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Massive Belzer Wedding Under Criminal Investigation

So the Holy Rebbe actually said that "the wedding" will "destroy the virus," (see the notice below that was sent to the Belzer community....) and his naive sheeple believe him...

Just two weeks ago, a rav of that community died of the virus, and in Israel, the Belzer community has unfortunately the highest number of infected people, but the Rebbe could care less... he knows better than anyone else... I sincerely hope, he does .... but he better start questioning the hashgacha of the Jail system, since he or some of his close cronies may have to spend some time there.

Police on Thursday launched a criminal investigation into a mass ultra-Orthodox wedding in Jerusalem held in violation of coronavirus regulations limiting gatherings.

Some 2,000 people are estimated to have attended Wednesday’s wedding for the grandson of the spiritual leader of the Belz Hasidic sect, with images from the event showing thousands of people sitting next to each other, indoors, without keeping distance or wearing masks.

The celebrations began outdoors, where participants were filmed wearing masks. The event then moved indoors. Channel 12 reported that organizers attempted to bar people from filming the indoor celebrations, but the footage leaked out.

An investigation was also opened into suspected licensing offenses.

“We view severely the blatant violation of the regulations in a way that endangers the public’s health, and we’ll continue to enforce the regulations for the well-being of the public and its health,” police said.

The police announcement of the investigation came as Channel 12 news reported that United Torah Judaism MK Yisrael Eichler, a member of Belz, attended the wedding.

He refused to comment.

The network also reported that organizers had asked on Tuesday for permission to hold a protest gathering in support of police, but the request was denied after it turned out the planned demonstration was meant to serve as cover for the wedding.

Under the current government rules, weddings are capped at 20 people outdoors; protests are exempt from limitations, though social distancing must be observed.

Earlier Thursday, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion pushed back against criticism of the wedding, claiming ongoing protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in the capital pose a graver danger to public health.

Israel has struggled in recent months to contain the coronavirus outbreak, confirming close to 2,000 new infections a day. The country had 25,285 active cases as of Thursday night, according to Health Ministry figures.

The protests against Netanyahu’s alleged corruption and handling of the pandemic have grown in recent weeks, with some of the demonstrations drawing over 10,000 people.

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American Israeli Eli Rozenberg gets initial gov't okay to purchase El Al

Kenny Rosenberg Father of Eli

The Israel Corporations Authority said on Tuesday it will allow Eli Rozenberg, an ultra-Orthodox 30-year-old immigrant to Israel from the United States, to purchase more than 40% of El Al Israel Airlines.

It was a dramatic turn of events because Rozenberg's bid hasn't been considered seriously and it wasn't clear who his financial backers are.

Rozenberg resides in Jerusalem and is the son of businessman Ken Rozenberg, owner of one of the largest chains of nursing homes in the United States, and founder and CEO of Centers Health Care.

To show his seriousness, Eli Rozenberg initially deposited $15 million into a loyalty account and even offered to immediately transfer another $75 million to El Al in exchange for 44.99% of the company, which would give him a controlling stake in the company.

"I would like to thank the Corporations Authority for its professional due diligence. My offer is the only way to rehabilitate El Al and march it forward to its rightful place. [Israelis] are desperate for their national airline to be stable," said a statement on Rozenberg's behalf.

Three weeks ago, Rozenberg told Israeli financial portal Globes that he is not so concerned about El Al's current financial crisis, due most recently to the coronavirus pandemic, and is looking towards the future. The global pandemic forced the shutdown of regular services for the airline.

However, according to the report, it is not clear whether the airline's parent company, Knafaim, which owns the controlling shares, will be willing to sell. So far, it has rejected the bid.

El Al reached a $400 million bailout agreement earlier this month, which is likely to result in its being nationalized.

According to the terms of the deal, the airline will receive a $250 million government-backed loan, and raise another $150 million by selling shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, with the state purchasing any unsold stock.

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Dumb Jewish Group "IFNOTNOW" Endorses Somalian Anti-Semite Ilhan Omar

The Jewish group IfNotNow has endorsed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for re-election in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District.

"As American Jews, we're proud to support Representative @IlhanMNin her re-election campaign. In her first two years in Congress, despite unrelenting attacks, Ilhan has remained steadfast in advocating for progressive policies, and opposing Trump's authoritarian agenda," continued IfNotNow, an organization that has been a vocal critic of Israeli policies toward Palestinians.

Omar will face four opponents in her district's Aug. 11 Democratic primary. Her top opponent, Antone Melton-Meaux, outraised Omar between April and June with $3.3 million to Omar's $470,000.

Omar has perpetuated anti-Semitic tropes on Twitter and introduced a resolution in Congress that promotes boycotts of Israel, likening them to boycotts of Nazi Germany.

n February 2019, a month after being sworn in, Omar accused AIPAC of paying members of Congress to back Israel, saying it was "all about the Benjamins."

The following month, she pointed fingers at her "Jewish colleagues" for attacking her and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) for labeling their criticisms as anti-Israel because of the Muslim faith of the two congresswomen, in addition to slamming her critics regarding "the political influence in this country that says it is OK to push for allegiance to a foreign country."

This led to the passing of a House resolution condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred that did not call out Omar by name.

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Laura Loomer is Looming Large for Trump in Florida

A Jewish warrior is looming large in President Trump’s home district in Florida.

Laura Loomer came striding into the political arena because she is concerned at the American drift to a place she rebels against. She decided to take a stand. In fact, she has taken several stands as an angry individual who has attracted media attention.

Loomer was angry at the staged assassination of President Trump in a Central Park leftist adaption of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in which the Roman emperor was replaced by a lifelike Donald Trump. The bloody mock assassination of Trump on stage incensed Laura Loomer.

American presidential assassinations are nothing new and Loomer considered this public presentation an incitement, giving license to murder Trump, so she protested the event by leaping onto the stage and interrupting the production to much media acclaim.

Like too many conservative voices, Loomer has been banned from social media including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for pointing out Ilhan Omar’s anti-Israel and anti-Semitic slanders which Loomer rightly claims emanate from Omar’s personal background as an Islamist. I have written extensively about this in the past. Facts are on Loomer’s side, despite the ban.

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Single Men ..... An Issue Overlooked ....

Today, on the 15th of Av, it is customary to write about the large number of couples who get married at this time of year, but perhaps it is actually more important to write about singles, those who are unmarried.

 As it was originally celebrated in ancient Israel, today's holiday will forever be associated with those searching for a lifetime partner. 

So here are a few words from Rav Yoni Lavi concerning an insufficiently publicized sector: 

single men or bachelors.

"To be a bachelor is to see your friend married with three kids, to see your little sister pregnant, to hear your neighbors celebrating the engagement of their son -- and to still believe that HaShem did not forget you and that one day your turn will come.

To be a bachelor is to understand that the extended period of your search is not a burdensome matter that you would rather do without. This period is a kind of 'pregnancy' that is meant to give birth to strengths and capabilities that will serve you well throughout your life.

To be a bachelor is to believe that there are no superfluous dates. Every encounter that G-d arranges for us holds an important lesson in life.

To be a bachelor is to end an unsuccessful date and to think: okay, in any case, for whom would she be a suitable match?

To be a bachelor is to refuse to go out with someone who does not seem suitable to you even when they are pressuring you with 'what do you care? so you lose one evening, it's not a big deal.' 

G-d created you with a sensitive heart and you are forbidden to play games with it. To open up and to reveal yourself just to be disappointed again and again leaves the heart weary and scarred.

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Facebook Bans Users for Criticizing Lebanese leadership

Facebook has once again banned user Damon Rosen, this time for responding to the blast in Lebanon by posting: "Israel had NOTHING to do with the Beirut explosion. Lebanese incompetence, ignorance, and 5,500,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate do."

Facebook censored the post and advised Rosen: "Your comment goes against our Community Standards on hate speech and inferiority," providing no evidence to support their claim.

Facebook went on to say, "No one else can see your comment," although the deletion of Rosen's comment with a screenshot of it had already been widely disseminated on Facebook and other social media.

"We have these standards to protect certain groups of people being described as inferior to others," Facebook explained in the conclusion of its notice.

Additionally, Facebook has started penalizing other users publicizing its censorship policies:

Facebook censorship

Mordechai Sones

Rosen had been blocked for thirty days for reporting statements by Louis Farrakhan. 

He was fully reinstated after a query was submitted to a senior Facebook executive that included coverage by Arutz Sheva. This, after Rosen had an appeal to the suspension rejected by Facebook with the message: 

"We reviewed your post again and it doesn't follow our Community Standards."

Rosen said he received no notification from Facebook alerting him that his "suspension", that was set to run for another 23 days, had been lifted.

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Joe Biden’s mental ability is a campaign issue that can’t be ignored

He might be riding high in the polls, but Joe Biden’s mental acuity increasingly is an issue in the election campaign, and growling at reporters who ask about it is no way to alleviate voter concerns.

Asked during an event with the National Associations of Black and Hispanic Journalists if he had “taken a cognitive test,” Biden snapped.

“No, I haven’t taken a test! Why the hell would I take a test? C’mon, man!”

Frowning and irritated, he paused before ripping into the reporter, Errol Barnett of CBS News.

“That’s like saying you, before you got on this program, if you take a test where you’re taking cocaine or not, what do you think? Huh? Are you a junkie?” said Biden in an interview to be streamed Thursday.

Ouch. Barnett had hit a nerve, and Biden’s flash of anger was a reminder of his interview with black man in May, radio host Charlamagne tha God, when Biden blurted out the ruinous line that if you vote for Trump, “you ain’t black.”

This time, Biden’s startling go-to defense was to accuse a black man of being a junkie.

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Oprah labeled a ‘fraud’ for calling out ‘white privilege’ since she’s so rich

Twitter critics have a billion-dollar bone to pick with Oprah Winfrey.

The 66-year-old media mogul has been labeled a hypocritical “fraud” following the latest installment of her Apple TV+ series, “The Oprah Conversation,” featuring former NFL star and race activist Emmanuel Acho.

Acho, 29, who also hosts the web series “Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man,” joined Winfrey for a two-part episode, which included a segment inviting non-black viewers to ask difficult questions about racism and white privilege.

“Not all white people have power,” said one guest. “There’s plenty of poor, working-class white people. But I think that when we group all of white people together and we don’t recognize the fact that there’s a lot of white people that struggle, and it’s a different struggle as you mentioned because they’re not streaming upstream let’s call it …”

They continued, “I think that if we’re gonna come together and really attack racism and the inequities that are in this country and are in this world, that it’s important not to group all white people.”

Winfrey responded, “There are white people who are not as powerful as the system of white people — the caste system that’s been put in place. But they still, no matter where they are on the rung or ladder of success, they still have their whiteness.”

The veteran broadcaster also said white people have a “leg up.”

“You still have your whiteness. That’s what the term ‘white privilege’ is. It means that whiteness still gives you an advantage, no matter,” she said.

Winfrey’s current net worth stands at $2.6 billion, according to Forbes, and conservative pundits were quick to weaponize that fact on Twitter following her show.

“And now why is Oprah, maybe the richest black woman in the world, trying to shame white people as privileged? Miss Winfrey, you are the personification of WHITE PRIVILEGE!,” said Irene Armendariz-Jackson, a Republican congressional candidate from Texas.

Said columnist Wayne Depree, “Billionaire Oprah is now shaming white people for all their ‘easy success’ in life.”

Conservative media head Todd Starnes said, “I pray for the day that America becomes a nation where someone like Oprah will be able to become a billionaire.”

Sen. Ted Cruz called the discussion “utter, racist BS.”

2A activist JT Lewis asked, “How did Oprah make 2.6 billion dollars if America is so racist?”

Representatives for Winfrey have not returned The Post’s request for comment.

Despite her billions, it was announced in July that the monthly print edition of “O” Magazine would come to an end after a 20-year run on newsstands, as a result of poor sales following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Chassidishe Family of Waterpark Drowning Sues Summer Belz Camp for Negligence

Nearly a year to the day after his nine year old son drowned at a waterpark while on a camp trip, a Brooklyn man has filed a lawsuit charging Camp Bnei Belz with negligence.

Hersch Meilich Grossman was pronounced dead shortly after being pulled from a pool at Sahara Sam’s Indoor Outdoor Water Park in West Berlin, New Jersey last July. Grossman was the grandson of Rabbi Osher Eckstein, the Belzer dayan of Borough Park, and had been submerged at the bottom of the five foot deep pool for an unknown amount of time when he was discovered as the children were preparing to go home.

The lawsuit was filed on August 3rd in Brooklyn Supreme Court and alleged that Camp Bnei Belz failed to provide adequate training, staffing and supervision for the trip. It also charged that Grossman “suffered severe conscious pain and suffering and fear of impending death.”

Attorney Alan Shapey, who is representing the child’s father, Moses Grossman, told the New York Post (https://bit.ly/3i1guEy) that there were 300 children from Camp Bnei Belz on the trip. According to Shapey, while the camp brought numerous counselors on the trip, it was unclear what they were doing when they should have been supervising the pool. Shapey also noted that Sahara Sam’s had only one lifeguard stationed at the pool where Grossman drowned and that legal action against its owner, Apex Parks Group, would be forthcoming as soon as the company resolves a bankruptcy issue.

Covering an area of 68,000 square feet, Sahara Sam’s has surfing simulators, indoor and outdoor pools, water rides and slides. Several hundred children from multiple Brooklyn camps had been enjoying a joint trip to the waterpark just prior to the onset of the Nine Days when the drowning occurred. No criminal charges were ever filed in the incident which was ruled accidental by local authorities.

“It’s a terrible tragedy for the family,” said Shapey, adding, “How do you get over the loss of your son?”

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Song of Shabbos

Daf Yomi will be celebrating the Siyum of Shabbos next week. The SONG OF SHABBOS includes over 400 phrases and expressions of the Mesechta, chazur’ing its’ key klallim and yesodos - all in rhyme!

Here is a link to a PDF file for the words 

 www.SongsOfShas.com

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'Follow the rules! You'll spare yourself from suffering'

Rafi Perlshtein

Media consultant Rafi Perlshtein tested positive for coronavirus and spoke about it in a Twitter post on Tuesday, in an attempt to influence the public and explain the importance of the guidelines of the Ministry of Health.

“I just received a positive diagnosis of coronavirus. I know where I got infected, I unfortunately stumbled into a place with irresponsible people with zero adherence to the rules and I was there one minute too long," Perlshtein wrote.

“It is a cursed virus, the fever does not go down, the body feels like it fell apart and the head hurts like crazy. Follow the rules! You do not understand how much suffering you will spare yourselves from,” he added.

Seven Israelis died from the coronavirus on Tuesday, raising the death toll from the disease to 559.

752 patients are hospitalized. 342 patients are in serious condition, 99 of whom are on ventilators. 146 patients are in moderate condition.

75,825 patients have been diagnosed with the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic. 49,829 patients have recovered from the disease, while 25,435 cases remain active

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Larry Johnson NFL star accuses Jews of human sacrifice

I really think that we shouldn't call him a liar....

we should actually do what he accuses us of..

we should take this monkey and "shecht" him as a "kapparah" for the Jewish people.. 

Larry Johnson, a former running back who played seven seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs, tweeted multiple times to his more than 147,000 followers over the weekend that a Jewish “cabal” is involved in “Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Pedophilia, Ritualistic Child Torture, Perversion, Human Sacrifice/Murder.”

And on Monday, he showed no signs of apologizing.

Johnson framed one of those tweets as a response to Max Kellerman, the Jewish co-host of ESPN’s “First Take” show, who said on the air recently that “Jews do not have a plan for world domination.” 

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Parents Of Child Who Took His Own Life Say Social Isolation Contributed

Landon Fuller’s parents believe social isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic contributed to the suicidal thoughts leading to his death.

“I think the big question we all have is why, and we will never know the reason why,” said his mother. “The only thing that I was able to find was in his journal was that he had wrote that he was going mad from staying at home all the time and that he just wanted to be able to go to school and play outside with his friends. So that was the only thing that I can imagine what was going through his head at that time. If I had read that before, I wouldn’t have thought that he was planning on taking his own life because I think we’re all feeling a little crazy right now.”

The Fullers have taken the opportunity to urge parents to talk to their children about their feelings — even if they seem fine. 

“I hope his story can at least save at least one life. If so, then his death wasn’t in vain,” Katrina said. Landon is one of many casualties of the psychological toll taken by the global pandemic.

Read more at Breitbart.

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Are Aliens Trying To Signal Earth? A Scientist Thinks So

So "Aliens" are trying to talk to us.... I'm telling you guys.. I'm in the wrong business..

Avi Loeb, a "Theoretical physicist" who works for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, thinks that "it's worth contemplating and checking" whether aliens are trying to signal us ....

I'm sure that this Loeb character is laughing all the way to the bank, knowing that he can come up with the most outrageous preposterous statements and will still get paid for it.... Who is ever going to prove him wrong?

I'm wondering ...   The alien is really making an effort to "signal" us... the guy is sitting in a capsule 14,000 light-years away, munching on sunflower seeds, sending signals ... while I'm having a hard time trying to reach a neighbor down the block..... It could be that the alien is a woman who wants to be a man and needs to know which bathroom to use. I can't help wondering if he is Jewish, because if he is not .. we don't need another anti-Semite..... 

... Do you think he reads DIN? 

Scientists have traced mysterious radio signals detected on Earth to a dead star within our Milky Way galaxy.

The millisecond-long burst of radiation was emitted by a magnestar — a type of star with an extremely powerful magnetic field — roughly 14,000 light-years away, according to a study.

Known as fast radio bursts (FRBs), signals such as these have baffled scientists for years and typically originate from far beyond the Milky Way.

Their origins are unknown. Some think the energetic waves are the result of cosmic explosions, while others have controversially suggested they’re signals sent by aliens.

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When Do We Get A Vaccine for Dems’ COVID lies

Beware of three widely circulating coronavirus lies — and the partisan motives behind them. These lies are dangerous to our children and hinder our communities’ ability to cope with this virus.

Lie No. 1: “The United States’ response stands out as among the worst of any country.” House Majority Whip James Clyburn leveled that charge as he kicked off a hearing into this virus Friday.

Yet a staggering 183,639 Europeans have died from the virus as of Monday. Deaths per capita have been far higher in Britain, Spain and Italy than in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers. After a lull, cases are spiking in several European countries.

That hasn’t stopped New York Times columnist Paul Krugman from asking: “Why Can’t Trump’s America Be Like Italy?” Is he crazy? A patient with coronavirus has faced three times the risk of dying from it in ­Italy as in America, Johns Hopkins data indicate.

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Beirut Explosion 78 killed 4,000 thousands injured so far

At least 78 people were killed and 4,000 people were injured in the massive explosion which shook Beirut Tuesday

Initial reports from Lebanon suggested that the explosion was an accident at a fireworks factory. 

However, officials later stated that the blast was caused by highly explosive materials which had been seized from a ship and stored at the site for years.

Director-General of Lebanon Public Security Abbas Ibrahim said: “The storage area contained highly explosive materials confiscated years ago. To discuss fireworks is laughable.”

The explosive material allegedly contained Sodium nitrate.

The explosion was so massive that its shockwave shattered windows miles away from the blast.

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Rabbi Steinsaltz hospitalized in serious condition

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, 83, is hospitalized in serious condition at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, and on Tuesday morning his situation deteriorated.

Rabbi Steinsaltz is suffering from a lung infection, and is unconscious and on a respirator.

"My father is fighting a very serious incidence of lung infection (which is not connected to coronavirus), and suffered a deterioration this evening," his son Menachem Even-Israel wrote. "Please remember him in your thoughts and mention him in your prayers."

"May we see him return to full health, with G-d's help. Please pray and say a chapter of Psalms for my father, Rabbi Adin, the son of Rivka Leah."

On Tuesday evening, a prayer gathering for Rabbi Steinsaltz will be held at the Western Wall and broadcast via Zoom.

Rabbi Steinsaltz is the president of Yeshivat Makor Chaim and Yeshivat Tekoa, and has written an explanation on the Talmud in a form that every person can understand. 

In 1988, he won the Israel Prize for Jewish Studies; in 2012, he won the President's Medal; and in 2017 he was awarded the Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem Prize.

Four years ago, Rabbi Steintsaltz suffered a stroke.

To say a chapter of Psalms for Rabbi Steinsaltz, click here.

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As France Becomes Unbearable for Jews ... 140 Families Make Aliya ..

One hundred and forty olim (immigrants) from France arrived in Israel this evening and were welcomed at Ben Gurion Airport by Israeli Minister of Immigration and Absorption, Pnina Tamano-Shata and President of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship), Yael Eckstein, whose organization arranged for the flight.

Several days before her flight with her husband and three children, Barbara Simha Bohadana said from Paris: “I was fired because I was Jewish. A pharmacy manager, who I worked for as a pharmacist, did not even try to hide the reason for my dismissal. He just told me that a wig or any other sign of my Jewishness was not acceptable and that if I did not have them removed, I should just get up and leave. So I got up and left. My husband, Dan, an anesthesiologist by profession, also had a hard time finding a job because of his Jewish background.

“We have always been Zionists and we knew we would make aliyah. We are a religious family and abide by a traditional Jewish lifestyle. I am so happy that we are moving to Israel and that we will never have to go through such experiences again.”

Forty-one-year-old Lionel Giuili, who made aliyah with his wife Stephanie and their three children, noted: “My parents live in Israel, as well as my sister and a lot of other family members. We always knew we would make aliyah. We were always connected to Israel and maintained Jewish tradition. However, the Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket Siege was the straw that broke the camel's back, and we finally decided to make aliyah.”