500 Items Uncovered at Auschwitz Ahead of 80th Anniversary

A Polish woman and her son last week turned over a cache of at least 500 objects recovered more than 80 years ago from the Auschwitz death camp, including a child’s ragdoll and a prisoner’s uniform.

The mother and son gave the objects to the Foundation of Memory Sites Near Auschwitz-Birkenau on condition of anonymity, according to Dagmar Kopijasz, a member of the foundation’s council.

The woman said that her father had collected them before the former death camp was declared a museum. He often went there immediately after liberation to help with cleaning. He stored all the items in an attic. They are in varying states of preservation, according to Kopijasz.

The cache is one of the “most extradentary finds” in recent years at Auschwitz, Kopijasz told JNS. The state museum that preserves the state museum is scheduled to host the 80th anniversary commemorations of the camp’s liberation on Monday, Jan. 27. Many dignitaries and heads of state will attend. The Israeli delegation will be represented by Yoav Kisch, the country’s education minister.

The objects filled a van that the woman’s son drove to the Foundation’s offices on Jan. 19. The Foundation of Memory Sites Near Auschwitz-Birkenau intends to catalog and display some of the items from the cache on Jan. 27 at the Auschwitz museum.

The cache includes suitcases, one signed “Ungermann” and “transport 3262.” Among the objects are clothing items, including the infamous striped prisoner uniform, and dishes. The objects may also contain artifacts that belonged to SS guards at Auschwitz, Kopijasz said.

“We couldn’t believe what we were seeing. The van she and her son drove to us was full of things. We have been collecting camp relics for over 20 years, but we have never seen such a huge number at once,” Kopijasz told TVP3.

Yacov Livne, Israel’s ambassador to Poland, said the cache also contained some Judaica items.

“Despite the support of the Polish government and private donations, many Holocaust-related sites around Auschwitz-Birkenau were neglected or destroyed. I hope that on the 80th anniversary of its liberation, a solution would be found to preserve what remains,” Livne tweeted on Thursday.

In 2024, more than 1.8 million people visited Auschwitz. The museum received funding from Poland’s government to the tune of about $8 million that year. JNS

Letter from Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh Fetches $700,000 at Auction

A historic handwritten letter by the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh, Rav Chaim ibn Attar (c1696-1743), sold for $700,000 (2.5 million shekels) at auction in Yerushalayim on Wednesday.

The sale, conducted by Kedem Auction House, includes an additional 25% commission fee.

The manuscript, which emerged from a comprehensive collection assembled by Israeli attorney Avigdor Klagsbald, features the distinctive signature of the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh and addresses the dayanim of Meknes regarding tax relief for a community member. The letter was discovered within a remarkable volume containing hundreds of manuscripts and signatures from prominent 18th-century Moroccan gedolim, including Rav Yaakov ibn Tzur and Rav Yehudah ben Attar.

In a journey that would shape Yerushalayim’s landscape, the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh arrived first in Acre with 30 students, intending to establish a yeshivah. After navigating through epidemics in the Galilee, he eventually settled in Yerushalayim, where he purchased a historic courtyard. Now known as the Old Yishuv Courtyard, it is traditionally believed to be the birthplace of the Arizal, Rav Yitzchak Luria, two centuries earlier—and established his bais medrash.

The Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh, a Sephardic gadol, achieved unprecedented recognition among Chassidic communities throughout Europe, with his writings becoming cornerstone texts in Chassidic thought.

The bais medrash he founded demonstrated similar resilience, surviving the 1948 Jordanian destruction of Jewish institutions and later undergoing renovation on Rechov Or HaChaim in the Jewish Quarter following the Six-Day War.

The Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh’s influence continues well beyond his brief life, which ended at age 47 in 1743. His kever on Har Hazeisim serves as a significant pilgrimage site, drawing thousands annually who seek yeshuos there.

 

Trump Orders Transgender Inmates Sent Back to Men’s Prisons

 President Donald Trump has restored single-sex prisons, sending male inmates who identify as women back to men’s facilities. 

The approximately 1,500 male federal prisoners who identify as women will now be sent to men’s facilities in the wake of President Trump’s executive order establishing single-sex prisons, according to a report by the New York Times.

President Trump’s executive order, titled, “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” also ends transgender-related medical procedures for prison inmates.

 The Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF), a feminist organization that advocates for single-sex prisons and raises awareness about incarcerated women becoming victims of male violence, called President Trump’s move “a major victory.” 

Currently, WoLF is working to combat California legislation that allows inmates to request facilities that align with their identity, rather than their actual biological sex.

Now listen to this meshiginar below put in his place by a lady! 

A left wing snob was mansplaining to a woman why she should undress in front of men in women's changing rooms.
She let him ramble on for a few minutes before this epic interruption📺
Fine example of a snobby ideology clashing with working class reality.🍿pic.twitter.com/mannbQuT7Y

— Biology Rules Ok (@OkayBiology) January 25, 2025

Watch Ron Gilboa, father of lookout soldier Daniella Gilboa Thank HKB"H for her Release

 Touching Moment: 

Ron Gilboa, father of lookout soldier Daniella Gilboa,with heartfelt prayer of gratitude following his daughter's release from captivity.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei forced to wear flak jacket as fears of existential threat grow

 

Iran has ordered its proxy forces across the Middle East to exercise caution as the Islamic Republic fears an existential threat following Donald Trump’s return to the White House, The Telegraph has learned.

Officials have told commanders of Iran-backed militias to avoid provocative actions that could escalate regional tensions.

Commanders have also been instructed to maintain defensive positions while avoiding any actions that could be interpreted as aggressive by US forces or regional allies.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s 85-year-old supreme leader, even appeared to be wearing a flak jacket at the funeral of two judges who were gunned down in Tehran last weekend – reportedly over fear of attacks.

With his robes bulging at unusual angles, Khamenei was pictured this week standing over the coffins of the men said to have been assassinated inside the supreme court by an “infiltrator”.

Iran Funneling Funds to Hezbollah via Turkey

Iran is using Turkish commercial airlines and diplomatic channels to bypass surveillance and transfer cash to Hezbollah, according to Sky News Arabia citing Western intelligence sources. 

Funds are moved through third countries before reaching Lebanon, allowing Iran to sustain its financial support despite existing restrictions.

Watch President Donald Trump announce that he intends to reassign nearly 88,000 IRS agents to border patrol duties or demand their resignation.

 

Trump floats plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza, move Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan

 President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that he would like to “just clean out” Gaza and send the bombed-out Palestinian refugees from there to neighboring Middle Eastern nations.

During an extended question-and-answer on Air Force One, President Trump floated the idea of moving Palestinians to create a clean slate.

“I’d like Egypt to take people,” the president said, the AP reports, adding, “You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, ‘You know, it’s over.’”

“I’d love for [Jordan] to take on more ’cause I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now, and it’s a mess. It’s a real mess.”

Trump added that this type of relocation of Palestinians “could be temporary or long term.”

“Something has to happen. But it’s literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything’s demolished, and people are dying there,” he emphasized.

“So, I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations, and build housing in a different location, where they can maybe live in peace for a change.”

On Saturday, the Trump administration agreed to send thousands of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel.

That shipment of bombs – 1,800 MK-84s — was previously halted back in May by the Biden administration out of concerns Israel would use the weapons on civilians.

Trump Predicts the end of Rachel Maddow ‘MSNBC IS CLOSE TO DEATH’

 

President Trump bashed MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and described her network and CNN as the “enemy of the people.”

“Wow! Rachel Maddow has horrible ratings. She’ll be off the air very soon. MSNBC IS CLOSE TO DEATH. CNN HAS REACHED THE BOTTOM. This is a good thing. They are the Enemy of the people!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

The 1:05 a.m. post came hours after Trump held court at a contentious roundtable in California with Democrats, where he slammed their response to the catastrophic wildfires.

“You have emergency powers, just like I do, and I’m exercising my emergency powers. You have to exercise them also,” Trump scolded embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

Trump, 78, urged Bass to let residents complaining of red tape and long delays begin the rebuilding process after the disaster, which is expected to cost $250 billion.

“I just think you have to allow the people to go on their site and start the process tonight,” Trump said during the roundtable.

Neither network responded to a request for comment.

Mahmoud Abbas congratulated terrorist Yasser Abu Bakr, convicted of three murders including that of a 9-month-old baby.

 

Still Think Abbas Should Control Gaza?

In the video:

 PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas congratulates freed terrorist Yasser Abu Bakr, responsible for the 2002 Netanya attack that killed two Israelis, including a 9-month-old baby. He also planned a suicide attack at Tel Hashomer Hospital.

Tonight, he returned home to the West Bank.

Still trust Abbas with Gaza?