Islamist Arrested In Brussels Jewish Museum Murders

French police have arrested a man suspected of being involved in the shooting deaths last weekend of four people at Brussels' Jewish Museum, official sources in Belgium and France said on Sunday.

The 29-year-old Frenchman was arrested in the southern French city of Marseilles on Friday and had a Kalashnikov and another gun with him, a French police source said. The man, from the northern city of Roubaix, had been in jail in 2012. AFP quoted sources close to the investigation as naming the suspect as Mehdi Nemmouche.

French media reported that the man was suspected of having stayed in Syria with jihadist groups in 2013.

French President Francois Hollande confirmed a suspect had been arrested and said France was determined to do all it could to stop radicalized youths from carrying out attacks.

"We will monitor those jihadists and make sure that when they come back from a fight that is not theirs, and that is definitely not ours ... to make sure that when they come back they cannot do any harm," Hollande told reporters.

The message "to these jihadists is that we will fight them, we will fight them and we will fight them", he said.

Hollande has said previously the attack was motivated by anti-Semitism.

"This is a relief," Joel Rubinfeld, head of the Belgian League against Antisemitism told BFM TV, saying he had received confirmation of the news.

"But this is also worrying us ... it is crucial that countries who have citizens who have gone to Syria take all necessary measures to make sure this does not happen again."

Police released a 30-second video clip from the museum's security cameras showing a man wearing a dark cap, sunglasses and a blue jacket enter the building, take a Kalashnikov rifle out of a bag, and shoot into a room, before calmly walking out.

Two of the four people killed in the attack, which authorities have surmised may have been motivated by anti-Semitism, were an Israeli couple from Tel Aviv who were vacationing in Belgium.

The bodies of Emanuel and Mira Riva of Tel Aviv, aged 54 and 53, were flown back to Israel last week and they were laid to rest on Tuesday.

Samuel & Diana Hirt Robbed at Gumpoint in their home, Friday Night in Beverly Hills

Hirt Home

Beverly Hills police continue their hunt for three intruders who shot an Orthodox Jewish woman last night after invading and robbing her home.

Both Samuel and Diana Hirt, who live at 420 Doheny Road in Beverly Hills, were home last night when the incident occurred at approximately 8:30 PM.
 
The Hirts host a minyan in their home and, reportedly, someone knocked on their door shortly after davening ended. The couple opened the door and three masked men barged into the their home. Police said that at least one of the men was holding a handgun.

Both Hirts were tied up by the intruders who also shot Mrs. Hirt in the leg. The robbers reportedly dragged the husband and wife throughout the house in their search for valuables. The burglars departed through the front door, fleeing the crime scene in a vehicle which drove away eastbound on Doheny Road.

Samuel Hirt untied himself after the intruders left and called police. According to CBS News, both victims were taken to Cedars Sinai Hospital, where Mrs. Hirt was treated for her injury, which was deemed to be non-life threatening. Mr. Hirt was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure and was discharged today.
The Santa Monica Police Department conducted a search of the area with the Los Angeles Police Department, but so far, no suspects have been located.
Police did not say what items were taken from the home.

Blogger Rabbi Harry Maryles Defends Novominsker Rebbe's Criticism of "Open Orthodoxy"

Harry Maryles

As controversy continues to swirl around the Novominsker Rebbe’s public condemnation of Open Orthodoxy at the Agudah Dinner this past week,
the Modern Orthodox Rabbi and author of a popular blog on Orthodox Jewish thought has publicly expressed his own assessment of Open Orthodoxy, agreeing that it is inconsistent with Orthodox Judaism.

Rabbi Harry Maryles, a Chicago resident who writes the blog Emes V’emunah, said the despite the fallout from Rabbi Perlow’s remarks, there are times when it is imperative to speak out.
“There has been a lot of negative reaction, but sometimes you have to stand up and say the truth, when Torah hashkafa is being called into question you can’t let it go unchallenged.”

 Rabbi Perlow had harsh words for Open Orthodoxy, likening it to the Conservative and Reform movements and calling it “heresy.”

 

Maryles, who was in Rabbi Perlow’s 12th grade shiur at Beis Medrash L’Torah in Skokie,Illinois believes that there are two components that are integral to being an Orthodox Jew.
“One is the belief system, believing that the events in the Torah actually happened, The second is following the mitzvos. Those are the two things that make you Orthodox.”

Of particular concern to Maryles are public statements made by proponents of Open Orthodoxy, including Rabbi Zev Farber, a graduate of Yeshiva Chovevei Torah.
“After studying bible critics, he very strongly questioned whether events in the Torah actually happened and said that they were allegorical,” said Maryles. “No Torah was given at Sinai. Moshe Rabbeinu didn’t exist. The Avos didn’t exist. His understanding of the Torah is that it was an unfolding revelation and that while the bible is divinely inspired, the actual events described couldn’t have happened. This is apikorsus and has be to labeled as that.”

Allowing for the possibility that the events in the Torah didn’t actually take place puts Open Orthodoxy in the same category as Conservative Judiasm, says Maryles.
“Conservatives don’t require you to believe in biblical criticism, but they consider it legitimate and Open Orthodoxy is doing the same thing,” noted Maryles. “In terms of theology they are the same. That is kefira and violates at least some of the thirteen ikarim of the Rambam, which we have accepted as the basis of our faith for generations.”

Rabbi Asher Lopatin, president of Yeshiva Chovevei Torah, which describes itself as an “open Modern Orthodox rabbinical school”, invited Rabbi Perlow to further discuss the issue at hand.
“I welcome the Novominsker into the conversation of how all of us Orthodox Jews can bring the light of Torah to all Jews, in a meaningful way,” said Rabbi Lopatin. “Yes, the Novominsker Rebbe’s words were harsh, especially for a fellow Chicagoan, but I hope it can lead to a healthy engagement and discussion. We at Yeshiva Chovevei Torah, our talmidim and musmachim, are ready to learn from and listen to all who have a Torah message. That is what inclusive, passionate and Modern Orthodoxy is all about.”

Maryles said that his rejection of Open Orthodoxy has not necessarily been well received by all.
“I have gotten a lot of flak from my friends on the left, but I have to speak the truth. Proponents of Open Orthodoxy claim that they believe in the Torah but they allow someone like Zev Farber to be a member in good standing and they allow the negation of events in the Torah as part of their theology. You can’t do that and still call yourself Orthodox.”

While there were those who advised him to stay silent, saying that his statements would alienate those who currently consider themselves to be Open Orthodox, but might one day step up their religious observance and beliefs.
“You can’t accept kefira as a method of kiruv,” observed Maryles.
Maryles declined to comment on whether or not the Agudah dinner was the proper venue for the Novominsker’s attack on Open Orthodoxy, although he agreed that with the secular media in attendance, it might not have been the best time to take on this topic.
“I am not going to second guess or criticize the Rebbe,” said Maryles. “I am not in a position to criticize someone of his stature but as a leading rabbi in America, he has a right to speak out.”

 

Hillary Clinton in New Book says: Video caused attack on Bengazi? She wants to be President?

The liar tries to weasel out of the truth, and writes in her book, (Bold lettering is ours):

"there were “scores of attackers that night, almost certainly with differing motives. It is inaccurate to state that every single one of them was influenced by this hateful video. 
It is equally inaccurate to state that none of them were. Both assertions defy not only the evidence but logic as well.”

Excuse us, Miss Liar, this was a well planned attack,to coincide with 9/11 anniversary, and nobody ever heard or seen the video!

And Administration officials themselves who originally attributed the Benghazi attack to the video  retracted that account following criticism.

Clinton also writes that she didn’t see cables requesting additional security, a point she made during her congressional testimony in 2013.

Isn't this your job as Secretary of State, Miss President Wannabe?
If you didn't see the cables, you have no business being an administrator of State Department. Stay in retirement! 

Listen to this Chutzpah:
"Those who exploit this tragedy over and over as a political tool minimize the sacrifice of those who served our country,”

Miss "old bag" .....  an ambassador of the United States was brutally raped and then murdered, you don't think we ought to know what happened?"

Miss ("At this point, what difference does it make?") Clinton,"stay out of our lives! 

Gedolim speak to 10,000 empty chairs, set for Ladies Asifah against the internet!

The Yeshivah World Blog reports that the Gedolim spoke to 10,000 ladies at an Asifah whose agenda was to rant  against the internet, but they only posted pictures of empty chairs!

Just asking: Who was taking care of  the approximately 50,000 children that were home?

Another dumb question: why were they afraid to post the pictures of the ladies? For The guys on the internet? The guys know where to look if they want to look at ladies; they aren't looking at the "Asifah Cholent Ladies" believe me on this one!

No cheesecake to the husbands this Yom Tov! No time for that, must run to the Asifah!

10,000 invisible ladies

Some more invisible ladies

Gedolim addressing the empty chairs

More Gedolim addressing empty chairs!

This Gadol closes his eyes, not to G-D forbid peek at an empty chair!

Meir Porush tells embattled Jews in Europe that "It may not be better for Jews in Israel"

Sounds familiar?
Didn't the Satmarer Rebbe, R' Yoel Teitelbaum z"l, and the Belzer Rebbe z'l and others tell European Jews to stay where they are before WW2 broke out? Even those who held visas to Palestine?

Well, this Shaygatz, Meir "PourCrap' Porush is mimicking those same words to the Jews that are facing severe anti-Semitism in the European countries!

Tell me, guys, why is this not like what the "meraglim" said?
I'll bet that in a couple of years the Yeshivishe World will re-write what this "Shaigatz" just said.

MK Meir Porush of United Torah Judaism today dismissed a call by presidential hopeful MK Meir Sheetrit of Hatnua on European Jews to move to Israel, in the wake of the strengthening of extremist parties in the European parliament.
Arutz Sheva reports that Porush responded to Sheetrit by saying that the situation in Israel for chareidim may not be better than in Europe. “Over there they are interested in preventing the Jews from their share of the budget and here it is done to the chareidim,” he charged.

40 Beit Hillel "Gedolim" Pasken that Girls Can Join the IDF!

The Beit Hillel association of national-religious rabbis issued a ruling in Jewish law on Wednesday that women are permitted to perform military service, despite the longstanding opposition by the Chief Rabbinate and several senior rabbis.

The ruling came on the same day that a Knesset committee hearing found that the majority of religious girls’ schools do not allow the IDF to brief pupils about their enlistment options.

 

The debate surrounding national-religious women serving in the army has become increasingly strong within the community, as increasing numbers of women from the sector have enlisted.

In January, Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef reiterated the Chief Rabbinate’s longstanding prohibition on women’s enlistment, which prompted Finance Minister and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid to call for him to be fired.

Additionally, senior rabbinical figures from the national-religious community’s more conservative wing, such as Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, have come out strongly against the phenomenon and have actively tried to halt the trend.

In the position paper that Beit Hillel issued on Wednesday, the association provided various sources from Jewish legal texts, emphasizing in particular not only the permissibility of women serving in the army, but women’s obligation to take part in wars for the defense of the Jewish people and the national effort required for this task.
“The purpose of this position paper is to encourage young women to enlist in the service of the people and the land – substantial service, whether in the national service program or in the IDF, as befits someone who sees herself as a graduate of the religious- Zionist education system,” the organization’s rabbis wrote.

In 1950, chief rabbis Yitzhak Halevi Herzog and Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel issued a ruling explicitly forbidding women to join the IDF.

The national service program was established to provide a solution for religious women who nevertheless wanted to contribute to the state.

One of the central concerns in Jewish law on the issue is the comparison that the Talmud makes between “men’s clothes” – which women are forbidden to wear – and military weapons. This comparison – along with a statement in the Talmud that “it is not the way of women to go to war” – was the basis for rabbinic bans on women’s enlistment.

More than 40 rabbis from Beit Hillel deliberated these and other issues in recent months and issued their decision, which argues that medieval Jewish scholars’ interpretation of the relevant Talmudic passages does not prevent women from serving in the army, especially since the wars and military operations Israel conducts today can be considered obligatory under Jewish law due to the real threat to Jewish lives.

According to Beit Hillel director Rabbi Ronen Neuwirth, statements in recent years from senior rabbis in the national-religious community – including Eliyahu, who said serving in the army was a sin for girls, and Ramat Gan Chief Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, who has also forbidden female military service – have put the hundreds of girls who do military service in an awkward position.
“They felt let down by the senior rabbinic leadership, and we received numerous messages from such girls who were worried how they would be viewed in the community,” Neuwirth said.

The Beit Hillel rabbis also leveled criticism at the Chief Rabbinate, saying that while its position had not changed, society in general, including the national-religious community, had changed.

However, Rabbi Shlomo Aviner – a prominent national religious figure and dean of the Ateret Yerushalayim yeshiva in Jerusalem’s Old City – criticized Beit Hillel for its ruling, saying that it did not have sufficient authority to make such decisions, and noting that several senior rabbis had forbidden female enlistment.
“They are good people [in Beit Hillel], but it is the great arbiters of Jewish law who may rule on such weighty issues,” Aviner told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. “They don’t have the legitimacy or authority, and neither do I, to make such innovations, and for sure not to overrule the Chief Rabbinate.”

The rabbi said even non-combat roles in the IDF were unsuitable for women, since they involved inappropriate contact with men and were immodest.

In reference to the growing numbers of religious girls joining the army regardless of rabbinic prohibitions and the rabbinic leadership’s position, Aviner said that “the criteria of truth are not pragmatic; truth is not what people do. Sometimes people make a mistake, and there’s a need to redress the mistake.”

Beit Hillel’s position paper included a section relating to possible problems for women in the army regarding contact with men, and the possibility of suffering form sexual harassment. However, it said that the IDF had changed significantly in recent years and had become much more protective of women in its ranks against such harassment.

The organization also recommended that religious women wishing to join the IDF seek to enlist in units such as Intelligence, the Education Corps and others where there are specific frameworks for them.

Also on Wednesday, the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women and Gender Equality found that 70 percent of religious girls’ schools did not allow IDF personnel to present information about enlistment to their pupils.

Committee chairwoman Aliza Lavie (Yesh Atid) criticized this position, calling it a failure of the religious school system.
“The Council for the State Religious Education System has turned a blind eye to the issue of women’s enlistment in the IDF and the changes that are happening among national religious girls,” Lavie said.

New York Times & the Liberal Media, Distort Radical Muslim Terrorism

Not all Muslims are terrorists; many are the first victims of Islamism. Many Muslims and ex-Muslims have risked their lives and limbs to protest Muslim-on-Muslim and Muslim-men-on-Muslim-women atrocities.

Nevertheless, while all Muslims are not terrorists, most terrorists today are Muslims who
 a) are practicing their own versions of 7th century Islam and have instituted Sharia as sovereign law in their nations;

 b) have “hijacked” what could, if reformed, become a modern and more tolerant religion;

c) are totalitarian madmen who mean to terrify and subordinate large populations and indoctrinate impoverished male children and young men as well as women to take up arms and perform martyrdom operations in a Holy War against the Infidels in order to establish a global Caliphate;

d) are radical fundamentalist extremists, no different than other fundamental extremists.

In the first five months of 2014, Muslim terrorist attacks have been launched in 36 countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chechnya, China, Dagestan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti , Egypt, Ghana, India, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, the United States, and Yemen.

However, if you read The New York Times you will not have this perspective.
You will have been informed, day after day, that Israel is a genocidal, apartheid state--
not that Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Afghanistan are;
 that Muslims are being persecuted, falsely accused, singled out in hate crimes and entrapped by the police to report on mosque activities both in Europe and in the United States; that individual acts of terrorism aka “Sudden Jihad Syndrome” are always the acts of lone madmen and must be classified as “workplace violence as was Dr. Nidal Hassan’s massacre at Ft Hood;” that conservative Christians are even greater terrorist threats than Muslims are.

On May 13, 2014, Steven Emerson, had to pay for a full page ad in the Times in order to say all this.

 By May 23, Emerson had attracted criticism for running an “Islamophobic” ad. Not surprisingly, his main critic was CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations.

Islamic terrorism is not the only subject missing in action.

Over the years, the Paper of Record has covered honor killings in India when they are committed by Hindus. According to studies  in this area, Hindus do perpetrate vicious honor killings for caste-related reasons and they sometimes kill boys as well as girls. Hindus do not tend to bring this tribal/ethnic/cultural/religious custom with them when they immigrate to the West.
Mainly, Muslims, and some Sikhs do. Muslims also honor kill for different and for more varied reasons.

Muslims mainly kill girls and women, not boys and men.

The NYT has failed to report most of the honor killings that have occurred in the United States, possibly because they have mainly been committed by Muslims.

To their credit, the Times has increasingly been covering the relentless “tribal” barbarism against girls and women in Muslim Southeast and Central Asia and in Africa, as well as honor related crimes in Afghanistan.

Does everyone now understand that Muslims consider all children “Muslims” who are born to a Muslim father?

This is precisely the reason the Sudanese government is claiming the right to execute a woman whose father was Muslim, who abandoned the family, whose mother is Christian, and who raised her daughter as a Christian?

By that same logic President Obama’s father was a Muslim. That's why  Muslims consider the
president a Muslim!
 He is seen as a Muslim by religious Muslims!

Yom Yerushalayim

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