Friday, December 10, 2021
Terrible Zionist Grant 1,000 Shekels Monthly to Each "Avreich" with 3 Children 7 over
התבקשנו לפרסם:
*מענק מהמדינה לאברכים*
אולי יכול להועיל למישהו:
פרויקט של המדינה שהם משלמים לכל אברך שיש לו 3 ילדים ומעלה, 1000 ש"ח לחודש!
פשוט להיכנס לקישור למלא פרטים ובהצלחה!!!
מי שלא מצליח דרך הקישור שירשום בגוגל: "קהלת משרד החינוך"
הרישום הוא עד תאריך 10/12/2021 בלבד!
כתובת קישור:
מצווה לפרסם לכל האברכים!
הרישום הוא רק ליומיים הקרובים בלבד!
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Moriah Cohen, Stabbed By Her Terrorist Neighbor Says She’s Not Leaving
Moriah Cohen, the woman who was stabbed in the back by a terrorist Wednesday morning near Shimon Hatzadik, recollected the incident on Channel 12 during the evening. Cohen was released from hospital earlier in the day after suffering light injuries.
Cohen, a 26-year-old mother of 5, told Channel 12 news on Wednesday evening that she noticed the assailant, “who had such hatred in her eyes.”
She then felt “a hard blow on my back, and I screamed in pain, and my son said to me, ‘Mommy, you have a knife in your back’.”
In the commotion that followed, as she called for help, “the terrorist, it seems, panicked and ran away,” Dvir Cohen, her husband, said.
“It was a miracle,” he said. “If she had continued, I don’t know how this would have ended. I don’t want to think about it.”
Dvir added that his wife is “feeling fine” despite being stabbed in the back with a 30 cm knife.
“She said it hurts less than childbirth,” he quipped.
Moriah said that she does not want to dwell on what triggered the attack and just wants to thank Hashem for the miracle as well as the wonderful people who treated her and took care of her children.
The attacker lives adjacent to the Cohen family, although the Jewish families in Nachalat Shimon do not have much interaction with their Arab neighbors. It is not clear as yet if the attacker intentionally targeted the victim because she lives in the neighborhood. The Cohens are one of several dozen Jewish families who live in Nachalat Shimon, situated next to the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood where riots broke out in May after the court determined that Arab tenants in Jewish owned homes would be evicted from their homes if they did not recognize the Jewish ownership.
Cohen said there have been issues between the Jewish and Arab residents for a while, with the latter often throwing stones at them, and during May fighting between Israel and the Gaza Strip nearly a dozen Molotov cocktails were tossed at their home.
But, despite the danger, Dvir Cohen said the family will continue to live in the neighborhood.
“It is part of our mission in life,” he said.
“I won’t give up on being here,” Moriah Cohen said in her TV interview.
Letter of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, Permitting Wigs [shaitels] ...Being Auctioned by Genizim
Fundamental Responsum of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, Permitting Wigs [shaitels] for married women. New York, 1962
Handwritten & Autographed!
The fundamental and popularly-quoted responsum of the Posek Hador and author of Igros Moshe Harav Moshe Feinstein writes regarding wearing wigs: “Most of our Rabbis, including those that we rely on for the fundamentals of deciding halachah, permit it.”
After delivering this verdict, he explains the rationale of permitting a married woman to wear a wig and sharply addresses the letter writer who wished to act stringently and forbid his wife from wearing a wig.
“His honor may not prevent his respectable wife from wearing a wig, for even if his honor would like to be stringent, he may not impose his stringencies upon her, for this is her law. Since she is following the law according to the majority of opinions…he may not rule stringently on her account.”
New York, 1962. 2 Leaves. Page size: 28x21.5 cm. Published in Igros Moshe, Even Haezer Vol. 2 Ch. 12.
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"Gedoilim" Made the Wrong Call Again Instructed Chareidi MKs To Turn Down Secret Offer From Bennet & Lieberman Which Would Increase Budget To Yeshivos
Bechadrei Chareidim revealed an unusual incident among the charedi parties that took place on the night of the vote on the state budget in the Knesset.
Two MKs from Agudas Yisroel, Meir Porush and Israel Eichler, had a particularly tempting proposal in their pockets which included large budgets totaling about 1.2 billion NIS that would be given by the government to the Yeshivos and Talmud Torah programs in exchange for abstaining during the vote on the state budget on second and third readings. The proposal did not require all party members to abstain, just those two.
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
It's All Over, Folks ...New York City Poised To Give Voting Rights To Noncitizens
New York City, long a beacon for immigrants, is on the cusp of becoming the largest places in the country to give noncitizens the right to vote in local elections.
Legally documented, voting-age noncitizens comprise nearly one in nine of the city’s 7 million voting-age inhabitants. Under a bill nearing approval, some 800,000 noncitizens would be allowed to cast ballots in elections to pick the mayor, City Council members and other municipal officeholders
Noncitizens still wouldn’t be able to vote for president or members of Congress in federal races, or in the state elections that pick the governor, judges and legislators.
Little stands in the way of the effort becoming law. The measure has broad support within the City Council, which is expected to ratify the proposal Thursday. Mayor Bill de Blasio has raised concerns about the wisdom and legality of the legislation, but said he won’t veto it.
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
What Happened to the London Boys Choir ? Watch 50 year Re-union
50 שנה אחרי, ילדי פרחי לונדון חוזרים לשיר את אותן הרמוניות – אבל בדיוק! – עם המלחין והמנצח האגדי יגאל צליק.
— yedidya meir (@yedidyameir) December 6, 2021
עוד יזכור לנו אהבת פרחי. pic.twitter.com/Fm1BqkOk42
Yigal Calek and the London School of Jewish Song, who wowed crowds across the globe over the span of decades, joined together once more on the last night of Chanukah to regale both themselves and their audience with song and music.
Calek, Yigal Calek and the London School of Jewish Song were not only revolutionary with their contribution of songs to the Jewish world, but were also a key player in the advent of the frum concert; prior to the London School of Jewish Song’s concert performances in the early 1970’s, musical events were almost exclusively held in the basements of shuls.
Calek a sixth grade rebbi, composer, and musical director, released his first album (Ma Navu) in 1970 with his London Pirchim Choir (which later morphed into the London School of Jewish Song), and followed it up with many more albums filled with songs that have become classics in the Jewish music genre.
The End of Women Sports as a Guy Who Dresses like a Girl wins every single swimming contest in Women Swimming Competitons
The women who he is competing against are afraid to say a word, because then they look like they are against transgenders. If this continues women will never win another contest.
A 22-year old transgender swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania continued her dominant performance this season — setting numerous pool, meet and program records at a three-day event in Ohio last weekend.
Lia Thomas blew away her competition Friday night in the 500-yard freestyle preliminaries and finals at the Zippy Invitational at the University of Akron, according to results posted by the school.
In the finals, Thomas notched a winning time of 4:34.06 — good enough for a new Ivy League record.
The swimmer continued smashing records on Saturday with a nearly 7-second victory in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:41.93 — representing the fastest finish in the country, the school said.
Over the weekend, Thomas also set a new program, meet and pool record in the 1650-yard freestyle. She finished that race in 15:59.71 — more than 38 seconds ahead of second-place finisher, and teammate, Anna Kalandadze.
Before her transition, Thomas competed for two full seasons at Penn as a man. NCAA rules mandate at least one year of testosterone suppression treatment to be eligible to compete as a woman.
“(Swimming) is a huge part of my life and who I am. I’ve been a swimmer since I was 5 years old,” Thomas told Penn Today last June.
“Being trans has not affected my ability to do this sport and being able to continue is very rewarding.”
I'm sure about that.
.Good Luck "Fakewood" Garden State Parkway And NJ Turnpike Tolls Going Up Again on Jan. 1
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority said on Monday that, as part of its 2022 budget, it will be raising tolls on the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike by 3%. The rise comes just 16 months after the tolls on the two largest toll roads in the Garden State spiked by 36% and 27%, respectively.
“The purpose of the 3% indexing is to provide a stable funding source for capital needs. That’s where the additional revenue will be going,” a Turnpike Authority spokesman said. “It will support the unprecedented amount of work being done under the Authority’s long-term capital program.”
Beginning in 2022, the Turnpike Authority is allowed to raise tolls by 3% based on certain economic indicators, though it hasn’t been publicly stated what those economic indicators are.
“Whether a toll increase is needed or not, the Authority will take one annually, depending on the rate of inflation, unless the governor or legislature act to stop them,” said Steve Carrellas, the New Jersey policy director for the National Motorist’s Association.
Despite its proximity to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Ashkelon is increasingly become a destination of choice for Americans.
When people ask Nechama Greenfield why she and her husband chose to move just nine miles from Gaza in June, less than a month after Israel’s latest conflict with Hamas, she usually jokes that they were looking for a little excitement.
But the potential for dark humor isn’t what drew her to Ashkelon, a burgeoning Israeli city that was bombarded with hundreds of rockets from the coastal strip earlier this year, killing two people. Greenfield, a retired physiotherapist with two sons in Israel, says her family appreciates Ashkelon’s communal feel. And she isn’t fazed by the prospect of violence, which poses a risk of some kind to almost every part of the country.
“We lived through 9/11 and my husband was in the city that day,” she said. “I’ve been to Israel many times and I always felt safer here than in the U.S. There is fear, of course, but the reality is that up north, there is Lebanon… and just last night there was a shooting in Jerusalem.”
That attitude is common among Ashkelon’s English-speaking immigrants, whose numbers appear to be slowly growing despite the violence. When Rabbi Matt Futterman, who used to lead Ashkelon’s Conservative synagogue, arrived in 1986, he estimated that the city had only a few dozen English-speaking immigrants, referred to in Israel collectively as “Anglos.” Thirty-five years later, that number has risen to around 500, according to Stephen Epstein, who moved here a year and a half ago and has since tried to recruit more Anglos to the city.
Ashkelon still isn’t a main draw for the thousands of Americans who move to Israel each year. Just 75 Americans have moved from the U.S. to Ashkelon since 2017, according to statistics from Nefesh B’Nefesh, a nonprofit that manages American immigration to Israel. That’s compared to more than 1,000 American immigrants, in total, who have moved in the same period to the central Israeli cities of Raanana and Modiin — both of which have historically been popular with Anglos. The statistics do not include American immigrants who have moved to Ashkelon from another city in Israel.
To the Anglos living in Ashkelon, the intimacy of the city’s English-speaking community is part of its appeal. After serving at the Conservative synagogue’s pulpit, Futterman and his wife decided to move back to the U.S. to care for aging parents. But when it came time to retire, they returned to Ashkelon.
Their commitment to the city was tested in May, when a missile shot from the Gaza Strip slammed into the building directly behind theirs, killing Soumya Santosh, 32, a caregiver from India. Later that day Nella Gurevitz, 52, was killed in a separate rocket attack on the city. The Futtermans spent that day running back and forth from their living room to the fortified room in their apartment, hoping that their building wasn’t next.
“We had a couple of scary moments,” Futterman says. “And once we heard that someone had been killed, and we saw the electricity was out, our kids insisted that we leave Ashkelon and go stay with them.”
They rode out the rest of the 11-day conflict at their daughters’ home in Mazkeret Batya, a small town in central Israel. But Futterman says that if his kids hadn’t insisted, he might not have left. And he still sings Ashkelon’s praises.
“The city is small and gorgeous, and you can get from one end to the other with no traffic,” he said. “There are good schools and good restaurants. A lot of English speakers are social workers, psychologists and teachers.”
The gradual flow of English-speaking immigrants has spawned multiple English-language Facebook groups for Ashkelon residents, as well as a community website in English. In recent years, more and more of the city’s restaurants have translated their menus to English.
“It’s for people who are drawn by the sea and also want an Anglo community,” Epstein said. “Because of COVID, many people are working from home and going into the office just once or twice a week.”
Immigrants aren’t the only ones moving into the city. Ashkelon’s overall population has exploded in recent years. When the Futtermans came in 1986, there were about 50,000 people living here. Today the population has tripled to nearly 150,000, making it Israel’s twelfth-largest city.
The population boom came in part due to the launch of a direct, hourlong train line between Ashkelon and Tel Aviv in 2013, which made the city more accessible to those who work in Israel’s economic capital but want less expensive housing. A three-bedroom apartment in Ashkelon costs less than half of what it would in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem.
In the years after Israel’s founding, large numbers of Mizrahi immigrants, or Jews with roots in the Middle East, settled in the city, and still make up the majority. But the city’s Anglo community also has a relatively deep history. Ashkelon was originally planned by members of the South African Jewish community as a garden city similar to those found in South Africa.
David Zwebner, a South African immigrant who is writing a book about Ashkelon and has become a real estate agent in the city, says the Jewish community in South Africa approached the nascent Israeli government with offers of financial help, and Golda Myerson (later Meir), told them to “design a city for us.”
Ashkelon’s South African legacy is evident in its large parks and streets, which are named for places like Capetown and Johannesburg. The city, more than others in Israel, is crisscrossed by wide roads with little traffic.
“Ashkelon is almost the same size as Tel Aviv, but with just one quarter of the population,” Epstein said. “The city has so many open green spaces that foxes roam some of the parks and empty lots at night.”
Zwebner said real estate prices are rising rapidly despite the rocket fire, nearly all of which is intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. In the building where he’s selling units, two years ago four-bedroom apartments were going for about $420,000. Today they have jumped to $750,000.
But Greenfield feels like Ashkelon has still retained its homey feel. Five months after arriving, she has joined a craft group and a women’s walking group. Neighbors have been friendly, inviting them for Shabbat meals.
“Everyone has been incredibly kind,” she says. “Even the people in the bank. Even in the supermarket. They have just gone above and beyond what could be expected.”
Meir Porosh Wants Chareidim to Boycott Groceries to "bring Israel's Economy to its knees"
Porosh thinks Chareidim will give up Shmaltz Herring, and Yapcha..
On Monday, the haredi political parties Shas and United Torah Judaism held a joint meeting in order to discuss their coordinated opposition to the government, with MKs offering a number of suggestions for the future.
One interesting suggestion, put forward by UTJ MK Meir Porush, was that of imposing an economic boycott on the state in order to exert pressure on Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman and persuade him to back down on steps he has taken that disproportionately affect the haredi community.
According to Behadrey Haredim, Porush proposed that the haredi community should make a display of its economic might, given that it numbers over a million consumers. If, he suggested, the entire community committed to purchasing just a few basic goods (for example, bread and cheese) for an entire month, the impact of this quasi-boycott on the economy would be immense.
Given that many of the supermarket chains where haredim make their regular purchases are owned by secular businessmen, Porush suggested that such a course of action would lead to these businessmen putting pressure on the Finance Minister to reverse reforms he has undertaken that have caused severe financial harm to the haredi community, such as the massive tax recently imposed on disposable goods. Even if only one supermarket chain were to be targeted, Porush said, the impact on the economy and thus on the government would still be significant.
This is not the first time that MK Porush has made such a proposal. Back in 2014, when current Foreign Minister Yair Lapid was Finance Minister and imposed economic policies which negatively impacted the haredi community, Porush met with several key industry leaders in an attempt to persuade them to exert pressure on the Finance Minister to cancel several of his regulations, pointing to the economic might of the haredi community to illustrate the community’s ability to impact the economy, if it so chose.
China sends lunar rover to investigate strange ‘hut’ on far-side of moon Could it be a "Chabad House?"
A Chinese lunar rover has been sent on a mission to investigate a mysterious cube-shaped object spotted on the dark side of the moon.
The strange white object appears oddly geometric against the stark black horizon in images and prompted scientists from China’s Change 4 mission to send its Yutu 2 rover on a 2-3 month journey to check out, according to Our Space.
China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) describes the object as a “mysterious hut.”
The organization also joked that the object could be a home built by aliens following a crash landing in the Von Kármán crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin where the rover has been navigating since January 2019.
There appears to be a small “baby” impact crater right beside the object.
Upon its discovery, scientists could not wait to send the rover to investigate further, a months-long endeavor besides only being about 262 feet away.
In July 2019, Yutu 2 made another unique discovery when it found a bizarre, colorful “gel-like” substance ”with a mysterious luster.” The substance has not been explained.
Secrets behind Israel’s latest triple attack on Iran’s nuclear ambitions
Israel has carried out three major operations over the last 18 months against Iran’s nuclear sites. These attacks involved as many as a thousand Mossad personnel and were executed with ruthless precision using high-tech weaponry, including drones and a quadcopter — and spies within Tehran’s holy of holies, its nuclear program.
While President Biden’s nuclear negotiators try to snatch catastrophe from the jaws of defeat in Vienna, Israel is taking things more seriously.
Last week, Naftali Bennett, the Israeli prime minister, pivoted to a new policy on Tehran: retaliating against aggression from militias backed by Tehran with covert strikes on Iranian soil.
This builds on the extensive capabilities that the Mossad has built up in the Islamic Republic in recent years. In February — seven months before The New York Times “broke” the same story — I exposed in the Jewish Chronicle of London how Israeli spies killed nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh using a remote-controlled machine gun. I can now reveal the secrets behind Israel’s latest triple attack on Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Rabbis pile on Chaim Walder
I guess I will need to subscribe to "NetFlix" now!
The Bnei Brak Bais Din founded by Hagaon Rav Nissim Karelitz ZT”L, has issued a ruling regarding whether one is allowed to read the books of a popular author who has been found to be committing serious aveiros and immoral acts. AlthIn short, the psak says that one must avoid reading his books, even if the allegations have not been proven.
Here is the translated text of the teshuva:
Question:
A Charedi author who writes books for chinuch and teaching purposes, in which stories are told that teach lessons in mussar for children and teenagers. However, recently it has come to light that the author committed very grave aveiros which have been ongoing for a long time. Is one permitted to continue reading his books?
Teshuva:
If the allegations are true, it is certainly forbidden to read the books, just as Chazal warned us not to read books written by authors who are not Yirei Shamayim. Especially if there are concerns that the author is a disgusting person, in which case reading his books are tantamount to supporting his behavior.
Obviously, that would be the case if the allegations are confirmed. However that is not the case. Despite that, since the author has not yet undergone an investigation in accordance with halacha, even though it’s only in doubt, it is still appropriate to not read his books until there is final confirmation as to what took place.ough his name is not mentioned in the teshuva, they are presumably referring to noted author Chaim Walder.
Israeli Father Vaccinates His Kids, Wife Files For Divorce
Anyone out there want to marry a women like that?
An Israeli resident of Holon recently took his two children, 12-year-old twins, to get vaccinated against COVID despite the fact that his wife is an adamant anti-vaxxer.
The wife, who is active in various anti-vax groups and describes her husband as an “anxious hypochondriac,” was furious when she found out what her husband did.
At the advice of her lawyer, she filed a police complaint against her husband for violating her children’s autonomy and harming their health.
She then took her children to her parent’s house and initiated divorce proceedings against her husband.
The woman’s attorney, Inbar Lev, said: “I personally am in favor of vaccinating against COVID and I’m also convinced of the need to vaccinate children, but my personal opinion doesn’t prevent me from representing a woman whose parental rights were violated when her husband unilaterally decided to vaccinate their children. This is an act of violence.”
Monday, December 6, 2021
Frum Women are now fighting against Frum Magazines that "Erase women"
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| Miriam Marizan |
When Miriam Marizan spent four hours on a recent chilly morning being photographed smiling and laughing at flowers, she was sending a message: Orthodox Jewish women belong in the picture.
Yet, as important as participating in the photoshoot was to her, she felt it was even more important for her two young daughters.
“I don’t want them to grow up in a world where they have to disappear,” Marizan said. “I want them to be able to see photographs of Orthodox women and not wonder why [there are no girls and women] older than six or seven in photographs.”
The Baltimore resident is one of hundreds of Orthodox women taking part in the compilation of the Jewish Life Photo Bank. The brainchild of Chochmat Nashim, an organization advocating for Orthodox women’s rights, the project aims to build a vast digital library of stock photos depicting Orthodox women doing everyday things. Beyond the practical nature of the project, it speaks to something larger — ending the erasure of women from much of ultra-Orthodox public life.
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