RARE PHOTOS: IDF Soldiers At The Kosel After Liberation Of Jerusalem

 

In honor of Yom Yerushalayim last week, the IDF Archives at the Defense Ministry published rare photos of the battles to liberate Jerusalem during the Six-Day War, 56 years ago.

In 1967, Israel was attacked by its neighbors, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, and miraculously overpowered all three powerful countries in just six days.

On June 7, after fierce battles with Jordanian soldiers, Israeli paratroopers liberated the Old City of Jerusalem and gained control of Har HaBayis and the Kosel. The war ended on June 10, after Israel conquered the Golan Heights.

IDF soldiers in the Muslim Quarter.

Gafni Gets into the Mud With Pop Star Noa Kirel

 

I have to laugh, Gafni who represents Torah in the Knesset as an MK, must have taken some of his precious time from learning the daf to watch the Eurovision contest where the Israeli pop star Noa Kirel came in third. He couldn't help but notice that Noa was wearing a skimpy outfit during her performance, and couldn't resist taking a swipe at her, mentioning her outfit publicly while addressing the Knesset. He said in his important speech during a debate on the budget that he would "donate some clothes" to Noa.

But Noa who was educated in the Israeli public schools, and served in the IDF, didn't take Gafni's bait, answered him with class and derech eretz, matching any Bais Yaakov student, 

“I really think that each person has a right to express his opinion, and this is his opinion, and I respect it. Everyone can think what he wants and this is his, it’s totally fine,” she told Channel 12 News.

Israeli pop star Noa Kirel said on Tuesday that she was not disappointed or upset about remarks made the previous day by Knesset member Moshe Gafni.

Speaking during a parliamentary debate on the budget, the United Torah Judaism party leader and finance committee chairman said that he would “donate some clothes” to the 22-year-old performer.

He was apparently referring to the skimpy outfits Kirel wears during her performances, which included a third-place finish for her song “Unicorn” at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool on May 13.

“I really think that each person has a right to express his opinion, and this is his opinion, and I respect it. Everyone can think what he wants and this is his, it’s totally fine,” she told Channel 12 News.

“Most opinions are ones of pride and love, and there are also these opinions, and it’s totally fine, he has a right to express his opinion,” she continued.

Chassidishe Guy Says He "Is Happy that Soldiers are Getting Killed"

 

The guy in the video is not from the Neturei Karta!

 Just something to think about, how low they have sunk!

Iyar 28 is the date Rabbi Kook arrived in the Land of Israel. Jerusalem was liberated 63 years later on that very date.

 

The first of the three dates engraved on Rav Kook’s tombstone in the Mount of Olives cemetery is the 28th of Iyyar, 5664 (1904). This was a deeply significant date in Rav Kook’s life: it marked the day he was privileged to ascend to the Land of Israel.

On the 28th of Iyyar — the same date on which, 63 years later, Jerusalem would be reunited, the day we celebrated this past Friday with prayer, song and the flag march through the Old City — a ship docked at the port of Jaffa, bearing Rav Kook and his family.

The New Rabbi of Jaffa

Jaffa’s previous rabbi had passed away two years prior. Rabbi Yoel Moshe Solomon (1838-1912), a pioneering figure in Jerusalem and one of the founders of Petach Tikva, was among the first to suggest that Rav Kook, then rabbi of Bausk, be offered the position. Solomon brought the proposal to Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teumim (commonly referred to as ‘Aderet'), the chief rabbi of Jerusalem and Rabbi Kook’s father-in-law.

That very day, the Aderet sent an urgent message to his son-in-law advising him to accept the position of rabbi of Jaffa and its surrounding communities. Rabbi Kook was delighted with the suggestion, but wanted to know what Rabbi Shmuel Salant, the previous chief rabbi of Jerusalem and its elder statesman, thought about the proposal. The Aderet reported that when he queried Rabbi Salant, the scholar happily responded, “If only!”

The Aderet later noted with irony, “In truth, my son-in-law should have been appointed the rabbi of the holy city of Jerusalem, and I should have been the rabbi of the small town of Jaffa.” Fifteen years later, Rav Kook in fact did become the chief rabbi of Jerusalem.

Toronto: Neturei Karta Help Palestinian Arabs burn Israeli flag

 

The UJA Federation of Greater Toronto on Monday held its annual Walk with Israel, with the goal of demonstrating the Jewish community's support for Israel and to raise donations to aid projects for the advancement of needy populations in Israel.

Thousands of Jews and supporters of Israel marched through the streets of Toronto towards the Jewish Community Center, waving Israeli flags and singing Israeli songs.

On the other side of the Jewish Community Center, dozens of Muslims, Palestinian Arabs, left-wing activists and representatives of Neturei Karta demonstrated against the State of Israel and the Jewish community which supports Israel.

The demonstrators expressed open support for Hamas, for launching of rockets at Israel and for Jihad and called for an intifada, the annihilation of Israel and the return of the "Zionists" to the places from which they came to "Palestine".

Towards the end of the march for Israel, the Neturei Karta assisted pro-Palestinian Arab protesters in burning Israeli flags. The participants of the Walk for Israel stood on the other side and sang Israel’s national anthem, “Hatikvah”.

Neturei Karta is a radical, anti-Israel group whose activists regularly take part in anti-Israeli demonstrations around the world, including those identified as pro-Iranian or supporters of armed Palestinian Arab resistance against Israel.

Neturei Karta’s support for the government of Iran and for terrorist groups has led to its ostracization by the wider haredi community.

No need to delete: WhatsApp introduces message editing

 

WhatsApp on Monday announced that has granted users one of its most awaited features - the ability to edit messages, Reuters reported.

"For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages on WhatsApp," the Meta Platforms Inc-owned messaging app said in a blog post.

With the feature rolling out globally in the coming weeks, senders will be able to modify their messages within 15 minutes of hitting send.

The function can be accessed by long-pressing the message and choosing "edit" in the drop-down menu. The modified message will carry the label "edited" and will not show edit history.

Frum Jews Express Dismay as Sefaria Launches ‘Gender-Friendly’ Translation

The Sefaria platform, whose vast online sefarim library and translation are used by members of the frum community, has added a new translation which appears to be heretical.

In response, some orthodox Jews say they are going to delete the app from their phones, and have expressed their disappointment that this valuable resource is not aligned with Torah values.

Sefaria announced a new “gender-sensitive” edition of one of its translations of Nach.

The institution tweeted: “The Revised JPS (RJPS) edition aims to present a more linguistically and historically accurate translation that reflects advances in scholarship and changes in the English language, while staying true to the original Hebrew.

The translation, from the Jewish Publication Society (JPS), pledges “greater gender inclusivity” in talking about people, and “greater gender sensitivity” in talking about G-d.

One Twitter user observed that the translation changes the meaning of the words from the original Hebrew.

Yochonon Donn, Editor at Mishpacha and Yated, tweeted, “Sefaria is a tremendous resource for the olam hatorah. Messing around with sefarim hakedoshim to conform to western ideas of equality is an unacceptable breach. If this is true, I can’t see people learning from an unholy source.”

Some Twitter users declared that they would be deleting the Sefaria app in response to the new translation.

Although there are no confirmed report of Rabbis officially banning Sefaria, such a move would certainly be plausible, as supporting a platform that endorses false interpretations of Torah, no matter how valuable, would appear to contradict Torah values , and possibly be against Halacha.

Shabbos Goy Mit a Yiddisher Kop!

 

CNN Half-Assed Apology to R’ Leo Dee for Falsely Reporting Family Members Killed in ‘Shootout’

 

The "machseifah" continues with her sick report calling it a "shooting" instead of a "terror attack"

CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour has apologized to Rabbi Leo Dee, for referring to the terror attack that killed his wife and two daughters (HY”D) as a “shoot-out”.

Amanpour announced the apology for the fake-news report on air Monday, claiming that she “misspoke.”

The announcement came one day after Rabbi Dee declared that he was considering a $1.3 billion lawsuit against CNN over the egregious and false comments. Apparently, Amanpour emailed an apology to Rabbi Dee several days earlier, but did not announce it on-air until Monday.

In her on-air apology, Amanpour said: “On April 10, I referred to the murders of an Israeli family: Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee, the wife and daughters of Rabbi Leo Dee. I misspoke and said they were killed in a ‘shootout’ instead of a shooting. I have written to Rabbi Leo Dee to apologize and make sure that he knows that we apologize for any further pain that may have caused him.”

During a May 21 event at The Carlebach Shul in New York titled, “Antisemitism: Is There No Solution?”, Rabbi Dee said on a video call that he was considering the lawsuit after Amanpour wrote a private apology to him via email.

Displaying the email exchange, Rabbi Dee said that he responded to her apology by demanding that she apologize publicly but she never replied. He added that he would reconsider the lawsuit should Amanpour publicly apologize, and added the caveat that the network would also need to provide more balanced coverage of Israel.

Following the initial comments, a tweet by ‘Honest Reporting’ quoted Rabbi Dee as saying: “This is the perfect example of ‘terror journalism’ where you have moral equivalence between the terrorist and victim.”

He added, “This type of journalism perpetuates the conflict in the Middle East. The real cycle of violence is a comment like this followed by a terrorist atrocity and then more of the same. I demand an immediate apology.”

IN 2020, Amanpour apologized for comments equating the events of Kristallnacht with President Donald Trump’s presidency.

Watch Moving Video Of Kavod HaTorah In IDF

 

The reports in recent days of rampant incitement against Chareidim and religion could convey an impression as if those are the feelings of the majority of Israelis.

But in reality, there are millions of Israelis [including the millions who voted for the current government] who have warm feelings toward religion, even if not fully religious themselves.

In a heartwarming display of kavod ha’Torah, IDF soldiers sang for Chief Rabbi HaRav Yosef Yitzchak, as seen in a video posted by Kikar H’Shabbat reporter Yishai Cohen.

Video Player