Friday, January 30, 2026
What really Happened at the Weberman Hearing !
DIN: Tznees alert!
The hearing began with the judge stating that he would be granting the motion to vacate Weberman’s original sentence. Weberman had originally been sentenced to 103 years, but that sentence had been reduced by law to 50 years because of caps on incarceration. Weberman was then given an opportunity to address the court and his victim, who was present in court with her husband, her lawyer, friends, and advocates.
Weberman read from a prepared statement saying that he was not there to revisit the past. He said that he stood ready to take full, unconditional responsibility for the harm he caused. He said that he had misused the position of authority that was given to him and had desecrated God’s name. Turning to his victim he told her that she deserved a protector, and instead he had violated her. He told her that she had done nothing to deserved what had happened to her, that she had been an innocent child.
He then said that his time served – 13 years – had paid his debt to her, and that he stood before the court as a changed man. He pleaded to his victim, saying that he wasa truly, and deeply sorry.
The ADA, Joe Alexis, then asked Weberman to be more specific about what he was apologizing for. He asked Weberman if he accepts that his victim was 12 years old, and Weberman said he didn’t remember exactly, but that she was a child. The ADA then asked Weberman what specifically he had done to his victim. Weberman said it was sexual abuse. When asked to be more specific, Weberman bristled, saying he didn’t want to get graphic. His family was sitting in the courtroom, including two of his children.
He said that he’d been in jail for 13 years and couldn’t remember the specifics well enough to graphically say what it was, but it was sexual abuse, and that he didn’t want to think about it. The ADA asked him if he didn’t remember anything about it, and he said that he remembered what he’d said – that it was sexual abuse, but that he wouldn’t be using graphic language and it wouldn’t be true if he said it was this or that. The ADA asked him what he did remember. Weberman said “let’s call it sexual abuse.” The ADA pushed him, saying that Weberman kept saying that, but what did it specifically mean.
The next Israel-Iran war will not look like the last one
Iran’s threat to strike “the heart of Tel Aviv" should the US attack Iran sounds less like confidence than fear. It resembles a terrified animal puffing itself up to appear larger than it is. Iran desperately needs the world to believe it remains dangerous.
Tehran’s deranged mullahs are weaker-militarily, economically, diplomatically, and internally-than they have been in years.
Israel’s stunning success in its 12-Day War with Iran in 2025 stripped away long-cultivated myths of Iranian invulnerability. Israel demonstrated that it could penetrate Iran’s largely Russian air-defense systems and identify and strike key targets almost at will.
Kosher food and no women: The IDF's new guidelines for integrating Charedim
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has given final approval to the General Staff orders for the integration of haredim into the military, Channel 13 reported on Thursday.
According to the report, the orders are intended to ensure that every haredi soldier maintains the same way of life he did at home before enlisting.
Among the orders that will be incorporated into IDF regulations in some tracks: an absolute ban on women entering the base, and a ban on exposing soldiers to women.
In addition, the soldiers' commanders will only be observant, and in some tracks, there will be mandatory Torah study and prayers.
The order states that soldiers will be able to receive food in several levels of kashrut, according to the practice in their homes. They will be exempt from wearing a uniform in haredi population centers, and the customary oath of allegiance to the IDF will be replaced by a declaration of allegiance to avoid the Torah prohibition on false oaths.
In addition, an external rabbinical council will be formed to oversee the implementation of the orders.
Lapid & Bennett need Arab parties to form a government
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| Lapid & Bennett sit with the Atab MK |
The unification of the Arab parties negatively impacts Netanyahu’s opponents, who are unable to form a coalition without relying on the votes of the Joint List, according to a poll conducted by the "Mida" Institute for Channel 12 News.
The poll shows that if elections were held today, the Likud party would win 27 seats, and Naftali Bennett’s party would win 21.
The Joint List, if the Arab parties unite, would achieve 12 seats, the Democrats 11, Shas 9, Yesh Atid 8, Yisrael Beytenu 8, Otzma Yehudit 8, and United Torah Judaism 7.
The Religious Zionist Party does not pass the electoral threshold, but is close to it. Also, the Blue and White Party and the Reservists’ Party do not pass the electoral threshold.
The opposition bloc achieves 57 seats, while the coalition bloc has 51, with the Arab parties in the middle.
A union between Bennett, Yesh Atid, and Gadi Eizenkot does not bring any change to the bloc map. A joint party of the three would win 38 seats, with Likud maintaining its strength with 27 seats. In this scenario, the Joint List gets 12 seats, the Democrats 11, Shas 9, Yisrael Beytenu 8, Otzma Yehudit 8, and United Torah Judaism 7.
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Rabbinate Warns: Popular "MEHADRIN" Paraguay Beef Cuts Sold for Two Years Found Non-Kosher
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate issued an urgent kashrut warning after inspectors found a major failure in nikkur (deveining) on frozen beef imported from Paraguay, leaving prohibited fats (cheilev) in commonly sold asado products.
The concern spans multiple slaughter/production seasons over roughly two years, meaning significant quantities may already be in home freezers, butcher shops, and institutional kitchens.
Two specific products:
a premium frozen beef “asado” cut with bone under the Super Beef brand, and an asado-with-bone product marketed by Of Yerushalayim, produced in Paraguay. Consumers and retailers are instructed not to use the meat unless it is immediately corrected by a qualified menakker under kosher supervision, and to return affected product to the point of sale or through kashrut supervisors for reprocessing.
This is a halachic/kashrut compliance issue—not a food safety recall—but the Rabbinate is treating it as an urgent “stumbling block” and says distributors and mashgichim have been directed to pull and fix inventory fast.
Saudi Arabia’s Ugly Pivot Against Israel
by Dinah Bucholz
Before the war in Gaza, relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel had taken a hopeful turn, as the prospect of the Arab state joining the Abraham Accords appeared to be approaching reality.
But the Oct. 7 attack derailed that plan, which appeared to serve one of Hamas’s goals of starting the war. Still, even during the war, there was hope that Saudi Arabia would continue to soften its stance and normalize relations with Israel.
But tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have since escalated. The two countries had long enjoyed warm relations and a strong strategic partnership, but differences regarding Yemen have turned into an emerging rivalry amid increasing hostility, with Saudi Arabia demanding that the UAE withdraw from parts of Yemen, while drawing closer to Turkey and Qatar, both hostile to Israel.
At the same time, Saudi Arabia started to jack up its anti-Israel rhetoric, including anti-Jewish conspiracies, on its state-run media and its local Al-Jazeera station, as the hope for normalization with Israel receded in the rear-view mirror.
This calls into question the wisdom of the November 18 meeting between President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (also known as MBS) about the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. It also raises doubts about the reliability of Saudi Arabia as a U.S. ally, even as Trump continues to maintain a positive and warm relationship with MBS, who serves as the country’s prime minister.
The 770 Crasher May Mot have been a Terrorist He actually wanted to convert
The man who crashed his car Wednesday night into the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway was known to have visited other Chabad houses in recent months and reportedly sought to convert to Judaism but was turned away.
Authorities said the driver claimed a mechanical problem caused the crash and that he had no terrorist intent.
Final hostage, Ran Gvili, is laid to rest
The funeral procession for slain Israeli hostage, Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, HY”D, has set off for his hometown of Meitar, where he will be buried. Thousands of Israelis and saluting police officers are standing on the sides of the road to pay their final respects.
*“I just wanted to tell you, my beloved child, that the hope you might return to us on two legs, or even one leg, gave us hope,” his mother, Talik Gvili, said in her eulogy.*
“Rani, my love, I promise you that thanks largely to you, all of Israel remembered that despite all the divisions, we are one big, strong people. Everyone is worthy of your sacrifice.”
Ran’s father, Itzik Gvili, recited Kaddish over the coffin, saluted and said,
“Here, your friends are taking you.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu to the Gvili family:
“Our souls are bound to yours. We met many times, crossing continents and seas together, including a heart-wrenching meeting with President Trump in Florida. We witnessed, up close and with deep emotion, the power of parental and sibling love. We embraced you in your pain then, and today we embrace you again-together with the entire nation-as a hero of Israel is laid to rest in his homeland."
This photo explains why the Jews need a State!
If you don’t understand why Jews must be back home, look at this image.
From November 30th to December 8th 1941, Nazi Einsatzgruppen, with the help of local collaborators, carried out mass executions in the Rumbula forest near Riga, Latvia.
Nearly 25,000 Jews from the Riga ghetto were murdered in just two days, including thousands of children.
Breaking the Silence! I Survived Incest Abuse Inside My Own Family
DIN: Without judging her, I am very disappointed that she is allowing her abusers to continue abusing and producing more victims! I sincerely hope that with time she will report them to authorities.
I also must point out that I know of at least two other cases of incest in New Square!
Bassy is an incest survivor, advocate, and psychodrama co-facilitator dedicated to breaking the silence around childhood sexual abuse.
Through her lived experience and professional work, she focuses on spreading awareness, supporting prevention efforts, and helping remove the stigma and taboo surrounding incest and family-based abuse.
Bassy uses her voice to educate, empower survivors, and encourage open, honest conversations that promote healing, accountability, and safer communities.
The Famous Speech of Rabbi Lewin to the UN General Assembly July 1947 on the Agudah Position on Jews Returning to their Homeland
CHAIRMAN: I recognize Rabbi I. M. Lewin (CHAIRMAN of Agudath Israel). (Rabbi Lewin spoke in Hebrew.)
Rabbi I. M. Lewin: In the name of World and Palestine Agudath Israel, I wish to welcome you here and say how much we all hope that you may succeed in your task.
I think this is a first and unique event in history of representatives of fifty-five nations organized in the United Nations having come to the Holy Land, to Jerusalem, in order to hold an enquiry into the question of Palestine and of the Jewish People.
We appear before you as the representatives of independent orthodox Jewry organized in Agudath Israel in Palestine and all over the world.
It is our view that Divine Torah alone forms the eternal constitution of the Jewish people, and that it, and it alone serves as the foundation and essence of the existence of the Jewish people as the nation of the Lord; that Torah alone is the soul and backbone of that nation, and that whatever is formative in Palestine and within the Jewish people can be of lasting value and can have a right of existence only inasmuch as it is connected with and flowing from, the Almighty's Torah.
This, our view, presents an unbroken tradition of about 3,000 years, one that has forever been absolutely based on the Bible and its teachings, both written and oral, and that is independent and uninfluenced from any other spiritual foundation. In making this short address to you, I should like to assist you in solving the difficult problem in connection with which you have come here from this our point of view.
First of all: we declare the following to be our main aspiration, in which we feel united with the entire Jewish people.
The land of Israel and the People of Israel form one complete entity forever inseparable. In practice we demand, therefore, that the gates of the Holy Land be opened to all Jews wishing to come here; that the absorptive capacity of the Land be developed to the only possible limit; and that a political regime be established capable of guaranteeing free immigration, the development of the country and exploitation to the full of its absorptive capacity.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
The grandson of Holocaust survivors was blocked from attending the United Nations Holocaust Remembrance Day event in New York City after taking a photograph of influencer Lizzy Savetsky’s confrontation with security over an Israeli flag.
Julian Voloj was going through the security line at the U.N. General Assembly Hall when he saw security guards “harassing” Savetsky, a prominent pro-Israel social media influencer.
The security guards told Savetsky that she could not enter the event wearing her blazer, which had a bedazzled Israeli flag displayed prominently on its back. She was eventually allowed into the General Assembly Hall after checking her jacket.
“I do find it interesting that I was asked to check my Judaism at the door of an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event. Kind of ironic, no?” said Savetsky in an Instagram post about the incident.
After instinctively using his phone to take photos of the confrontation between Savetsky and security, Voloj said a security guard “stormed right to me, moved me aside, took my phone, used my face ID to access my photos and made me delete the pictures.”
From there, Voloj, who serves as the executive director of Be’chol Lashon, a nonprofit promoting Jewish diversity, said the security guard took his pass for the event and escorted him off the premises.
Satmar Believes Jews in Israel Should live under an Arab Flag but they don't like it when an Arab Enters KJ
This is too funny to be true!
The founder of the Satmar Chassidus, Rav Yoel Teitelbaum z"l wrote that Jews cannot have a State before Moshiach comes, he suggested that Jews in Israel live either under an Arab or International Flag!
In retrospect, we now know how smart that suggestion was, as the United Nations would have expelled the Jews a long time ago!
But when an Arab visits their "Holy" City of Kiryas Yoel to investigate how much welfare and federal grants they get, they don't like it one bit!
Ironically, this Arab is investigating Satmar's taking money from the "medina." This is too funny! It's Satmar that screams and barks that Jews in Israel "aren't allowed to take money from the medina" ...
My friends, there is a G-d!
They cannot tolerate this visitor for even half an hour, yet when Israelis suggest limiting Arab elements within Israel, Satmar denounces it as “hisgaris be’umos.” Somehow, though, they cannot handle an outsider in their own community for even a few minutes.
They are quick to criticize the State of Israel, but when they experience even a small taste of the medicine Israel faces constantly, the bitterness is hard for them to swallow.
מה ששנוא עליך אל תעשה לחברך
Chareidim learn from the Palestinian Authority and pay a stipend to Draft Dodgers who sat in jail!
Chardeim reading the news noticed that the Palestinian Authority pay those who kill Jews a stipend while in jail! So they reasoned "why, that's not a bad idea, why don't we grant those draft dodgers in jail a stipend!
The guy in the photo a chassan who doesn't look much like a "Mar be'rav Ashi" but because he dodged the draft and sat in prison he will get 30,000 shekels, that's close to $10,000, not bad for sitting a month in "summer camp"
The groom, Meir Yona, who sat for a long time in Prison 10, received a special grant from Charedim , in the sum of 30,000 NIS 3,000 for each day in prison. He is getting married in a month and a half.
Weberman nearly walked free — till he ‘forget’ details of his crimes at hearing, infuriating DA
רשעים אפילו על פתחו של גיהנם אינם חוזרין בתשובה
This arrogant pedophile with his sick perverted smile, was going to walk free that morning, but because of his smugness and "gaaveh" he will sit at least another 3 years!
A notorious Brooklyn Chasidic pedophile nearly walked free during a resentencing Tuesday — till he pretended to forget details of his crimes, and the furious prosecutor reversed course and pushed for more time.
Nechemya Weberman ended up with a sentence slashed down from 103 years to 18 years, although with time served, that amounts to just five years left on the clock for the pedo — and with good behavior, he could be out by 2028.
“Mr. Weberman’s outrageous behavior in court today personified why he remains a danger to society,” said Sarena Townsend, the lawyer for the sicko’s then-12-year-old female victim.
“His repeated denials and refusal to face his actions proved that his assurances of rehabilitation and remorse were lies.”
Weberman, a former counselor at a Williamsburg yeshiva now in his 60s, appeared vivacious, smiling and jovial on video feed from the maximum-security Shawangunk Prison in upstate New York — despite his supporters painting an image of a feeble man at death’s door.
He had been convicted on 59 counts and originally sentenced to 103 years in prison 13 years ago for repeatedly sexually abusing victim Rivky Deutsch for three years.
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office — under pressure from some members of the convict’s religious community for years — was prepared to effectively push to free the convicted sicko, having sought the resentencing on the grounds his 103-year stint was excessive and that he had already served enough time.
But Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Joseph Alexis changed course mid-hearing when Weberman claimed to forget the gory details of his misdeeds.
The pedophile attested to his remorse and apologized, reading from a statement, claiming he had spent years “in denial’’ and was “a changed man.’’
But Alexis demanded he go further and specifically attest to his criminal acts.
Weberman repeatedly responded “I don’t remember” when asked graphic questions about his crimes, including if he recalled forcing his pre-teen victim to perform oral sex.
“What’s troubling to me is that Mr. Weberman can’t remember,” Alexis said “The victim can never forget.”
“Quite frankly, if the defendant was forthcoming, I was authorized to offer 15 years,” Alexis said, a move that would have potentially seen Weberman walk free.
“But I am going to pivot away from that,” the ADA said.
A quiet and reserved Deutsch read her own statement to the judge, recalling, “His smug smile hurt the most.
“It would be tragic if in five years from now, someone else is standing here describing his own story similar to mine, your Honor. You have the ability to prevent that.”
Judge Matthew D’Emic’s new sentence gives Weberman five more years to recall his misdeeds, but with good behavior, he could be out in half the time.
“A modified sentence of 18 years with 10 years supervision remains a meaningful penalty,” the judge said.
Weberman, who has fought his conviction and sentence for years, could still further appeal the new ruling.
Sexual abuse advocates said the new sentence sends a “dangerous” message to survivors in the Hasidic community.
“[The DA] walked in ready to let [Weberman] walk out,” said Asher Lovy, director of the Orthodox Jewish victims group Za’akah.
“And the only reason he didn’t is because that dumb f–k was too stupid to just answer the questions and show a little bit of remorse himself.”
Amit Segal fact‑checks Biden advisers Lies and propaganda
Brett McGurk, senior adviser to former US President Joe Biden, sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, after Netanyahu suggested during his press conference that a US weapons embargo was among the factors that contributed to IDF casualties during the war.
“That statement by Netanyahu is categorically false. Biden left office with a ceasefire in Gaza and hostages coming home, a ceasefire in Lebanon with Hezbollah defeated, Iran in its weakest position since 1979 after two failed missile attacks thanks to the deployment of U.S. military forces and a coordinated response that destroyed Iran's air defenses," McGurk stated.
He added that Biden’s “commitment to Israel's security to include US military assistance was unwavering throughout the crisis."
Journalist Amit Segal responded with a detailed fact-check, writing, “And now to the facts: Biden imposed a partial arms embargo on Israel, halted the transfer of bulldozers that Israel had already paid for - which led to soldiers being put at risk and killed. He caused the IDF to enter Rafah with tanks that didn’t have full ammunition loads, which also put soldiers at risk and led to casualties."
Segal further noted, “Biden opposed the assassination of Nasrallah; his defense secretary cursed during a phone call with [then-Defense Minister] Gallant when Gallant told him that our aircraft had taken out the Hezbollah leader. Iran was not at a low point when Biden left - on the contrary, it was confident enough to launch two barrages at Israel."
According to Segal, “The ceasefire Biden longs for was, for him, a goal rather than a means."
He concluded: “We’ve all been around for more than a year, so we were here when it happened - there’s no need to cover us with lies and propaganda."
Emily Damari angered: 'We learned nothing' "Why are we sending food to Gaza" "THERE ARE NO INNOCENTS THERE"
Hamas survivor Emily Damari posted a video documenting a convoy of aid trucks on their way to the Gaza Strip and sharply criticized the decision to allow the trucks to pass through into the strip.
"By myself, I counted over 15 trucks on the road, but it's hard to believe that hundreds of trucks carrying food are flowing this morning to 'non-involved' people in Gaza," Damari wrote on social media.
She added, "Don't you still understand that there are no innocent people there?! Apparently, we haven't learned anything."
Since the ceasefire came into effect, 4,200 trucks are entering every week, following instructions from the political echelon. At the same time, IDF officials recommended reducing the number of aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip.
According to data presented recently in closed security discussions and published by Ynet, "The population in Gaza could survive with much less. 70% of the trucks belong to the private sector, which Hamas taxes twice, imposing a 15-25% tax on every truck of food, fuel, or medicine, and an additional tax when the goods are sold in the market. Hamas is making tens of millions of shekels a day, and the coffers are only shrinking."
According to the report, Qatar, Hamas's main patron, demanded the continued flow of thousands of trucks every week as a condition, meaning there is no discussion of halting the aid.
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