Tony Bennett Who liberated Dachau Concentration Camp while serving in WWII Dies at 96

 

Before Tony Bennett launched his seven decades-long career in show business, the late legendary jazz singer served his country in the European theater during the last stages of World War II.

Bennett, who died on Friday at the age of 96, was drafted into the U.S. Army at the age of 18 in 1944 and began his service a year later when he was sent to fight on the front lines following heavy casualties suffered by the Allied Forces at the Battle of the Bulge.

The 20-time Grammy Award winner later recounted his harrowing wartime experiences in his 1998 autobiography "The Good Life," in which he described how serving in WWII had shaped the rest of his life.

"The main thing I got out of my military experience was the realization that I am completely opposed to war," Bennett wrote, per Military.com. "Although I understand why this war was fought, it was a terrifying, demoralizing experience for me... life can never be the same once you've been through combat."

After being drafted in November 1944, Bennett — born Anthony Dominick Benedetto — was sent to Fort Dix, New Jersey where he completed his basic training. Bennett became an infantry rifleman at Fort Robinson, Arkansas before he was shipped to Le Havre, France at the end of 1944.

The future crooner was assigned to 255th Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division, which was known as the "Blood and Fire" division. He was a part of replacement troops who were sent to refill the ranks of units who perished during the Battle of the Bulge.

Marc Myers, a contributor for the Wall Street Journal and author of the book "Anatomy of a Song," interviewed Bennett five times about his life, including his time in the military. He told Fox News Digital, "Tony was certain he was going to die."

Myers continued, "He was certain when he got that draft notice in '44, he was certain he was going to die. He just knew it. He just felt it. And he went."

In "The Good Life," Bennett recalled that many of the troops had little or no training prior to being sent to the front lines.

"Snow covered the ground and the front was a front-row seat in hell," Bennett wrote, per Military.com. "It was an absolutely terrifying spectacle."

Democrats whine about Con Ed hikes caused by their own dumb policies

 Better sit down before you open your next Con Ed bill: Rates are set to soar, starting next month — and double over the next two years.

If you’re a progressive, you can’t complain. What did you think would happen, based on your anti-fossil-fuel, big-spending, anti-business agenda?

On Thursday, the state’s Public Service Commission OK’d hikes of 9.1% for electricity and 8.4% for gas, starting in August, along with additional jumps though 2025. At that point, typical bills will have doubled, from about $70 a month to $140 — or an extra $840 a year.  

A whining letter from the City Council demanded that Gov. Kathy Hochul use her executive powers to stop the pain. 

The letter called out an “already dire affordability crisis” and included specious worries about poor New Yorkers. 

That “affordability crisis,” notably, is also of the left’s own making, thanks to its anti-housing, inflation-fueling polices. 

Why is Con Ed hiking rates? 

Zera Shimshon Parshas Devarim

 

Alex Popivker from Cleveland Sentenced to 10 Days in Jail for Stealing University Group’s Palestinian Banner

 

An Orthodox rabbi in the Cleveland area was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months of probation for stealing a pro-Palestinian banner from a student group at a local university.

The sentence, delivered on Wednesday, caps a charged saga in which students had alleged that the rabbi and pro-Israel activist, Alexander Popivker, had harassed them.

Popivker, a handyman and resident of the suburb of Cleveland Heights, was charged with theft in January for taking the banner from Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, a student group at Cleveland State University.

Popivker’s jail time will be suspended, which generally means he won’t have to serve it until after his probationary period is over, and may see it removed with good behavior. He is also required to attend anger management classes. The university has also barred him from campus for his behavior.

FBI Raids Lakewood Home

 

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Frieda Vizel Ex Satmar Lady Defends Chassidic Education

 

by FRIEDA VIZEL

The latest salvo in The New York Times’ ongoing exposé of the yeshiva system in New York focused on a new report issued by the New York City Department of Education that found 18 religious schools failing to meet secular education standards set by the government. The article raised some troubling questions but ignored one of the most important: Why do Hasidic parents continue to send their children to “failing schools?”

I am a former Hasid who makes a living as a tour guide and YouTuber exploring Hasidic Williamsburg, where many of these implicated Hasidic schools are located. Since I am in the neighborhood often, I have come to know the rhythm of the schools that are at the center of the ongoing controversy. Every day I watch hundreds of happy boys spill into the streets during recess and pile into buses at the end of the afternoon. I see children who are deeply cared for. I see a neighborhood with one of the lowest median ages in the country, where life revolves around raising the young. Furthermore, I see parents who pay private school tuition to send their children to these schools. So why, if they are failing, do the schools continue to burst at the seams?

Joe Zieglar is the IRS Whistleblower X He is Also a Gay Democrat ...

 

The previously unnamed Internal Revenue Service “Whistleblower X” revealed himself during public testimony before three GOP-led House committees Wednesday, saying he is a “gay Democrat married to a man” and wrongfully slandered as a partisan operative or a “traitor” to his party.

 “In coming forward, I am risking my career, my reputation, and my casework outside of this investigation,”

Joe Ziegler, with the IRS for 13 years, said in his opening statement.

 Ziegler testified with a 10-minute statement alongside his supervisor Greg Shapley, the second whistleblower, who previously came forward publicly. “I’m no more credible than this man sitting next to me due to my sexual orientation or my political beliefs,”

Ziegler continued.

“I was raised and have always strived to do what is right. “I have heard from some that I am a traitor to the Democratic Party and that I am causing more division in our society. I implore you, that if you were put in my position with the facts as I have stated them, that you would be doing the exact same thing.”

Ziegler and Shapley, career IRS criminal investigators, allege the Justice Department obstructed with their yearslong investigation into Hunter Biden. “In early August 2022, federal prosecutors from the Department of Justice Tax Division drafted a 99-page memorandum,” 

Ziegler continued in his opening statement.

“In so they were recommending for approval felony and misdemeanor charges for the 2017, ’18, and ’19 tax years. “That did not happen here, and I am not sure why. “And, as the special agent on this case, I thought the felony charges were well supported.”

Kosher meat prices in the US to skyrocket by up to 79%

 

Kosher meat prices in the US are expected to skyrocket beginning next week. One of the reasons for the price hike appears to be increasing cattle prices in the US. According to a Feeder Cattle price chart, the price per pound of cattle meat was just around $125 in 2005 and again in 2020 as opposed to the $248/pound selling today.

Springfield Wholesale Meat, the biggest kosher meat distributor in the northeastern US, is increasing its prices accordingly.

In a message addressed to kosher foods chains, the meat distributor wrote: “Regretably, we have been informed by Solomon’s of a drastic price increase on domestic beef that will be implemented beginning this week.”

This price increase is expected to go into effect on Monday, July 24.

Free transportation to the Kotel - at night

 

The Jerusalem Ministry will operate free transportation from central Jerusalem to the Kotel every night, Kikar Hashabbat reported.

The route will operate between 1:30a.m. and 4:30a.m. each night, from Saturday night until Friday, and it will be funded by the Jerusalem Ministry, through the Company for the Development of East Jerusalem.

Trips leaving from the Kotel will depart at 1:30a.m., 2:30a.m., and 3:30a.m., and the route will pass by Zachs, Eretz Hefetz/ Havivat Harel, Bar Ilan/Shmuel Hanavi, Yirmiyahu/Minhat Yitzhak, Sarei Israel/Torah Mizion, and Binyanei Ha'uma.

Trips leaving to the Kotel will depart at 2:00a.m., 3:00a.m., and 4:00a.m., and will leave from Binyanei Ha'uma, passing by the bus stops Sarei Israel/Hashmona'im, Yirmiyahu/Minhat Yitzhak, Bar Ilan/Zefania, Shmuel Hanavi/Fishel, and Zachs/Shmuel Hanavi, before arriving at the Western Wall.

Kikar Hashabbat quoted Jerusalem Minister Meir Porush (United Torah Judaism) as saying, "The Kotel, the remnant of our Holy Temple, is a focal point for visits during all hours of the day, and it is a merit for us to allow the public to comfortably visit the site even at night. This is another blessed activity of the Jerusalem and Israel Traditions Ministry, as part of the plan to bolster the area of the Old City."

The Ministry added that the plan is currently being piloted, and if demand increases, the Ministry plans to expand operations in order to meet demand.

Lakewood Ponzi Schemer Eli Weinstein Who Got Clemency Charged in New Fraud

 

A New Jersey man who was twice convicted of defrauding investors out of $230 million and whose lengthy prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump is once again facing fraud charges, federal prosecutors in New Jersey announced Wednesday.

Eliyahu “Eli” Weinstein, 48, of Lakewood, who is also known as Mike Konig, is among five men accused of defrauding dozens of investors out of $35 million, according to an arrest complaint unsealed in federal court in Trenton. The five are charged with wire fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to obstruct justice, and each could face up to 25 years in prison.

Philip Sellinger, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, said Weinstein used a fake name and falsely promised access to deals involving scarce medical supplies, baby formula and first-aid kits supposedly destined for wartime Ukraine.

“These were brazen and sophisticated crimes that involved multiple conspirators and drew right from Weinstein’s playbook of fraud,” Sellinger said.