Chanuka Questions of the Year 2022

 

Q. Tattie, how did we defeat the Yevanim?

A. With Hashem’s help!

Q. So why did we need the Maccabim?

A. They were just soldiers, Hashem helped them and Baruch Hashem we won.

Q. The Maccabim were soldiers?!

A. Yes, they were soldiers in the army of Hashem.

Q. So they were Chabdniks?

A. No, no! Chas v'shalom! They were yeshivish.

Q. Did Yehuda Hamaccabi fight? With a weapon?

A. Yes.

Q. So Yehuda Hamacabi was a goy or not religious?

A. Chas v'shalom, why would you think he was a goy or not religious?

Q. Because only goyim or non-religious Jews go to the army.

A. No, no, in the past religious people also went to the army.

Q. So why did the Maccabim go to the army and we don't?

A. Because today our Torah protects us.

Q. And then their Torah didn't protect them?

A. I think it’s time for you to go learn with Moishie.

Q. Did the Maccabim learn Torah?

A. Of course! They learned Torah all the time!

Q. They didn't work for a living?

A. Chas v'shalom!

Q. So how did they have money?

A. Well they worked a very little, teeny bit.

Q. Off the books in secret like Uncle Yanky?

A. No!

Q. So what did Mattisyahu do?

A. He was a farmer.

Q. So how did he work in the fields with his white shirt?

A. How do you know he wore a white shirt?

Q. Moishie told me that a real Jew only wears white shirts.

A. You spend too much time with Moishie, but he is right.

Q. What did the Maccabim want?

A. They wanted an independent Jewish state that they would run.

Q. Is this what we want?

A. That is something that Zionists want.

Q. Tattie, I want to be a soldier, a farmer and a Zionist!

A. Gevalt!!! What happened to you?!

UPDATED!!The "tzaddik" that burned down the Kosher Cell Phone Store in Geula and almost killed a family of 12 Living Upstairs

 

The Mishtara has cleared his name for release.

He is Yehoshua Dadon 34 from Beit Shemesh Bet

His detention was extended by four days to give police time to prepare his indictment. 

Police to close case against Rabbi Zvi Tau

 

The police are expected to announce in the coming days that the case against Rabbi Zvi Tau will be closed due to lack of evidence that he committed a criminal act, Kan News reported.

According to the report, the police were unable to formulate a basis for criminal charges after examining the complaints against the rabbi and no evidence was found which reached the required threshold for criminal charges.

MK Bezalel Smotrich, who was asked about the investigation recently, answered: "I don't know the details, so I can't comment, basically we are moving between two poles, on the one hand, every person has a presumption of innocence, certainly in the case of a great person like Rabbi Tau. And on the other hand, it is clear that every complaint needs to be investigated, and if there are women who complain, then the complaints should be investigated."

Journalist Josh Breiner reported a few weeks ago in the Haaretz newspaper that as part of the investigation, the police took testimonies from two leading religious Zionist rabbis, Rabbi David Stav and Rabbi Yuval Cherlow. However, Rabbi Stav told the police that he did not have any new information except the information about the two complainants who had already testified to the police. Rabbi Cherlow also told the police that he had no information about other complainants.

UN condemns deportation of terrorist who plotted to murder Rabbi Yosef

 

The UN Human Rights Office on Monday condemned Israel’s deportation to France of Salah Hamouri, the terrorist who plotted to assassinate the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, calling the act a “war crime”.

Hamouri was deported to France on Sunday morning following the decision two weeks ago of the Minister of the Interior, Ayelet Shaked, to revoke his residency in Israel.

Hamouri is a French citizen and permanent resident of Israel, born in 1985. He has been active for many years in the ranks of the Palestinian Arab terrorist organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

Thank you Torah U’Mesorah For Doing the Right Thing

 

by Yaakov M (VIN News)

Kudos to Torah U’Mesorah for allowing President Trump to address its recent conference.

Even if he were not the most pro-Jewish president in history and a staunch Israel supporter, it is basic decency and respect to have him speak.

A true no-brainer.

The multiple sustained standing ovations he received by virtually the entire crowd of Rabbanim, Chinuch leaders, and askanim, prove unquestionably that our community remains staunchly supportive of the former president.

With that said, it is absurd that we even need to say that it is “okay” to host the former president of the USA.

The recent buzz among some frum Jews that Trump should be thrown under the bus over his meeting with Kanye West and NIck Fuentes is quintessential Trump-Derangement Syndrome (TDS).

Yeshiva World News, published a letter entitled “Torah U’Mesorah is being used by Trump.”

The letter says: “I understand the importance of being on good terms with influential leaders, but…”

There really is no “but” in my opinion. Throughout history, Jews have pandered and patronized every powerful leader, if for no other reason than our own survival. Right or left, socialist or fascist, gracious or cruel.

It was not a popularity contest, and we were not being “used”. We are a pragmatic bunch, and we follow Chazal who tell us to be wary of politicians yet take advantage of our connection with them for our benefit.

However, when it comes to Trump, our connection goes way deeper. As Rabbi Dov Fischer eloquently observed (in the article Trump quoted extensively), Trump is a Philosemite, and we are infinitely indebted to him.

Chareidim of Meah Shearim Now Going After Optical Stores

 

כיכר השבת בירושלים: אלמוני שבר את הזכוכית של הדלת בחנות אופטיקה הלפרין והשפריץ בפנים בואש. משטרה במקום.@allworldnews111 pic.twitter.com/OJxLTXUlrB

— Itamar Cohen | איתמר כהן (@Itamar_cohen_1) December 18, 2022

Chareidim in Meah Shearim continue to wreak havoc in the neighborhood. 

After Thursday’s violent protest in which a woman was seriously injured by a dumpster rolled by youths demonstrating, on Saturday night Chareidie hooligans smashed the window of Optica Halperin, an optician located in Kikar Hashabat. 

Chareidim sprayed foul-smelling materials in the store after smashing the glass window and causing significant damage. The attack occurred at about 1:30 AM.

Sources close to the Chareidim told reporters that the reason for the vandalism was the fact that the store had recently shown pictures of women in its ads. Police from the nearby Lev Habirah station arrived at the scene and opened an investigation. Employees from the store were alerted and asked to come and guard the store, whose doors had been left open. Police left the scene soon afterwards and are continuing their investigation.

Woke Rep wants us to stop calling pedophiles. Pedophiles

Democratic California Rep. Katie Porter said Wednesday during a Congressional hearing on anti-LGBTQ violence that the term “pedophile” brands people as criminals because of their “sexual orientation.”

Survivors of the Club Q shooting, activists and others testified Wednesday about anti-LGBTQ violence before the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

Porter said the phrase “groomer” is a “lie” used to position members of the LGBTQ community as a “threat.”

“It denies them access to public spaces,” Porter said, before asking one witness whether Twitter allows posts calling people “groomers.”

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) president Kelley Robinson said Twitter does not allow users to call people “groomers” but claimed Twitter doesn’t enforce the ban. Robinson then said phrases like “groomers and pedophiles” are used “to describe people … that are mothers and fathers … It is dangerous.”

Robinson then argued the phrases are meant to “dehumanize.”

“You know, this allegation of ‘groomer’ and ‘pedophile,’ it is alleging that a person is criminal somehow and engaged in criminal acts merely because of their gender identity, their sexual orientation, their gender identity.”

Porter then said that Twitter allowed the terms to circulate online, reaching “72 million users.”

“This is not just about what happens online. What happens online translates into real harms in people’s lives,” Porter said.

Mirel Dzilowski Mother of 11 Severely Injured by Chareidi Protestors on Motzei Shabbos in "very serious condition"

So far not a peep from the "Gedoilim." On the Anglo Beit Shemesh Chats, if someone tries to discuss this, he/she are shouted down by people screaming "Loshon Hara" 

I am afraid that if these illegal protests are not stopped immediately, someone will get killed. 

Just last week, in Beit Shemesh BET, these Chareidim surrounded a bus filled with woman and children, made it stop and threw rocks and bottles at the windows. The Gedoilim of Beit Shemesh are too busy giving Chanukah Speeches about the "yevanim" and do not have the time to deal with their Jewish brothers who are terrorizing the residents. 

Mirel Dzilowski, a 40-year-old mother of eleven, was seriously injured during a violent demonstration by ultra-Orthodox extremists and is hospitalized at Shaare Zedek Hospital. 

Mordechai, one of her relatives, told N12 this morning (Sunday): "Her condition is still defined as severe but stable and there is no change. We sincerely hope for improvement and ask that all the people of Israel pray for her." 

At the same time, footage from the incident shows the moment Mirel was hit that led to her serious injury.

Rabbi to European ambassadors: 'Jews don't need your approval'

 

The rabbi charged with administering the Western Wall Plaza excoriated United Nations ambassadors from four countries who boycotted a visit to the holy site.

A week ago, the United Nations ambassadors from Italy, Romania, Slovenia, and Moldova dropped out of a group visit to the Western Wall, after the European Union ordered representatives of member states not to participate in any Israeli-hosted tour of eastern Jerusalem.

The representatives of seven other nations took part in the visit as planned. They included ambassadors from Thailand, Costa Rica, Belize, Serbia, Georgia, Haiti, and Sierra Leone.

On Friday, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, the rabbi of the Western Wall, blasted the boycott in an open letter.

"It was with extreme dismay that I heard of your decision not to attend the official tour of the Western Wall given by the State of Israel for ambassadors. 'The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.' Your decision to 'avoid' the tour was a resounding victory for evil, a choice that is deeply upsetting."

"The Jewish nation does not need anyone’s approval for its eternal connection with Jerusalem and the Western Wall. This is a bond of thousands of years that was shaped by the love of a nation for its God and forged through the fire of destruction. It is a bond that is validated every single day by unusual archaeological findings from the days of ancient kings of Judah, discovered in the earth of Jerusalem. Had you joined the tour, you would have seen them yourself."

"Cynical people have been spreading the disdainful libel that the Jewish nation is threatening the Temple Mount and Jerusalem’s peace. They have been doing so since 1929. The truth is quite the contrary. The Jewish nation is the only one in the last two-thousand years under whose sovereignty there is real and complete freedom of religion for all religions."

"What was done cannot be undone. Your choice was made and its echoes were heard around the world. But if the welfare of Jerusalem is indeed dear to you, if you actually wish to partner with those from all religions who sincerely wish to make Jerusalem a city of peace, then you must stand by historic, archaeological, and cultural truth and see the Israeli tolerance and acceptance of all religions in Jerusalem.

Splitting heirs Holocaust survivor $40M estate still unclaimed

 

A decade after his death, the $40 million estate of Holocaust survivor and Staten Island developer Roman Blum has yet to be resolved — and the vast fortune is shrinking as his would-be heirs battle for their piece of the pie.

“I can say there’s about half of it left, probably,” said Richmond County Public Administrator Edwina Frances Martin, whose office oversees the estate because Blum died without a will.

The estate has been whittled down by taxes and attorney fees.

“Right now there are two parties who are claiming a right to Mr. Blum’s estate and it’s playing out in court,” Martin added.

Albert Reichmann Passes Away at 93

 

R’ Yissochor Dov Reichmann z”l, better known as Beri or Albert passes away. He was 93 years old.

Born into a family of 6 in Vienna, Beri and his family escaped the hands of the Nazis, and he eventually became one of five Reichmann brothers running their business empire that became renowned for its philanthropy and chesed.

R’ Beri got engaged to his wife, Egosah, while the family was in Morocco, got married in Eretz Yisroel, and then spent his early married years in Tangier, Morroco, where his oldest child, Efraim, was born.

R’ Beri moved to Toronto in 1959 and joined his brothers Paul and Ralph in establishing a business – Olympia and York, which would quickly see nearly unfathomable success.

Aside from his business accomplishments, R’ Beri became deeply involved in the cause of Russian Jews trapped behind the Iron Curtain in the 1980s, using his money and influence to assist them in escaping its clutches.

The levaya will take place at 11:30 am Sunday morning at Khal Toras Emes/Viewmount Shul in Toronto.

Satmar Rebbe Zalman Leib Ignores the pain of Sexual Victims and Visits Nechemya Weberman their Convicted Rapist in Prison

 

We reported this nauseating story back in 2012 when the Sex fiend was first tried in court

https://dusiznies.blogspot.com/search?q=Weberman

The Satmar “Grand Rebbe” Zalman Teitelbaum paid a visit to convicted sexual abuser Nechemya Weberman in prison last month, according to a Yiddish-language newspaper serving the Satmar Hasidic community that has published a series of favorable articles about the former fake therapist accused of sexually abusing an adolescent girl starting from when the victim was 12 years old.

The visit, and the weekly series of articles in Kiryas Joel Vochenshrift, have riled advocates for sexual abuse victims in the Hasidic community. They say the community’s leadership has a pattern of downplaying abuse charges and in this case convictions, further traumatizing the victims. 

A sexual abuse survivor who lives in Kiryas Joel, the Orange County, New York seat of Zalman Teitelbaum’s Satmar faction, told the New York Jewish Week that abuse victims like her feel they are “being stabbed” when they see support for accused abusers in the Hasidic media and among their leaders. 

“It’s retraumatizing victims,” said the survivor, who asked not to be named for reasons of privacy and safety. “It’s being stabbed every week, again and again, and knowing that if you’re ever going to open your mouth you’re going to be kicked out.” 

The woman said that other survivors within the community told her “that they are not going to come forward so quick again because they see this every week.”

“It’s the most horrific thing,” the source said. “I am reliving all the hell that I’ve gone through. They are taking a molester, who did the worst thing, and they are promoting him, and calling him holy.”    

Chareidim in Geula Nearly Murder a Lady In Violent Geula Disturbances

 

A woman was seriously injured during violent demonstrations which broke out Thursday in Geula. The woman was doing Shabbos shopping when the garbage dumpster was rolled down Yechezkel street by extremist elements, slamming into her as she was walking and causing her severe chest injuries. She is currently sedated and respirated in Shaarei Tzedek hospital, in serious but stable condition. 

Her name for prayers: Mirel Bas Rachel Leah.

United Hatzalah medic Aharon Getz said that “bystanders said that the dumpster had rolled down the street during the demonstration and crushed her against the wall. Together with other medics we gave her emergency assistance and she was taken in a mobile intensive care unit to Shaarei Tzedek where she is hospitalized in serious condition.”

Police said that they are investigating the matter and will find those involved in the incident and bring them to justice. A Jerusalem District police spokesman said that “recently and especially over the last few nights we have witnessed violent extremists violating the law, harming police and civilians in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh in the wake of the arrest of a suspect in the arson attack against a cellular phone store this week. These are violent disturbances which have no relation to legitimate demonstrations. The violence has been directed against buses, police cars and yesterday against an innocent bystander who was seriously injured. Vandalism, arson, rolling garbage dumpsters, throwing stones and objects, harming civilians and police and blocking roads – is not legal protesting but violent disturbances which could cost human lives. We will continue to act forcefully against violators of law who harm local residents, passersby and policemen.”

Leading politicians, including Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon and incoming National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called on police act forcefully against the violent rioters. “Violence is not freedom of speech, it is anarchy. Anarchists and criminals must be treated harshly and forcefully. The hooligans who nearly murdered a woman and harmed police should be jailed for many years,” Ben Gvir said.

He added that “its time to make order in Israel. We can’t reprieve anyone acting violently. Demonstrations and freedom of speech are important but disturbances, harming police and destroying infrastructure cannot be allowed.”

UTJ leaders Yitzchak Goldknopf and Moshe Gafni and Shas leader Aryeh Deri also condemned the violent disturbances and called for police to “catch the hooligans and bring them to justice.”

Zera Shimshon Parshas VaYeishav

 

J Street defends the Vicious Anti-Semite Ilhan Omar

 

J Street, a far-left organization that has done more to turn Israel into a partisan issue than any other, has joined other anti-Israel Jewish groups (Ameinu, Americans for Peace Now, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, Habonim Dror North America, J Street, New Israel Fund, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and T’ruah - note that the Reform Movementisout in the open) in an attempt to browbeat Kevin McCarthy—likely to be the next speaker of the House—into not kicking virulent antisemite Rep. Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

This is in keeping with J Street’s plan to make Israel less safe and turn it into a wedge issue.

Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever settle dispute over Israeli ice cream

 

Unilever said Thursday that its litigation with the independent board of Ben & Jerry’s over the sale of its Israeli ice cream business has “been resolved.”

The company did not provide details of how the litigation had been resolved.

Unilever in June sold its Ben & Jerry’s ice cream business in Israel and the West Bank to its local licensee, Avi Zinger, for an undisclosed sum. The next month, Ben & Jerry’s filed a lawsuit against a Unilever subsidiary to try to block the sale.

The Vermont-based ice cream brand said last year it no longer wanted to sell its products in the occupied West Bank because it was inconsistent with its values. Ben & Jerry’s products have been for sale in Israel for decades.

In an updated lawsuit filed in September, Ben & Jerry’s said it was seeking damages and wanted the trademarks returned. The company also asked a judge to stop Zinger from selling the ice cream in the West Bank.

Ben & Jerry’s declined to comment and Ben & Jerry’s independent board did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“I am pleased that the litigation between Unilever and the independent Board of Ben & Jerrys has been resolved,” Avi Zinger said in a statement on Thursday.

Chareidim Riot Like Arabs in Bet Shemesh "Bet" Throwing Stones on Buses with children inside and Putting Trash Bins on Fire .Rabbanim Refuse to Condemn them!

 

As I explained previously, Beit Shemesh is huge with a population of over 120,000 bl"eh. 

There is a neighborhood that is called Beit Shemesh Bet, where the majority of the residents are extremists. 

If you met them one on one, they are the nicest guys but when they are together, they are dangerous, just like a match and a powder keg.

About two weeks ago, a couple of these guys decided to take a bus to Yerushlayim and burn down a store that sold Kosher cell phones, that refused to pay the Chareidie Mafia... "bakshish" bribe money!

There was a family of twelve living upstairs on top of the store, and they barely got out with their lives; the entire store burned to a crisp.

After an investigation, the Zionists were able to identify who the "tzaddikim" were by examining the nearby "tumedikeh" video cameras. They discovered that the arsonists lived in Beit Shemesh Bet!

They arrested the arsonists who should have been charged with attempted murder, but the cursed Zionist judge who had misplaced mercy on these "achzorim" only held them for arson. 

Since their arrest, there has been violent protests every single night, where grown men and bochrim block traffic in their very own communities for hours on end,  to try to get the judge to release them. 

No one would actually care except that there are wedding halls in this neighborhood, and people from other surrounding areas need to go there if they want to go to the simchas. Some stopped going to simchas to avoid the hassle. 

 The residents or people, if you want to call them that, by in large support these terrorists, since they do nothing to stop them, they just munch on "garinim" and gaze at them like they would at monkeys in a zoo. 

Last night they took these riots to a new level, having learned from their Palestinian cousins, that to make the news, you have to step up your game, so they threw rocks at the windows of the buses that were just sitting there, trapped like mice in a cat's jaws, with innocent, men, women and children and even infants sitting inside... For some color, they put the garbage bins on fire..

Hashem must have been watching, because miracle of miracles, no one got hurt.

While this was going on, a group of maybe 100, hired taxis to take them to a brand-new neighborhood in Beit Shemesh, called Beit Shemesh Dalet to continue their mischief. 

Beir Shemesh Dalet will eventually be the largest neighborhood in Beit Shemesh, and these hooligans trying to discourage Dati Leumi Jews from moving in (there are hundreds of Dati Leumi families living there already) protest there every night and scribble "tzniyois" graffiti on the brand-new walls.

Last night they stepped up the game over there too and started spitting on the girls and grown woman that walked by and proceeded to draw Palestinian flags in the brand-new elevators. 

Spitting for them is nothing new, in 2011 they spat and verbally abused a little girl going to school. They got a lot of flak for this huge Chillul Hashem and to stop the national outrage they marched out one of their Capos, a guy by the name of Moshe Friedman who brazenly made a statement denying the entire incident, though he did admit to "yelling" at this little girl, even though there were others who witnessed the incident.

He said at that time that they would continue to yell and harass the little girls because the school she attended was in their neighborhood. The school is actually on the border, (I know, I lived around the corner) and even if it was in their neighborhood, why should a little frum girl going to yeshiva in Israel, in a Jewish country, be yelled and screamed at? And why can't a frum Dati School be anywhere in Israel? If they don't like it, they should move to Ramallah,

In Dalet, there are none of their schools there yet, B"H, and yet they take taxis to spit and yell at girls and Jewish mothers, that don't even live in their neighborhood.

The "spitter" was arrested last night but the Zionist judge let the "shtick drek" off with a warning.

The residents in this new neighborhood, seeing that the Zionists police wouldn't do a damn thing, have decided to fight back, and are taking the law into their own hands and now there is a war every night in Dalet, and I hope no one gets killed.

The protestors don't even live there, they live in BET! 

I think that the Beit Shemesh community should do the following:

(A) Stop shopping in BET, let the shopkeepers know, that things can go two ways

(B) DALET residents should jot down the license plate numbers of the vehicle transporting these vermin and call the Taxi companies and tell them they will not be responsible for what happens to their tires

(C) Sue them personally! 

Do people really hate Charedim?"

by Rationalist Judaism Blog 

I’m always astounded at the frequent charedi claim that the widespread antipathy towards them is motivated by some sort of deep-rooted hatred of Judaism/ Hashem/ Torah. Some people describe it straight-out as antisemitism.

Really? Is there no other possible reason why resent charedim? You can't conceive of anything else?

Americans on alert as tech-savvy criminals use Apple AirTag to stalk, steal

 

Strange chirping sounds and alerts on iPhones have put some Americans on high alert over the last year and a half as they try to figure out why an unknown device is tracking their every move.

 It’s one of the latest crime trends that tech-savvy criminals are using to carry out car thefts and stalkings, which has pushed police departments across the nation to warn residents to watch out for the new tactic.

 "In a traditional stalking case, typically you have people who are making contact or unwanted contact with a victim, repeatedly,"

 Dearborn, Michigan, police Sgt. James Isaacs told Fox 2 earlier this year.

 "They're following them where they work, where they go to school, where they are going to eat. Using the AirTag is just another way for them to do that in a more surreptitious way." 

 Dearborn is among the slew of police departments that have warned the public since last year to be on high alert for criminals using Apple AirTags to steal or illegally follow people. 

 Apple released AirTags in April of 2021 as the latest way to find lost personal items such as keys or handbags, and billed with the instructions "Ping It. Find It." AirTag owners can clip the small disc-shaped device to something they often misplace, and simply ask Siri to track the AirTag, which has a built-in speaker that chirps when engaged, or use an iPhone to track its exact location.

Discovery of King Hezekiah’s Inscriptions

 

Archaeologist Prof. Gershon Galil on Wednesday night revealed on Channel 14 what they believe to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all time in Israel, which they say presents a breakthrough in the study of the history of Israel in the biblical period.

As Prof. Galil put it: “I managed to decipher five new monumental royal inscriptions of King Hezekiah of Judah, which together include dozens of lines and hundreds of letters. The inscriptions mention the name of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and summarize his main actions in the first seventeen years of his reign, among them, the quarrying of Nikbat Ha’Shiloah and its pool; the ritual reform; the conquest of Philistia; and his accumulation of great wealth.”

The most crucial aspect of his discovery, according to Galil, is the fact that “the inscriptions indicate the exact date on which the Ha’Shiloah project was completed: 2 Tammuz, year 17 of Hezekiah, or 709 BCE.”

According to him, “It is now clear that the chronology dating the start of Hezekiah’s reign in 726 BCE is to be preferred,” which was the point of his 1996 book, “The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah.”

Chareidie Who spit on Women and drew Palestinian Flag Arrested Finally

 

משטרת בית שמש עצרה אדם חרדי בחשד שצייר את דגל פלסטין ורשם 'ציונים החוצה' ובהמשך ירק על אישה

אתמול (שלישי) עצרה משטרת בית שמש תושב העיר בחשד שצייר את דגל פלסטין עם הכיתוב "ציונים החוצה" על דגל מעלית.

עוד עולה כי באירוע נוסף פגש אישה וירק עליה תוך כדי שהוא מקלל אותה. בית משפט השלום החליט בדיון הבוקר לשחרר את החשוד למעצר בית.

בפתח הדיון בבית משפט השלום בירושלים שם ביקשה המשטרה להאריך את מעצרו, אמר נציג המשטרה שמדובר בעצור שנעצר על בסיס צו והוא נחשד ע"פ החשד בשני אירועים.

האירוע בגינו הוצא צו המעצר לחשוד הגיע בעקבות האירוע בו על פי החשד הוא שם דגל של פלסטין במעלית ורשם "ציונים החוצה".

כאמור, באירוע נוסף על פי החשד פגש באישה וירק עליה תוך שהוא מקלל אותה. לאחר שבעלה של האישה הגיע למקום, המשיב נמלט מהמקום.

המשיב נחקר-לגבי האירוע הראשון עם האישה, המשיב הודה כי היה לו עימות עם אישה, אך טען כי היא קיללה אותו והוא אמר לה "איכסה" וכי הוא אויים ע"י בעלה באמצעות סכין.

עורך הדין רועי פוליטי המייצג את החשוד אמר בדיון כי יש שני אירועים כאשר אחד מהם, הוא השחתת פני מקרקעין. לטענת עורך הדין, העבירה היא בטח לא עבירה שמקימה עילת מסוכנות אם הדברים נכונים.

על המקרה השני אמר עורך דינו של החשוד כי "אם הם שמעו ממנו שאיימו עליו בסכין ולא קרה שום דבר מעבר לזה זה חמור ביותר. האישה והבעל לא נחקרו תחת אזהרה אני מניח ולמעשה מי שאמור להיות עצור נמצא בחוץ. לאור הנסיבות, חומרת העניין, חלוף הזמן והחשד הסביר הנמוך, אבקש לשחרר אותו בתנאים".

בסיום הדיון החליט השופט לשחרר את החשוד למעצר בית בן - 4 ימים ומספר תנאים נוספים

New Survey Says that 80 percent of Charedim use the internet

 

A new survey conducted by the Israeli Internet Union and the Haredi Institute for Policy Research has released its latest findings on internet use among Israel's haredi population, relating to the year 2021. The survey shows that around 80 percent of haredim use the internet, even though around half have no home internet access.

Haredim from the Lithuanian stream use the internet more than Chassidim or Sephardim, while Sephardim are more likely than the other two haredi streams to access the internet via a mobile phone, and haredi women are more likely to access the internet via a mobile phone than haredi men are.

The survey also revealed the main concerns limiting internet use among haredim. Topping the list is the fear of becoming addicted, followed by worries of time-wasting and concern of the detrimental impact on children. Haredim are not particularly concerned that use of the internet will impact their family's matchmaking prospects or getting their children accepted into schools.

The Death of the Baal Teshuva Movement?

 

When Jews left Judaism and Orthodoxy in droves during the 1800s and early 1900s, the great sages of the generation took strong action. Great sages, from the great Chafetz Chaim to several Lubavitcher Rebbes, From Sarah Schnirer to the Alter of Novardhok and R’ Meir Shapiro, addressed the problems, did their best to implement improvements and remedies and fought heroically to fill the historic role Jewish leaders have taken throughout the generations to preserve Yiddishkeit through the countless challenges we have faced as a people.

They were not labeled as anti-Charedi for not towing party line or saying that everything is perfect; they acknowledged the problems and addressed them.

This being said, it is important we acknowledge the new reality of our generation, and that is that the Baal Teshuva movement, as we knew it is dead. It is no longer here. This is not just something that has to do with the world of Jewish outreach, it also can tell us a lot about the state of orthodoxy, and the rapidly changing world we are living in.

Elaine Mehler 56 from Englewood Drowns in Biscayne Bay in Florida

 

A 56 year old Englewood Orthodox Jewish woman drowned yesterday afternoon while swimming in the waters of Biscayne Bay.

 56 year old Elaine Mehler, an employee at Three Pillars Recruiting, was taking part in a company retreat and was on a boat near Miami’s Jungle Island when she decided to go for a swim sometime after 4 PM.

Witnesses said that she disappeared in the water, prompting calls to both 911 and the Coast Guard called to help locate the missing woman.

Mehler was located near Jungle Island at approximately 5:15 PM and airlifted to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.

Chesed Shel Emes worked through the night to preserve kavod hames and to arrange for Mehler to be transported back to New Jersey on Wednesday evening.

The funeral will be held on Thursday with burial to follow in Israel.

Beit Shemesh Residents Fed up With the Protestors Beat the Living Daylights Out of Them

 

Why are Kosher Food Vendors Ripping off Frum Families Who Cannot afford these Crazy High Prices

 

Look around at any Jewish neighborhood and you’ll find families struggling. Not one or two, but dozens. I’m talking about families not being able to cough up the money to keep their homes heated. And some can’t even buy food.

The food part is what troubles me most. It’s not a secret that inflation has taken a chunk out of everyone’s bank accounts. Everything we need to buy is more expensive; from cheaper items to large expenses, costs have soared for everyone. But this problem appears to be much more acute in the frum community.

Take a look at food prices. The prices of eggs, chicken, meat, dairy – literally everything – has shot up way beyond the amount that prices have gone up in non-kosher supermarkets. Yes, everyone is paying higher prices, but why are we paying 20% more than the already inflation-affected prices in Walmart, ShopRite, and Costco?

What really needs to be asked, and I don’t intend to create a firestorm, is: are kosher food manufacturers using inflation as an excuse to jack up prices well beyond what they need to stay profitable? Have they found a way to enrich themselves off the backs of hardworking, struggling fellow Jews?

I could be wrong. Perhaps they have no option, for whatever reason, but to raise their prices beyond what non-kosher stores are hiking them to. I can’t say for sure. But if that is true, I’d like to know why and I want to know how it can be fixed. There are too many families unable to put food on the table for this crisis to be ignored. There are too many families relying on Tomchei Shabbos for us not to demand answers.

Chaim F. – Lakewood, NJ