💥BOOM. The Czech Republic is about to slap the EU across the face with a history book and move its embassy to Jerusalem — becoming the FIRST European Union country to officially recognize the eternal, undivided capital of the Jewish people.
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BREAKING: Two MEN competed in the finals for the Ultimate Pool Series WOMEN'S Pro event in England.
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During a recent campus Q&A, Charlie Kirk asked a pointed question:
Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg on Sunday instructed Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to respond within 18 days – by April 24, 2025 – to a petition filed by the Lavi organization claiming a severe personal conflict of interest in her handling of proceedings related to the current Shin Bet head, Ronen Bar, and former Shin Bet head, Nadav Argaman.
The petition states that Baharav-Miara maintains close and long-standing personal relationships with Bar and Argaman, stemming from their deep acquaintance with her husband, a former Shin Bet member. According to publications, Bar and Argaman accompanied the family over the years in personal visits and meetings – connections that have never been denied by the Attorney General, who chose to respond to inquiries on matter with “no comment.”
Despite these connections, Baharav-Miara has personally involved herself in opposing Ronen Bar’s dismissal from his position as head of the Shin Bet – contrary to the government’s position. She is also personally involved in a petition filed by Argaman regarding the government commission of inquiry on spyware – again, contrary to the government’s position.
The petition claims that this conduct clearly violates Shin Bet regulations, the rules of ethics for public servants, and the conflict of interest arrangement signed by the Attorney General herself, according to which she must refrain from handling the affairs of relatives or friends who may influence her judgment.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on Sunday reported a steady increase in the number of Charedi employees within its ranks. According to the company, over 400 Charedi men and women are now employed at IAI — a notable figure for one of the country’s most prestigious technological firms.
At a recent conference dedicated to integrating Charedi professionals into technological and engineering roles, IAI highlighted its broad-based efforts to make its workforce more inclusive while respecting the values and lifestyle of the Charedi tzibbur.
“At IAI, we run various programs throughout the year to recruit employees from a range of backgrounds, including the Charedi community,” said Nir Reis, Vice President of Human Resources at IAI. He credited the company’s success in this area to “wide-ranging recruitment initiatives, exposure events tailored for Charedi engineers, partnerships with Charedi training organizations, and job postings specifically targeted to Charedi neighborhoods.”
In 2024 alone, 48 new Charedi employees joined IAI — part of a broader trend that has seen a 45% increase in Charedi hiring over the past two years.
In addition to recruitment, IAI has taken meaningful steps to ensure that frum employees feel comfortable and supported in their work environment. The company has implemented internal web-filtering systems, hosts family-friendly events with sensitivity to the community’s standards, and provides a fully functioning on-site bais medrash.
“IAI is proud to be a place where all segments of Jewry can find a professional home,” said Boaz Levy, CEO of IAI. “We are deeply committed to increasing the representation of diverse communities — including Charedi men and women — within our workforce.”
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife landed in Washington D.C. on Sunday evening and were greeted by Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter.
Shortly later, Netanyahu and his entourage rushed to the Blair House for a meeting with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
The meeting, which focused on the 17% tariff imposed by the Trump administration on Israel, was described by the Prime Minister’s Office as “warm, friendly, and productive.”
The couple’s names have been cleared for publication: Or Chaim Hamdani Cohen (38) and his wife Esther (35), of blessed memory. Details regarding the funeral, which will take place today, will be announced separately. The couple are survived by their four children, one of whom heard the shots, found them dead and alerted police.
According to sources familiar with the family, they were a normative, well-regarded family belonging to the Sephardic community in the neighborhood. The husband regularly prayed at the local synagogue, and the wife worked in the Atarot industrial zone. She was also well known in the community for managing a central charity organization (Gemach) to support new mothers.
The couple’s children attend well-known educational institutions in the neighborhood. The tragedy has left the community in shock, including acquaintances from the boys’ Talmud Torah and the girls’ neighborhood school.
MDA paramedic Eden Marzayev and MDA emergency medical technician Omri David, who arrived at the scene, said:
“We were led into the apartment and saw a man and a woman unconscious, with no pulse and not breathing. We performed medical examinations and were forced to pronounce them dead at the scene.”
Shira, whose daughter studied with Esther, the murdered woman, said that “She was a righteous woman. She ran a clothing charity. Her daughter is in the same class as my daughter. She has a two-year-old baby, a child in kindergarten, and a daughter in third grade. From the outside, it seemed like her husband was disconnected from her—off in his own world, in his own head,”
Shira also participated in weekly Torah classes with the victim. “I would see her often at the Torah lessons. A classic charedi family. I ran a summer camp a year ago, and her daughter attended. The husband would bring them in the morning. Even in my darkest thoughts, I never imagined it could come to this.”
Despite what seemed like the outward appearance of a family dealing with ordinary challenges, Shira shares something that might shed light on the tragic incident.
“I understood that she opened a case at the Rabbinical Court a week ago—she wanted a divorce. In the neighborhood, we don’t know how to process this. What to think, how to feel.”
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3) 2018 Barack Obama calls for reciprocal tariffs
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Below is translated from Hebrew Blog:
It happened today in Jerusalem, no one wanted to believe that such a thing could happen, especially when it comes in an environment of many yeshiva students, but when they arrived at the scene, they saw how a small child was standing next to his dead parents.
It turns out that the father was angry with his wife - it is not clear at the moment what - he shot her, and shot himself, apparently telling himself that we will not both live, and leaving the child without a father and mother
How does such a thing happen in general and among the Chareidim in particular?
This is not something that has not happened in the past, unfortunately we have heard of cases like this where a husband shot his wife and committed suicide, but the outcry here is twofold, how is it that someone who is considered 'Chareidie' would do such a thing?
How is it that the Chareidie education system brought out such a horrible act?.
It is not enough to wear a white shirt and a yeshiva hat, Charedie education must be so different, that even in moments like this we should know how to overcome and not go so far. There are red lines that existed in the past and we are learning that these no longer exist, something very serious and difficult is happening in Charedie education, that an act of this kind happened,proves that something is sick in the education
They are trying to explain to me with a racist reason that this is someone who comes from a background of '... Knives' and who get angry and hit each other, it is in their nature.
I don't buy that, yes it's true that we're on the eve of Pesach, and the pressure is especially great in homes where the cleaning and everything that happens around the holiday puts pressure on a husband, but to take a gun and shoot his wife and then to shoot himself?
We have had too many suicides lately, this matter has become much more serious, and this time he not only killed himself but also his wife
They will argue, and ostensibly there is something to it, because we are dealing with a 'patient.' True, anyone who does such a thing must be mentally disturbed because a sane person would not do such a thing. Still, how is it possible that they did not know that the person was dangerous and did nothing to ensure that such a thing would not happen?
This is a well-known neighborhood in the holy city of Jerusalem, a neighborhood populated by Bnei Torah yeshiva students, who will have to deal with how such a thing happened in their surroundings on Shabbat HaGadol
Former Vice President Kamala Harris was floored by her loss to President Trump this past November, having “bought the hype” that her campaign was in good shape in the run-up to Election Day, according to the author of a new book on the 2024 presidential election.
“She was completely shocked, and Tim Walz was shocked,” The Hill correspondent Amie Parnes, co-author of “FIGHT: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House,” told the podcast “Somebody’s Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri” Thursday.
Walz was so “stunned” by Harris’ crushing defeat that he was unable to speak, according to Parnes.
“He has no words,” the reporter told Palmeri, describing the Minnesota governor sitting in his hotel room silently on election night as staffers tried to explain the situation.
“And people are kind of explaining to him, same thing with [Harris]. And she’s like, ‘Are you sure? Have we done a recount? Should we do a recount?’” Parnes continued.
“They thought that they were going to win,” she added. “And so, you know, when they come back now and say, ‘Oh no, we didn’t really have a chance.’ No, that’s not what they were thinking. They thought they were going to win.”
Parnes reported that some members of Harris’ team felt they were being “gaslit” by senior campaign officials, who were confident that “things were looking good” for the Democratic nominee.
Harris “bought the hype,” according to the journalist, and thought she was on a path to victory.
