Two crooks casually walked out of a TJ Maxx in Los Angeles with armfuls of merchandise on Monday — apparently walking by several store workers on the way to the exit.
One man filmed the brazen act at the Granada Hills store, according to Fox 11.
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Chareidim Made To Wait In Heat For Public Transportation Due To Muslim Holiday ... but still protest the "light Rail"
Yesterday I was in Yerushalyim all day, guess what? There weren't any protests against the Light Rail ....I was wondering what happened, I noticed that the Light Rail was unusually crowded with Chareidim...
I also noticed that there were crowds waiting for the buses.... I found out that the Arabs driving the buses were in shul Davening and didn't come to work. The Light Rail also has Arabs operating the train, but it only requires one operator to transport hundreds of people.
Did the Chareidim learn a lesson now, that the new Light Rail will be a bracha for them?
Naaa!
Hundreds of Chareidim who are dependent on public transportation were made to wait in the sweltering heat of the city of Modi’in Illit on Tuesday, due to a lack of busses caused by the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. At bus stops across the Chareidi city, located in the western part of the Binyamin region of Samaria, hundreds of people were waiting in almost 100-degree heat for hours for a bus.
“There are people waiting here with small children,” said one angry commuter told the BeChadrei Charedim news site. “Women and children were melting in this very strong sun and high heat. Just yesterday, a Chassidic man suffered from heatstroke in the city. I think two or three times before I leave my house. When I see hundreds of people in the streets waiting for busses, who are helpless and just want to get home or get to work on these sweltering streets, it makes me angry. I don’t understand why they didn’t bring more busses and drivers.”
The bus agency who provides service for the city, Kavim issued a statement in response to the many complaints they received: “The Transportation Ministry, as well as all of the transportation providers, issued a notice well in advance of the holiday notifying people that since thousands of bus drivers will be missing work today, service would be much slower and busses would be infrequent. We also announced that all Bein Hazmanim schedules would begin only on Friday and that the public was asked to make plans accordingly. The directors of Kavim in the city reported that it was expected that the request for service would be the same as a regular day and that they were able to enlist the help of alternate drivers to fulfill the requirements by enlisting subcontractors. Kavim will continue to do everything it can to meet the demands of the public which it serves.”
Big Reprieve for Foreign Students Seeking Entry to Israel for Upcoming School Year
(By Zvi Gluck)
In recent months, the process of getting student visas for Israel travel has been an exceptionally challenging and lengthy process, with months-long waits that created tremendous financial difficulties and other significant hardships. Amudim has been working closely with the Israeli Consulate in New York and was blessed to be able to develop a system by which countless students were able to receive their visas without long wait times for appointments.
Fortunately, thanks to concerted efforts by individuals and government agencies, a new system has been implemented that will allow thousands of students to travel to Israel seamlessly and swiftly.
This new system, created through the tremendous efforts and dedication of officials at the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Rabbi Nechemya Malinowitz of the Igud and Eretz Hakodesh, allows schools to seamlessly submit visa requests for students ages 16 through 25. This process will free students of the burden of going through the rigorous application process on their own and, best of all, will allow thousands of students to receive their entry permits and focus on their studies instead of bureaucratic paperwork. Students ages 26 and up are still able to contact Amudim for assistance by visiting our student visa page on our website www.amudim.org/visa which is updated regularly.
We at Amudim are grateful to have had the opportunity to help Israel-bound students over the last few months together with our devoted partners at the Israeli Consulate in New York and are confident that the new system will benefit thousands. We appreciate the trust placed in us by the many parents and students whose continued patience and respect for the application and approval process allowed our team to focus on getting visas issued as efficiently as possible.
As we have seen over the last several months, Israel often makes travel changes without any notice and we remain committed to updating our travel page www.amudim.org/travel as quickly and efficiently as possible. We look forward to the days when traveling to Israel can return to what it once was. Until that time, we thank everyone for their continued patience and understanding.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Hillel Schenker Says Ben & Jerry’s did the right thing
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| "Ugly" Schenker |
This week the hypocrite wrote a column in The Times of Israel where he barked that Ben & Jerry did the right thing boycotting Yehudah and Shomron, which Shenker, the self-hating leftist moron, thinks is "not part of Israel." To support this idiotic statement, he adds in a comment that his neighbours agree with him.
Schenker writes that he boycotted Haagen-Dazs ice cream when he "learned that the owners were supporters of the right-wing racist ethno--extremist Rabbi Meir Kahane."
Rabbi Meir Kahana never launched 4,000 rockets at Arab children and never blew up a pizza store, whereas his buddies, danced in the streets and handed out sweets when they learned that the Folger family were murdered in cold blood on a Friday night.
Shenker, the old ugly geezer, writes:
"Boycotting the settlements and settlement products is not boycotting Israel, it is reaffirming the need to end the occupation based on a negotiated two-state solution."
When the EU began to boycott Soda Stream that had their factory in one of the settlements, Maalei Adumim, the company was forced to move to the south, and 500 Arab families lost their parnassa as a direct result of the boycott. So much for caring for Palestinians.
What the moron doesn't write is that the Palestinians themselves do not want a "two-state solution" they want one state called Palestine, and they want to make the entire Yehuda and Shomron, including Tel Aviv .."Yudinrein"..
A pox on him, his neighbours and his Palestinian friends .
'Fight the international Ben & Jerry's - not the Israeli franchise'
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked visited the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream factory in central Israel Wednesday morning, in a public show of support for the Israeli franchisee of the popular ice cream brand.
Noting the refusal of the holder of the Israeli franchise – Avi Zinger – to implement the boycott of Israeli towns in Judea and Samaria called for by the international Ben & Jerry’s company – owned by Unilever – Shaked called on fans of the frozen confection to continue to support Ben & Jerry’s Israel branch.
“Don’t boycott the Israeli Ben & Jerry’s franchise,” Shaked said during the tour. “We need to buy Ben & Jerry’s in Israel. Avi Zinger, the CEO of Ben & Jerry’s Israel, has been fighting for years against BDS groups.”
“He has refused to accept the terms set by Ben & Jerry’s International, to boycott parts of Israel, and we will do everything possible to get this decision overturned.”
“We need to fight the American Ben & Jerry’s company,” Shaked continued. “We’re working with Jewish and Evangelical groups who support Israel in the US, [encouraging] them to boycott Ben & Jerry’s ice cream until they change this outrageous policy of theirs.”
“The management of the international Ben & Jerry’s company chose to kiss up to terrorism and anti-Semitic groups, instead of standing by their Israeli franchisee, who for years has been a model for Israeli producers.”
Shaked vowed that the “Israeli government will do all that it can in terms of law, consumers, and diplomacy against the American producers to get them to change this decision.”
In an Historic First A Chabad Soldier takes command of Negev Company
First Lieutenant Shmuel Kirsch today officially took up his position as a company commander in the Negev Company, Kirsch is the first company commander to emerge within the company.
Kirsch's promotion is historic because he is a haredi Jew and a member of the Chabad hasidic movement. He comes from a prominent rabbinic family in the community.
The Negev Company is an operational company that deals with the preservation of the strategic assets of the State of Israel, including the F-35 aircraft.
During their service, soldiers who grew up in the haredi education system are even allowed to complete their matriculation and studies.
The heads of the Netzach Yehuda Association participated today (Wednesday) in the exchange ceremony and accompanied Kirsch in his entry into the new position as Commander of the Negev Company.
Rabbi Yitzchak Bar-Haim, founder of Netzach Yehuda said, "This is an exciting and historic day for the Negev Company and the entire haredi service in the IDF. On such a day, my hope is that in the coming years we will see more and more haredi who have grown up in the various units, advancing in the ranks and fulfilling senior command positions."
Schumer Trying To Bring Jewish Baby to USA To Save Her Life
You’ve probably seen the ads. You may have even helped in the past. But Alta’s life is not yet saved, as the British government is still trying to take her off life support and end her life.
On Friday, the Fixsler family tried to appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to save their baby’s life. Senator Chuck Schumer, the highest ranking Jew in the United States, is getting involved. “My heart breaks for the Fixsler family,” Schumer told The NY Post, in the exposé The Post wrote about the overall situation.
Alta’s life is hanging by a thread. The British government is madly trying everything they can to take her off life support, instead of giving the Fixsler family the ability to take Alta to anywhere else in the world. Many other countries would be fine with taking care of Alta long term, but in the United Kingdom, they want to pull the plug.
While Alta and her family are pouring everything they can into saving her life, the legal fees continue to mount. They are fighting a legal battle against a legal system that has infinite funds at its disposal, which means that the battle for Alta’s life can be won or lost based on their ability to continue paying their legal team. DONATE NOW!
A life in the balance for something as simple as money! We need you! We need you to give of your heart, your mind, your wallet, to help make sure that this disastrous outcome never comes to be! We need more funds to continue waging a legal battle against the British government, and every Jew must get involved to save this Jewish girl’s life!
Please donate generously to help with the legal fees. In the merit of your help, may Hashem give your family health, happiness and all that comes with it.
Satmar Civil War in Bnei Brak Heats Up ... with Satmar Rav Going to Zionist Court against Ahronim
So the Bnei Brak Satmar Rav did what has been an old tradition in Satmar; he turned to the secular courts.
But in Israel, the secular courts are the Zionists!
Lawyer for scooter ‘thief’ victim-shames Chassidishe 7-year-old kid in court
The “lowlife” thief charged with stealing a then-6-year-old Brooklyn boy’s scooter was ordered held on $50,000 bail Tuesday — while his lawyer took a cheap shot at the young victim.
“I don’t know why a 7-year-old is on an electric scooter,” Brooklyn Public Defenders attorney Sarah Burleson, who represents accused scooter thief Daniel Ufares, griped at his arraignment.
Ufares, 59, was charged with second-degree attempted robbery, third-degree robbery, fourth-degree grand larceny, petty larceny, and menacing in the callous July 7 crime.
He kept his head bowed and said little as he faced Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Quynda Santacroce, who also issued an order of protection ordering the accused thief to stay away from the young victim.
“Yes, ma’am,” was all Ufares said when the judge explained the order.
He is charged with the cold-hearted theft of the boy’s scooter in Borough Park, grabbing the handlebars and snatching the toy away from the youngster — with the callous crime caught on surveillance video.
Ufares was busted Monday and initially charged with possession of stolen property, admitting to cops that he swiped the scooter for drug money, according to police.
The boy’s dad said the incident left his son traumatized and that the scooter actually belonged to another son with special needs who needed it to get around.
The NYPD stepped up to help the family, buying them a new e-scooter for the boy, who has since turned 7.
Ufares’ ex-wife said she was surprised that even he would pull off such a heartless crime — despite his lengthy criminal history.
“I would never have thought he’d do that to kids,” she told The Post. “He’s a lowlife.”
Brooklyn prosecutor Wilfred Cotto wanted Ufares held on $100,000 bail at his arraignment Tuesday, saying he “is a repeat offender, two violent felonies, two parole revocations.”
Cotto said that includes a 1991 manslaughter case.
According to police and court records, Ufares was still on parole and supervised release for a 2010 Queens robbery conviction when he was busted in the scooter heist.
In court, Burleson, his lawyer, said her client suffers from addiction and needs help.
“He is not doing harm to anyone but himself, your honor,” she told the judge. “Mr. Ufares has addiction issues which need to be addressed. He needs greater assistance.”
American Yeshiva Bochur In Israel In Critical Condition Due To Heatstroke
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| The rescue operation at Nachal Guvta. |
An American yeshivah bochur, a 22-year-old Gerrer chassid, is in serious condition, sedated and ventilated, after suffering heatstroke while on a hike on Monday evening.
The bochur was hiking with friends at Nachal Guvta on the slopes of Har Chermon and apparently suffered heatstroke due to the heavy heatwave Israel has been experiencing in recent days and lost consciousness. His friends called for help but it took a considerable amount of time until rescue services from the Golan rescue unit could reach him due to the difficulties of the hiking trail. Rescue services received the initial call at 7:50 p.m. and the rescue was completed at 11 p.m.
The paramedics carried out the rescue in difficult conditions as they carried the unconscious bochur in the dark, guided by flashlights, from the hiking trail to an MDA ambulance, which in turn evacuated him to an MDA helicopter. The helicopter evacuated the bochur in critical condition to Ziv Hospital in Tzfat.
The family has requested that the public daven for the refuah of Pinchas Menachem ben Dalia b’toch sha’ar cholei Yisrael.
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Bennett Caves Under US Pressure and Halts approval process for new building projects
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has apparently stopped the approval process for construction projects in Judea and Samaria because of American pressure, Israel Hayom has learned.
According to Israel Hayom's reporting, Bennett has refused to let the Civil Administration Zoning Committee schedule a routine meeting for the approval of construction plans.
This has gone on for over a month, the sources said. The sources, which are affiliated with the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, alleged that this amounts to a de facto construction moratorium because no new plans can go forward without the committee's go-ahead. "This is tantamount to complete capitulation to US dictates," the sources claimed.
The committee, which is under the auspices of the Defense Ministry and is tasked with overseeing construction beyond the Green Line, normally reviews new construction plans every three months, including various infrastructure projects.
These plans are essential for the overall development of the communities, as they pertain to access roads and big projects as well.
The previous government, under then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was supposed to set a date for a meeting of the committee, but Defense Minister Benny Gantz prevented it from doing so, insisting only the new government should do so.
Though Bennett has been in power for over a month, no date has been set, this time due to American pressure.
Rav Menashe Tzvi Winkler Who Saw The Choeftz Chaim, Learned in Baranovitch, Kaminetz, And The Mir Passes on
We regret to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Menashe Tzvi Winkler ZT”L. He was around 103 years old. He was Niftar on Tuesday where he lived in Lakewood, NJ.
The Niftar was one of the last people alive to have seen the Chofetz Chaim, learned in the Mir in Poland, in Baranovitch under Reb Elchonon Wasserman HY”D, and in Kaminetz under Reb Boruch Ber Leibeowitz ZT”L.
Rav Menashe Tzvi Z”L was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and after the sudden passing of his father, he went to learn in Radin under the Chofetz Chaim. He arrived there three weeks before his Petira. He was Zoche to shake the Chofetz Chaim’s hand and receive a Bracha from him to succeed in shteiging in yeshivah with simchah, serve Hashem in good health, and merit arichus yamim.
He vividly would recall the Levaya of the Chofetz Chaim, which took place on the morning of the first day of Selichos.
He then went to learn in Baranovitch under Reb Elchonon Wasserman HY”D, followed by Kaminetz where he heard Shiurim from Reb Boruch Ber Liebowitz ZT”L and then went to the Mir in Poland, where he was friends with the late Mirrer Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon HaRav Shmuel Berenbaum ZT”L, Hagaon HaRav Leib Bakst ZT”L (Rosh Yeshiva of Detroit) and other Yeshiva Bochrim who would later become Gedolei Olam.
Let self-haters Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield choke on their Woke
Woke Jews, so immersed in their self-hating need to gain acclaim outside their own community that they will boycott Jews — not Chinese torturers, not the world’s tyrants and dictators, just Jews in Judea and Samaria
You think Jews cannot be Jew-haters?
Does any serious, open-minded non-Woke American still really believe that Jews are all “in it together”? How foolish!
Even as Ilhan Omar is the worst Jew-hater in Congress, with salutatorian going to Rashida Tlaib and honorable mentions for New York’s Antisemite Of Color (AOC) and Betty McCollum of Minnesota, their champion in the U.S. Senate is Bernie Sanders. He endorses them when they seek election, and they endorse him. They all are as one, in it together. They are the epicenter of Israel-hatred and Jew-hatred in Congress.
But Bernie Sanders is Jewish, isn’t he? How can a Jew line up in bed with outright, unashamed, uninhibited Jew-haters? Does that make any sense?
Yes, it does.
Read my “tag line” to recognize my qualifications to write this:
There is a deep, intense Jewish social sickness that afflicts perhaps one quarter of all Jews in the contemporary West. Some call it “self-hate.” Some have other names for it. A good word for it is “apostasy.” These apostates share a common psychological sickness that always backfires on them: they believe that, if they turn against “the Jews,” then others in their Left universes — whether they be liberal or “progressive” or socialist or communist or just plan Woke — will welcome them as fellow travelers.
It never works for the long term. It always comes back to bite them bad.
It Cost Nothing to be Kind
🔥💗🔥💗🔥💗🔥💗🔥 It Cost Nothing To Be KIND!!!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/bOTlmYEV5v
— Gods Trumpet (@RodFair2) July 17, 2021
Monday, July 19, 2021
Frum Women Question Portrayal of Community in Netflix Series ‘My Unorthodox Life’
A new Netflix reality series about a woman who left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community is facing backlash from some Jewish women who have taken offense to the show’s portrayal of Orthodox Judaism.
The nine-episode first season of “My Unorthodox Life,” which premiered on Netflix on Wednesday, is about self-made fashion mogul Julia Haart — the CEO of the international talent agency Elite World Group — and her four children, who include a non-religious bisexual app creator and a Shabbat-observant Instagram influencer and TikToker. Six years ago, Haart (formerly Talia Hendler) left her strictly Orthodox lifestyle in Monsey, New York, and moved to New York City, where she has since remarried.
Now non-religious, she discusses in the show a confining and restrictive experience in her former lifestyle, which she dismisses as Jewish “fundamentalism.” While she tells her children to choose their own relationship with the Jewish culture, she also criticizes many aspects of Judaism throughout the show, calls the Orthodox Jewish community “dangerous” and describes her youngest son’s religious behavior as “super loony.”
A number of Jewish women have criticized that portrayal, forming a social media campaign called “#MyOrthodoxLife” in which they describe their contentment with living a religious Jewish lifestyle.
“Hey Netflix — wanna try for some balance instead of constantly smearing an entire community?!” said dating coach Devorah Rose Kigel, who grew up as a secular atheist Jew and is now Orthodox. “What about those of us who are Orthodox-by-choice? Wouldn’t that make an interesting show? … If you want to know about us, ask us. Talk to us. Don’t watch some prejudiced, fabricated reality show and think you know what’s up.”
Islamic scholar from Gaza university: Wife beating should be 'therapeutic', teach a lesson
Dr. Ziyad Miqdad, head of the Fatwa Committee in the Islamic University of Gaza said that when a husband beats his wife, according to the Quran, the beatings must be done symbolically, and he should not beat the wife in a manner that causes injury.
He made his remarks on a show that aired on Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas – Gaza) on July 8, 2021.
Dr. Miqdad explained that the beatings should be therapeutic and not vindictive, but they should be like a guy beating his sweetheart, a father beating his son, and a mother beating her daughter.
He said that the husband must beat his wife only in order to correct her ways and preserve the family life.
Ben & Jerry’s ice cream announces boycott of Israeli West Bank settlements
Very interesting ... a black would never boycott another black, a Palestinian would never boycott another Palestinian but a Jew has no problem boycotting another Jew...
may all their ice cream melt
Following pressure from pro-Palestinian activists, Ben & Jerry’s announced Monday that it would stop selling ice cream in “Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
The Vermont-based ice cream brand said it would continue operating in Israel, suggesting that it is planning to pull its products from stores located in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
“We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” the company said. “We also hear and recognize the concerns shared with us by our fans and trusted partners.”
Ben & Jerry’s announced the decision on its social media accounts Monday, breaking an uncharacteristic two-month silence that began during the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The move makes Ben & Jerry’s one of the most high-profile companies to refuse to do business in the settlements. It also means that the company declined demands to engage in a broader boycott of Israel.
A subsidiary of the British conglomerate Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s said it would allow its controversial contract with a licensee that manufactures the brand’s ice cream at a facility in Israel proper and distributes it in the region to lapse next year. The company said it would maintain a presence in Israel, where its ice cream is popular, “through a different arrangement” to be unveiled in the future.
"Dumb Dog' Tlaib Doesn't know her own Muslim Holidays but Spews Hate on Tisha Be'ov
Why is Israel attacking Al Aqsa on Eid Al Adha (the holiest day for Muslims)? Why attack people who are literally kneeling down in prayer?
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) July 18, 2021
Answer: To continue dehumanizing Palestinians even in prayer. It's not enough to bomb them while they sleep or demolish their homes. https://t.co/dzp8wMJBX8
How many falsehoods can you detect in this one tweet? Let’s see:
- Eid Al Adha is not the holiest day for Muslims, it’s the fourth, following the Month of Ramadan, Qadr Night, Eid al-Fitr, and then Eid Al Adha.
- Eid Al Adha was not celebrated on Sunday, when the clashes took place, but will be celebrated this Tuesday
- The Muslim youths were not there to pray.
The terrorist group PFLP called on them the day before to riot on the Temple Mount.
Ari Ingel tweeted a link to the Jerusalem-based Al-Quds article: Popular Front calls for a rally for Jerusalem on Sunday.”
The story Al-Quds went:
“The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on Saturday called on the masses of the West Bank and the interior to go towards the city of Jerusalem and gather there, especially in its old city and the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, to confront the settlers’ incursions scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday.”
So they piled up stones inside their mosque and threw them at the cops who arrived ahead of the Jewish visitors to make sure the day didn’t develop into a pogrom. - The reason Jews were planning to ascend to our holiest site on God’s green Earth was that it was the day of Tisha B’Av which marks the loss of the two temples we built there in 960 BCE, and then in 516 BCE – more than a millennium before Rashida Tlaib’s pagan ancestors ever made it out of the Arab peninsula.
- We could go on with even more lies she said against Israel defending itself from terrorists.
Rav Yudan Ben-Simon is quoted by the Midrash (Bereshit Rabba 79:7) as saying that there are three places in the Land of Israel the gentiles cannot claim that we stole from them: the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron which was purchased by Abraham, Joseph’s Tomb which was bought by Jacob; and the Temple Mount, purchased by David. Since our scriptures go into such length to describe those transactions, Rav Yudan cannot imagine that any gentile would dare deny our ownership there.
Rav Yudan lived around the fifth century CE, so he never met a Muslim. Islam came into being some two hundred years after his time. Had the good rabbi lived when the Arab hordes were coming out of the peninsula with their new teachings, he would have seen with his own eyes a nation and a religion that made lying their foundation. A noteworthy issue is the Eid al-Adha which will be celebrated on Tuesday this week.
Eid al-Adha, Arabic for Festival of the Sacrifice, honors the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience to God’s command. Before Ibrahim could sacrifice his son, however, Allah provided him a lamb to sacrifice instead.
So this illiterate security guard from Medina, who learned Jewish Midrashim from merchants in those long caravans in the desert, put together a new religion that subverted shamelessly the most precious aspects of the Jewish faith. This is the reason that Maimonides permitted religious debates with Christians, who accepted the fundamental veracity of Jewish scripture and only argued over its interpretation; but forbade religious debates with Muslims whose scriptures are lies and inventions, and should a Jew debate them, he could cause only trouble for the Jewish community (Response to the students of Rabbi Ephraim HaDayan from Tzor).
Enter Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Sunday with the above tweet, which could have been posted by any Arab horseman pushing north into Mesopotamia and the Levant
Satmar "Bnei Yoel" Protest School for Special Children in Kiryat Yoel
מאסן פראטעסט אין קרית יואל דורך די בני יואל פראקציע קעגן די שערי חמלה מוסדות פאר ספעציעלע נשמות. pic.twitter.com/ZoBnaWlfgQ
— Hasidic2 (@hasidic_1) July 18, 2021
Unfortunately you are reading the headline correctly, the headline wasn't written in a way to grab your attention..
Who are the "Bnei Yoel?" Are they Satmar Chassidim?
When the founder of the Satmar dynasty, R' Yoel Teitelbaum z"l, passed on without leaving children and without leaving a will designating a successor, the Satmar elders appointed the Sigiter Rav, R' Moshe Teitelbaum a nephew of R' Yoel, who was in fact the halachic "yoirish", as his successor.
The rebbetzin of R' Yoel despised R' Moshe for many reasons, and refused to recognise him as the Satmar Rebbe. In fact she made herself the de facto "rebbe" and took "kviltlach" which she would in turn take to R' Yoel's grave.
There were a group of Satmar chassidim who were followers of the old Rebbitzin and who never recognised the "rabbistiveh" of R' Moshe, openly despised him and mocked him and they called themselves "Bnei Yoel" the "Children of Yoel".
When the old rebbitzen, the wife of R' Yoel passed on to a world where there is only truth, they continued being "Satmar Chassidim" but appointed their own rabbanim and dayanim and opened their own moisdois, and continued to defy R' Moshe; being a thorn in his eye.
Meanwhile R' Moshe wrote a will designating his younger son, R' Zalman Leib as his successor.
When R' Aron, who was the older son, got wind of that fact, he went ballistic and decided to drag his old feeble ailing father to secular court to get the court to declare his father, "insane."
While this was still in the courts, R' Moshe passed on to meet his uncle R' Yoel, who made a point of not writing a will, and not naming R Moshe as his successor, and the previous rebbitzin that despised him,
and it took only minutes for his elder son, R' Aron, to declare himself "Satmar Rebbe" ala Biden.
Hence the split between the two brothers...
The "Bnei Yoel" continue to be "Bnei Yoel" and hate both brothers.
R' Aron who designated himself the Satmar Rebbe, and who lives in Kiryat Yoel, opened a "public school" for children with special needs, calling it "Shaarei Chemla" the "gates of mercy".
To service a child with "special needs" is a very costly undertaking and runs about $60,000.00 per child, could possibly be more.
Kiryas Yoel has hundreds of children with special needs ..........you make the "cheshbin"
The federal and state governments offer these services for free, and even pay for all the school's upkeep including playgrounds etc..
One little problem.... if you take federal and state funds, you cannot teach religion and cannot display any religious symbols ..
In other words you can teach the Alef Beis but cannot teach Chumash or Shulchan Aruch in the building, you are also prohibited from putting a Mezuzah on the doors (I believe that Satmar got around that somehow)
So R' Aron established a public school in Kiryas Yoel servicing the children with special needs, that follow federal and state guidelines.
The "Bnei Yoel" who take their instructions from a Rebbe and a Rebbitzin that are no longer among the living, were livid and were opposed to the public school that would not allow religious studies.
They are of the opinion that if teaching religion is prohibited in this building, then Satmar should stop taking funds and open a private school.
But they offer no solutions and they have no clue how to accomplish that. Running this type of "private" school requires millions of dollars a year, but they won't allow facts to get in the way.
FYI, in Israel, the "treifinie medina", religion can be taught in the public schools for special children and all Satmar families send their children that require special education to these Zionist schools...
Shhhhhhh... don't tell anyone...
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