Pesach thoughts: A tale of two cities

by Rabbi Nachman Kahana

Picture a frum (observant) family at the Seder night, living in any one of the great Torah centers in the galut - Flatbush, Boro Park, Lakewood, Los Angeles or southern Florida.

The home of Reb Sender and Mrs. Rayza is impeccable; the result of the great time and energy, not to speak of the huge outlay of money which the expeditious and skillful ba’alat ha’bayit (woman of the house) has devoted to it.

The sofas and arm chairs in the sitting room that look so inviting, were it not for the thick plastic covers which insure that the upholstery retains its "new" look.

The five-meter-long dining room table is covered with the finest Irish linen table cloth. In the middle of the table stands the imposing sterling silver candle sticks handed down from mother to daughter for generations. The china is the finest Rosenthal, with each plate delicately rounded off with a band of gold. The silverware has been put away in favor of goldware in honor of the great night.

The cowardly smear campaign against Rabbi Pruzansky

by Rabbi Avraham Gordimer 

I am not defending the substance of his essays (here and here, I might agree or disagree with them but what I am writing here would be valid in any case. He could be dead wrong on every point,even though his presentation was based on studies and analyses – but they could be wrong as well.

However, there is something entirely different going on –

Yiddish Bernie Ad reads "A Vote for Bernie will Defeat Zionism"

Yes my friends there are Chassidishe Heimishe Askanim that are pleading with constituents to vote for Bernie Sanders because he hates Zionists and will "fulfill Palestinian demands" to hand over Eretz Yisroel to the Arab murderers and rapists!

Kiryas Yoel has been "antagonizing the gentiles" since 1994

Satmar accuses Israel of "Hisgaarus Be'Umois" .... antagonizing the Gentiles....
Well watch this old clip of 1994..... 
Also notice that Meir Wertheimer the spokesman of KJ, says (2;47 time mark) that in KJ the "Children learn the Satmar philosophy and Satmar Religion" 
No mention of Jews or the "Jewish religion"
as I have said time again and again that Satmar Philosophy has nothing to do with Judaism and admitted here on this clip!

Reichberg and Rechnitz arranged prostitutes on a private plane for the NYPD ...with them on board

I guess the cops needed a gabbai on board ... So the Boro Park askanim used a private plane owned by Rechnitz and hired a zoineh to entertain them .... nu nu what we don't do for the Moisdis Ha'Torah!

Shomrim leader Shaye Lichtenstein busted amid NYPD corruption probe

Lichtenstein in center

I was always amazed that the same Gedoilim that are against Frum Bochrim joining the IDF are all for them joining Shoimrim!

Never understood that! 

I guess by backing Shoimrim, the Rebbelich get a motorcade when they travel to the airport with lights flashing and are able to pass red lights with impunity ...one hands washes the other!

Another question: where did this Lichtenstein guy get 1 million dollars to bribe the NYPD?

I know he charged the guys with the keys, $18,000.00 to get them gun permits ... but where did he get 1 million dollars to front his operation?

Rabbi Pruzansky .... his side of the story!

by Rabbi Pruzansky

Only in the mind of the modern feminist can an orthodox Rabbi advocate for pre-marital sexual abstinence and be deemed a rape apologist. 

Such was the peculiar response in some precincts to my “A Novel Idea” (readers are advised to click the link before going on).

16 wounded in Jerusalem bus bomb attack

Sixteen people were wounded in an explosion on Monday, which hit Egged bus line 12 on Derekh Hevron and Moshe Baram Street in the southeast of Jerusalem, not far from Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.

Police later confirmed it was indeed a bombing attack, in apparently the first bus bombing of the current\  terror wave, although they have yet to specifically define it as an act of terror.

Kapo on Alenby the story of the Jewish Kapos in WW2

The Yated this past week had excerpts of a new book called "Kapo on Alenby"  written by Holocaust Scholar Itamar Levin.

The excerpts discussed the Jewish Traitors during WW2.
But for some reason the  Yated refused to name the collaborators, even though the book clearly did.

When one hears the word “Kapo” perhaps the term “Capo de tutti capi” comes to mind a term usually in reference to a mafia Godfather hearkening back to the Roman legions. Unfortunately for many Israeli’s and Jews around the world the word “Kapo” carries a far darker meaning.

Holocaust scholar Itamar Levin in his new book, “Kapo On Allenby” details the indictment, prosecution, and conviction of Jews living in post World War II Israel for their crimes as ‘Kapo”. The German translation of “Kapo” is a prisoner functionary in a Nazi prison camp who was assigned by the SS to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks in the camp. The system was designed to turn victim against victim. Many “Kapos” were recruited from violent criminal gangs and were known for their brutality towards other prisoners.

Message to the Unites Nations and the Satmar Community!

“Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its ‘right to exist.' 

Israel’s right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 other states, is axiomatic and unreserved. 

Israel’s legitimacy is not suspended in midair awaiting acknowledgement....

There is certainly no other state, big or small, young or old, that would consider mere recognition of its ‘right to exist’ a favour, or a negotiable concession.”

~Abba Eban~