about roughly 30 government equity stakes in private companies, which is socialism practiced by the party that claims to oppose it.
Not one word about a brand new universal entitlement, two trillion dollar deficits, or a 40 trillion dollar debt. "Focus on cost of living" appears as a polling answer with no causal analysis attached, because the causal analysis indicts their own record. The most honest assessment somehow misses every policy the voters threw them out over.
Then Vance's 4 conclusions which are out of context slogans which are meaningless as such. The reason we lost is the war. Half true and twisted. Hitting the regime that has waged war on us for 47 years was right and four decades overdue. What voters watched afterward was the goal line surrender, a so called deal championed by the appeaser Vance, who stood at Lake Lucerne praising the framework as the foundation for a final agreement while it waived Iran's oil sanctions and released $12 billion in frozen assets to a regime left standing, with our forces still taking fire in the strait.
The failure is not that we fought. The failure is that we paid the enemy and called it peace while they still shoot at us to this day. And buried at answer four is the actual agenda, change our relationship to Israel. This disgusting faction of the Republican party that cannot define socialism while its administration practices it has one firm conviction, pushing away the only free nation in the region, our one reliable ally against the theocracy we are trying to buy off, just as Obama did. At least Obama dropped the pallets of cash for all to see.
This is why Republicans and Democrats keep winning in alternating cycles while freedom loving Americans lose a little more freedom each time. Both parties govern by the same premises, spending, controls, entitlements, state stakes in industry. Neither offers an alternative, so voters punish whoever stands closest to the wreckage while the wreckage keeps growing.
The pollsters then measure the anger and recommend sharper messaging, and Walsh pronounces the measurement honest.
Honesty is the refusal to fake reality. An assessment that evades tariffs, socialism, and a bought off theocracy while blaming the one thing done partly right is not honest. It is a crowd reading performed by men who long ago stopped checking their premises against anything but each other.
"Sicko" Indig Congratulates Hochul, Letitia "Tush" James
Indig with his community of "shventz" will take the entire Jewish people down all for the Benjamins ! We are our worst enemy!
Big night for New York! Congratulations & Mazel Tov to Governor Kathy Hochul, Attorney General Letitia "Tish" James and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli on decisive reelection wins. The Jewish community thanks you for always standing with us, and we look forward to the work ahead
— Rabbi Moishe Indig (@MoishIndig) November 4, 2026
One of the most appalling results from the midterm election has been realizing just how many Jews are suicidal
One of the most appalling results from the midterm election has been realizing just how many Jews are suicidal. So I looked at the exit polling data a little bit more closely. Jewish women are the worst category of suicidal idiots. Followed by oblivious Jewish grandparents. The only pleasant surprise has been young Jewish voters who seem to have broken away from their elders, at least by a tiny bit.
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) November 4, 2026
Baruch Deutsch Found Not Guilty on All Charges Despite him admitting to sodomizing Children
Baruch Deutsch Found Not Guilty on All Charges, Likely Because of Statute of Limitations; Defense Attorney Admits to Abuse, Disputes Timing
On Day 5 of Baruch Deutsch’s bench trial, the judge found Deutsch not guilty of 6 counts of first degree sodomy against a minor under 13. The verdict followed shortly after each side presented its summations. In the defense’s summation they didn’t dispute that Baruch Deutsch sexually abused the victim. Deutsch repeatedly admitted to sexually abusing his victim on a controlled call played in open court. The defense’s case and summation largely centered on casting doubt on the victim’s ability to remember abuse within the specific window of the last two weeks of December, right before his bar mitzvah.
That issue was pivotal because of the statute of limitations on the applicable charges. Sodomy in the first degree of a child under the age of 13 doesn’t currently have a statute of limitations, but the same charge for a victim over 13 has a statute of limitations that has already passed. While the alleged abuse occurred over a period from 2001 to 2003, the only chargeable period of alleged abuse was the last two weeks of December, 2001. In his closing arguments, Deutsch’s lawyer admitted that the only element of the charged crimes in dispute was the relevant time period.
Deutsch may have avoided justice on a technicality, but a courtroom full of people heard him repeatedly admit to orally and anally raping a child. His supporters may claim that he’s been exonerated, but that’s the opposite of what transpired. The community should continue to exercise caution around Baruch Deutsch.
America’s Election Results: A Wake-Up Call, Not a Tragedy
I am not saddened by the results of America’s elections. On the contrary, I believe they may be precisely the wake-up call that American Jewry desperately needs. While many see the political upheaval sweeping the Western world as a reason for despair, I see another message from Hashem, calling His people to recognize the extraordinary times in which we are living and finally come home.
Throughout Jewish history, Hashem has communicated with His people in different ways. Sometimes His messages arrive through extraordinary miracles, so overwhelming that even skeptics struggle to explain them away. The Six-Day War, the rescue at Entebbe, Israel’s remarkable pager operation against Hezbollah, and other extraordinary episodes of Jewish survival remind us that history is not simply a collection of random events. There is a Master of the Universe directing the unfolding story of our people.
These are the pleasant messages. They inspire us, strengthen our faith, and remind us that Hashem has not abandoned His people. Ideally, they should be sufficient to awaken us to our responsibilities. But what happens when we celebrate the miracles, thank Hashem, and simply return to business as usual?
JD Vance blames Israel for midterm losses
US Vice President JD Vance blamed growing dissatisfaction with America's relationship with Israel as one of four major reasons Republicans suffered such grievous losses in the 2026 midterm elections.
In a lengthy post on X analyzing the Republican defeat, Vance revealed that internal polling had identified demands to change US-Israel relations among the leading concerns of voters who supported President Donald Trump in 2024 but voted for Democrats two years later.
According to Vance, a pollster whose predictions closely matched the election results asked former Trump supporters what would persuade them to return to the Republican Party.
The four leading responses, which Vance said accounted for nearly all the answers, were:
1. End the war.
2. Focus on the cost of living and inflation.
3. Put America First.
4. Change America's relationship with Israel.
"Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats," Vance wrote.
The Vice President claimed that dissatisfaction with US policy toward Israel has become a significant electoral concern among some voters who previously supported Trump, although Vance did not specify what changes those voters wanted in the relationship between the two countries.
Vance argued that Republican losses could not primarily be attributed to low turnout, explaining that the party's supporters had participated in substantial numbers but that many had crossed party lines.
In Florida, for example, he noted that the electorate was nine percentage points more Republican than Democratic, only slightly less favorable to Republicans than in 2024.
"The main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026," he wrote.
Vance said his campaign's data analysts had initially been optimistic because Republican turnout appeared relatively strong, even in states where polls predicted significant Democratic victories.
However, one analyst warned him that the numbers concealed a serious problem: voters who had supported Trump and Vance in 2024 were angry with the administration and intended to support Democrats.
"Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us," the analyst reportedly told him.
Vance also revealed that another pollster had predicted Republicans would lose the national generic congressional ballot by 13 percentage points, a margin that surprised even him.
While acknowledging that Republican economic messaging may have been inadequate, Vance insisted that the principal reason for the party's defeat was the war.
"The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night," he wrote.
He defended television personality Rachel Campos-Duffy, who had faced criticism for advocating a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, saying that her political advice had proven sound.
Vance also warned Republicans against using the election results to promote immigration amnesty, arguing that such proposals would fail to address the actual reasons voters had abandoned the party.
"If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest," he wrote.
"But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there."
Despite the election setback, Vance concluded with an appeal to disaffected Republican voters to remain politically engaged and support candidates who share their views.
"To the people who are pissed off and want to say, 'I told you so': you're right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview," he wrote.
"To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let's take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country."
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
אתחלתא דגאולה-..... UPDATED!!!!!.....Real Gedoilim Sign that the Establishment of the State Of Israel ... is the beginning of our redemption ...Updated List !
From: EMAILIM BATORAH
Saying that the establishment of the State of Israel was the אתחלתא דגאולה (the beginning of the redemption from the גלות) in a contemporary Yeshivishe crowd will, at best, invite ridicule; at worst, it will be labeled as outright כפירה (heresy).
Yet, over seventy-five years ago, a קול קורא (public declaration) was signed and publicized by some 200 prominent Rabbonim—many of whom belonged to אגודת ישראל.
In this historic proclamation, they explicitly stated that the founding of the State of Israel constituted an אתחלתא דגאולה.
Given this historical reality, it is profoundly difficult to explain how so many of the past generation's גדולים could have drastically erred in their דעת תורה, signing their names to an idea that today's Charedi world dismisses as כפירה.
Some of the signatories (not in any order)
R. Zev Schwartzman (father of R Dov)
R Zvi Yehudah Edelstein (father of R Gershon & R Yaakov)
R Reuvein Katz (Petach Tikva)
R Eliyahu Mishkovsky (Kfar Chasidim)
R Yaakov Landau {Bnai Brak)
R Rafual Kook (Tveryah)
R Zvi Pesach Frank
R. Binyamin Mendelson (Kommemiut)
R Yechiel Michel Tikuchinsky (Eitz Chaim)
R Zalmen Sorotzkin
R Yechazkel Sarna (Yeshivas Chevron)
R Yechiel Schlesinger (Yeshivas Kol Torah)
R Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Yeshivas Kol Torah)
R Eliyahu Dushnitzer (Yeshivas Lomzha) Rebbie of R Chaim Kanievski zt"
By By USA!!!! Satmar antizionists projected to take over the US Senate & House! ...
Now we have Abdul El-Sayed, winning the Michigan Senate seat, making him the first Muslim elected to the US Senate. In his victory speech he said
"Tonight we can turn Inshallah into Alhamdulilah"
Despite scandals, Ilhan Omar easily won reelection in Minnesota!
Rashida Tlaib won another term in Michigan's 12th Congressional District House of Representatives.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a vicious antisemite easily won reelection !
In New York, the Satmar Rebbe's girlfriend Kate'eleh Hochol won reelection as Governor by a landslide!
Both Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, openly vicious antisemites won their primaries!
The self-hating Jew Brad Lander won a Congressional Seat in NY'S 10th District with help from Jews!
Aber Kawas, a Palestinian-American activist , has won New York’s 12th State Senate District in Queens, becoming the first Palestinian-American and Muslim woman elected to the New York State Legislature.
I suggest that you read comments about Israel from those who won last night, and you will unfortunately see no substantial difference between their official positions and the Satmar Shita!
They all believe that Israel should not exist! Period!
Why are we wondering when goyim, descendants of Eisav and Yishmael speak like this , when Zera Avraham have the same talking points!
Know that many of these candidates had Jewish backing and Jewish votes!
When you have Jews, "Frum Jews" sounding like Goyim then we need to stop and think why we are not stopping this. Why are we encouraging the Indigs of our communities to have the last word? Why are people even interviewing them?
And now in the midst of this sea of hate, Litvishe "Gedoilim" travel to Europe to spread Loshon Hara just get a couple of Shekel!
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