I know CNN & MSNBC never aired this, so I figured I would. Spot on, don't you think? pic.twitter.com/6V1vRKxP8p
— Justin Pulitzer 🍊 (@JustinPulitzer) February 24, 2022
“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
I know CNN & MSNBC never aired this, so I figured I would. Spot on, don't you think? pic.twitter.com/6V1vRKxP8p
— Justin Pulitzer 🍊 (@JustinPulitzer) February 24, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine had President Trump still been in office, a majority of Americans said according to the results of a new poll.
The survey released Friday from the Harvard Center for American Political Studies (CAPS)-Harris Poll found that 62% of Americans believed Putin would not have pulled the trigger if Trump were still president, The Hill reported.
The view was held by an overwhelming 85% of Republicans, but also 38% of Democrats. A further 59% of voters said Putin had decided to invade because Putin sensed weakness on the part of President Biden, while just 41% said that view had not played a role in Putin’s decision.
The online poll was conducted between Feb. 23 and Feb. 24 and surveyed 2,026 registered voters.
NEW VIDEO JUST IN: NYPD looking for black suspects that brutally beat up a school bus driver in Boro Park. Security at the Yeshiva was terrible per law enforcement sources. The fact perps were able to just walk in with zero security measures MUST CHANGE IMMEDIATELY pic.twitter.com/Oh7tPjJAbr
— NYCPHOTOG (@nycphotog) February 25, 2022
An elderly Jewish bus driver was brutally beaten Thursday morning by a group of teens in the Boro Park area of New York, the Yeshiva World News reported.
The incident occurred at approximately 6:00a.m., in a parking lot on 49ths Street, New York's Police Department (NYPD) and the Shomrim security group said.
In the incident, the teens confronted the 70-year-old bus driver as he entered his vehicle, assaulting, punching, and kicking him before escaping the scene. According to The Jewish Press, the teens hit the elderly man in the face, stomach, and on his arms.
This elderly bus driver arriving to his bus for his morning run, was viciously assaulted in what appears to be an unprovoked coordinated attack. If you #HaveInfo, call @NYPD66Pct detectives and the #Shomrim emergency line 718-871-6666. #YourCityYourCall pic.twitter.com/nkY96HLmNY
— 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐫𝐢𝐦 (@BPShomrim) February 24, 2022
The Jewish community in Odessa, Ukraine, was one of the first to suffer from the Russian attack, including the 250 children living in the city's orphanage.
Rabbi Shlomo Baksht, director of the orphanage, told 103FM about the situation. "We have a lot of worries right now. I'm in touch with all the members of the community. We do not know what will happen next, but these children are the rock that sits on our hearts. We have children here with a very difficult story. A child whose mother threw him in the trash or a child with parents who were addicts. The stories are shocking and they are all close to our hearts."
Regarding the efforts to take the orphans to a safe place, he explained, "Right now we have them all on buses but do not know where we are going. The operation is complex and not completely safe. We have prepared food and medicine for a long enough period, and different types of places of refuge. We change things while on the move, everything happens from moment to moment. Things are very complex. We are in contact with the relevant parties in the State of Israel at the highest level."
His daughter, Shira Baksht, who works with him, joined the conversation and shared her experiences with the children: "The situation is not simple. We try to calm the children - they heard explosions and were frightened. We told them we are going on a trip. I will never leave them. These are children from the age of 0 until university. Orphanhood can happen at any age."
She added, "For a month now we have been preparing logistically for what is happening now. It is very cold here, so we took the warmest clothes we could and all the food we could prepare."
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett avoided condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine — or even mentioning Russia by name - saying “The world order as we know it is changing. The world is much less stable, and our region too is changing every day.”
And while the world has changed, Ukraine is fighting alone. Not America and not NATO will be coming to their rescue. Against this backdrop, surely many realize that Israel was created so that never again would Jews be dependent on anyone else for their security.
What a Chutzpah! Russia is a couple of miles away from our border in Syria, and the awful Biden Administration is pressuring us to vote against the Russians. Crazy! I hope Bennett doesn't cave and bring us into another mess. Meanwhile Russia allows Israel to bomb the crap out of Hizballah in Syria!
The United Nations (UN) Security Council will vote on Friday on a draft resolution to condemn Russia for its attacks on Ukraine.
The resolution was drafted by the US, Britain, and France. It is expected that Russia will use its veto power to ensure that the resolution does not pass.
Meanwhile, the US has turned to Israel requesting that Israel support condemning Russia in the UN, even though the resolution will clearly not pass.
The American request was made Thursday night by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a conversation with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid).
Israel, meanwhile is trying to stay out of the matter and avoid direct conflict with the Russians, since the Russians are involved in the Syrian conflict and have played a key role in preventing Syria from retaliating to Israeli attacks on Iranian interests within Syrian territory.
He definitely has his priorities. US climate czar John Kerry said that he is very worried about a Russian invasion of Ukraine because it is likely to distract the world from talking about climate change and would produce “massive emissions.”
“Massive emissions and consequences to the way – but equally important, you’re going to lose people’s focus, you’re going to lose certainly big country attention because they will be diverted and I think it could have a damaging impact,” told the BBC.
“So, you know, I think hopefully President Putin would realize that in the northern part of his country, they used to live on 66% of the nation that was over frozen land. Now it’s thawing, and his infrastructure is at risk. And the people of Russia are at risk. And so I hope President Putin will help us to stay on track with respect to what we need to do for the climate,” he added.
Kerry’s comments weren’t a one-off, either. He made similar comments to GZERO Media, saying that a war will have a “monumental impact on the ability and willingness of people to do what’s necessary,” to cut global emissions, adding that it will be “very tough for the climate agenda, there’s no question about it.”
Hard to believe, but Vladimir Putin was indeed probably not thinking of the climate when he decided to invade Ukraine. For shame.
This latest news was on the front pages of every single newspaper sharing headlines with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
But the Satmar "oilim goilim" that get their news from Der Yid will never know about the eminent danger that their brothers and sisters living in Israel are facing.
Instead, Der Yid has a byline on their first page of a protest against the "Misrad Hashichon" the Office of Housing, because they are excavating land in the Gilo section of Yerushalyim, that the Gaavad of the Eida Hachreidis said is an ancient graveyard of Jews. The Gaavad is none other than the aged R' Tuvia Weiss. We will never know if the Gaavad even knows about this or if he is in the frame of mind to issue Halachic decisions of this nature. The Raavad of the Eida is R' Moshe Shternbach, also an extremist but he had examined the site and ruled that there is no problem excavating the site.
In Beit Shemesh we had a similar fight amongst the leaders of the Eida Ha'Chreidis, where R' Weiss ruled that a site where a developer built a Chareidie community is a former gravesite, and R' Shternbach who actually examined the site ruled that there wasn't any Jewish bones buried there, and the developer built his development.
Back to Der Yid
Why wouldn't Der Yid report the Iran story?
Because Satmar supports the Iran Deal! Yes, let me repeat : The Satmar Rebbe is all for the Iran Deal that would allow Iran to continue their murderous quest of obtaining Nuclear arms. We wrote about this numerous times; you can do a search on this blog.
They would rather write about some idiotic irrelevant protest and place it on their front page than write about something that can very well effect every single Jew!
Last week we all heard the Baal Korah read how the "Eirav Rav" fashioned and then worshipped a golden calf. I guess Moshe didn't kill them off, they are still around!
Despite the threat of Russian strikes in Ukraine's interior, the Jews of Uman are not planning to leave.
The local boys' school, under the auspices of Uman's rabbi, Rabbi Yaakov Jann, is holding regular classes; meanwhile, constant prayers are being offered at the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, situated in Uman.
Already a week and a half ago, Rabbi Jann called on local Jews to leave Ukraine if they were able to do so.
"Answering this question of all questions at the current time - that of whether to leave or remain - is not simple," Rabbi Jann wrote then. "What is clear, however, is that we must neither panic nor remain complacent.
"After consulting with Torah leaders and experts in the situation," Rabbi Jann continued, "I am recommending that all tourists must leave Ukraine by Wednesday [over a week ago]. Those who live here with their families should also leave if they are able to do so with ease, until the crisis passes."
Rabbi Jann concluded his letter with reassurance that no one would be left without necessary assistance. A week later, most of Uman's Jews have opted to remain.
“My Unorthodox Life” star Julia Haart is being sued for allegedly spending unauthorized millions of dollars of company cash by her estranged husband Silvio Scaglia.
Haart, 51, who was ousted as CEO of Elite World Group earlier this month, is alleged to have spent $125,000 on “cosmetic procedures” —including a boob job, as Page Six reported — according to court papers.
The filing, seen by Page Six, also claims that Haart used the company set up to run her clothing line, E1972, as her “personal piggy bank.”
It alleges that she spent approximately $500,000 at Louis Vuitton, $180,000 at Chanel, $140,000 at Dior and more than $500,000 on lavish trips for herself and her family, plus more than $160,000 on makeup and hair-styling services.
The suit alleges that Haart overspent on the budget allocated to her for personal expenses, claiming: “In addition to exceeding E1972’s budget by millions of dollars due to her personal spending habits, Haart also freely used two EWG corporate credit cards to purchase expensive clothing and handbags, luxury vacations, and other personal and unnecessary purchases.”
In a sign of growing frustration within the Manhattan DA’s office over the insistence that prosecutors find something to charge Donald Trump with, two top prosecutors have resigned, throwing the entire case into doubt.
Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne resigned together, but the DA’s office declined to comment on their departures.
The DA’s office launched a probe into the Trump Organization’s business practices in 2018 under then-District Attorney Cy Vance, and the investigation has continued under DA Alvin Bragg.
Dunne, a nearly 40-year veteran of the DA’s office, oversaw the investigation from the very beginning, and Pomerantz was asked by Vance to join the probe late last year, the NY Post reported.
Without Dunne and Pomerantz leading the investigation, it is no longer clear that Trump himself will be charged with anything.
Trump lawyer Ron Fischetti told the NY Post that he is “happy” they resigned, saying that without them there is “no investigation.”
This development reveals a great deal about the reasons for the ongoing tension between American Jewish critics of Israel and the rest of the Jewish community.
The congressman in question is Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a first-term Democrat who represents a district that covers part of New York City (the north Bronx) and much of Westchester County. Bowman has a substantial number of Jewish constituents, which probably explains why, in the past, he has not been as harsh towards Israel as some of his ideological bedfellows.
For the first time since the establishment of the Jewish State, the fertility rate of Arab women has fallen below that of Jewish women. At the establishment of the state, in 1948, a Muslim woman gave birth on average to 9 children, and today she gives birth to fewer than 3, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.
Israel’s total fertility rate (average number of children per woman) in 2020 was 2.90. This figure is low compared to 3.01 in 2019 and 3.09 in 2018, but still far higher than all the OECD countries whose average in 2019 was 1.61 children per woman.
The total fertility rate of Jewish women and others in Israel is estimated at 2.88 children per woman, compared to Arab women at 2.82.
“Without changing course, the party is headed for a November wipeout,” the former mayor wrote in an op-ed.
“Three months after Republicans scored major election upsets in Virginia and New Jersey, largely because of the frustration parents felt with Democratic officials who catered to teachers’ unions and culture warriors at the expense of children, voters in San Francisco recalled three school board members by margins of nearly three to one,” Bloomberg wrote. “Coming from America’s most liberal city, those results should translate into a 7 to 8 on the Richter scale, because the three main factors that drove the recall are not unique to the Bay Area.”
“Swing voters will decide the 2022 midterm elections, and right now, polls show they are swinging away from Democrats. The earthquake that shook San Francisco needs to shake up our party, before voters do it themselves in November,” Bloomberg said.
A poll released Tuesday by Emerson University found that Republicans currently lead Democrats by 9 percentage points – 50% to 41% – on a generic congressional ballot heading into November’s midterms.
The Jerusalem District Labor Court ruled that Shira Raban’s version of events was unreliable, and she had failed to prove there was abusive behavior on Netanyahu’s part when she worked as a cleaner for the wife of then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The court also said that Raban’s claim that the alleged abuse went on for a prolonged period could not be proven due to the fact that Raban only worked at the residence for a short period of time, and the defense provided evidence that she and Sara Netanyahu were never alone on the same floor.
Despite the dismissal of the lawsuit, the court decided that in view of the plaintiff’s financial situation, she would not be compelled to pay the legal expenses.
In their verdict, the judges wrote that while the legal defense of working conditions should be maintained, it was not without limit.
“Although the growth of this cause should be welcomed, given the significance it has for preserving the rights of workers and formulating a proper standard for a respectful work environment and proper working conditions, it is worth remembering that this cause is not unlimited,” the verdict read.
Responding to the ruling, Netanyahu said that she had paid an “unbearable” price over four years of legal wrangling.
“After countless news shows and newspapers led to four years of blood libels, today the court threw out Shira Raban’s claims on all levels,” the statement read. “The price paid by Sara Netanyahu is unbearable. Who will give her back her good name and who will apologize for the malicious slander that was presented to the public as absolute truth?”
In a Facebook post, her husband, Benjamin Netanyahu, called the ruling “the end of another shameful chapter in the false smear campaign against Sara Netanyahu.”
Sara Netanyahu was sued by Raban, who worked as a cleaner at the Netanyahus’ official residence in Jerusalem for a month in 2017 — a total of 20 working days.
Raban alleged that the then-prime minister’s wife insulted her relentlessly throughout her short tenure. She filed her lawsuit shortly after leaving her position, claiming NIS 225,000 ($69,000) in damages.
Raban claimed she was forced to endure unacceptable conditions by Netanyahu while working on the second floor of the residence.
Some of the former employee’s complaints included not being allowed to take leave when one of her children was sick, and being forced to use the bathroom outside the main building. She also claimed that the prime minister’s oldest son, Yair Netanyahu, would conduct cleanliness inspections.
Netanyahu allegedly forbade Raban to eat, drink, or rest, and she was required to change her clothes dozens of times a day. She was also required to wash her hands about 100 times a day with hot water, and was expected to dry them with a towel separate from the one used by the Netanyahu family, the lawsuit charged.
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Vladimir Putin is on a crusade to rebuild the former Soviet Union. In a sense, Putin believes that the old regime is still intact, and the downfall of Communism was merely a hiccup. (Like most dictators, he is delusional about his empire.)
He’s described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “disintegration of historical Russia” and considers Ukraine’s leaders as running an “anti-Russian project”. He has said that Ukraine and Russia are one country.
It’s important to understand Putin’s psyche, to recognize his true motives. Putin is a narcissistic sociopathic megalomaniac. He has poisoned political enemies with toxic nerve gas. He used his own daughter as a guinea pig for the Russian Covid vaccine. He dissolved the Russian parliament and altered the constitution, so that he could be a lifelong dictator.
Putin is obsessed with, well…Putin. He craves the approval of his citizens, taking photo ops of himself shirtless on horseback and flying a hang glider.
It’s hard to comprehend, yet many Russian citizens worship him, and soak up his bogus vicious propaganda against the United States.
Romanian officials for the first time commemorated the victims of the sinking 80 years ago of the Struma, a ship that carried hundreds of Holocaust refugees from Romania.
The ceremony Tuesday took place in the coastal city of Constanţa in southern Romania, from which the ship set sail in 1941 with 770 refugees, including more than 100 children, aboard.
In 1942, a Red Army submarine mistook the Struma for a hostile vessel after Turkish authorities towed it away from its dock in Istanbul and left it in international waters without a working engine or an anchor. The sub torpedoed the ship, leaving only one survivor.