Monday, September 8, 2025
Owner of Famous Beit Shemesh Bakery Was Among Those Murdered
One of the 6 people murdered in this morning's terror attach was *Mordechai Steintzag*, HY"D, known as 'Dr. Mark'.
A resident of Ramot B, he was the owner of the well-known *Doctor Mark's Bakery* in Beit Shemesh.
Dr. Mark immigrated from the US decades ago. A cardiologist by training, he was very involved in the field of health and recognized that in Israel at that time there was not enough awareness of a healthy lifestyle.
The small home bakery he founded became a pioneer and a leader in the field of healthy flours and breads, and today has several branches, the main branch being in Beit Shemesh.
May his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion.
Former Chareidie Girls now Harassing Charedie Protesters With Non_ Tzneesdik Tactics
כִּֽי־תֵצֵ֥א לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עַל־אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ
וְרָאִ֙יתָ֙ בַּשִּׁבְיָ֔ה אֵ֖שֶׁת יְפַת־תֹּ֑אַר וְחָשַׁקְתָּ֣ בָ֔הּ
Charedi yeshiva student,Charedi soldier neutralize terrorists ...Reports say that the Bus Driver Was Involved!
The two terrorists who carried out a deadly shooting attack Monday morning at the Ramot Junction in Jerusalem were neutralized by a haredi yeshiva student and a squad commander in the IDF's haredi Hashmonaim Brigade.
The yeshiva student's brother-in-law told Kol Barama Radio: "My brother-in-law was on his way to the yeshiva, he has a gun he inherited from his grandfather, and he received the license thanks to [National Security Minister Itamar] Ben Gvir's reform. He emptied the entire magazine on the terrorists. Eyewitnesses claim that the driver was a partner in the attack."
Six people were killed in the attack, including three people in their 30s and a man and a woman in their 50s. Seven others were injured, one critically and four seriously.
A large number of IDF forces were deployed to the scene, and the crossings around Jerusalem were closed. The investigation into the terrorists' identities continues, led by the IDF's Central Command, Israel Police, and ISA.
Among the injured is Rabbi Yaakov Sharabani, one of the leaders of the "Maor Torah" yeshiva and son-in-law of the yeshiva's dean, Rabbi Avraham Salim. Rabbi Sharabani was lightly injured and was taken to the hospital in stable condition; the public is asked to pray for Yaakov Haim, the son of Tamar Ibon.
Haredi journalist Menachem Kolodetsky requested that the public pray for the complete recovery of his cousin, Tova Gittel, the daughter of Miriam Shoshana, a resident of Ramot who was injured in the attack. She is in her eighth month of pregnancy, expecting her first child.
Levi Yitzhak Pash of Kol Torah Yeshiva, killed in shooting attack
The Kol Torah Yeshiva in Jerusalem announced early Monday afternoon that yeshiva employee and maintenance man Levi Yitzhak Pash was one of those killed in a Ramot Junction terror attack.
The Monday morning terror attack left six dead, including Pash, and 12 others injured.
In a statement, the yeshiva said that Pash "did many good deeds, gave of his money, and often occupied himself with learning Torah." The statement also added that Pash was well-known in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood of Jerusalem as a dedicated person who was always involved in acts of kindness.
His funeral will leave from the yeshiva later today.
New study overturns 100 years of evolutionary dogma
For over a century, the reigning dogma in evolution has been that mutations — changes in the DNA — arise as blind accidents in the genome, leaving the survival of the fittest to separate the beneficial ones from the detrimental.
Now, groundbreaking research presents a fundamental challenge to that dogma, showing that nature’s most famous adaptive mutations do not arise randomly at all.
Despite the long-held belief that mutations are random, it has never been possible to observe individual mutations as they arise naturally. Prof. Adi Livnat of University of Haifa, director of the Sagol Lab for Evolution Research, lead author Dr. Daniel Melamed, and the team recently developed the most accurate mutation-detection method to date, crossing this barrier.
In a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), this team of scientists from Israel and Ghana showed that a mutation of major evolutionary importance, the APOL1 1024A>G mutation, which protects against the most common form of African sleeping sickness, while increasing the risk of kidney disease in people with two copies, originates de novo significantly more frequently exactly where it is needed: in sub-Saharan Africans compared to Europeans and in the precise location in the gene where it is protective.
“These results are completely unexpected from the random-mutation point of view. From that view, individual mutations are not supposed to arise more frequently where needed,” said Livnat.
These findings strikingly parallel the group’s earlier results showing that the HbS mutation, which protects against malaria while causing sickle cell anemia in homozygotes, originates de novo more frequently precisely in the gene and population where it is needed.
Israel May Allow Jews to stay at Joseph's Tomb for three days during Rosh Hashanah
Defense Minister Israel Katz is considering allowing Jews to stay at Joseph's Tomb for more than three consecutive days during the Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) holiday, Ynet reported.
According to the report, Rabbi Yossi Elitzur, head of the "Od Yosef Chai" Yeshiva in Shechem (Nablus), recently sent a letter to Minister Katz requesting permission for the yeshiva students to celebrate Rosh Hashanah at Joseph's Tomb. The letter was also signed by Knesset member Tzvi Succot and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan.
"On Rosh Hashanah, Joseph was released from prison," the letter noted, adding, "It is time for the Ministry of Defense, under your leadership, to correct this situation and send an important message that 'Am Israel chai,' (the people of Israel live on - ed.), remember their holy sites well, and will not abandon them again."
In response, the Defense Minister's office said: "In light of the great importance of Jewish prayers at the Tomb of Joseph, the Defense Minister will examine the matter and make a decision after consulting with security officials."
The IDF left the tomb's compound about 25 years ago, even though it was defined as an Israeli enclave within Area A. Since then, access to the site has been allowed only a few times a year, coordinated in advance with the IDF and under heavy security. During this period, Palestinian Authority Arabs have vandalized the compound several times.
Ben-Gvir Lashes Out After Israel’s High Court Rules That Imprisoned Terrorists Must Be Given More Food
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| Palestinian prisoners are greeted by a crowd after getting off a bus following their release from an Israeli prison after a ceasefire agreement with Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 |
Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled Sunday that the state has failed to meet its legal obligation to provide Palestinian security prisoners with sufficient food and ordered authorities to immediately rectify the situation.
The court, in a 2–1 ruling, sided with petitions brought by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Gisha, which accused National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and the Israel Prison Service of deliberately cutting food rations to levels below subsistence. Justices Daphne Barak-Erez, Ofer Grosskopf, and David Mintz all agreed that Israeli law obligates the state to ensure food “sufficient to enable a basic existence.” But Barak-Erez and Grosskopf concluded the state has not met that standard. Writing for the majority, Barak-Erez pointed to evidence that rations for Palestinian prisoners had fallen below the legal threshold. “The painful testimonies of freed hostages show that a stricter food regime [for Palestinian prisoners] does not improve the suffering of our kidnapped brothers who are still in captivity, and even the opposite,” she wrote. Grosskopf added that the state “has not sufficiently demonstrated” it is carrying out its nutritional obligations. Mintz dissented, insisting that the state’s approved menus and food provisions were consistent with a legally acceptable minimum standard. “The High Court of Justice ordered a halt to Ben Gvir’s policy of starving security prisoners,” said Oded Feller, an attorney for ACRI. “A state does not starve people, regardless of what they have done. This policy, which lasted nearly two years, turned prisons in Israel into torture camps, and according to testimonies from hostages, also led to increased abuse of them.” National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir immediately lashed out at the court. “Our hostages in Gaza have no High Court to defend them. The murderous Nukhba terrorists and abominable rapists have, to our disgrace, the High Court protecting them,” Ben Gvir said. He vowed to maintain a policy of providing only “the most minimal conditions under the law.” Justice Minister Yariv Levin echoed the criticism, accusing the court of misplaced priorities. “While the hostages are being starved in the tunnels, a duo of judges in the High Court require that the food given to the worst terrorists be improved,” Levin said. |
How Did The Shin Bet Trace Hamas Spokesman Abu Obeida?
The IDF, with the assistance of the Shin Bet, succeeded last week in eliminating a key figure in Hamas, Abu Obeida, the terrorist organization’s spokesman, or by his full name Huthayfa Samir Abdallah al-Kahlout. The intelligence behind the assassination of Obeida, a shadowy figure who appeared only in a Khaffiya for his reports, reveals a high level of deception which enabled the success of the operation.
According to open source intelligence (OSINT) reports online, the IDF permitted on August 18 the publication of fake news that 4 Israeli soldiers were missing and others had been killed in a Hamas ambush. Al- Jazeera quickly reverberated the fake report and then its producers pushed senior Hamas official Izzat al-Rasha, to call Abu Obeida to confirm the story.
In another embarrassment to Hamas, the IDF published on Friday a picture of Abu Obeida standing together with other senior officials- Mohammed Deif (since eliminated) and two other senior Hamas brigadiers, one of who has also been eliminated. The picture was initially released by Hamas itself but with blurred faces, as the organization did not want their identities known.
Following the exposure of this unblurred and clear image of Abu Obaida by the IDF, Gazan channels began calling the Al Jazeera journalist, Tamer Al-Mishal, “a collaborator”, after he was the only one who had the documentation without the blurring.
Mordechai Weberman Who Became a Christian Illegally Selling The Anglican Church Jerusalem Properties
Two historic properties in the heart of Jerusalem, valued at tens of millions of shekels, are at the center of what Anglican associations operating in Israel are calling a serious and sophisticated fraud scheme. A key figure in the story converted to Christianity. According to the associations, this man allegedly planned a years-long scheme to seize control of the properties.
To thwart the alleged takeover, the associations petitioned the Jerusalem District Court for temporary injunctions in a one-sided proceeding, and their request was granted, according to a Yisrael Hayom report.
According to the associations, the affair began in 2020, when Mordechai Weberman began an unexpected rapprochement with the Anglican Church and was officially baptized as a Christian. During these years, Weberman found work with CMJ (Church’s Ministry among Jewish People), a British organization founded in 1809 that has operated in Jerusalem for nearly 200 years. CMJ is the parent organization of the Vincent Society and the Israeli Trust of the Anglican Church, which run the church’s school and own the historical properties.
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