Friday, January 14, 2022
After Reading this article, I didn't know whether I should laugh or cry!
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| Rebekah Erev, co-founder of the Queer Mikveh Project, blows the shofar at the first QMP mikvah event at the Albany Bulb in Albany, California, |
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| Queer Mikveh Project co-leader Kat Johnston is neurodivergent and has had a lifelong mental struggle with water, but says the group’s work has helped her develop a relationship with water. (Julie Jensen) |
Last Passover, a group of 125 Jews gathered via Zoom for a community mikvah ritual. Dr. Harriette Wimms, a queer Black Jewish psychologist and kohenet (Hebrew priestess), opened the ceremony by pouring libations, an African tradition of granting a water offering for ancestors. Some people immersed themselves in their bathtubs, spilled water down their bodies or waded into their local lakes. They sang prayers and shared artwork.
Zuriel Biran, a transgender Black poet from Chicago, read one of his poems: “I reorient myself to a future of interconnectedness. Where my life is so woven alongside others that I cannot seriously entertain the notion of cutting it short, or vanishing. I must allow myself to be known.” The ceremony was organized by the Queer Mikveh Project, a grassroots initiative seeking to transform the traditional mikvah practice into a communal experience, centering queer Jews of color leading spiritual rituals. (“Mikvah” can be alternatively spelled with an “a” and an “e.”) Inspired by similar efforts such as MKV, an art project that tailors mikvah experiences for queer Jews run by the Canadian artist Radiodress (Reena Katz), the Queer Mikveh Project’s goal is to create a safe space for marginalized Jews to connect to their bodies and each other. Its other major aim is to create leadership roles for queer Jews of color who are often denied such roles in mainstream Jewish organizations. |
Charedi Mafia Use Death Threats, Vandalism, and Protests Against Cell Phone Stores
The Charedi “Cell Phone Mafia” has been wreaking endless havoc on stores in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak. Extremists have vandalized and threatened phone stores, in a pressure campaign to force them to comply with the guidelines of the Communications Vaad.
B’Chadrei Charedim has reported multiple instances of harassment, threats, and vandalism against stores and owners.
In one piece of surveillance video Wednesday, a thug was seen gluing shut the lock of “Ink Print”, a phone accessory store in Bnei Brak. The owner was forced to delay opening for two hours until the damage could be repaired.
In another piece of footage, a vandal placed paskvillim on the front of a store in the middle of the night, and filled the doorway with paper.
The owner of “Giant Cellular” in Jerusalem was threatened multiple times, including death threats. An unknown individual called him claiming to know his home address, and threatened to come to his home and kill him. They also threatened to burn down his store in the middle of the night.
That is the most recent development, following a number of protests which have been held against that store in recent weeks, despite the fact that they do not sell smartphones.
The store owner told the Israeli news outlet, “I do not sell any smartphones or any devices that are not accepted by the Charedi community. I just refuse to comply with the strict criteria of the Vaad, which would bring about a financial loss.”
Open Letter To The Warriors Who Spoke Out
Very few people are fortune to go to their deathbeds knowing that they made a real change in the world; that they made waves, and made the world a better place. I know I myself have always wanted to be one of these people. I’ve always tried to be a good person and spread kindness and truth.
But I don’t think I’ll ever create ripples like the ones created by the victims of this monster. They didn’t just makes waves;
They created a tsunami.
Chaim Walder was a coward. His actions were so heinous and odious, that he left so many victims living lives filled with guilt and shame. He made a career out of creating a space for these victims. And in his last moments of his life he was thrown into that same puddle of guilt and shame. And he couldn’t even sit in it for a short moment.
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Rabbi Benzion Mutzafi, leading Sephardic rabbi : 'Coronavirus deniers will sit with murderers'
Rabbi Benzion Mutzafi, a leading Sephardic rabbi, on Thursday morning slammed COVID-19 deniers, saying that "their blood is on their own heads."
The incident occurred when one of Rabbi Mutzafi's students questioned, "How will those who incite and instigate against vaccines fare when they get to Heaven?"
In his answer, quoted by Kikar Hashabbat, Rabbi Mutzafi said, "He will sit with the murderers and criminals, since with the propaganda that he spread, he prevented innocent people from being vaccinated, and because of that they became ill and were harmed for their entire lives, suffering difficult and complicated issues."
"We also know hundreds of people, personally, who avoided the vaccine and died young," he added. "Their blood is on the heads of the propagandists. May G-d bless His nation with peace."
Last month, Rabbi Mutzafi claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is "a known liar," but added that, "The Holy Torah commands us to listen to the doctors and to get vaccinated."
Miss Iraq Tells off Ilhan Omar in a Tweet "Mind your own business"
The war in Iraq is over???
— Sarai (Sarah Idan) Miss Iraq (@RealSarahIdan) January 11, 2022
Sure to you and your Irani regime loving Mahdi Hassan it is with Iran-backed militias killing & oppressing Iraqi people.
Stay out of Iraq affairs and focus on deceiving people about domestic policies as you always do. https://t.co/fDsNDthPNO
Twitter allows Iranian threats to assassinate Trump
Twitter is allowing official Iranian government accounts to issue death threats against former president Donald Trump and other Trump administration officials.
Twitter’s refusal to remove these ongoing threats is renewing congressional scrutiny on the social media platform. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the regime’s paramilitary fighting force that engages in terrorism and assassination plots, tweeted during the weekend that it will take revenge for the death of terror mastermind Qassem Soleimani, who two years ago was killed in Iraq in a drone strike ordered by Trump
“The Islamic Republic of Iran considers vengeance against those responsible for the Baghdad crime to be the right of all believers; whether they are drops in the ocean or bits of sand in the desert they’ll seek vengeance next to the criminals’ homes,” the corps’s official account tweeted in Farsi, alongside a picture of Trump golfing. The post was independently translated for the Washington Free Beacon.
Former MK indicted for ‘walking too slowly’ on Temple Mount
Former Knesset member and right-wing activist Yehuda Glick was slapped with an indictment by the Israeli police on Wednesday, over an incident in which security forces allege he “walked too slowly” during a visit to the Temple Mount.
According to Hebrew language media, Glick has been banned from the holiest site in Judaism until further notice.
The incident over which he is now facing criminal charges began when Glick allegedly “walked too slowly, contrary to police instructions” at the Temple Mount in February 2020.
Police say that Glick had left his original tour group in order to spend more time at the site, and refused to join another tour group. Security policies at the Temple Mount require that Jewish visitors tour the compound in a group, accompanied by armed guards.
When Glick declined to join another organized group and continued to walk around the site, he was detained by police.
At the police station, he then allegedly removed police documents, including a memo about his conduct at the site, from an interrogator’s desk while the detective left the room.
Because of this action, police say, he should be charged with obstructing the course of an investigation.
In September 2021, Glick was turned away from the entrance gate at the Temple Mount and was told he was banned from the site, but not given an explanation as to why.
It’s unclear why the Israeli police waited nearly two years to indict Glick over the alleged theft of police documents.
Several right-wing NGOS have come to Glick’s defense, charging that the police ban and indictment are politically-motivated.
Tom Nisani, CEO of Beyadenu, which supports the rights of Jews to pray and visit the Temple Mount, said the potential charges against Glick were not made in the interest of public safety.
“Beyadenu opposes the indictment against former Knesset member Yehuda Glick, which stems from a desire to silence, persecute, and limit paths for those who dare to fight for the rights of Jews on the Temple Mount,” Nisani said.
“We are Yehuda, we are with you, and with everyone who is persecuted by the police. We will continue to fight for the Temple Mount.”
Sfardie Rabbi: Those Police that issue tickets will be reincarnated into a Mouse
הרב אברג'יל
כל שוטר שנותן דו"ח יתגלגל בעכבר
I am wondering what the Ashkenazi Rabbis think a cop will turn into!
Homeless man is good for nothing
Shocking surveillance video shows a good Samaritan getting walloped on a Midtown sidewalk Wednesday morning after he gives a homeless man his coat.
The twisted turn of events began when the 59-year-old victim tried to help Xavier Israel, 25, who was lying on a sidewalk in front of 476 5th Ave. at about 8:40 a.m., according to sources.
Moments after the victim gently covers Israel with his jacket, Israel shoots to his feet and appears to push the man to the ground before snatching the wallet from his back pants pocket, according to footage obtained by The Post.
The victim tries in vain to retrieve his wallet, but the suspect punches him and throws him back to the ground, the video shows.
Israel fled the scene but was arrested a short time later on West 41st St. and 5th Ave., sources said.
Witnesses told police that Israel stuffed cash inside his pants and officers recovered nearly $1,500 from him, according to sources.
Israel was hit with several charges, including assault, robbery and grand larceny, sources said.
The victim refused medical attention on scene.
Wednesday’s attack marked the second time in less than a week that Israel allegedly turned on a good Samaritan.
On Saturday, outside of a building on East 81st Street in the Upper East Side, Israel is accused of pummeling a 49-year-old woman who wanted to give assistance, sources said.
The woman fell to the ground and sustained a cut to her elbow, according to sources. Israel was arrested, charged with assault and released on a desk appearance ticket, sources said.
Israel allegedly assaulted two more victims – a man and a woman – on Jan. 2 inside of Central Park, according to sources.
He is accused of randomly punching the 18-year olds as they sat on a rock inside the green space.
Israel was also busted for the Central Park incident and charged with assault, sources said.
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Yad Vashem puts records of Holocaust victims online
New York Jewish Week via JTA — In a boon for scholars and amateur researchers, records from Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum, are now publicly available through JewishGen, the largest online Jewish genealogy resource of its kind.
The agreement announced Tuesday by Yad Vashem and New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage/A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, an affiliate of JewishGen, provides easy access to millions of names commemorated in Yad Vashem’s database.
Bnei-Brak Youth are leaving the fold in the thousands
We are losing hundreds and hundreds of children going on drugs, killing themselves .
Just today a child killed himself in Williamsburg and according to a Chareidie askan, this is a going trend. This askan claims that it is far worse in Israel by those raised in Meah Shearim and by the Toldos Avram Yitzchok Chassidius. He states that the boys and girls frustrated with their restrictive lives are killing themselves. I will post an audio by this askan soon.
The Chareidie leadership is blaming this on the internet, on lack of tznees, and the smartphones. They have yet to address this and as long as they don't this will continue ..
The video below discusses the Bnei-Brak Teenagers that are roaming the streets by the thousands.
Hamas Claims they are being targeted by Israeli Dolphins
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organization which controls the Gaza Strip, claimed on Monday that the organization's naval unit captured "an Israeli military dolphin that was equipped (with weapons) to attack the fighter fighters of the resistance (Hamas)."
A video released by Al-Qassam Brigades showed a device bearing weapons that, according to Hamas' military wing, had been installed on the back of the captured dolphin.
The video also went over the activities of Hamas operational missions, including extracting a large number of bombs aboard a British ship that sank off the coast of Gaza.
Charedi Protesters Shut Down TV Shoot, Shouting “Shaygitz” and other Slurs
פרסום ראשון: צילומי הסדרה ״מלאך משחית״ של כאן 11 הופסקו בעקבות הפגנה המונית של חרדים בירושלים. המשטרה התערבה ובהפקה אומרים: ״חששנו מלינצ׳״. פרסום ראשון pic.twitter.com/CYORIeBpB1
— Eran Swissa (@EranSwissa) January 11, 2022
Production of a new television series by the Kan Corporation was abruptly halted, following a mass demonstration by Charedi extremists.
The new drama, “Malach HaMashchis” (Angel of Destruction), was being filmed at a printing house in the Geula neighborhood on Tuesday. According to a report in Yisrael Hayom, dozens of extremist demonstrators lined up outside the production area, shouting “Shaygitz” and “Jewish outcasts” at the actors and crew.
Producers shut down the shoot immediately and say that they are moving production to another more amenable neighborhood.
The crew said that they feared they would be lynched by the angry mob
Police were called to the scene, and the production crew decided to halt filming and dismantle the set, despite a financial loss of tens of thousands of shekels.
The production company released the following statement:
“Due to an intense demonstration which erupted near the set today in Jerusalem, our production crew was forced to halt and evacuate the set despite the high cost incurred, because the safety and well-being of crew members is our top priority. Production will be resumed in a new location.”
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Sheryl Ring a dumb Jewish Yenta says Jews Should Stop referring themselves as "the Tribe"
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if an Indigenous person asks us not to refer to Jews as "the Tribe" we should respect that, especially given the origins of the term probably aren't what you think.
— Sheryl Ring, antipoverty lawyer (@Ring_Sheryl) January 10, 2022
What a blithering idiot!
Read the replies some are very witty and funny
This is the way Alexander the Great Looked Like . He is the King that met with Shimon Hatzaddik
Photorealistic representation of Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 BC) as he may have appeared in life.
— Archaeo - Histories (@archeohistories) January 11, 2022
Reconstruction is based on archaeological evidence including busts, coin portraits and statuary, as well as descriptions of Alexander in historical accounts.
📷 Arienne King pic.twitter.com/2kPa3ppBS9
He is only days in office and the New Mayor of New York allows non-citizens to vote
The Chareidim influence just went into the trash as the "non-citizens" are not going to vote the way Chareidim want!
American elections should be decided by American citizens!https://t.co/ipGP8d0Xjh
— GOP (@GOP) January 11, 2022
Shlomo Werdiger Shows Will That "supposedly " Names Gerer Rebbe , Gerer Rebbe
It is proof that he wanted the Pnei Menachem as Rebbe after him (known fact).
BUT not that Reb Yaakov Aryeh can't ever be Rebbe.
He writes, that on this particular subject the decision is on the Gerer Rebbe, meaning whoever it is at the helm at the time, be it his brother the Pnei Menachem or son Reb Y aakov Arye or even Reb Shaul Alter
I don't think there is a Gerer Chusid out there that disputes the fact that the Gerer Rebbe's father Reb Simcha Bunim wanted his son to succeed him.
The Will does not make the present Rebbe R' Yaakov Aryeh the Rebbe. Chassidim are arguing that after R' Simcha Bunim was nifter the Rebbistiveh should have reverted back to the Pnei Menachem's son who is R' Shaul Alter.
But Shlomo is not the sharpest blade in the drawer! You can have a lot of money but you still cannot buy brains! The will proves nothing! Back to the civil war!
בוםםםםם!!!
— גערער וואטסאפ (@gurWhatsApp) January 11, 2022
צוואת רבינו הלב שמחה!!!
יעקב אריה אלתר אינו האדמו"ר מגור!!! pic.twitter.com/dFbZrKRItm
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