Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Palestinian Doctor Shoots at Jews .. IDF Sends him to the Virgins
This is video footage of that so-called ‘doctor’ Abdullah Al-Ahmad, reportedly killed in clashes with Israel in Jenin, firing at IDF soldiers with a machine gun. Some ‘doctor’ hey …pic.twitter.com/i4Zfh5FAOm
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) October 15, 2022
Only in Israel
😍 His little tzitzit... Awww he's a cutie. https://t.co/TABuZC5TxG
— 🥕🥕 Coco Pazzo 🥕🥕 (@CocoPazzo) October 16, 2022
Biden: "My younger sister used to be 3 years younger than me. Now, she's 23 years younger"
BIDEN: "My younger sister used to be 3 years younger than me. Now, she's 23 years younger. There's not a single solitary Biden man that is younger than any Biden woman." pic.twitter.com/OecL4dL8kM
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 15, 2022
Creepy Joe Back Again Scaring Little Girls
Creepy Joe is at it again
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 15, 2022
pic.twitter.com/kqtkliLbWZ
Watch the Leader of the Free-World Chase an Imaginary Ice Cream Truck
😭🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/DS4HA0bPr4
— il Donaldo Trumpo (@PapiTrumpo) October 15, 2022
Over 2 Million people visit Kotel over the Yamim Tovim
Over the month of Tishrei, which features the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as well as the festival of Sukkot, hundreds of thousands of people participated in the central selichot services (penitential prayers) at the Western Wall. Hundreds of thousands more visited Jerusalem and the Western Wall during Sukkot in commemoration of the pilgrimage during Tempe times and participated in the traditional Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessing) and in the Torah scroll dedication and Simchat Beit Hashoeva in commemoration of the Hakhel ceremony that takes place once every seven years.
On the eve of Hoshana Rabba (Sunday), tens of thousands came to the Western Wall as well as on Simchat Torah and on the night following it for Hakafot Shniyot at the Western Wall Plaza. This second round of dancing, with dozens Torah scrolls at the Western Wall Plaza, has become a yearly tradition at the site.
In total, two million people came to visit the Western Wall over the month of Tishrei.
The Western Wall Heritage Foundation stated that it "notes with satisfaction that this holiday period was uplifting and exciting. It is deeply appreciative of the tireless efforts of its devoted employees of the foundation, the security forces, and the Israel Police who made it possible for 2 million people to safely come to the Western Wall during these past two months."
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, rabbi of the Western Wall and holy sites, noted that the masses who came to the Western Wall are evidence of its power as a unifying site, something expressed by the wonderful unity displayed during this period at the Western Wall. It is a moving testament to our history, hope, and to our nation’s faith in its heritage.
Monday, October 17, 2022
Australia 'quietly' drops recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel
The Guardian reports that Australia "has quietly dropped its recognition of the west part of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel" despite the decision adopted by Scott Morrison’s government after the American embassy was moved to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.
According to the report, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade deleted two sentences from the official website. “Consistent with this longstanding policy, in December 2018, Australia recognized West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, being the seat of the Knesset and many of the institutions of the Israeli government", the site stated, “Australia looks forward to moving its embassy to West Jerusalem when practical, in support of, and after the final status determination of, a two-state solution.”
The website was updated following a question submitted by The Guardian Australia regarding the matter.
A spokesman at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said to The Guardian: “The Australian government continues to consider the final status of Jerusalem as a matter to be resolved as part of any peace negotiations.”
Sunday, October 16, 2022
Did the Liska Rebbe Have a Minyan When "Singing Kaddish" While Sitting?
Singing the Kadish in Bais Liska on Chal Hamoed! pic.twitter.com/43yi64dY3C
— Ezra Friedlander (@EzraFriedlander) October 14, 2022
Saturday, October 15, 2022
No hope for America ... Watch this meshiginar
This person uses ghost/ghostself pronouns because gender feels like a ghost pic.twitter.com/mUdqMVbKXl
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 13, 2022
IDF female Soldier Abused by Mob of Chareidim in Beit Shemesh Speaks Out
We blogged about this disgusting episode last week, but it has now made national news.
A female IDF soldier was attacked with curses and stones in the Yehuda Hanasi neighborhood in Beit Shemesh.
In a conversation with Kan News, the soldier recounted the moments of horror in the incident that happened on Wednesday. "I was standing at the station, before the bus arrived there were some haredim who cursed and threatened me. When the bus arrived they threatened the driver that they would burn his bus if he took me on," she said.
The soldier, who stopped to change bus lines on her way to her base, told journalist Carmela Menashe how the incident soon developed into a violent riot, when a mob chased her, cursed her and threw things at her: "I moved away and started walking, and they chased me. Suddenly, hundreds of children, boys and adults started coming out of the houses, shouting at me 'shiksa' and throwing stones and cans at me. I felt surrounded and helpless."
At one point she met three girls and begged them to help her escape: "I asked three girls I saw there to help me and they told me we'll hide you." The girls led her to their home where they hid her when the crowd was closing in on the house and trying to break the lock of the apartment. The soldier called the police and after a while the police arrived in an undercover car, and not in a police car, for fear of another flare-up and the fear of the family that was guarding her that they might be thought of as collaborators
The soldier was dressed in a skirt given to her by the girls of the house and taken out of the place, but even after that, the disturbances and the confrontations with the police continued for some time. "The crowds stood outside and the police made a way. While leaving, the haredim snatched the policeman's radio and threw it to the crowd standing outside. It was shocking. The whole incident lasted from ten o'clock at night until early morning," said the soldier, who was injured by the objects thrown at her. "If it wasn't for the family that hid me, I don't know how it would have ended," she said.
The police said: "The police were called to the scene and rescued the female soldier while the force was also under attack. Beit Shemesh police officers arrested two suspects red-handed who were throwing stones. The investigation to locate all those involved continues.'
The spokeswoman of the Beit Shemesh municipality said:
"Mayor Dr. Aliza strongly condemns the attack on the female soldier and views the case very seriously. "The mayor spoke with the female soldier personally and strengthened her. She also spoke with the police chief of Beit Shemesh and asked, as expected, to investigate the incident to the end and to act with the full extent of the law. The mayor of Beit Shemesh, Dr. Aliza Bloch, emphasizes that on the days of 'you shall be joyous on your holidays', when tens of thousands celebrate at the cultural events in the city, this unusual event is certainly not evidenced by the atmosphere in the city and calls on everyone not to give space in the conversation to extreme acts."
B'chag Ha' Matzois ... Hilarious
בחג המצות pic.twitter.com/eXIKAvYL9i
— Hasidic (@hasidic_1) October 13, 2022
Friday, October 14, 2022
When the Satmar Rebbe R' Yoel z"l Was Ready to Join and be the Leader of the Agudah in Yerushalyim
by Menachem Keren-Kratz reprinted from the Academia Blog
Betraying the Family’s Mesorah For a Rabbinical Position in Jerusalem
In 1932 Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1848-1932), chief rabbi of the Charedi community Va’ad Ha-ir Ha-ashkenazi (later known as Ha-edah Ha-Charedit) of Jerusalem, was on his deathbed.
The community’s political leader, Rabbi Moshe Bloy (1885-1946), traveled abroad to seek a suitable replacement for the charismatic and revered rabbi. After considering several options, he declared Rabbi Yosef Zvi Dushinsky (1867-1948) of Chust to be the most suitable candidate. Later that year Rabbi Dushinsky was summoned to Jerusalem to meet the heads of Va’ad Ha-ir Ha-ashkenazi prior to their final decision. During his visit Rabbi Sonnenfeld passed away, and Rabbi Dushinsky was immediately offered the position.
Reform Jewish Ambassador Nides to Israel Boasts: "I Work Every Day to Eliminate Jewish Settlements" May He Rot in Hell!
US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Richard Nides, September 11, 2022. Ambassador Tom Nides told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in an exclusive interview last Friday he was enamored with Prime Minister Yair Lapid for “his brave comments on the importance of the two-state solution” in Lapid’s recent speech before the United Nations General Assembly.
“We are under no illusions here that I will be standing in the Rose Garden receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for getting the two-state solution, but it’s important that we create the conditions on the ground for a two-state solution,” Nides said, adding: “And that includes helping the Palestinian people.”
And, naturally, while helping those nice “Palestinian people,” Nides reiterated the Biden administration’s policy on Jewish communities on the same lands, saying, “We do not support settlement growth. Period. I work every day behind the scenes, with the Israelis, to try and eliminate, slow down, or avoid that.”
He defended his right to meddle in Israel’s affairs, saying, “We can’t dictate to them what they can or can’t do, but I can put as much pressure as I can to make sure they understand our position.”
The ambassador also defended Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez’s right to warn Benjamin Netanyahu that should he include Ben-Gvir in his future government it would damage Israel’s relations with the US. Nides stressed that he “won’t get involved in the politics of Israel before an election,” but insisted that American politicians have the right to voice their opinions on anything and anyone.
“We are free to articulate our anxieties or concerns vis-a-vis making sure that the values that we state are played out here in Israel as well as we believe they should be,” Nides said.
Otzma Yehudit, MK Itamar Ben Gvir appeared on Channel 13 News and Ynet and accused Prime Minister Yair Lapid of enlisting US officials to prevent Ben Gvir’s inclusion in the next government. He insisted that this is a dangerous precedent when a prime minister invites the Americans to interfere in the elections in Israel. He also invited Lapid to file a defamation suit against him – Ben Gvir is ready to drop his Knesset immunity.
On Tuesday, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Ca), a pro-Israel good guy, urged Israeli politicians to “ostracize” Ben-Gvir, declaring that Ben-Gvir’s “outrageous views run contrary to Israel’s core principles of a democratic and Jewish state.” Sherman insisted that “these extremists undermine Israel’s interests and the US-Israel relationship, which I and my colleagues have worked to strengthen.”
Of course, I would be astonished if Menendez or Sherman were familiar with Ben Gvir’s political agenda before the calls from Lapid’s people.
Finally, another takeaway from Nide’s JTA interview, to set us straight both about the ambassador and the news outlet: “Nides, who grew up in Minnesota as a liberal Reform Jew and went to synagogue only during the High Holidays, is a firm believer in equality at the Western Wall in Jerusalem,” writes JTA’s Jotam Confino. He quotes the ambassador who declares: “I have no tolerance for anyone being hurt or attacked for doing what they believe is their religious belief at the Western Wall. Both on the Orthodox and Reform sides, and for women and men. I think everyone should use this religious site for their own spirituality.”
Go to the interview and plug in the words “Temple Mount.” I did, looking to see if Nides feels similarly about the religious rights of Jews, 20 meters or so above the Kotel. Nothing. Nada. Gurnisht. Crickets.
Folks, we once had a friend in the US embassy. We no longer do.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Black Lives Matter
BLACK LIVES MATTER 🤷🏾♀️ pic.twitter.com/RkFXsgDGR1
— Lavern Spicer 🇺🇸 (@lavern_spicer) October 12, 2022
AOC Called Out by a Constituent on her blatant hypocrisy
This is fire. I’ve been waiting for someone to call AOC out on blatant hypocrisy. No, I don’t want to date her. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/eGGK7DUJkW
— heidi briones (@HeidiBriones) October 13, 2022
Kanye West on anti-Semitic comments: I’m ‘happy’ I ‘crossed the line’
Kanye West isn’t letting it go.
Speaking to Page Six as he left the screening of Candace Owen’s new documentary on Wednesday night, West addressed all of the brands that have dropped him since his most recent social media rants, including Adidas and JP Morgan Chase.
“Hey, if you call somebody out for bad business, that means you’re being anti-Semitic. I feel happy to have crossed the line of that idea so we can speak openly about things like getting canceled by a bank,” he told our photographers, before calling himself “the richest black man in American history.”
West, 45, continued talking about JP Morgan Chase specifically but was interrupted when a truck drove by. He then decided to “speak at a different time.”
Earlier today, Owens herself revealed that JP Morgan Chase had given West until November to find a new bank institution to hold his multibillion-dollar company Yeezy.
“I was told there was no official reason given, but they sent this letter as well to confirm that he has until late November to find another place for the Yeezy empire to bank,” she tweeted along with a photo of the notice.
The letter read, “Dear Ye, We are sending this letter to confirm our recent discussion with [redacted name] that JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (The Bank) has decided to end its banking relation with Yeezy LLC and its affiliated entities.”
JP Morgan Chase dropping West comes after he made several anti-Semitic comments over the weekend.
On Instagram, he shared a screenshot of a text conversation with Diddy, where he told him, “This ain’t a game. Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me.”
He was locked out of his account shortly after.
West then moved on to Twitter where he proceeded to post, “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”
He was locked out of that account as well.
Last week, Adidas announced that their partnership with West was “under review” following the rapper’s “White Lives Matter” shirt scandal.
“After repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation, we have taken the decision to place the partnership under review,” the company announced in a statement Thursday, per CNBC.
“We will continue to co-manage the current product during this period.”
West, 45, replied to the statement on Instagram, writing, “F–K ADIDAS I AM ADIDAS ADIDAS RAPED AND STOLE MY DESIGNS.”
Back in August, West began to speak out against the brand regarding his frustrations with the company, who allegedly made decisions about their collaboration without his consent.
State Orders City To Enforce Secular Education Starting With the Tzelemer Yeshiva
New York State’s commissioner of education has ordered the city to work with a yeshiva in Williamsburg on a plan for improving its secular education.
The decision, issued last week by commissioner Betty Rosa, is a response to a lawsuit brought by Beatrice Webber, a formerly Hasidic mother of 10 who now heads Yaffed, the leading advocacy group pressing for improvements in secular learning at haredi Orthodox private schools.
Rosa’s decision was first reported by the New York Times, which said the ruling represents “the first time that the state has taken action against a Hasidic boys’ school” and “could be a harbinger of significantly tougher oversight of Hasidic schools.”
If You Don’t Support Zeldin, Quit Complaining About the Jew-Hating
There are some elections that one can at least make the argument “s/he is going to win anyway we may as well be on his/her good side.” This isn’t one of them. No matter how much support the frum community will give Hochul she won’t do anything in return anyway. She already has the track record to prove it.
Plus it isn’t so clear that Hochul is going to win. For the past few elections the polls have consistently heavily underestimated the support the Republican candidates actually have. No one dreamed that Pataki would win either. Some people ended up losing out big time for supporting Cuomo over him because they thought Cuomo would win anyway. When Pataki won he did not consider those people his natural allies he otherwise would have considered them
An open letter from a reader
If you are crazy enough to support Kathy Hochul, or you’re even on the fence about which candidate to support in the governor’s race, you have no right to complain about the assault against yeshivas in New York state.
By supporting leftist politicians who are out to harm the Jewish community, YOU are part of the problem .
If you are not fully invested in Lee Zeldin, or if you align with the Democrat party, you have no right to complain about the rash of brutal antisemitic hate crimes.
It’s time for Jews to wake up and realize that Democrats in New York do not represent our values. They have dangerous policies, they have destroyed what used to be a state that was relatively safe, and friendly to Jews.
Democrats are not friends of the Jewish community.
When Askanim Tuchis-Lekk the "Satmar-Shiksa Mistress" Hochul and Invite Her Into the Succah
Watch Ezra smile like a "chulent bundel"
Agreed! @ChaninaSperlin expressing warm sentiments about the @GovKathyHochul Jewish Liaision @JakeAAdler @evawyner and on the campaign side @YLefkowitz! Thank u all! pic.twitter.com/P6RrurdBOL
— Ezra Friedlander (@EzraFriedlander) October 13, 2022
Jerusalem Mafia Looking for Temporary Workers
The ad really reads that a "Jerusalem Bakery is looking for workers" but Google translates it as "mafia"
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Whatever Happened to Philip Drelich Who Murdered His Pregnant Wife and a Diamond Dealer?
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| Philip Drelich, an inmate at Green Haven Correctional Facility in upstate New York, blows the shofar during the Jewish month of Elul |
He was released on February 29, 2016 even though he was sentenced to serve two consecutive life sentences for murder!
I am very familiar with this story, because I lived in Monsey in the 70's, and Philip would come to visit his parents from time to time; his parents owned a bakery called "Pinkey's" on Kennedy Blvd off Route 59. I knew his parents very well, they were the nicest people and they davened at the Community Synagogue on Carlton off Maple Avenue. The Rabbi of that Shul was Rabbi Moshe Tendler z"l (this fact became very crucial in the story).
On the Friday night following the horrendous stabbing of his pregnant wife, Miriam, Philip davened at the Stanislover Shul on Maple Avenue, and quietly said kaddish for her without any emotion. I remember that there was a detective in a car outside the shul making sure he didn't disappear, he was already being questioned in the disappearance of Martin Paretzky 71, a diamond dealer.
Philip Drelich, was born in 1950 and raised in Brooklyn and attended Yeshiva Chaim Berlin receiving good grades. His father was a WW2 veteran. Sometime in 1975, he met Miriam Lea Ziskind, and they subsequently married and had 2 children.
Watch This .. Watch What happens to Court Officer!
#TRENDING NOW: Watch this video til the end. 😳 pic.twitter.com/GKZSc5HjsX
— Trending 911 (@trending911) October 11, 2022
Ha Ha ..Muslims Parents Shut Down School Board Meeting Over Sexually Explicit LGBT Books
Now things are really getting interesting 😳 Can’t wait to see how the woke mob tries to spin this!
— Gays Against Gr██mers (@againstgrmrs) October 11, 2022
Video from @/wakeupwithlinda on IG pic.twitter.com/NWQE2ragKX
Listen to this "moron" who wants to be Governor of Arizona
Thank you for making me laugh, Terrance. This is good! listen until the end. https://t.co/Vkpyf6hek6
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) October 11, 2022
We finally found Kamala's Speech Writer
I think I figured out who Kamala's speech writer is... pic.twitter.com/QbYxZa4dst
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) October 11, 2022
What is she talking about? pic.twitter.com/7AYM45P8Zb
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) October 11, 2022
Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard leaves the DemonRats
Brilliant commentary. pic.twitter.com/aaicoBNx6g
— Eric Matheny 🎙 (@EricMMatheny) October 11, 2022
Former congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard announced on Tuesday that she is leaving the Democratic Party, CNN reported.
“I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party. It’s now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoking anti-white racism, who actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms enshrined in our Constitution,” Gabbard said in a video posted to social media. The announcement was made on the first episode of her new podcast, “The Tulsi Gabbard Show.”
Gabbard, who made history by becoming the first American Samoan and practicing Hindu in Congress following her election in 2012, also criticized what she said were Democrats’ “open border” policies and anti-police rhetoric.
The announcement is the culmination of years in which Gabbard has been increasingly at odds with the Democratic Party and its policies.
The former congresswoman, who represented Hawaii’s 2nd district, has long been a unique and occasionally controversial voice in the Democratic Party.
Gabbard, the first Hindu member of Congress and an Iraq war veteran, was a supporter of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid in 2016. In the past she has met with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and embraced nationalist leaders.
She originally announced she would run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in January of 2019. However, Gabbard withdrew from the race and endorsed Joe Biden in March of 2020 after dismally low finishes in every primary and caucus.
The biblical "Hakhel" the 'every-7-year gathering' which disappeared as a practice for centuries, is getting a revival.
Every seven years, in ancient times, Jewish men, women, and children would gather at the Temple on the first day of Sukkot to hear the king of Jerusalem read aloud from the Torah.
In 2022, there’s no king and no Temple, and more than half of all Jews live far from Jerusalem — but the ritual is still inspiring Jews around the world to gather together. In fact, the tradition, known as hakhel, appears to be seeing a resurgence of popular interest.
In Northampton, Massachusetts, Abundance Farm will host an outdoor festival with tree planting, music, pickles and cider to mark the end of the seven-year cycle of the shmita or agricultural sabbatical year to which hakhel is tied.
At Mount Zion Temple, in St. Paul, Minnesota, community members will learn and share Torah verses that inspire them and move them to action.
Mitsui Collective, a Jewish community-building organization, is hosting an online “in-gathering” in honor of hakhel. Other congregations and communities will host events online and in person that include Torah study, social activities and reflection on the next seven years of Jewish life.
While Jewish Soldiers are being Murdered Protecting Sukkot Marchers, Chassidim are Abusing Female soldiers
חיילת חולצה מתוך ההמון
הבלאגן ברמת בית שמש ב': מדיווחים שהגיעו ל'בית שמש חדשות' עולה כי חיילת שיתכן ונקלעה בטעות לרמת בית שמש ב', איזור יהודה הנשיא החלה לספוג צעקות, נאצות ועוד. היא הזעיקה את המשטרה שחילצה אותה בתוך ההמון, אך מאז החלו הפרות סדר הנמשכות עד עתה. במקום כח גדול של משטרה המנסה להשיב את הסדר לשכונה.
Loose translation
*Beit Shemesh News*
Girl soldier rescued from crowd
The balagan in Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet
From reports that reached Beit Shemesh News, it appears that a female soldier who may have mistakenly ended up in Ramat Beit Shemesh 2, in the Yehuda Hanasi area, received shouts, hatred and more.
She called the police, who rescued her from the crowd, the riots continue until now. A large force of police trying to restore order to the neighborhood.
Beit Shemesh has a population of over 120,000 B"H. There is a small area in Beit Shemesh called "Bet Shemesh Bet" that is populated by a bunch of extremists. There are protests there practically every day, blocking traffic, burning trash bins, screaming "Naziis" at Traffic Police that are there to protect them.
This past week a female soldier was murdered by terrorists, and yesterday Ido Baruch, an IDF soldier was murdered while protecting a group of Yeshivah Boys that were marching in honor of Succos in the Shomron.
This did not stop hundreds of Chassidim that call themselves "aarahlach" from abusing and shouting "Nazi" at a young frum female IDF soldier that mistakingly walked into their neighborhood. They were hurling glass bottles and metal cans aiming for her head; she barely got out alive. The riots continued for hours, I know I was in traffic and couldn't move for hours.
So while Jewish children in uniform are dying to protect their fat "tuchis'" other "frum" Jews dressed in golden bekeshes and wearing racoon hats tore themselves out of shul to lynch other Jews, because they are in uniform.
זו תורה וזו שכרה
In a terrorist drive-by shooting which occurred near the community of Shavei Shomron in Samaria on Tuesday morning, an IDF soldier was shot and killed.
Staff Sgt. Ido Baruch, a 21-year-old member of the Givati infantry’s brigade reconnaissance unit, was seriously injured in the shooting and taken to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba where he was declared dead. Baruch was securing a march by local residents from Shavei Shomron to Sebastia, the site of the ancient city of Shomron.
Tali, a close friend of Baruch’s mother, remembered him as a “magical child full of love, values and generosity.”
“I had the privilege to work with him at a few events and saw how he made children happy. It is impossible to stop the tears and describe the pain.”
A former teacher of Baruch’s told the Walla news site: “Everyone who knew him, loved him.”
Shmuel Roth Netanyahu’s Grandson, Completes Shas Bavli At His Bar Mitzva
A Bar Mitzva celebration was held in Meah Shearim, for Shmuel Roth, the son of Noa Roth who is the oldest daughter of former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu’s grandson is a precocious student who completed the entire Shas Bavli at his Bar Mitzva party.
Shmuel studies at Darkei Shmuel a Talmud Torah affiliated with the Jerusalem Faction and named in memory of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach zts’l, the founder of the faction which broke off from Degel Hatorah and refuses any compromise on military service.
Shmuel’s melamed (teacher) said at the event that he has been teaching for ten years and has never encountered a child blessed with such genius and talent as Shmuel Roth. The melamed added that Shmuel was incredibly diligent and studied at all times including recess. He began studying Shas Bavli at the age of 10 and completed it at his Bar Mitzva three years later, a remarkable feat.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Russian Jewish soldier taken captive in Ukraine
A Russian Jewish soldier whose sister lives in Israel has been taken captive in Ukraine, Ynet reported.
Sergey H., 31 years old and from St. Petersburg, was drafted into the Russian army at the end of September as part of the general draft. He did not have military training and had not previously served in the army. Prior to his enlistment in the army, Sergey, who does not have academic education, worked as a builder.
Sergey was immediately sent to the front lines as a private, and fell into captivity in the Lyman area, which the Ukrainian army had succeeded in retaking from the Russians.
Sergey's sister immigrated to Israel in April, two months after the war broke out. A second sister lives in Finland. Their mother died in St. Petersburg less than a year ago.
The sister who immigrated to Israel, Esther, said that she spoke to Ukraine's Chief Rabbi Moshe Reuven Asman, asking that he help her brother.
Rabbi Asman said that just before the holiday of Sukkot (the Festival of Tabernacles) began on Sunday evening, he held an emergency meeting with senior officials in Ukraine's special service, who are responsible for the issue of holding captives. Rabbi Asman offered to take custody of the Jewish soldier, as well as the other Jewish soldiers who may fall into captivity in Ukraine, and hopes to meet with Sergey in the near future.
According to Datali, a Russian-language Israeli site, nearly all of Sergey's company was killed, and the commander abandoned the unit and escaped towards Luhansk. Sergey survived by miracle but was caught by the armed Ukrainian forces on October 1. He was interrogated by the Ukrainians, who made contact with his sister Esther and sent her a video clip to prove that his health is good.
Journalist Shimon Breeman of Datali, who first reported on the issue, said that Rabbi Asman hopes to meet Sergey this week, adding that, "According to my information, the Jewish Russian who was taken into captivity is a unique case and the first of his kind."
"Prior to this there were thousands of Russian captives, but he is the first with documents to prove his Jewishness and also with a relative in Israel. He is not completely religious, but both he and his sister are Jews from their mother (their father is a Russian). This is a Jew who assimilated, without any Jewish education. His sister became religious in the St. Petersburg synagogue and today she lives near Jerusalem in a religious neighborhood. It was very hard to speak with his sister - she is suffering a real crisis, and she really needs help."
After 74 years: Bodies of two fallen soldiers found
An IDF spokesperson has announced that the bodies of Private Binyamin Aryeh Eisenberg and Private Yitzhak Rubenstein have been found by the IDF unit for location of missing soldiers.
Eisenberg and Rubenstein were killed in the battles at Yad Mordechai during Israel's War of Independence in 1948, and their place of burial was not known. Their bodies were found after over a decade of intensive efforts by the IDF's unit for locating missing soldiers.
During the War of Independence, at the conclusion of the battle to protect Kibbutz Yad Mordechai on the night between May 23-24, 1948, just a few days after the State of Israel was declared and while evacuating a wounded comrade, a group of three Palmach fighters was taken into captivity. Among the group were Eisenberg, who was lying wounded on a stretcher; and Rubenstein and medic Libka Shefer, who were carrying Eisenberg's stretcher.
In 1952, then-IDF Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren declared the three to be fallen soldiers whose place of burial was unknown.
Between 2012-2018, there has been an ongoing investigation to locate the soldiers' bodies, and it was discovered that in 1949, Shefer's body was located and buried in a mass grave in Nitzanim. This was confirmed in 2018, and Shefer's name was added to the list of names at the grave.
Recently, the investigation revealed that at the same time that Shefer's body was found and brought to burial in the mass grave at Nitzanim, Eisenberg's and Rubenstein's bodies were also found and buried in the mass grave at Nitzanim.
Eisenberg was born in Poland in 1927, and immigrated to Israel in 1946, on a ship of illegal immigrants. In 1947, he joined the Palmach, and he was among the defenders of Kibbutz Yad Mordechai during the War of Independence. He was killed while defending the kibbutz, on May 24, 1948.
Rubenstein was born in Ukraine (then Galicia) in 1913, and immigrated to Israel in 1938, on a ship of illegal immigrants. He joined the Palmach and was among the defenders of Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, where he was killed during the War of Independence on May 24, 1948.
Eisenberg's and Rubenstein's families were notified Friday morning of the completion of the investigation.
In the coming weeks, a ceremony will be held to reveal their headstones, and their names will be added to the list of those buried in the mass grave at Nitzanim.
Major-General Yaniv Asor, who heads the manpower department, said, "Every Hebrew mother should know that we will not cease until we bring all our sons for burial in Israel and discover the place of burial of all our fallen whose place of burial is not known."
"The fighters of the generation of 1948 dreamed of the State and fought for its founding. Some of them are Holocaust survivors who fought with courage in fierce battles against the Arab armies, for the sake of the State of Israel's independence. Determining the grave of the fighters whose place of burial is not known, even 74 years after they fell, is a deep and authentic obligation that the nation of Israel and the IDF have.
"Today, the State of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces fulfill an ethical obligation to declare the graves of Binyamin Aryeh Eisenberg and Yitzhak Rubenstein at the mass grave at Nitzanim."
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Palestinians Kidnap a Gay Arab in Israel and Behead Him
A 25-year-old Palestinian man, Ahmed Abu Maria, who fled to Israel and was granted asylum two years ago due to his sexual identity, was reportedly abducted and taken back to the West Bank city of Hebron, where he was beheaded yesterday.
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) October 6, 2022
May his memory be a blessing. pic.twitter.com/EDd5xf7IDl
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