50-year-old man dies while immersing himself in the Netanya sea before his grandson's Brit Milah.

A 50-year-old Jewish man drowned at a Netanya beach Monday.

The Kikar Hashabbat news site reported that the man was a religious Jew who sought to ritually immerse himself in the sea prior to the Brit Millah of his newborn grandson, which was to take place today.

Magen David Adom paramedic Ron Levi said: "When we reached the shore, we saw a man of about 50 lying unconscious north of the declared beach. The rescuer who saw him from a distance dragged him out of the water. He was unconscious, not breathing, and had no pulse."

"We carried out long-term resuscitation activities that included medicine, respiration and massages, but unfortunately after a long time we have had no choice but to determine his death."

First Female Muslim Member of Congress Celebrates Win With Anti-Israel Rants on Twitter

Democrat Rashida Tlaib, winner of her party’s primary in Michigan’s 13th congressional district, celebrated her win last week with a series of anti-Israel tweets.

Tlaib, who is Palestinian-American, will become the country’s first female Muslim member of Congress next year. She is running unopposed in November.

On Thursday, as Hamas rockets rained down on Israeli civilians, Tlaib attacked Israel indirectly on Twitter:

Tlaib followed up the next day by retweeting a supporter who declared that her “first fight was for Palestine, always Palestine.”

Tlaib is aligned with “democratic socialist” Alexandrira Ocasio-Cortez and received the endorsement of the Democratic Socialists of America. She is also supported by Linda Sarsour, the anti-Israel “Women’s March” organizer who recently called for “jihad” against the Trump administration.

She has come under criticism for her previous anti-Israel statements. She criticized Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), for example, for meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom Tlaib accused of “racism.” And, according to the Algemeiner, she supported Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Odeh in her bid to fight deportation for lying to U.S. immigration officials about her past.

Sheked Orders State to Release 300,000 unpublished files on missing Yemenite children

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked on Sunday instructed the Israel State Archives to release some 300,000 unpublished files relating to the children of Yemenite immigrants, whose disappearance after their arrival in Israel over half a century ago has been at the center of a lingering controversy.

The Knesset Committee for Archives, chaired by Shaked, heard that the hundreds of thousands of Israel Police files have not been previously published and that their existence was apparently largely unknown.

Dr Richard Warn ... Frum Doctor's Homicide Results in 2 Other Deaths

The police investigation into the slaying of a Beachwood doctor took an unusual turn late Friday and early Saturday with a SWAT standoff that ended with two others dead.

Cleveland.com has been following the story since Thursday when the body of Dr. Richard Warn was discovered at his Beachwood home. 

In the ensuing days, police served a search warrant at a South Euclid home connected to Wren that resulted in a tense standoff with a SWAT team.

Two are now dead, and the 10-hour standoff ended with many questions still unanswered. 

Here is what we know so far. 

Dr. Warn's wife, Jane, called 911 saying that she and her family just returned from vacation and did not have a key to the house. 

Her voice shakes as she explains to dispatch that her husband was not answering repeated knocks on the door, even though his car was in the driveway.

Beachwood police arrived a few minutes later to the Brentwood Road home and discovered Dr. Warn dead inside. 

There are "no leftists in a bomb shelter"

by Mark Werner

Most Americans have never had the experience of being wakened in the middle of the night by a Tzeva Adom (“Code Red”) siren, rushing to the closest bomb shelter, and hiding in the shelter while listening for the explosion of a Palestinian missile. I recently had this experience and am writing to share it with non-Israelis.

Together with nine other Sar-el volunteers, for three weeks this summer, I was stationed on an IDF base in fairly close proximity to the Gaza Strip. Immediately after flag raising on our second day on the base, the soldier (Danielle) in charge of our team of volunteers called us together: “Now there’s no reason to be nervous, but you should know that this morning Hamas fired 28 missiles from Gaza into Israel. Iron Dome shot down most of them but five landed in Israel. Three fell in unpopulated areas, but two did not. One of the latter fell in the playground of a kindergarten, and luckily no one was hurt. Since we are not too far from Gaza, you shouldn’t worry, but I will show you now the closest bomb shelter.”

Parshat Re'eh

by Rabbi Shmuel Knopfler

– “You shall smite, yes smite, all of the inhabitants of that city by the sword…and you shall burn entirely with fire the city and all of it spoils to the Lord your God, and it shall be an everlasting desolation ); it shall not be rebuilt again” (Devarim 13: 16,17).

The Torah ordains the destruction of an entire city which has been seduced and deceived into practicing idolatry. And, although many sages of the Talmud maintain that such a situation “never was and was never created” (Talmud Sanhedrin), the harsh words nevertheless sear our souls.

What is even more difficult to understand are the concluding words of the Torahin reference to the  idolatrous and hapless city: “…[And Hashem] shall give you compassion, and He shall be compassionate towards you, and He shall cause you to increase as he has sworn to your forbearers. … This is
because you have harkened to the voice of Hashem to observe all of His commandments… to do what is righteous (hayashar) in the eyes of Hashem G-d” (13:18,19).

4-year-old Shmuel Gelis Killed by Ice Cream Truck in Monticello

    

Shmuel Gelis

         

Tragedy struck in the Catskills on Thursday evening, with the horrific news that a young child was  struck and killed by an ice cream truck in Monticello.

4-year-old Shmuel Gelis, of Toms River NJ, died at Catskill Regional Medical Center, around an hour after he was struck while riding his bike in a bungalow colony.

Catskills Hatzolah was on the scene at Birchwood Estates in Monticello, located on “Rod and Gun Club Road” just after 7:30PM, and found the child in traumatic arrest.

The Monticello Fire Department and MobileMedics responded as well, and a chopper was initially placed on standby in case it was needed. Due to his critical condition, Hatzolah Paramedics rushed him to the local hospital where doctors tried everything to save his life.

Unfortunately, he was Niftar shortly after.

An investigation is underway by the Sullivan County Sheriff Department.

Shmuel’s parents are R’ Moshe and Batsheva. Prior to moving to Toms River, they resided in Coventry Square in Lakewood.

The Levaya will take place at 10:30AM Friday morning, at the 7th Street Chapel in Lakewood. Kevurah will be in Lakewood.

New York Post Headline: “Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip kill pregnant woman, her 1-year-old daughter.”

The NY Post has not noticed that Hamas began the hostilities and Israel is responding to 140 rockets in one night on its civilians, and one critically wounded woman.

Never mind that Hamas started it and accelerated it with more than 100 rockets being fired into Israel as thousands of Israelis along the Gaza border are sent running to their bomb shelters.   

That gets no mention and even the rest of the story gives it a passive voice moral equivalency twist, as in – “A flare-up of violence.”

It is no surprise that the story was picked up from the AP, never a friend, but it is a surprise that the Post carried it, with that howler of a headline, as is.

Yeshivah Student Sexually Assaults Girl on the Light Rail in Yerusahalyim

I guess he was upset that the Israeli Police No longer use Pretty Police Girls to arrest the demonstrators,  so he thought he would get his thrills by sexually abusing a girl outright!

lOn Wednesday night, police were called to the light rail station in central Jerusalem by a young woman who reported that a young man with a Yeshivash appearance  was traveling by the light rail and attacked her.

A policeman who was not on duty noticed the distress of the young woman, and immediately detained the suspect and prevented him from  getting away. A short time later, additional police officers were summoned to arrest him.

Today the suspect will be brought before the court in the police's request to extend his detention. The investigation continues in an attempt to locate additional victims.

The Israel Police said: "The police give top priority tand a prompt response to any suspicion of offenses committed against any person, which may cause severe mental suffering to the victim

MBD Concert in Netivot Cancelled Due To Hamas Rockets

Chasidic music artist Mordechai Ben-David Werdyger was forced to cancel his performance this morning in the town of Netivot.

"Following the security situation, the Home Front Command issued directives that impose restrictions on the gathering of a large crowd in an open area in Netivot, so we are forced to cancel the performance of Mordechai ben David in Netivot, which was supposed to take place today Thursday, in order to protect the residents' security.

It should be noted that the show will be postponed to another date. The Municipality emphasizes that: "For those interested, the card will be valid for the next date, but all ticket holders have the right to receive a refund."

It should be noted that the blog  "Kikar Hashabat" reported that Rabbi Shmuel Montag, a city rabbi, issued a letter against the performance. 

According to him, this is an evening that was prohibited by the "great rabbis of Israel."