How the Agudah & the Moetzes Have Lost Touch With Their Followers

 

The following anonymous letter has been circulating: Dear Agudas Yisroel of America.

I write to you as someone who considers himself an “Agudah Yid” even if I may be a few years behind in my membership dues! I grew up in a household where the Agudah and the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah reigned supreme. But it seems to be that we have reached a crossroads and that Agudah needs to make a decision. Fast. It is no secret that Ultra Orthodoxy today is divided into several groups. There are the Chassidim. Many major groups of Chassidim were anti Agudah from the start and the ones who weren’t don’t seem to be too eager to join right now. They are largely insular and prefer the leadership of their own rebbes. No rebbe of a major chassidus is part of Agudah. And so Agudah does not represent them nor should they attempt to. There is “Lakewood” and the people under their influence. (Full disclosure, I live in Lakewood) The Lakewood yeshiva community is a right-leaning community. This means practically that the Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva and Rabbanim will sign bans against 24/6 (and Megillas Lester), will take strong positions against all new technology, always rule stringently in areas of women’s modesty, and – well, you get my point. Similar to the Chassidim, they are insular and do not have much interest in the outside world. To date, there is no major support, respect, or interest in Agudah from the Lakewood yeshiva community.  Then there are the others. These are the Ultra-Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn to Passaic to Monsey and from the tens of smaller communities across the country. They have a bona-fide yeshiva education but also look outward. They may have gone to college, or they may not have, but they certainly see value in a broader education and worldview. They also see themselves as part of a larger Jewish world, at home and abroad. They do not “support” the non-religious, but they are pained by the fact that so many Jews do not live a life of Torah. It seems to me that this is Agudas Yisroel’s constituency. To be fair, I think this was the dominant (non-Chassidic) view of Ultra Orthodoxy in American since World War 2, and it is the Lakewood Yeshiva crowd that has slowly moved in a new direction.  You may not want that or like that, but those are the facts. The core followers of the Agudah are the non-Chassidish, non-Lakewood communities.

Hamas terrorist who paraded Shani Louk's body in Gaza has been killed, says her mother

Hamas terrorist who paraded a German festivalgoer’s body through Gaza has been killed, the victim’s mother has said.

Shani Louk, a 22-year-old Israeli-German dual citizen, was murdered by Hamas at the Nova music festival in southern Israel on Oct 7.

For weeks Louk’s family had been led to believe the tattoo artist, identified by her distinctive body art and dreadlocked hair, was alive but in a hospital in Gaza.

But Israeli officials later revealed she was killed in the Hamas attack after a fragment of her skull was found and identified.

“She was a very happy, lively person,” her mother said in an interview with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, broadcast on Facebook.

“She liked music and dancing and living and she was really enjoying it until the last moment.”

 

The shameful nods to antisemitism from Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson

 

Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson know exactly what they’re doing. 

Over the past month, anti-Semites of all stripes — emboldened by Hamas’ barbaric attack on Israeli civilians — have made their presence among us known.

They’ve celebrated Hamas’ atrocities and committed their own, fantasizing about the destruction of Israel, tearing down posters of abducted children and harassing their Jewish neighbors.

Much of the overtly antisemitic rhetoric and action across the West has been situated on the left, and conservatives have rightly pointed out as much, chalking up the deluge of hatred and wickedness on display to fallacious progressive theory.

But there is a cohort on the right complicit in this great reawakening of an ancient evil.

And that brings us back to Owens and Carlson.

The past few weeks have seen Owens repeat a series of blood libels.

TikTokers are fawning over Osama bin Laden

You can’t make this stuff up.

Massive TikTok influencers are racking up millions of views on videos openly praising the writings of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, calling them “mind-blowing” and “eye-opening.” 

“I need everyone to stop what they’re doing right now and go read — it’s literally two pages. Go read ‘A Letter to America,’” Lynette Adkins said in one viral TikTok. “And please come back here and just let me know what you think because I feel like I’m going through, like, an existential crisis right now, and a lot of people are.”

If all these TikTokers were doing was encouraging people to skeptically read bin Laden’s infamous “Letter to America,” which explained his supposed justifications for the 9/11 attacks, that wouldn’t be so objectionable.

Americans should read the letter. 

But they should read it critically and see it for the (deeply antisemitic and conspiratorial) morally bankrupt apologia for barbarism it is.

More than 100 Harvard professors slam university president for bowing to donor ‘pressure’ and condemning antisemitism

 

More than 100 Harvard professors have sent a letter to university president Claudine Gay, condemning her for issuing a statement opposing antisemitism on campus — claiming she was bowing to the interests of wealthy donors and alumni, and was infringing on the free speech of students.

“As Harvard faculty, we have been astonished by the pressure from donors, alumni and even some on this campus to silence faculty, students and staff critical of the actions of the State of Israel,” the open letter reads.

Pro-Palestinian activist group shared a frightening map of New York City landmarks on social media.

A pro-Palestinian activist group shared a frightening map of New York City newsrooms, businesses and landmark buildings — and called for “direct action” to “globalize intifada.”

In addition to news buildings, Within Our Lifetime, which describes itself as a Palestinian-led community organization, also called for followers to target the offices of technology companies

“Each of the locations on this map reflects the location of an office of an enemy of both the Palestinian people and colonized people all over the world. Today and beyond, these locations will be sites for popular mobilization in defense of our people,” the sickening Wednesday night post read.

“May this map serve as a call for every struggle to act in their own interest. As we do so, we uplift one another’s struggles and free Palestine from the river to the sea,” it continued, repeating the Palestine Liberation Organization mantra adopted by Hamas that calls for the eradication of Israel.

The controversial post has since been deleted.

The group, which boasts 121,000 followers on Instagram, did not specify why the locations should be targeted, or what kind of action should be taken, but New York lawmakers have denounced the map, insisting violence is implied. Intifada is Arabic for a rebellion or uprising.

Democratic Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres warned on X Thursday that the messaging was an example of “Coded calls for violence against Jews” … ” that are “proliferating on social media.”

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, also a Democrat, wrote that it was “dangerous and reprehensible.”

“This is clear incitement against a group of predominantly Jewish institutions, based on the trope that they are ‘enemies’ of ‘colonized people all over the world.'”

In a statement to The Post Thursday, Levine added: “I reject this hateful language and am grateful that the NYPD is taking this threat seriously.”

Councilman Keith Powers, who represents Manhattan Midtown — home to several landmarks on the group’s list — wrote on X that the list was an “unacceptable invitation to senseless violence.

“I strongly condemn it & have reached out to the local NYPD,” the Democrat wrote.

Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, the executive vice president of the NY Board of Rabbis described the map as “a message that glorifies physical attacks against Jews.

“Intifadas are targeted attacks on Jews,” he told The Post. “The hatred of the heart leads to hatred of the hands.”

An NYPD spokesperson confirmed that the department was aware of the disturbing map.

 

Watch IDF Soldiers Returning From Gaza Get Their Phones Back

 

Alter Goldberger from Kiryas Yoel and Yehonatan Ovadia from Chestnut Ridge Arrested For Removing Israeli Flag in Monsey

 

The Ramapo Police Department has made significant progress in a hate crime case involving the desecration of an Israeli flag. The flag, which had been proudly displayed on the exterior wall of the Town of Ramapo building on Route 59, was found to be missing on November 13, 2023.

Upon investigation, the Ramapo Police discovered that the flag had been forcefully removed and damaged by a group of Netura Karta psychos who then fled the scene with the flag. The department’s detectives Investigations Division quickly identified and arrested two members of the radical Netura Karta group responsible for this act.

The first arrest, made on November 14, involved 75-year-old Alter Goldberger from Monroe, NY. The following day, 32-year-old Yehonatan Ovadia from Chestnut Ridge, NY, was also taken into custody. Both individuals face charges of Criminal Mischief 4th Degree, Petit Larceny, and Conspiracy 6th Degree, all classified as hate crimes. They have been arraigned and released on their own recognizance, awaiting future court appearances in the Village of Airmont.

The Ramapo Police Department continues its investigation into the incident and urges anyone with information to come forward and contact their Investigations Division at (845) 357-2400.

The department also reminds the public that these charges are merely accusations, and both defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The case has garnered considerable attention in the community, highlighting the ongoing challenges of hate crimes and the need for vigilance and unity against such acts.

Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji arrested in the Murder of 69 year old Paul Kessler in a Pro-Israeli Rally in LA

 

The Ventura County Sheriff has arrested 50 year old Alnaji for murdering  Paul Kessler. 

Alnaji was last seen sitting near Paul Kessler as he was dying with a smug look on his ugly face. He was arrested until minutes ago.

Alnaji has been charged with involuntary manslaughter; his bail is set at 1 million Dollars!

Is Abby Stein a (He/She ) a Spokesperson for Hamas??

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