"Don't Tell Ima", a book about domestic abuse in the Jewish family

The at-first-glance seemingly innocuous title of this book by Lisa Barness (Don't Tell Ima, Jewishselfpublishing) gave me the impression that it is about child rearing, perhaps about how to gain children's trust so they are not afraid to admit the truth and about teaching them to be honest.  After all, the phrase is most often used by children when asking other siblings not to "tell on" them to mother after they do something they shouldn't.

The dilemmas children face in this regard are real - sometimes a child's not revealing the name of whoever did something wrong can lead to continued criminality, sometimes it can mean the child will be punished for someone else's misdemeanors, and there are times where it is a noble thing to do – except that none of the above is the subject of this book and the writer is using a fictitious name.

This book is a story in which the children involved could have been maimed for life.

That is because, unfortunately, the person instructing them not to tell Ima is an adult – at least legally – and is the children's narcissistic, control freak, two-timing and dissembling, "model" of a religious father. Trust, honesty, possible negative consequences on their lives never even enter his mind.

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Satmar Bnei Brak Erupts in Civil War As Police Are Called On Shevuois

The Ahronim in Bnei Brak aren't only fighting against the Zionists, they fight against themselves as well...

As we reported previously, The Ahronim in Bnei Brak, who follow R' Aron Teitelbaum are in a civil war ... which is threatening the entire Satmar Bnei Brak Kehilah...

This Friday, when frum Jews around the world were busy celebrating "Kabalos Ha"torah", and talking about "achdus" the Bnei Brak Ahroinim were beating the hell out of each other....

I'm not even sure what happened exactly, it seems someone from Harav Meizel's (the rav of Satmar Bnei Brak) opposition ran to the Aron Koidish to make sure that his own people would get the "kibudim" which led to a fist fight during Shachris ... 
I guess it happened before "akdomois!" 

Police were called and two of the mispallilim were arrested.
 I don't know exactly what they serve in Israeli jails on Shevuois but my guess is that this year they weren't going to get to eat cheese kreplich! ....

אחד המתפללים סיפר ל'כיכר השבת' כי "הרקע לבלגן הוא הרצון של כמה מאנשיו של ראש הישיבה לגשת לפתיחת ארון הקודש, דבר שאליו התנגדו בהנהלת המוסדות, ככל הנראה מתוך רצון לחלק את הכיבודים לאנשיהם בלבד, מה שעורר התנגדות עזה מצד אנשיו של ראש הישיבה, ואף לאלימות פיזית של ממש שנעצרה רק לאחר התערבות המשטרה, שנאלצה לעצור 2 מתפללים שהיו שותפים למעשה האלימות".

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Trump cuts ties with WHO

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was severing ties with the World Health Organization, signaling the end of hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to the UN agency as the deadly coronavirus pandemic rages on.

As Europe speeded along the path to reopening after months of crippling lockdowns, Trump’s move is likely to spark dismay, especially in other parts of the world where the outbreak has yet to reach its peak.

Russia recorded a record number of deaths on Friday and several nations in Latin America are bracing for difficult weeks ahead, especially Brazil, where the toll has soared.

Last month, Trump suspended funding to the WHO, accusing it of not doing enough to curb the initial spread of the novel coronavirus and being too lenient with China, where the global outbreak began late last year.

On Friday, he made that decision permanent — a dire one for the UN agency’s finances as the United States is by far its biggest contributor, having given $400 million last year.

“Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization,” Trump told reporters.

The Republican leader said the US would be redirecting funds previously allocated to the WHO “to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs.”

“The world needs answers from China on the virus. We must have transparency,” Trump said.

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AMERICA PLUNGES INTO CRISIS ......

A global pandemic has now killed more than 100,000 Americans and left 40 million unemployed in its wake.
 Protests — most of them violent — have once again erupted in spots across the country over police killings of black Americans.

America’s persistent political dysfunction were laid bare this week, as the coronavirus death toll hit a tragic new milestone. 

 Together, the events present a grim tableau of a nation in crisis — one seared by violence against its citizens, plagued by a deadly disease that remains uncontained and rattled by a devastating blow to its economy.

“The threads of our civic life could start unraveling, because everybody’s living in a tinderbox,” said historian and Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley. 

In the days after a 46-year-old black man died in the custody of Minneapolis police in an incident caught on video, demonstrators took to the streets. In that city, a police precinct was breached and set ablaze, along with other businesses. In Colorado, shots were fired near the statehouse. At a protest in Louisville, seven people were shot.

Authorities announced charges of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter against the officer in the Minneapolis case Friday — which observers saw as a development that might quell some of the immediate unrest.

The protests that erupted in Minnesota spread to places like Columbus, Phoenix, Denver and Louisville, which recently experienced a controversial police killing when officers serving a warrant shot and killed a 26-year-old EMT inside her home. More demonstrations broke out Friday evening across the country, including in the District.

“I was amazed watching people who were out,” said Raoul Cunningham, head of the NAACP branch in Louisville. “To me, it made clear that we’re at a period of time like we’ve never faced before.”

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12,000 New York Nursing Home Residents Killed by Covid-19..... Should Cuomo Be Charged for Murder?

Patricia Castillo remembers when the Newfane Rehab and Health Care Center, where her mother lived, notified her that a patient had just been admitted from a nearby Niagara County hospital with COVID-19.

Jill Sawyer, whose father lived at the same nursing home, remembers getting notified, too. “It was just a death sentence,” said Sawyer. The virus raced through Newfane, killing Castillo’s mother and Sawyer’s father and 24 other residents.

“My father was only 70 years old,” Sawyer sighs, and he was still “shuffling around and calling me 20 times a day.” Now, she says the phone doesn’t ring and she misses that.

COVID-19 has killed at least 11,000 to 12,000 nursing-home and assisted-living residents in New York, nearly double what the state admits to. And as the deaths mount, so have the lies and cover-ups.

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Alte Raskin ..Bais Rivka teacher gives birth during pandemic, still finds time for students ..

Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community was hit particularly hard by the coronavirus crisis and Bais Rivkah teacher Alte Raskin was in the thick of it all — while caring for her newborn son.

Raskin, 27, a member of the Hasidic sect of Chabad, was expecting a lengthy maternity leave in an empty house with her three girls in school. But when she gave birth on March 18, just as the coronavirus crisis was beginning to sweep New York, she knew that wouldn’t be possible.

She took six short weeks off while another teacher taught her seventh-grade students and at first, she was nervous to get back to work.

“It’s a whole new thing, I just had a baby, I don’t have so much energy to put into trying to figure out a whole new module of learning and teaching,” Raskin said of the work.

“The first few days were totally overwhelming. I was like, ‘What am I doing? I maybe should just not go back this year. Maybe this is just not a good idea.’ I have kids, my kids are [doing] online school. They need people all day to troubleshoot them and run around. Plus, I’m postpartum, right, I’m exhausted I could barely move.”

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Chag Shevuois Samaich

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Going To Cost Alot More To Go To Lakewood.....Major Toll Hikes Approved On New Jersey Turnpike & Garden State Parkway

It is going to cost a LOT more to travel on two of New Jersey’s tolled highways later this year. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority commissioners voted on Wednesday unanimously to raise tolls this September, NorthJersey.com reports as per WPST.

Tolls will increase on the New Jersey Turnpike by staggering 36%, and on the Garden State Parkway fares will be raised by 27%, officials say. The hikes will pay for a $24 billion in projects on both roadways.

So here’s the breakdown of the increases:

• On the turnpike, passenger cars currently cost $13.85 to drive from Exit 1 to Exit 18W. That will increase to staggering $18.85 under the new rates.
• The parkway increases will mean that most toll booths will increase from $1.50 to $1.90. The Toms River toll will rise from 75 cents to 95 cents.
• Tolls collected at the on-ramps and off-ramps of the Garden State Parkway, which currently cost between 50 cents and $1.50, will increase to a range of 60 cents to $1.90.

The new toll rates will go into effect on September 13, unless they are vetoed by Governor Murphy.

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