NYC: A Barnard College administrator entered and asked the protesters to identify themselves and leave. No one listened, and they shouted at her to “Shut up!”
Bais Shifra Miriam, a well-known girls’ school in Monsey that has been serving the community for over 40 years, announced Sunday evening that it will not open its doors on Monday morning due to a financial crisis, leaving hundreds of students and parents in limbo.
Sources tell Monsey Scoop that the closure follows a strike by the school’s teachers, further complicating efforts to keep the institution running. The school, which educates approximately 300 students, has faced mounting financial difficulties in recent years.
Notably, in an effort to avoid regulatory issues with the New York State Education Department (NYSED), the school stopped accepting any state funding in recent years. This decision was made as many yeshivas and Jewish schools have faced increasing pressure from NYS regarding curriculum requirements and oversight, sparking ongoing debates about religious education and parental rights. While the move helped the school maintain its autonomy in chinuch, it also significantly impacted its financial stability.
In response, parents and local askonim are actively working to take over the school and stabilize its operations. Their goal is to resolve the financial crisis and reopen as soon as possible, with hopes of resuming classes in the coming days.
Trump greets released Israeli hostages in Oval Office
— RT (@RT_com) March 5, 2025
'We believe you’ve been SENT BY GOD to release them'
Trump’s response: 'we’ll get them out' pic.twitter.com/szSCL6C1bQ
A group of prominent Rabbonim from Monsey convened on Sunday afternoon at the home of the Skulener Rebbe of Monsey to discuss the growing concerns surrounding the Israeli government’s push to draft yeshiva students into the army. The Skulener Rebbe himself participated in the meeting, though the gathering included a broader group of Rabbonim and community askonim.
The discussion focused on how American Rabbonim, Roshei Yeshiva, and philanthropists can contribute both financially and strategically to support efforts to protect bnei Torah from conscription. The meeting highlighted the importance of unified action, advocacy, and assistance to ensure that yeshiva students in Eretz Yisroel can continue their Torah learning without disruption.
As the situation continues to develop, participants emphasized the need for collaboration and decisive steps to uphold the values and priorities of the Torah world.
Thank the RBS"O that they are keeping it in their own neighborhood! Burning their own garbage containers, blocking traffic in their own neighborhood!
There are two beautiful wedding halls in that neighborhood but personally, I stopped going to weddings that take place in their Araei-miklat! ...There is also a great hardware store there, but I go in the middle of the day when they are still sleeping!
US special envoy for hostage affairs Adam Boehler has been holding direct talks with Hamas officials in Qatar on the possibility of releasing hostages, including Americans, in Gaza, a source familiar with the details confirmed to The Jerusalem Post.
The talks were first revealed in a report by Axios journalist Barak Ravid.
Israel has been updated on these talks.
The release of the roughly 200 pages from the “Epstein files” by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi—mainly containing flight logs and lists of associates—marked the first time Olmert had been linked to the accused sex trafficker.
Other Israeli individuals listed in the declassified documents included Arik Gutman, Avi Gil, Efrat Evani Duud, Elisa Eshed and Neima Yakhof.
Gil, a former Israeli diplomat, served under Shimon Peres for some 30 years in various capacities, including as his chief of staff, while Eshed’s entry in Epstein’s file lists an official Israel Tax Authority email address.
The released documents did not contain proof that anyone other than Epstein committed crimes, and no incriminating files were published.
According to previous reports, Barak visited Epstein at least 36 times between 2013 and 2017. The meetings came well after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution. However, Barak has claimed he was unaware of Epstein’s activities.
Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli tweeted a copy of Barak’s record in the Epstein documents (that were released in 2023) on Friday morning, adding: “Good morning.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also mentioned the affair during a Knesset speech on Monday as he launched an attack on Israeli media.
“They invite Ehud Barak again and again to the studios—I believe also today—they interview him with great respect and dignity, but strangely, he is not asked a single question on the subject,” the premier claimed.
“The media are not news channels; they are fake channels,” the prime minister charged in a heated exchange with opposition lawmakers.
בוקר אור @barak_ehud pic.twitter.com/NqlCYDmBff
— עמיחי שיקלי - Amichai Chikli (@AmichaiChikli) February 28, 2025
Bardugo, 59, is a businessman and attorney, currently serving as a presenter and political commentator on Channel 14 and right-wing radio station Galey Israel. He previously worked as a political commentator and current affairs host on Army Radio and as a columnist for Israel Hayom. Bardugo has also held executive positions as CEO of the Center for Local Government in Israel, and CEO of the National Lottery.
“Anyone who has seen the full report understands that significant changes have been made to it over the past month, and it has essentially been manipulated for political publicity,” writes Bardugo. “The report presented to the public is not the original; it has been altered and tailored for public relations purposes. In reality, it’s more of a document crafted by PR professionals than by investigators.”
The Movement for Governance and Democracy, established in 2013, is dedicated to preserving the balance between different components of democracy in Israel. According to its website, the association aims to safeguard majority rule, individual rights, governmental fairness, and transparency.
On Monday, the group tweeted a stunning message, titled, “What is the High Court actually busy with?”
These shocking data followed:
HIGH COURT PROCEEDINGS IN JANUARY 2025
We should point out that the majority of the NGOs that represent petitioners from Judea, Samaria, and since October 7, 2023, Gaza as well, are largely funded by governments and groups outside Israel, so that, like it or not, the Israeli taxpayer is funding a high court that caters to the petitions submitted by anti-Israel elements in Europe and America.
Below is a short interview (in Hebrew) with Attorney Iska Bina, from the Movement for Governance and Democracy:
The Obama administration “systematically derailed” an FBI probe into Iranian terrorists — with then-Secretary of State John Kerry “personally” interfering to block arrests to score a nuclear-weapons pact with Tehran, show newly released bombshell emails.
Newly released unclassified FBI communications from 2015 and 2016 reveal how officials in then-President Barack Obama’s Justice and State departments stopped federal agents from enforcing US sanctions on Iran and set up “a shadow amnesty program that protected scores of additional Iranian criminals.”
The covert effort included the abandonment of “dozens of Iran-related investigations” by the FBI and related cases by federal prosecutors “after recognizing the State Department and DOJ obstruction would thwart effective enforcement efforts,” whistleblowers’ disclosures say.
“Secretary of State [Kerry] personally told DOJ officials that they were to stand down on an arrest,” a disclosure stated, directly contradicting his sworn testimony to Congress in July 2015 that Iran was being “restrained” from implementing its missile programs.
At the same time, Kerry’s State Department was negotiating and would later sign onto the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as the Iran nuclear deal.
The agreement lifted economic sanctions and resulted in a prisoner swap between Tehran and Washington — while also coinciding with a subsequently revealed payout of $1.7 billion in cash to the Iranian regime and the release of 14 members of its Weapons of Mass Destruction and ballistic missile programs.
“Kerry and the State Department sold out the safety of Americans and our allies when they provided $1.7 billion in cash to Iran which, unsurprisingly, Iran used to continue development of their weapons programs and to better equip and fund their proxies,” the whistleblowers said.
“The death and destruction seen on October 7, 2023, [in Israel] is only one of the tragic results from providing this cash to Iran and from the State Department, DOJ leadership, and FBI Director Comey systematically obstructing Iranian investigations and prosecutions for years,” the documents say.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who chairs the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, released the whistleblower disclosures after a lengthy investigation, saying his findings revealed: “chilling evidence the Obama-Biden administration jeopardized our national security and demoralized the morale of FBI agents who were working to keep Americans safe.”
The Judiciary chairman said the re-election of President Trump would bring about a return to normal enforcement procedures and “restore American strength on the world stage and hold Iran accountable for its evil acts.”
During the Obama years, FBI officials became so concerned with the obstruction of their investigations into agents of Tehran that they took their worries to then-US Attorney General Loretta Lynch — who also refused to take action, according to the whistleblowers.
“We are all beside ourselves on asking the field to stand down on a layup arrest, however as it stands right now we all have to sit back and wait until all the US and Iran negotiations resolve themselves,” bureau official Louis Bladel wrote in a July 3, 2015, email, days before the JCPOA was signed.
State Department official Samantha Boyer slammed the administration for thwarting enforcement operations even after the deal, saying in a March 1, 2016, email: “[I]t’s a little like WTF that [an arrest is] being held up (if you’ll excuse the phrasing). However, it is what it is.”
Others such as FBI official Stacey Moye discussed compiling evidence of the administration’s interference “should there ever be a special investigation/hearing etc. on why FBI could not action law, and potentially prevent [a] national security incident.”
That Dec. 17, 2015, email was sent to DOJ lawyer Jay Bratt, who served as chief of the counterintelligence and export control section in the National Security Division.
Bratt resigned in January of this year after working on the cases brought against Trump by special counsel Jack Smith.
Reps for Obama did not respond to a Post request for comment. Kerry could not be reached for comment!
