“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l
Thursday, December 18, 2025
A brief video that surfaces online captures a devastating final moment of calm before the antisemitic terror attack at Bondi Beach
The footage shows Rabbi Eli Schlager laying tefillin for a participant at a Hanukkah event as a 10-year-old girl, Matilda, stands nearby watching quietly.
Minutes later, gunfire erupted. The clip has circulated widely on social media, with many calling it unbearable to watch — a snapshot of faith, innocence, and Jewish life abruptly shattered.
Norman Podhoretz Dies at 95
Norman Podhoretz, the boastful, Jewish hard-liner editor and author whose books, essays and stewardship of Commentary magazine marked a political and deeply personal break from the left and made him a leader of the neo-conservative movement, has died.
He was 95.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Roshe Yeshiva of Modiin Illit Arrested for Robbery
Rosh Yeshiva from Modiin Illit, is suspected of sending two of his students about two and a half weeks ago to attack a construction agent near the Ayalon Mall on the Bnei Brak-Ramat Gan border
FBI Had No Probable Cause To Raid Trump's Mar-a-Lago Estate ... Biden Ordered It!
The FBI did not believe agents had probable cause to raid President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in August 2022 — but former President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice approved the search anyway, according to newly released records.
An FBI official even noted that agents had spent six “counterproductive” weeks trying to establish they had grounds for a search warrant but they were eventually overruled by the DOJ, with one top official grouching that he “frankly [didn’t] give a damn about the optics.”
“We haven’t generated any new facts, but keep being given draft after draft after draft,” one official in the FBI’s Washington Field Office groused in a July 13, 2022, email. “Absent a witness coming forward with recent information about classified on site, at what point is it fair to table this?”
The bombshell details were lodged in internal records released Tuesday by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
Rob Reiner Conspired to Undermine a Duly Elected President... In light of this, Trump's comments actually show restraint.
The conspiracy to undermine a duly elected @POTUS and to overthrow our nation continues. There will be no resting in peace until people are held accountable. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/79PVcJmaKH
— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) December 16, 2025
To all of you bedwetting "conservatives" who have your knickers in a twist because Donald Trump spoke some truth about Rob Reiner, remember this:
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) December 16, 2025
1. Reiner tried to overthrow our duly-elected government. Proof below.
2. Reiner was engaged in information operations that led to… https://t.co/7BBsntduCY
Second Professor Murdered from "Bounty" list..
This is the second professor killed from this list. Betar worldwide confirms that this is second professor on the kill list. pic.twitter.com/lsHGI1iZcA
— Betar Worldwide (@Betar_USA) December 16, 2025
Islamic cleric who radicalized Bondi gunman openly dared the Australian government in 2014 to revoke his citizenship.
BREAKING: The Islamic extremist cleric who radicalized Bondi gunman Naveed Akram openly dared the Australian government in 2014 to revoke his citizenship.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) December 16, 2025
They never did. 16 people were murdered as a result. pic.twitter.com/Lzbyx2q5u0
Israel Bans mobile phones in all elementary schools.
Education Minister Yoav Kisch announced a new policy in the education system, according to which, starting February 2nd 2026 (Tu B'Shevat), the use of mobile phones will be banned in all elementary schools.
The new policy proposes that the use of the devices will be limited only to designated classes where the educational staff approves the use for learning purposes.
The goal of the move is to allow students to develop social and emotional skills, improve the educational climate and increase focus on learning, while reducing external distractions.
He explained: "We are allowing children to truly meet each other again, reduce external distractions and expand the human and natural connection between students, without screens."
He noted that the policy is based on numerous studies from Israel and around the world, which indicate negative effects of using phones on student well-being and the school climate.
The new policy was formulated following extensive work by the Ministry of Education, which examined the impact of mobile phone use on the labor market, the learning environment, and the social and emotional skills required in a changing reality. The move is part of a broad systemic policy aimed at reducing distractions, strengthening social connections, and creating an environment that will improve learning conditions.

