Chusid Shoitah! Massive Chilul Hashem!

This picture has gone viral, and you saw it already, but what you dont knows is, that the world media is making fun of frum Jews!

Read this from the Huffington Post

A picture of an Orthodox Jew encased in a giant plastic bag is causing some debate on the Internet this week, as commenters attempt to explain the man's unusual traveling garb.

Redditor "FinalSay" posted the picture of the man early Thursday morning to the r/atheism subreddit, with the caption, "An Orthodox Jew in an airplane with women - so he covers himself with a plastic bag..."

Ultra-Orthodox Jews adhere to a strict set of guidelines that include gender segregation in public. In fact, Haaretz reports that Israeli airline El Al has noticed an increase in the number of ultra-Orthodox men asking to switch seats to avoid sitting next to women. (One woman even sued the airlines for allegedly moving her to the back of a plane after ultra-Orthodox men refused to sit next to her.)

However, netizens were quick to point out that the "flying with women" explanation may not be entirely accurate.

"This has nothing to do with women," user "thenewyorkgod" wrote. "He is a cohen,' descendant from the high holy priests of the temple and they are not allowed to walk into or fly over a cemetery, which would render them impure."

Indeed, there seems to be some precedent for holy men (alternately known as a Kohen or Cohen) attempting to travel in plastic bags to and from Israel.

In 2001, El Al Airlines decided not to allow ultra-Orthodox Jews of priestly descent to "hermetically seal themselves in plastic bags when flying over the Holon cemetery in order to avoid ritual impurity."

El Al stated "flight safety considerations do not allow for passengers to board while covered in sealed plastic bags."

Still, the paper reported that in 2002 a flight crew got into a heated dispute with anultra-Orthodox passenger who attempted to fly wrapped in plastic, according to Haaretz. The confrontation eventually led the pilot to turn the plane around.

Thank G-D that there aren't any more problems in Israel, except for Women wearing Talitot!

Baruch Hashem, we can now be satisfied that  we do not have any more problems in Israel. We can now concentrate to fight the women davening with Talitot at the Kotel!

Friends of slain Beachwood nurse Aliza Sherman gather downtown to offer reward, keep alive her memory

A crowd of about 80 of Aliza Sherman’s friends and family gathered near the site of the Beachwood woman’s murder to not only announce a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of her killer, but also to keep alive her memory.
Emotions ran high the morning of April 9 as those assembled remembered Sherman, 53, near the downtown Cleveland Erieview Tower parking garage off East 12th Street where an assailant stabbed her 11 times.
“We have to raise community awareness for our beautiful friend, Aliza,” said Mary Feuer, a Beachwood resident who knew Sherman 22 years.
Sherman was in the midst of divorcing husband, Sanford, a divorce that had dragged on nearly three years. Sherman had just had a meeting with her divorce lawyer when she was attacked in the garage at about 5:30 p.m. March 24.
Police have released no further statements pertaining to the investigation.
“We’re not going to let this go,” Feuer said, her voice cracking with emotion. “We can’t sleep.
Jan Lash met Aliza Sherman 28 years ago when they took Lamaze class together. Lash considered Sherman her best friend and said Sherman called her from Cedar Road hill on the way to her final visit with her lawyer.
“Whoever did this is a monster and doesn’t have a soul,” said Lash, of Solon. “I’ll never be the same.
“I talked to her every day. It was an awful divorce. She apologized to me for being so down.”
Sherman was the mother of four, ages 28, 25, 23 and 17, and was known for her deep Jewish faith and love of animals.
“I have a lot of sadness for her children who are suffering so much,” Feuer said. Then, speaking to anyone who might know something about the murder, Feuer said, “Please step forward and do the right thing.”

Solon resident Jan Lash, who considered Aliza Sherman her best friend, is pictured in this undated photo, at right, with Sherman. Photo courtesy of Jan Lash. 

Dr. Hanna Lisbona, of Pepper Pike, met Sherman when Lisbona began her residency 30 years ago at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Lisbona and Sherman also worked together at Cleveland Clinic, where Sherman was an in vitro fertilization nurse at the time of her death.
“She was a wonderful person,” Lisbona said. “I learned a lot from here. We all did.
“She always knew how to say thank you, to make you feel good. She was very considerate, gentle and loving.”
Lisbona said she was in Israel when she learned through text messages of her friend’s death.
“My sister lives in Washington, D.C., and when I told my sister about what happened, she knew immediately who I was talking about when I said Aliza because I talked about her so much.”
The Friends of Aliza Sherman have raised $23,000 in reward money. Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County Coordinator David Rutt said that money, added to the $2,000 Crime Stoppers’ reward, means someone could earn up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer.
“They can give us a call and remain anonymous,” Rutt said.
The Crime Stoppers number is 216-252-7463.
“We just want any information,” Lash said. “Somebody knows something, or somebody will brag or talk about doing it. We just want to hear something.”
See more Beachwood news at cleveland.com/beachwood.

216-986-5862
Twitter: @JeffPiorkowski

$25,000.00 reward for information on murder of Aliza Sherman

The reward has reached $25,000 for information on the murder of Aliza Sherman March 24 outside the Galleria at Erieview.

The Friends of Aliza Sherman have joined with Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County in an effort to catch the person or persons responsible for her brutal murder.

The Friends of Aliza Sherman, according to friend Mary Fuery, are offering up to $23,000 and Crime Stoppers is offering up to $2,000, for information leading to the arrest and conviction.
Police have no suspects at this time.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 216-252-7463 or visit the Crime Stoppers web site www.25crime.com and leave a confidential web tip.
With Crime Stoppers, you never give your name -- you remain anonymous.

Rabbi Lau in Aushwitz on Yom Hashoah! March of the Living 2013

Yeshiva University Law School Will Honor the Anti-Semite Jimmy Carter YM"S

On Wednesday, the Journal of Conflict Resolution at Yeshiva University's Cardozo School of Law will bestow an award on former president Jimmy Carter. The award, chosen by the students who run the journal, has stirred intense controversy at the historically Jewish institution, given Carter's embrace of the anti-Israel movement in recent years and his eager association with openly antisemitic leaders in the Arab and Muslim world.

A group of Cardozo alumni, calling itself the Coalition of Concerned Cardozo Alumni, has established a website, shameoncardozo.com, that summarizes the case against Carter, including an image of him interacting warmly with Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader in Gaza and Palestinian Authority prime minister who is responsible for ongoing terror attacks targeting Israeli civilians. Carter's error-filled 2006 book Palestine: Peace not Apartheid blamed Israel for the flagging peace process and placed him on the margins of debate on the issue.

Yeshiva University and Cardozo administrators deny any association with the decision to grant Carter an award. Lori Lowenthal Marcus of The Jewish Press reports that despite reassurances by Dean Matthew Diller that he would not be at the ceremony, "a letter obtained by The Jewish Press that was sent by Dean Diller to certain 'high roller' alumni inviting them to the event made clear...Diller plans to be front and center at the event."

The school's Journal of Conflict Resolution has stirred controversy in the past. Broadcaster and Cardozo alumnus Yishai Fleisher recalls that ten years ago, the journal chose to honor Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who had taken a vitriolic, and in some respects antisemitic, stance against Israel. Fleisher encouraged opponents of the Carter award to mount a vigorous protest against the ceremony rather than shut down the event itself.

Lipa Shmeltzer has his own "Shtetel" in Airmont, Video

Lipa is the man, has his own littlle town, where everybody is accepted, isn't that what the Baal Shem Tov really wanted? How far have the Chassidim gone away from the real purpose of being a Chasid?
see this inspiring video!

Jamie Geller, former Monsey resident doing mini-series "Joy of Israel" Video

Jamie Geller

Never before has the beauty of Israel been showcased for the world to see in reality TV format with the mission of educating, exciting and connecting people to Israel. This new series will reshape the entire image of living in Israel into one that is exciting, inspiring, and beautiful.

That is what Joy of Israel with Jamie Geller is all about! (and you can see for yourself in Episode #1 above, that we just launched!)

It is an online web video series, that will be converted into a feature length film for both film festivals and TV Specials, giving a face-lift to the image of living in Israel, for people worldwide.

Jamie Geller’s successful web video series “Joy of Aliyah” garnered over 145,000 video views on YouTube and generated great interest and excitement for Israel and aliyah. Due to popular demand, a new series “Joy of Israel with Jamie Geller” will capitalize on the “Israel” buzz created by its predecessor and will follow Jamie and her family’s first year in Israel, now showcasing the joy of living in Israel.

Most importantly, the series will capitalize on the medium of food throughout as a vehicle to open up Israeli life and culture to viewers. This will be accomplished by visiting noteworthy culinary locales in Israel – restaurants, vineyards, dairies, farmer’s markets etc… sharing a behind-the-scenes look at how Jamie is expanding her food media and marketing company in Israel to include photo shoots, test kitchen access, industry conferences and trade show exhibitions… and meeting and showcasing various Israeli personalities both prominent and undiscovered sharing both their stories and a day in their lives.

Each episode will be hosted by Jamie with her trademark warm, generous, personable personality that viewers have come to expect. Jamie will be meeting, sharing, showcasing, learning, laughing and crying with her new friends... revealing 
to the world, the real Joy of Israel.
See http://jewcer.com/project/joy-of-israel-with-jamie-geller

Islamists implement lashing punishment in Libyan town

Moshe Stern, Satmar Chassid takes down Spring Valley Mayor

Moshe Stern's house in Monsey

Moshe Stern making a L'chayim

By Sandy Eller, VIN

A chasidic Jew from Rockland County has been identified as the cooperating witness who helped the FBI uncover a massive plot to rig the 2013 New York City mayoral race and led to the arrest of six politicians who allegedly accepted bribes.

Multiple NYC media outlets are reporting Morris Stern as the witness who was instrumental in pulling together the arrests of Senator Malcolm Smith of Queens, City Councilman Dan Halloran of Queens, Bronx GOP chairman Joseph Savino,  Queens GOP vice president Vincent Tabone and Mayor Noramie Jasmin and Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret, both of Spring Valley, as previously reported on VIN News.

According to an article in 2010 by Forbes.com, (http://onforb.es/txZ5HN) the 40 year old Stern who is also known as Mark Stern or Moshe Stern is a Monsey resident who was born in Argentina.

Originally in the garment business, Stern moved on to the real estate business and is described in media accounts as a real estate developer. Stern graduated Satmar Yeshiva United Talmudical Academy in Kirays Joel in 1991.

Stern made headlines in 2007 when he defaulted on loans he took out from Citigroup in excess of $100 million, several years after two companies that he owned went bankrupt.  The matter sparked a complicated federal criminal investigation and the New York Post reported (http://bit.ly/Xp5lCS) that Stern pleaded guilty in federal court three weeks ago as part of his cooperation deal.

Stern and the undercover FBI agent led the politicians involved to believe that they were wealthy developers looking for to curry favor and would use their economic resources to help Smith bribe his way into City Hall in exchange for political favors that would pave the way for their upstate development projects.