“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Ger now kidnapping Children from the Opposition ... as 2 Girls are now missing
Two sisters, ages 17 and 14, have been missing from their homes for the past week.
According to the girls’ family, the disappearance occurred after the parents, Tzvi Arie and Leah Sandik, decided to move out of the Gerrer community in Ashdod. They say community leaders suspected that they were planning to join the community of Rav Shaul Alter.
The parents say that Gerrer authorities were in close contact with the girls, persuaded them to oppose their parents’ decision and flee from home, and arranged special living accommodations. They say the girls, 17-year-old Esti and 14-year-old Ricky underwent brainwashing for months by mentors with senior positions in Ger, including women from their educational staff at their seminary, who instructed them to flee the home as soon as their parents tried to leave the community.
According to Israeli media reports, the family recently has felt disconnected from Chassidus, and they apparently considered the possibility of joining the “breakaway” community led by Rav Shaul Alter, however they did not take any real steps to join.
The family reportedly decreased contact and involvement with the Gerrer community in general, and decided to move from Ashdod to Bnei Brak and send their children to Chassidishe yeshivos there.
The parents say that community leaders and yeshiva faculty urged the children to defy their parents. The family’s 12-year-old boy said that one of his teachers told him: “You have no father or mother, you have to do what the Vaad says.” In addition, the girls’ older married siblings who remain connected with the Gerrer Chassidus helped persuade them to abscond from home.
According to the report, the parents even assured the 17 year old that she could continue to study in the Gerrer seminary in Ashdod, and offered to arrange transportation.
About two weeks ago, both daughters did not return home one evening. Late that night the younger one called from a blocked number, said “I am fine”, and hung up.
The next day the two girls returned home.
Then to their horror, a week ago the parents woke up and saw that the two girls were gone, and they saw a ladder placed near the girls’ bedroom window.
The parents have gone to court, and the court is involved in the matter, however the details have not been disclosed.
One follower of the Gerrer Chassidus denied any involvement in the disappearance, and claimed that it is an internal family matter.
The police confirmed that an investigation is ongoing, and that the parties accused have denied any involvement.
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Andy Levin the Jewish congressman wants Israel to be narrower than his district
A Michigan congressman is complaining that he is being subjected to “ad hominem attacks” because his pro-Palestinian positions have been criticized. But there’s nothing ad hominem about pointing out that this congressman wants to reduce Israel to a size that will be barely one-third the width of his own congressional district.
The congressman in question is Democrat Andy Levin of Michigan, who is closely associated with J Street and advocates forcing Israel back to the nine-miles-wide pre-1967 armistice lines.
In fact, Levin is so deeply devoted to making Israel just nine miles wide, that he is the lead sponsor on a bill called the “Two-State Solution Act.” The bill demands the creation of a Palestinian Arab state next to Israel, in what he calls “the occupied Palestinian Territories.”
Sec.5 (a) of the Levin bill defines those territories as “the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza.”
Those are the areas that Israel captured in the 1967 war. Which means that if the state of “Palestine” is established, Israel will return to being nine miles wide at a point a few miles above Tel Aviv, as it was prior to 1967.
The centrality of marital intimacy In the Jewish home ... Rabbi Eliezer Melamed Answers His Critics.
Q: Rabbi, with your permission and out of great respect for you, I wanted to write about something that perplexed me after studying the book ‘Simḥat Ha-bayit U-virkhato‘. I have found instructions that seem to me to be suitable for chozrim b’teshuva (returnees to Orthodox Judaism), or for specific cases, but not for the vast majority of observant couples who want to build their homes in holiness and purity, and without all the various damaging notions that the corrupt Western culture introduces into other societies. Rabbi, why did you write them as a general guide?
In addition, there is an overemphasis in the book on the importance of the mitzvah of ona (marital intimacy). In contrast, however, I learned from my rabbis that it is better for marital intimacy to be limited (Torah scholars should have marital relations on Shabbat evening, and that Torah scholars should not be intimate with their wives like roosters) and not joyfully, as explained in a number of sections in the book (Chapter 1, Halakhot 1-2, Chapter 2, Halakhot 1 and 3). Perhaps this guidance is suitable for baalei teshuva, but not for yeshiva students, and why is it not explicitly written that these are bedi’avad (ex post facto) instructions for situations where it is necessary to be maykel (rule leniently), and not for a normal situation?
The Background for Writing the Book
You think this beating by a student in Public School was bad? Wait till you read this!
Violent classroom attack prompts calls for accountability in Public Schools across the country! Begs the question why some in NYC even have the #Chutspah to even say that Orthodox Jewish Yeshivas should be “equivalent to Public Schools??? Don’t they see the difference In values? https://t.co/aVogz1nK68
— UJCARE (@UJCARE) February 7, 2022
Gather round and pull up a chair, it’s time for a story on violence & silent bystanders inside a Yeshiva.
— Shulim Leifer (@ShulimLeifer) February 7, 2022
It’s a story of cruelty, and of compliance, and of indoctrination.
🧵/x https://t.co/tuMvxDTHSV
Getting slapped in the face for the most minor infraction went without saying. (One of his favorite ways to hurt those he hated most was to hold us up on our tippy-toes by the soft skin under our chins until we got used to it & then WHACK us in the face w/o warning)
— Shulim Leifer (@ShulimLeifer) February 7, 2022
3/x https://t.co/tuMvxDTHSV
A classmate that year who was left back (possibly 2 grades) into our class due to severe learning disabilities, happened to have been the grandson of the Bobover himself. He very much seen as a ‘failson’.
— Shulim Leifer (@ShulimLeifer) February 7, 2022
Well Nuta won’t let the Ruv’s grandson fail HIS class, no way Jose!
4/x https://t.co/tuMvxDTHSV
Nuta Landau, scary as he was, was particularly hard on this kid. He really tortured him on a regular basis. Gave him zero breaks and rode him hard. The boy had no chance to succeed, thus acted out in disruptive ways in response to the pressure. I mean, he was 9, 10 MAX.
— Shulim Leifer (@ShulimLeifer) February 7, 2022
5/x https://t.co/tuMvxDTHSV
Finally the day came that he did something which REALLY annoyed Nuta. Nuta plotzed. He took that boy out of the class and around to the hallway beside our class wall.
— Shulim Leifer (@ShulimLeifer) February 7, 2022
But before they left he gave us all an icy stare and said “palms on desks. Nobody move or make a sound”
6/x https://t.co/tuMvxDTHSV
We sat there stalk-still. Nobody moved.
— Shulim Leifer (@ShulimLeifer) February 7, 2022
The aforementioned hallway was an annex we called ‘The Subway’ which had a sealed-off door into our class, making it less soundproof than a typical wall.
We heard him throw the kid on the floor and whip him with a belt.
7/x https://t.co/tuMvxDTHSV
Inside the class we were frozen in place.
— Shulim Leifer (@ShulimLeifer) February 7, 2022
You could hear a pin-drop.
The only sounds were Nuta grunting, the ‘whoosh’ of the belt swinging, the ‘WHACK’ of it connecting to body, and the boy shrieking at the top of his lungs after each lash.
I mean bloodcurdling yells.
8/x https://t.co/tuMvxDTHSV
I don’t know who else heard what, but inside that classroom we heard each & every sound.
— Shulim Leifer (@ShulimLeifer) February 7, 2022
Not one boy moved or made a peep.
Nobody from another class went and rescued the kid.
It was a perfectly normal scene to have a rebbe whip a disabled boy with a belt in the hallway. 9/9 https://t.co/tuMvxDTHSV
On Auction the 1920 Letter of "Hate and Jealousy" of The Eida Hachreidis Against Harav Kook and R' Chaim Ozer's Response
נצחונו הגדול של הראי"ה קוק על שונאיו - קנאי ירושלים
מכתב שיטנה שנכתב נגדו ב-1920 ונחשף עכשיו, מבטא את עומק התיעוב שרחשו הקנאים לראי"ה
"The Great Triumph of Harav Avraham Yitzchok Kook Over His Enemies. The Yerushalyim Extremists"
"Hate letter that they sent to Harav Chaim Ozer in 1920 reveals the deep hatred the Extremists had against Harav Kook z"l"
Bennett Talks to Biden on the Phone and Halts Jerusalem E1 Corridor Plan
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday evening spoke with President Joe Biden for the first time since the PM’s visit to the White House on August 28.
Also on Sunday: Bennett and Defense Minister Benny Gantz ordered the Judea and Samaria Supreme Planning Committee to suspend discussions on approving the E-1 construction plan to connect Ma’ale Adumim and Jerusalem. The plan covers an area of about 3,000 acres, most of it is state land, with the construction of about 3,500 housing units at its center.
E1 is located at the narrowest point of Judea and Samaria, where the illegal Khan al Ahmar squatters’ settlement has been festering since 2018, with both the Netanyahu and Bennett governments preferring to ignore a Supreme Court decision to remove it. That’s because E1 is the key to whether or not there will be a Palestinian State someday in Judea and Samaria. If E1 remains desolate, with only the illegal shantytown dotting the area from Ma’ale Adumim to Jerusalem, there’s a good chance a contiguous Palestinian State will someday stretch through there. On the other hand, should the plan for urban sprawl from Jerusalem to Ma’ale Adumim be carried out, then any future Arab political entity would be forever split in its middle.
The E1 plan had been frozen for years, and the Supreme Committee renewed deliberations on it during PM Netanyahu’s last government. The committee proceeded through the first eight months of the Lapid-Bennett coalition but now put it aside again. According to Israel Hayom, one reason for the halt was an outcry from Meretz who declared that E1 constituted a red line that cannot be crossed. The other objection to the E1 plan has been coming from the Americans, who are well aware of the consequences to the two-state plan should a solid wall of Israeli suburban homes be allowed to stretch across the PA’s narrowest waist.
Agudah Protests Antisemitic Cartoon in Monsey Newspaper
An antisemitic ad has been published in one of the largest newspapers in Rockland County, the Journal News (aka Lohud).
The Agudath Israel has released a statement against the disgraceful ad, and is demanding an apology. The ad cartoon depicts an image of a puppet-master representing a Rabbi, who is manipulating what appear to be children on top of a pile of cash. The headline next to the ad says:
Rabbi holds the strings on $76M for East Ramapo School District
Here is the statement in response:
Agudath Israel of America viewed with alarm an incendiary promotional advertisement published today for an upcoming article in Journal News (Lohud), a popular newspaper in Rockland County.
The caption, “Rabbi holds the strings on $76M for East Ramapo School District… Coming Feb. 9,” appears above a puppet master using pencils and string to manipulate what appears to be children atop a pile of cash.
While the article, or even the identity of the “rabbi” (as though his “rabbihood” is somehow germane) are unknown, the caricature evokes the worst antisemitic tropes, and is categorically unacceptable. The concept of the Jew as a conspiratorial puppet master, covertly manipulating the world economy and events, harks back to at least the 1700’s, as further amplified upon in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Its imagery and underlying implications have stoked pogroms for hundreds of years, and was employed as recently as by the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter, who killed 11 worshippers in the largest modern mass shooting against Jews in America, at Tree of Life in 2018. We wonder how any article which emerges from an editorial board that approved such a hateful cartoon can pretend to be free from bias.
Agudath Israel calls for a full apology, and actionable commitment by Lohud to avoid bigoted imagery and coverage of the Jewish community in Rockland County in the future.
Dovi Soiefer Was Attacked By Two Rottweilers -This Was His Unusual Request From Their Jewish Owner
🇺🇸✡️ — JEWISH NEWS: While out in Florida for the ECAP show this morning, Dov Soiefer from Culinary Depot got attacked by two dogs. The owner apologized and revealed he is Jewish too. Dovi asked him if he would like to put on Tefillin, which he did for the first time in his life. pic.twitter.com/1H2i0GvONi
— Belaaz News (@TheBelaaz) February 6, 2022
Dovi Soiefer, a Jewish businessman, arrived in Miami for a business conference – “the ECAP Health Conference” this week, looking forward to productive business meetings.
On his way to the conference, Soiefer was attacked by two rottweiler dogs, who knocked him to the ground and scratched and bit him on the arm. After the owner of the dogs succeeded in controlling them, he gave Soiefer his number and told him to be in touch and receive restitution from him.
A woman from the hotel who saw the attack called police, who said that if Soiefer pressed charges, the dogs would be put down.
The embarrassed owner of the dogs pleaded with Soiefer not to press charges and promised him compensation for his injuries. The man said that he had already recently lost a dog to sickness and did not want to lose his other dogs. However after Soiefer heard that the owner of the dogs was Jewish, he had a different request from him.
Monday, February 7, 2022
Anthony Blinken stands accused of meddling in Albanian elections on behalf of billionaire financier George Soros and is being sued for defamation in an international court as a result.
As if Secretary of State Antony Blinken weren’t embroiled in enough foreign debacles, he now stands accused of meddling in Albanian elections on behalf of billionaire financier George Soros and is being sued for defamation in an international court as a result.
One of Blinken’s curious first actions on taking office being sworn in last year was to sanction the former president and prime minister of Albania, Sali Berisha, the anti-communist ally of Presidents H.W. and W. Bush, and who has been in opposition for eight years, and who is a vocal opponent of Soros and his Open Society Foundations, which has been pushing judicial and electoral “reform” in Albania.
In an official statement and accompanying tweet last April, Blinken alleged that Berisha is “corrupt” and had “undermined democracy in Albania,” and barred him, his wife and two children from entering the US.
Chassidim Upset Because of Swastikas Spray-Painted on School Buses in ... But Will they burn the Israeli Flag on Purim?
So I see that when their vehicles are defaced with hate slogans, they don't like it one bit, but come Purim they will burn the Jewish flag on the streets of Williamsburg and stand around like drunk baboons mocking a flag that for Goyim around the world represents the Jewish people.
That flag that they despise represents them as well, as goyim given the opportunity will shove them and the Zionists into the same ovens.
Rabbanim always say "this is because of this, and this is because of that"
So maybe just maybe, this is a wake up call from Above, not to be "metzaar" other Jews that hold that flag sacred!
Frum Jews in Williamsburg were the victim of yet another hate crime on Sunday when a suspect spray-painted swastikas on multiple school buses at Division Avenue and Rodney Street.
The incident comes just a day after multiple chasidim were victimized in unprovoked attacks over Shabbos. The NYPD’s 90th Precinct, Hate Crimes Task Force, and Williamsburg Shomrim are investigating the incident and seeking to identify the suspect in this case.
“I am angry & heartbroken by two more anti-Semitic, violent incidents in our community over Shabbos,” Councilman Lincoln Restler wrote on Twitter. “A man was violently struck upside the head in Bed Stuy by Marcy & Myrtle. Swastikas & other graffiti were spray painted on yeshiva school bus in Williamsburg by Division & Rodney.”
The ADL wrote on Twitter “We are horrified that yeshiva school buses clearly marked in Yiddish could be vandalized in such a way with hateful symbols, especially on the same day that we found two Jewish men to have been assaulted in the area. NY must be a safe heaven for all and this hate must stop!
Sunday, February 6, 2022
GoFundMe backtracks on redistributing money for Canadian truckers, under threat of fraud investigation
GoFundMe backtracks on redistributing money for Canadian truckers, under threat of fraud investigation https://t.co/kxJTLK2dLc
— NEWS MAKER (@NEWS_MAKER) February 5, 2022
Chareidim went to bed with the Arabs thinking that they would vote with them and then they Stabbed them in the back
Channel 12 News commentator Muhammad Majadele claims that Shas chairman Aryeh Deri was the one who legitimized Mansour Abbas and his Ra’am party as someone who could take part in any coalition.
"In the honeymoon between Mansour Abbas and Netanyahu, the haredi parties and especially former MK Aryeh Deri were among the people who mediated between the parties," Majadele said in an interview with the Kikar HaShabbat news website.
He added that "one of the main people who mediated between Netanyahu and Mansur Abbas was Aryeh Deri - unequivocally. The problem was not the haredim, but the Religious Zionist party - Smotrich, Ben Gvir and their friends - and that is why Mansour Abbas was sent to Rabbi Druckman. It was done with Netanyahu's knowledge and coordinated with him."
Majadele was asked whether Netanyahu and Deri's talks with Abbas legitimized the current government and replied, "Unequivocally. That is why Deri and his friends understand the magnitude of the mistake they made - they legitimized Mansour Abbas and in the end he went with Bennett and Lapid."
Deri has previously denied acting as a mediator between the parties, but at the same time said in closed-door talks that the conduct vis-à-vis Ra’am during the most recent coalition talks was wrong.
The Atrocities and Abuse at a French Yeshiva
A student from Beth Yossef in France has spoken on Israeli television, describing the horrific conditions and abuse that students endured while attending the yeshiva.
In a telephone interview on i24 News, the young man who remained anonymous, described the “physical abuse” and “horrible” experience of attending the yeshiva.
The bochur said, “I was there for a year and three-quarters, and the experience was horrible.”
He continued, “Most of the guys I know they are interviewing, it’s true. It was a horrible place. The place is rundown, broken, the dorms are in horrible condition, I was on the third floor, and there were holes in the floor so you could see the floor below.
Har Nof Woman in Serious Condition After Clothes Catch Fire From Shabbos Candles
On Friday night, just after Shabbos began, a woman in her early sixties was seriously injured after her clothes caught fire from her own Shabbos candles.
The incident took place on HaAdmor Mi Ruzhin Street in Har Nof.
Volunteers from United Hatzalah and ambulance teams from Magen David Adom responded to the incident and treated the woman who was in serious condition and suffered severe burns to her upper body. She was intubated and sedated when she arrived a the hospital.
Shaare Tzedek Hospital issued a statement on Saturday night stating that the woman is hospitalized in the intensive care unit and “arrived in very serious condition.”
Saturday, February 5, 2022
The "Shvantz" Yitzchok Frankfurter's Interviews Rabbi Elisar Admon and causes a Massive Chillul Hashem
Last week the Fern Hollow Bridge that is situated neat the Jewish neighborhood of Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh suddenly collapsed, just hours before a visit to Pittsburgh by President Biden. Thank G-d no one was actually killed.
Rabbi Elisar Admon, who is a Frum US Army Chaplain and a first responder was invited to survey the site and be amongst the welcoming committee to welcome the President!
Everything up to this point is just perfect, until Yitzy "the shvantz" Frankfurter got a hold of this guy and interviewed him.
Look at the crazy question and see Rabbi Admon's stupid response.
Now, of course, this is what we are all thinking, and we as Jews are always worried for the welfare of our brothers and sisters no matter where they reside, and that is the first thing we want to know, but do we ask this out loud in a magazine?
Only a Shvantz would dare ask such a question that he actually had the answer to. This interview took place days after the incident and the Shvantz already knew that Jews were not hurt.
Now the incredible dumb answer:
Rabbi Elisar Admon: "No. Baruch Hashem, there were many miracles, and that was one of them."
Do Christians ask these questions after a disaster?
"Were any of the people who were hurt Christian?"
Answer by Christian Chaplain: "No, Thanks to JC, there were many miracles, and that was one of them."
How stupid can one be to publish this question and answer in a Jewish magazine? How do you think that goy reading this article will feel reading this?
We as Jews are living in a dangerous political climate with unbelievable antisemitic incidents occurring on a daily basis and this "upgerissinar naar" "shoiteh she'beoilim" publishes this question and answer. This shvantz never ceases to amaze me!
Who edits this mashiginar's interviews?