How Two Satmar Grandmothers Deal With the Virus

Even though there is English subtitles you lose the flavor if you don't understand Yiddish! 

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How the FBI Framed Lied and Conspired to Trap General Flynn....

The unsealing last week of a series of documents in the Michael Flynn criminal case cemented the reality that a small cadre of high-level FBI agents set a perjury trap for President Trump’s then-national security advisor. Beyond exposing the depth of this despicable personal and political hit job on a 30-year military veteran, the newly discovered documents hold great legal significance. Here’s your legal primer.

The Russiagate special counsel’s office charged Flynn with violating 18 U. S. C. § 1001, which makes it a federal crime to “knowingly and willfully” make a false statement of “a material fact” to a federal official. Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team claimed Flynn violated Section 1001 by lying to FBI agents Joe Pientka and Peter Strzok—the latter of whom has since been fired—when the duo questioned Flynn on January 24, 2017, about Flynn’s December 2016 telephone conversations with the Russian ambassador.

Flynn pleaded guilty to the Section 1001 charge in December 2017, but after the special counsel’s office disbanded, Flynn fired his prior attorneys and hired Sidney Powell. He later moved to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing his prior Covington and Burling lawyers had provided ineffective counsel. More significantly, Flynn maintained that he is innocent of the charge and had only pleaded guilty because Mueller’s prosecutors threatened to go after his son if he refused.

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Aliyah interest surges 50% amid pandemic

Eighteen new Olim will arrive at Ben Gurion airport this evening as part of a Nefesh B’Nefesh group Aliyah flight, in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and Jewish National Fund-USA. These Olim arrived amidst a wave of increased Aliyah interest among North American Jews.

Throughout April 2020, 455 new Aliyah applications were submitted to Nefesh B’Nefesh (in comparison to 302 in April 2019) and 642 individuals downloaded and began working on their Aliyah applications (in comparison to 417 downloaded applications in April 2019).

Today's new Olim will move directly into a designated quarantine hotel for fourteen days as mandated by the Israeli government for all new arrivals into the country.

Olim on this flight will range in ages from a three-year-old to a 66-year-old. The Olim hail from New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Florida and Illinois, and will be living in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Beit Shemesh, Ramat Gan and Yafo. This group flight follows twenty Olim making Aliyah last Thursday through Guided Aliyah, a process in which individuals already living in Israel officially change their status to Israeli citizens.

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Pandemic a Century Ago Fueled Nazi Rise

Nazis rose to power in Germany in part because of dislocations caused by a mass-death pandemic a century ago, research published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday .

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The paper, written by bank economistKristian Blickle, examined how the German political system reacted to the influenza pandemic that struck the world between 1918 and 1920.

Those events have been back in the world’s consciousness as nations attempt to navigate the coronavirus crisis. The current crisis has resulted in large death tolls, profound economic dislocations and great political uncertainty, at a time when many nations have seen the rise of nationalist political movements that seek to reverse decades of economic and political international linkages.

A century ago, “influenza deaths themselves had a strong effect on the share of votes won by extremists, specifically the extremist national socialist party,” the paper said in reference to the Nazi party, led by Adolf Hitler, who became chancellor of Germany in 1933.

“This effect dominates many other effects and is persistent even when we control for the influences of local unemployment, city spending, population changes brought about by the war, and local demographics or when we instrument for influenza mortality,” Mr. Blickle wrote.

The changed voting patterns specifically appeared to boost Nazis over other movements, the paper said. “The same patterns were not observable for the votes won by other extremist parties, such as the communists.”

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New York Post Highlights the Life of Rabbi Hershel Scheiner Who Died of the Virus

New York Post Highlighted today Rabbi Scheiner of Crown Heights 

Rabbi Scheiner, who died March 29, had two great loves: his family and his devotion to Judaism.

And sometimes, as it did more than 30 years ago, when his son Shuey begged to go to a Yankees game, the two loves converged. The rabbi, Shuey and Shuey’s twin sister, Chanie, were sitting in the bleachers when they saw their father pull out a Torah.

“I wanted to die,” Shuey recalls. “You’re in the bleachers, you’re next to a guy drinking beer and my father’s sitting down learning Torah.”

But even with his eyes on the scripture, the father of four also kept his mind on the game, which the Yankees won that day.

“Every time there was a home run, he jumped up,” says Shuey, recalling how the rabbi slapped his kids five, and jumped up and down to celebrate when the team won. “He did it [because] he knew how much it meant to us … He was the best father you could have.”

Scheiner, who went on to have 16 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, studied in a Chabad Lubavitch yeshiva in Brooklyn, and stayed dedicated to the movement for life. Even when Parkinson’s disease slowed him down the past several years, he went to the synagogue daily to study with his Torah class. In December, when Shuey’s son Dani had his bar mitzvah, Scheiner still wanted to celebrate.

“We held him by the hand,” Shuey says, “and he was able to dance with my son.”

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Monsey Boy Moshe Just Killed In Hit-And-Run In Arizona

Moshe Just (Yust)  from Monsey was killed in a hit and run accident in Arizona. He was 18.

Three boys were on a cross country trip, when they stopped on the 89 Freeway near Flagstaff Arizona late Sunday night to make a Kiddush Hashem. The boys noticed a vehicle stuck with a flat tire on the side of the road, and stopped to offer their assistance. Minutes later, a speeding vehicle passed by, and struck Moshe. The vehicle sped away and never stopped. He was R”L Niftar at the scene.

Misaskim of NY received a phone call about the tragedy and immediately reached out to the Chabad Shliach in Flagstaff Arizona, Rabbi Dovie Schapiro, who rushed to the scene. Meanwhile, a crew from Misaskim of Los Angeles boarded a private jet to head to the tragic scene, and were there in just a few hours to start performing their Avodas Hakodesh.

Rabbi Jack Meyer, Founder of Misaskim said that he commends the outstanding dedication of the Arizona Highway Patrol, who kept the road closed for Misaskim, and assisted them with whatever they needed.

Police have since located the vehicle that fled the scene, and Detectives are hopeful they will make an arrest soon.

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Little Back Toddler Says Tehillim "Mizmor Le'Dovid" Ch 23

A Kentucky toddler reciting the contents of Psalm 23 has gone viral, according to a Facebook video of the encounter.

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‘Unorthodox’ Star Amit Rahav Shares Video of Transformation Into Character Yanky Shapiro

Israeli actor Amit Rahav, who stars as Yanky Shapiro in the Netflix mini-series “Unorthodox,” posted on Instagram on Thursday a video that showed him getting clip-on sidelocks, also known as payot, to help him transform into his ultra-Orthodox Satmar character.

The sped-up clip shows the 24-year-old sitting in a chair as his makeup and hair artist Jens Bartram gives him the sidelocks, sported by many ultra-Orthodox Jews, by attaching the ringlets to the sides of his short hair.

Bartram clips the payot to each side of Rahav’s head before blending them in with the rest of the actor’s hair.

Rahav praised the artist’s work in the video’s caption, explaining that Bartram soaked the payot in oil overnight “so I’ll have the shiniest curlers on screen.”

In the Netflix mini-series, Yanky Shapiro is the spouse of the lead character Esty (played by Israeli actress Shira Haas), who feels like she is suffocating in the ultra-Orthodox community she was raised in and ultimately decides to flee to Berlin.

Watch Amit Rahav’s transformation into Yanky Shapiro in the clip below:

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Shout out to Jens Bartram, the most phenomenal hair and make up artist and my bff on set, who used to soak these beautiful payos each night in a special oil so I’ll have the shiniest curlers on screen✨ #unorthodoxnetflix @netflix

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Yisroel Chaim Yehuda Grumer Rov In Cleveland

HaRav Yisroel Chaim Yehuda Grumer passed away  He was around 87 years old.

The Niftar was the Cleveland Rosh Av Beis Din and Mora D’Asra of Congregation Shomre Shabbos. He was appointed Rov in 1981, and the Av Beis Din in 1984.

He was a legendary Masmid, who spent his life engaged in Harbotzas HaTorah and P’sak alacha.

No communal issue was too large, too small, or beyond the Rov’s realm of expertise.

Rav Grumer was a selfless rov, who had a heart that had room for all people.

He is survived by his wife, Rebbetzin Rochel Grumer, who stood as his side for all these years

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Nurse Describes What’s REALLY Going On In Hospitals During COVID-19

The following is a letter to the frum blog Matzav.

Dear Matzav,

I have been meaning to write this for weeks but, in addition to having my 5 kids at home due to coronavirus, I’ve also been working like crazy as an acute care nurse practitioner in an ICU dealing with many covid patients.

I want to just share a bit of what it’s like, because I see so many posts about opening up the country, about closet-minyanim, about people who just want life to return to normal. I want you to know that you should have a healthy fear of this virus, and if you are unlucky enough to face it daily, you would be extremely hesitant to go back to life as normal or to surreptitiously get around the restrictions that are in place to save lives. Your lives, and mine.

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