“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l

Thursday, May 30, 2024

What a Surprise!! "Climate Change" Organization is Really a Pro-Hamas Group!

 They sure changed the climate! No Question about that!

When Archi Bunker Met the Rabbi

 

*Breaking: Pro-Hamas Mob Burns Israeli Embassy in Mexico City

 



The Mexican government’s disturbing embrace of the prejudiced international campaign to demonize Israel has now unleashed explosive real-world consequences on its own soil.

Disturbingly, a pro-Hamas mob setting fire to the Israeli embassy in Mexico City on Wednesday offered a grim glimpse into the destructive forces President López Obrador’s regime is willfully inflaming.

According to AFP, upwards of 200 anti-Israel protesters descended upon  the Israeli diplomatic compound in Mexico’s capital. Masked assailants hurled rocks and other sharp object in an attempt to breach the security perimeter around the embassy as fires raged in the background. Unverified reports indicated multiple casualties amid the lawless mayhem as protesters defiantly waved Palestinian flags.

On Tuesday, Mexico made the reprehensible decision to intervene in the International Court of Justice case accusing Israel of ‘genocide.’

Mexico has shamelessly signaled its intent to leverage its position as a party to the Genocide Convention not to uphold its spirit of preventing future atrocities, but rather to legislate an extremist reinterpretation of the treaty that would render virtually any attempt by Israel to combat Hamas terror as a criminal act of ethnic cleansing against civilians.

Shiksa Discribes Her "SleepOver" in Chabad Household of 9 Children

 

Instagram & Facebook remove viral Israeli response to ‘All eyes on Rafah’ campaign

  META CONTINUES TO BAN PRO-ISRAEL CONTENT WITH NO EXPLANATION


An AI-generated pro-Israel image created by Benjamin Jamon has been removed from Instagram without explanation. 

The image was made in response to a viral pro-Palestinian AI-generated image that read “All eyes on Rafah.” 

Jamon's image, reading “Where were your eyes on October 7?” depicted a Hamas soldier standing over an infant, implying it to be Kfir Bibas, a child taken hostage on October 7.

The image had been shared around 500,000 times before Jamon’s account was banned.

The original pro-Palestinian image remains online.

Rachel Gelman Is Biggest Supporter Of Pro-Hamas Protests

 

A recent report from the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) has revealed that the Bafrayung Fund, associated with one of America’s wealthiest and most politically active Jewish families, is a significant financial supporter of the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) movement.

This organization is known for orchestrating the widespread anti-Israel protests on college campuses across the United States.

The director of the Bafrayung Fund is Rachel Gelman, 33, a descendant of Levi Strauss, the renowned clothing manufacturer. Rachel Gelman is also related to U.S. Representative Dan Gelman (D-NY). According to the ISGAP report, the Bafrayung Fund has allocated substantial sums of money over recent months to support and encourage these protests.

NSJP’s main fiscal sponsor is the Westchester Peace Action Committee (WESPAC), which started as a civil rights advocacy group in the 1970s, and today is largely responsible for the pro-Hamas group’s activities, providing it with a legitimate façade for its actions.

According to the ISGAP report, WESPAC sponsors the following organizations, all of them virulent anti-Israel and antisemitic:

1. National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP)
2. US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)
3. Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)
4. Adalah New York
5. International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN)
6. Palestine Freedom Project (PFP)

At the top of WESPAC’s grant providers, ISGAP lists the Covina, California-based Bafrayung Fund, which donated $298,000. Next on the list is the Elias Foundation, dedicated to the promotion of “progressive ideas,” which forked over only $100,500.

Notably, Bafrayung also donated $60,000 to the Palestinian Youth Movement and $40,000 to the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, both of which have used the controversial slogan, “From the river to the sea Palestine will be free.”

Rachel Gelman’s mother, Susie Gelman, has also been a prominent figure in the political landscape. She was considered by President Biden for the position of U.S. ambassador to Israel.

From 2016 to 2023, Susie Gelman served as the chairperson of the Israel Policy Forum, an organization founded in the 1990s to support peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. During her tenure, she frequently criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing governments.

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

For American Jews, interfaith weddings are a new normal

 

The article below was written by an Arab ! Read and cry! 

The article states that 61 % of American Jews who have married since 2010, married out of the faith! An additional 7% are living with a non-Jewish partner. The Pew Research Center in 2013 has the rate at 72%. The Bnei-Brith has a rate as high as 85%!

The Satmar Rebbi, R' Yoel Teitelbaum z"l predicted in 1956 that Israel's assimilation rate would be over 90% and that in 20 years hence there wouldn't be any Chareidie Moisdois in Israel to talk about. The Rebbe reiterated this in 1967. 

Thank G-D he was so wrong in all respects, as the assimilation rate in Israel according to Yad Le'Achim is less than 1.5% and they consider this an epidemic, and Chareidei Population has doubled in less than 10 years, and there are more Torah Institutions in Israel than anywhere in the world! 

For Americans, there is a good chance that if you don't make Aliyah, your grandchildren will be goyim! You heard it here first! 

 written by: Samira Mehta

More than 10 years ago, I attended a college friend’s wedding in New York City.

My friend is Muslim, and her husband Jewish. They were married under a Jewish wedding canopy made from the groom’s bar mitzvah prayer shawl – which, his mother announced to the assembled guests, had been made in India, the bride’s parents’ country of origin. The bride wore a red wedding sari. The groom’s mother read and explained the seven blessings of a Jewish wedding; the bride’s mother read from the Quran and then provided an English translation.

The bride and groom sipped from the same cup of wine, as one does at a Jewish wedding. But knowing that I was writing about her wedding for my book on interfaith marriages, the bride pulled me aside in between the ceremony and the photos. They had replaced the traditional wine with white grape juice, she told me – nonalcoholic in deference to the fact that she is Muslim; white out of fear of staining the wedding finery before the photos.

My friend’s interfaith wedding might seem unusual, but it is part of the American Jewish normal. Approximately 42% of married Jews have a spouse who is not Jewish. Among American Jews who have gotten married since 2010, that percentage rises to 61%.

Many advocates for interfaith families prefer not to call these marriages between Jews and “non-Jews,” because that term defines people by what they are not – erasing their own vibrant religious and cultural heritage. There is great diversity in whom Jews marry. Most spouses come from Christian backgrounds, given the demographics of the United States, but Christianity itself is very diverse. Others marry Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists or people from any number of other religious traditions.

Crazed Biden warns European Countries over Censuring Iran regarding its nuclear programme

 

In its fanatical quest for an "Iran Deal" Biden has warned Rishi Sunak against censuring Iran over its nuclear programme amid high tensions in the Middle East.

The International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution against Iran 18 months ago, demanding it to cooperate with a years-long investigation into uranium particles found at three undeclared sites.

European powers, including Britain and France, are believed to be preparing a censuring resolution.

However, the Biden administration has warned the countries to abstain from the resolution and said it will do the same.

Concern about Iran’s atomic ambitions have grown since 2019 when then president Donald Trump pulled the US out of a deal offering sanctions relief in exchange for curbs to its nuclear programme.

The country has been enriching uranium to 60 per cent purity, close to the roughly 90 per cent that is weapons-grade, for three years. Iran has consistently denied seeking a nuclear weapon and says all its activities are peaceful.

Western powers say there is no credible civilian energy purpose in enriching to that level, and the IAEA says no other country has done so without going on to make a nuclear weapon.

One senior European diplomat said: "There is no slowing down of its programme and there is no real goodwill by Iran to cooperate with the IAEA...all our indicators are flashing red.”

Officials have been citing the US presidential election as a reason for the Biden administration's reluctance.

Israel and Iran carried out direct strikes on each other for the first time last month, and Israel has repeatedly threatened to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.

Biden's Battle Against Israel Continues comes out against GOP bill to sanction ICC over Israel arrest warrants

 

The White House on Tuesday came out against legislation being pushed by House Republicans to sanction senior members of the International Criminal Court over its pursuit of arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

“We don’t believe the ICC has jurisdiction [in this case], so we don’t support these arrest warrants. However, we don’t believe that sanctioning the ICC is the answer,” National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said during a press briefing.

Last week, the US came out against ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan’s request for arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant along with Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar and Muhammad Deif. Washington blasted the equivalency the court drew between the Israeli and Hamas leaders, said the ICC had no authority to weigh in on the matter since Israel is not a member, has its own credible legal systems to adjudicate such charges and was in the process of cooperating with Khan when he cut off contact and rushed to announce his decision.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the administration would work with Congress “on a bipartisan basis to find an appropriate response” to the ICC effort against Israel.

Earlier this month, congressional Republicans began advancing legislation that would sanction ICC officials involved in the targeting of Israel. While it’s likely to pass in the House, the legislation is expected to face a more difficult path in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

Congressional Democrats, including in the Senate, have spoken in favor of a legislative response to the ICC. Sanctions, however, appear a step too far for them, with the White House opposing any reversal of US President Joe Biden decision to remove the sanctions that his predecessor Donald Trump imposed on the court’s prosecutor.

With the administration opposed to the GOP’s sanctions bill, another possibility would be for Congress to pass legislation threatening sanctions against countries that abide by any arrest warrants that the court issues in the case against Israel. Biden could do this unilaterally through executive order, though the administration has not said if it’s currently mulling such a route. Legislation would be more binding and potentially help blunt criticism on Capitol Hill.

Kirby also came out against calls to sanction Israel that are now being considered by some European leaders following a ruling in the International Court of Justice — which prosecutes countries, as opposed to the ICC, which prosecutes individuals — calling on Israel to halt military operations in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah that would risk the destruction of the civilian population sheltering there.

“We have no plans for these kinds of actions… based on the ICJ ruling,’ he said, saying the US doesn’t agree with the decision nor does it believe that the court has jurisdiction in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.


Virtual Auschwitz Tours a Reality, Courtesy of Google Donation

A $1 million grant for the development of the “Auschwitz in Front of Your Eyes”“Auschwitz in Front of Your Eyes” project has been announced, courtesy of Google. The grant, which comes from the Google philanthropic arm, Google.org, aims to help the project aims deepen awareness and knowledge about Auschwitz and the Holocaust. The idea is a live-streamed virtual tour can reach additional audiences worldwide who cannot visit the site in person.

The project also enables people unable to physically visit the camp, to engage with the history of Auschwitz. The virtual tour, which will be conducted by a guide, includes survivor testimonies, multimedia materials, and opportunities for participants to ask questions.

“The funding will help develop the technological platform and its accessibility, including real-time subtitles, AI-based translation into multiple languages, and the digitization of survivor testimonies,” said the director of Google.org for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Rowan Barnett.