One of the most appalling results from the midterm election has been realizing just how many Jews are suicidal. So I looked at the exit polling data a little bit more closely. Jewish women are the worst category of suicidal idiots. Followed by oblivious Jewish grandparents. The only pleasant surprise has been young Jewish voters who seem to have broken away from their elders, at least by a tiny bit.
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) November 4, 2026
I am not saddened by the results of America’s elections. On the contrary, I believe they may be precisely the wake-up call that American Jewry desperately needs. While many see the political upheaval sweeping the Western world as a reason for despair, I see another message from Hashem, calling His people to recognize the extraordinary times in which we are living and finally come home.
Throughout Jewish history, Hashem has communicated with His people in different ways. Sometimes His messages arrive through extraordinary miracles, so overwhelming that even skeptics struggle to explain them away. The Six-Day War, the rescue at Entebbe, Israel’s remarkable pager operation against Hezbollah, and other extraordinary episodes of Jewish survival remind us that history is not simply a collection of random events. There is a Master of the Universe directing the unfolding story of our people.
These are the pleasant messages. They inspire us, strengthen our faith, and remind us that Hashem has not abandoned His people. Ideally, they should be sufficient to awaken us to our responsibilities. But what happens when we celebrate the miracles, thank Hashem, and simply return to business as usual?
US Vice President JD Vance blamed growing dissatisfaction with America's relationship with Israel as one of four major reasons Republicans suffered such grievous losses in the 2026 midterm elections.
In a lengthy post on X analyzing the Republican defeat, Vance revealed that internal polling had identified demands to change US-Israel relations among the leading concerns of voters who supported President Donald Trump in 2024 but voted for Democrats two years later.
According to Vance, a pollster whose predictions closely matched the election results asked former Trump supporters what would persuade them to return to the Republican Party.
The four leading responses, which Vance said accounted for nearly all the answers, were:
1. End the war.
2. Focus on the cost of living and inflation.
3. Put America First.
4. Change America's relationship with Israel.
"Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats," Vance wrote.
The Vice President claimed that dissatisfaction with US policy toward Israel has become a significant electoral concern among some voters who previously supported Trump, although Vance did not specify what changes those voters wanted in the relationship between the two countries.
Vance argued that Republican losses could not primarily be attributed to low turnout, explaining that the party's supporters had participated in substantial numbers but that many had crossed party lines.
In Florida, for example, he noted that the electorate was nine percentage points more Republican than Democratic, only slightly less favorable to Republicans than in 2024.
"The main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026," he wrote.
Vance said his campaign's data analysts had initially been optimistic because Republican turnout appeared relatively strong, even in states where polls predicted significant Democratic victories.
However, one analyst warned him that the numbers concealed a serious problem: voters who had supported Trump and Vance in 2024 were angry with the administration and intended to support Democrats.
"Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us," the analyst reportedly told him.
Vance also revealed that another pollster had predicted Republicans would lose the national generic congressional ballot by 13 percentage points, a margin that surprised even him.
While acknowledging that Republican economic messaging may have been inadequate, Vance insisted that the principal reason for the party's defeat was the war.
"The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night," he wrote.
He defended television personality Rachel Campos-Duffy, who had faced criticism for advocating a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, saying that her political advice had proven sound.
Vance also warned Republicans against using the election results to promote immigration amnesty, arguing that such proposals would fail to address the actual reasons voters had abandoned the party.
"If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest," he wrote.
"But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there."
Despite the election setback, Vance concluded with an appeal to disaffected Republican voters to remain politically engaged and support candidates who share their views.
"To the people who are pissed off and want to say, 'I told you so': you're right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview," he wrote.
"To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let's take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country."
From: EMAILIM BATORAH
Saying that the establishment of the State of Israel was the אתחלתא דגאולה (the beginning of the redemption from the גלות) in a contemporary Yeshivishe crowd will, at best, invite ridicule; at worst, it will be labeled as outright כפירה (heresy).
Yet, over seventy-five years ago, a קול קורא (public declaration) was signed and publicized by some 200 prominent Rabbonim—many of whom belonged to אגודת ישראל.
In this historic proclamation, they explicitly stated that the founding of the State of Israel constituted an אתחלתא דגאולה.
Given this historical reality, it is profoundly difficult to explain how so many of the past generation's גדולים could have drastically erred in their דעת תורה, signing their names to an idea that today's Charedi world dismisses as כפירה.
Some of the signatories (not in any order)
R. Zev Schwartzman (father of R Dov)
R Zvi Yehudah Edelstein (father of R Gershon & R Yaakov)
R Reuvein Katz (Petach Tikva)
R Eliyahu Mishkovsky (Kfar Chasidim)
R Yaakov Landau {Bnai Brak)
R Rafual Kook (Tveryah)
R Zvi Pesach Frank
R. Binyamin Mendelson (Kommemiut)
R Yechiel Michel Tikuchinsky (Eitz Chaim)
R Zalmen Sorotzkin
R Yechazkel Sarna (Yeshivas Chevron)
R Yechiel Schlesinger (Yeshivas Kol Torah)
R Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Yeshivas Kol Torah)
R Eliyahu Dushnitzer (Yeshivas Lomzha) Rebbie of R Chaim Kanievski zt"
Now we have Abdul El-Sayed, winning the Michigan Senate seat, making him the first Muslim elected to the US Senate. In his victory speech he said
"Tonight we can turn Inshallah into Alhamdulilah"
Despite scandals, Ilhan Omar easily won reelection in Minnesota!
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States will stop providing Israel with approximately $4 billion in annual military assistance by the end of 2026, revealing that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached an agreement months ago.
Speaking on Fox & Friends, Trump declared:
“Now, as far as paying Israel, Bibi Netanyahu and I have made a deal that we give Israel $4 billion a year, and we made a deal months ago that we’re stopping.”
Trump said Israel no longer needs the financial assistance, emphasizing that the decision was mutually agreed upon rather than imposed on Jerusalem.
“Now we’ll help Israel if they need it,” Trump added, making clear that Washington is not abandoning its longtime ally.
According to Reuters, Trump also argued that Democrats and left-wing politicians have used American financial assistance to Israel as a political weapon against Republicans.
The announcement accelerates a shift Netanyahu had already advocated. Earlier this year, the Israeli leader called for gradually eliminating American military aid and replacing the arrangement with a relationship built on strategic cooperation and partnership.
The current U.S.-Israel assistance agreement, negotiated in 2016, provides approximately $3.8 billion annually and was originally scheduled to run through 2028.
But the timing of Trump’s announcement is generating concern in Israel.
Channel 13 diplomatic correspondent Moriah Asraf warned that Trump’s decision to publicize the agreement on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections may reflect declining public support for Israel.
“What is more troubling than the move itself, which, as noted, was coordinated with Israel, is the fact that Trump is saying this on the eve of the midterm elections. In other words, it’s popular,” Asraf said.
“This paints a troubling and worrying picture of Israel’s standing.”
The development represents a potentially historic transformation in U.S.-Israel relations, moving away from decades of direct military assistance toward a partnership in which Israel finances more of its own defense needs.
The central question now is how quickly the agreement will be implemented and what forms of American military cooperation will remain.
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The harsh footage of the assault on the yeshiva student at a shoe store in Bnei Brak, which was revealed today (Monday) in "Ultra-Orthodox Quarters," sparked a lot of outrage on social media. The video, which shows the violent assault of the yeshiva student by a group of young people, was circulated online and provoked angry reactions from residents, who criticize the treatment of the phenomenon of marginal youths in the city. Now, in a conversation with B'Hadrei Haredim, the student who was attacked talks about the grave fear that has accompanied him since the incident, and especially about the fear that the attackers will harm him again.
"I'm afraid. I'm afraid that the investigation will dissolve and they will come to take revenge on me for filing the complaint," he says. "How far have we come that I am the victim, and instead of being afraid, I am afraid that they will come back to me and treat me with cruel violence again."
The student, who was injured in the attack and required medical treatment, is having trouble digesting what he went through at his workplace. "I'm a normative person, I've never gotten into trouble, I've never been beaten. I'll welcome a quiet that doesn't stand out in the vicinity, and one fine day I just find myself in a situation where people enter my workplace, a place where I'm supposed to feel safe, they spray me with pepper spray and beat me brutally."
Along with his personal concern, he hopes that the police will take action against those responsible for the attack. "I hope that the police will handle the case severely, so that they don't dare to do it to anyone else again," he adds.
The harsh testimony comes against the backdrop of many reactions that were published following the distribution of the footage. Residents expressed shock at the intensity of the violence and criticized what they describe as the lack of adequate treatment of the phenomenon of marginalized youth, which they say harms the city's sense of personal security. Many expressed hope that this time the police would exhaust the investigation and take action against those involved.
As reported by B'Hadrei Haredim, the attack took place last Thursday, when a 16-year-old man entered the shoe store and asked the seller to help him measure his shoes. Later, according to eyewitnesses, the young man tried to blackmail the student and even threatened to file a false complaint against him with the police. After the student refused to give in to the threats, the young man left the scene, but a few minutes later he returned with five of his friends.
The group attacked the yeshiva, beat him brutally, pepper-sprayed him and caused a riot in the store. The youths then fled the scene.
The incident joins a series of serious cases of violence that have been recorded in recent months in Bnei Brak. Just last month, three yeshiva students were attacked on the Rebbe of Gur Street in the city, one of whom was moderately injured after a marginalized youth hit him in the head with an interlocking stone.
The Israel Police said in response: "Following the complaint, an investigation has been opened and all actions are being taken in order to locate the suspects in the act."
