It’s important to note that any analysis of the current tensions without the larger context of the decades long conflict is bound to be lacking. For weeks Palestinian extremists have been using any excuse to spread rumors that Jews are planning to take over the Temple Mount. While Jews find this outrageous, the average Palestinian believes it – every single time the rumor is spread.
Sunday, April 17, 2022
Harav Brant Rosen a Reform Rabbi adapts the Satmar Shita vis a vis Israel
On March 30, Rabbi Brant Rosen of Tzedek Chicago, a synagogue on the heimish North Side of the city, made the unusual announcement that his congregation had “just voted to adopt anti-Zionism as a core value.” The proclamation arrived within days of 11 murders in a wave of terrorist attacks across Israel. On April 7, three more Israelis were killed on Dizengoff Street in the heart of Tel Aviv in this new wave of violence. It’s not often that an established synagogue declares its antipathy against the Jewish state as a core part of its identity—but then again, this wasn’t out of step for Rabbi Rosen, who’d been working himself up to this very moment for the better part of the past decade.
As it happens, I’ve known Rabbi Rosen since before “I was a man.” I grew up in Skokie, Illinois, and attended the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in neighboring Evanston, where Rabbi Brant held the rabbinate. Back then, he was, I suppose, a kind of liberal Zionist. I didn’t have much of an impression of him, other than that he seemed kind and Jewish. In 2002, when I became a bar mitzvah, Rabbi Brant led the service. In his notes on my d’var (which I recently read again), he seems reasonably sympathetic to Israel.
By the time Rabbi Brant left JRC in 2014, my father and I had heard through the grapevine that he’d become a radical pro-Palestinian activist, and in our family, “Rabbi Brant” became a catchall for a certain kind of Jew we simply could not understand. When I moved back to Chicago this past year, I couldn’t help but go back to the source. I wanted to know: Who are these people? What even is a “non-Zionist” synagogue during the most spiritually elevated time of the year?
To try to find the answer, I attended Tzedek’s 2021 High Holidays services over Zoom.
Employee sues his company because they made him an unwanted birthday party and wins $450,000
Days before his birthday in August 2019, an employee at a Kentucky-based laboratory asked his office manager to not arrange a celebration for his birthday.
It wasn’t the fear of getting older, but rather an anxiety disorder that can spur “panic attacks in stressful situations,” according to court documents. The employee, who was hired in October 2018 by Gravity Diagnostics, did not want a celebration because “being the center of attention” can trigger his disorder, the documents state.
When the company threw him a lunchtime party against his wishes, it triggered a panic attack and he left abruptly to spend his break in his car. Four days later, after his office managers confronted him about his reaction to the party, he was fired from the Northern Kentucky company, court records show.
He eventually sued Gravity Diagnostics, and this week, a jury awarded the man $450,000 in damages for his lost wages and emotional distress.
The New Minhag of the LGBT Community
Absolutely not… I’m an lgbtq Jew and this is not what a Seder plate is. Nothing about this resembles Judaism or Pesach(Passover) in any way, it’s just a plate with random foods on it. Judaism and Jewish practice is not your political tool, especially not for anti Zionism pic.twitter.com/9zYziZKFvT
— Max (@lilbuddymax) April 14, 2022
Friday, April 15, 2022
Entire Haggadah is one long blog post about Jews making Aliyah ... Does Satmar have a different haggadah?
I don’t understand how antizionists can celebrate Passover. The entire Haggadah is one long blog post about Jews making Aliyah. If you’re an antizionist then are you rooting for Pharaoh?
— Yoni Leviatan (@songsofyoni) April 13, 2022
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Police Arrest 4 Jews Planning to Bring Korban Pesach on Har Ha'Bayis
The police arrested on Wednesday night four Israeli Jews who stated they had plans to sacrifice a lamb on Friday on the Temple Mount ahead of the Passover holiday.
The police stated after the arrests that in recent days, reports have been circulating about “the encouragement of extremists to be arrested by the police in an attempt to reach the Temple Mount and act illegally.”
Acting on a court order, the police arrested four Israelis for questioning, residents of Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria, on suspicion of “intending to violate the order,” as well as “calling to violate public order or violate a legal provision.”
How the FBI Planned to Kidnap a Governor and Blame it on Trump
The FBI got walloped last week when a Michigan jury concluded that the bureau had entrapped two men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Those men and others were arrested a few weeks before the 2020 election in a high-profile, FBI-fabricated case that Joe Biden claimed showed President Trump’s “tolerance of hate, vengeance, and lawlessness to plots such as this one.” But the jury verdict exposes how the feds have created the monsters they parade to vindicate their vast power over Americans.
Michigan was a swing state in the 2020 election. When the arrests were announced, Whitmer speedily denounced Trump for inciting “domestic terrorism.”
Biden won the 2020 election because of the early voting, and the Michigan kidnapping plot was one of the biggest stories in October 2020. Prior to the presidential election, Attorney General Bill Barr assured that news did not leak about multiple federal investigations into Hunter Biden. But the FBI felt no such constraints and trumpeted a ludicrous scheme that was shot down even by a jury that a federal judge had largely blindfolded.
Will Trump be back on Twitter? Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $41 billion
“I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” Musk wrote in a letter to Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor.
“Since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.”
“My offer is my best and final offer and if it is not accepted, I would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder,” Musk said.
In the filing, Musk used blunt language, telling the Twitter board: “I am not playing the back-and-forth game.”
“I have moved straight to the end,” the entrepreneur said. “It’s a high price and your shareholders will love it.”
Earlier this week, Musk said he had abandoned a plan to join Twitter’s board, just as his tenure was about to start. Taking the board seat would have prevented him from a possible takeover of the company.
Twitter said in a statement: “The Twitter Board of Directors will carefully review the proposal to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interest of the Company and all Twitter stockholders.”
Analysts are predicting that Musk will ultimately succeed in his takeover bid.
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Daniel Dresdner and his Alleged Aveirois
Spring Valley, Pomona Therapist Daniel Dresdner & Daas Wellness Center Sued by 2 Clients for Alleged Sexual Assault
He has been indicted with 55 counts of Sexual Abuse
Quick note: Dresdner has previously worked at Westchester Medical Center, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Bais Ezra, Bikur Cholim, and HASC.In June, 2018, Plaintiff Jane Doe was suffering from depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues as a result of trauma she had suffered during her life, and sought treatment by Daniel Dresdner, who was working at DAAS. According to the complaint, beginning in 2019 Dresdner began grooming Jane Doe by paying her complements on her jewelry, clothes, and physical appearance. Between April and June 2020, treatment took place over the phone, but returned to in-person treatment at DAAS. According to the complaint, Dresdner at some point invited Jane Doe to his home for an appointment, and spoke to her for many hours until 2 AM by the firepit in his backyard.Jane Doe alleges that in June of 2020, Dresdner deceived her into meeting him for a session in a park in New York City. After arriving at the park, the complaint alleges that Dresdner informed Jane Doe that he had had to stay in New York City, and started confiding in her about his personal life. The complaint then details what he disclosed: That he had been arrested in Florida in May 2020 for assaulting a police officer, among other charges, that he had a drug and alcohol addiction, and that he had personal issues at home. According to the complaint, Jane Doe was shocked not only by the information but also because she had paid for this session which was supposed to be focused on her own wellbeing, not his. Not knowing any better, Jane Doe alleges that she trusted him as he continued to normalize this conduct with her.
Chesed in Israel.... unbelievable
This clip is from the road to Beit Shemesh!
Anyone who asks, gets, no questions asked
The distribution will be in all major chareidie cities
מי כעמך ישראל
Left Wages War on Childhood
From Greta Thunberg to children put on puberty blockers, the victims of the war on childhood are everywhere. They show up at environmental or gun control rallies holding up giant signs in their little hands, they’re indoctrinated at school to enlist as child soldiers for the latest cause.
Adults tell them that unless they save the world, they won’t even live long enough to grow up.
At the heart of the exchange of political buzzwords of the culture war is a simple question about whether childhood should exist. Leftists believe that no one may evade political commitments, and that therefore the idea that childhood should be a space apart from adult causes and concerns is a privilege that it is the job of teachers and popular culture to shatter into pieces.
And that is the war on childhood that we see all around us waged from Disney to kindergarten.
A Bird Takes a Crap On Biden Because He Didn't Like Biden's Putin Remark
Bird poops on Biden as he claims US is in dumps because of Putin https://t.co/JwloZFRagg pic.twitter.com/RKNX4Ufk3B
— New York Post (@nypost) April 12, 2022
Watch Saudi TV Make "Choizik" From Biden
The entire world knows this is the most ridiculous Administration… well everyone except the liberals here in America. The media made hating Trump trendy/popular. Liberals are so desperate to be trendy/popular, they voted against their best interests. pic.twitter.com/3FN24yqgd2
— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) April 12, 2022
A Teacher in Torah Vodaath Who really cares about his students
An 8th grader (Torah Vodaath) challenged his teacher. If he got a 100 on the history midterm, the teacher would start to wear tzitzis & tefillin every day until the end of the school year.
— Jack Langer (@jacklanger) April 12, 2022
He got a 100.
Today he celebrated 3 months of tzitzis & tefillin.
“This changed my life” pic.twitter.com/W87Ny5aMYW
HORRIFYING VIDEO: Frum New Jersey Woman Intentionally & Repeatedly Run Over
WARNING:GRAPHIC:
— David Shor (@DYShor) April 13, 2022
Jews are being targeted, and it’s sickening. pic.twitter.com/iwZQErGsXE
A driver ran down a woman in a predominantly Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in New Jersey on Tuesday, seriously injuring her.
The incident occurred in the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Tuesday morning at approximately 8:00 a.m. when the suspect suddenly swerved off the road and onto the lawn of a nearby house, driving his vehicle towards a female pedestrian.
The driver pursued the woman, who attempted to evade the suspect’s vehicle.
The suspect managed to run down the woman, running her over with his vehicle. He then turned around and continued his attack, running over her repeatedly.
According to RLS Media, the woman suffered serious injuries, but is now listed in stable condition.
Authorities located and arrested the driver, who has been charged with attempted murder.
Popular Israeli Kinder Chocolate Could Have Salmonella
US consumers were asked to dispose of some Kinder chocolate products not authorized for distribution in the country, warning they could be from the batch recently recalled in Europe due to a potential Salmonella Typhimurium contamination.
The confectionery group’s North American division last week recalled Kinder Happy Moments Chocolate Assortment and Kinder Mix Chocolate Treats basket because they were manufactured in a facility where salmonella was detected.
The voluntary recall on Tuesday is for two products in the US — Kinder Happy Moments Milk Chocolate and Crispy Wafers assortment with a best by date of July 18 and Kinder Mix Chocolate Treats Basket with a best by date of July 30 — and affects no other Kinder products distributed or sold by Ferrero’s US arm.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday said Ferrero was also recalling certain Kinder brand chocolate products for the same reason.
The company on Tuesday published an update upon the Food and Drug Administration’s request to ask Americans to dispose of Kinder products intended for foreign markets yet available for sale in the United States.
Italy’s Ferrero has also recalled several batches of Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs and other products in Spain, Britain and Ireland, while Belgian health authorities have urged consumers not to eat several recalled Kinder products.
Ferrero on Tuesday maintained there were no reports of illness in the United States to date from the chocolates and it was working with the FDA to address the problem.
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Gur Hamel who murdered an Arab to avenge the death of his two murdered friends Found Dead in his Cell
Following a deterioration in his health over the past several days, Gur Hamel, z’l, passed away on Monday morning in his cell in Ayalon Prison.
Hamel, 52, was sentenced to life in prison in 2000 two years after killing a Palestinian farmer to avenge the murder of two of his friends who were killed by an Arab terrorist as well as an Israeli security guard who was murdered by an Arab earlier that day near Kiryat Arba. Hamel’s brother-in-law was also murdered by an Arab terrorist in a shooting attack in the Shomron.
At the time, he was a resident of Itamar, although residents said he was an extremist whose request for permanent residency had been denied.
In recent days, an attorney from the Honenu legal aid organization had appealed several times to Israel’s Prison Services to provide Hamel with medical treatment and evacuate him for urgent care at the hospital. All of the appeals were denied.
Hamel’s family members claimed that his medical condition was neglected and the Prison Services are to blame for his death.
Monday, April 11, 2022
In Detroit a Jew Associated With Rashida Tlaib & Backed by the Jew Hating JStreet Running Against A Pro-Israel Shiksa
Just know that Fatso Nadler endorsed the Israel-Hating Levin!
In January, Michigan’s 11th district was redrawn as part of statewide congressional map changes. Two incumbent Democratic House representatives first elected in 2018, Haley Stevens and Andy Levin, soon went from cordial allies to primary opponents, each hoping to win the Detroit-area seat come November.
Not long after, an email sent by David Victor, a past president of the pro-Israel AIPAC lobby group who lives in the Detroit area, was leaked to a progressive group and posted on social media. Victor had backed Levin, son of longtime former Congressman Sandy Levin (who was brother to the late U.S. Senator Carl Levin), in 2018. But in the message, sent to pro-Israel donors in the Detroit area, Victor called Levin “arguably the most corrosive member of Congress to the U.S.-Israel relationship,” and urged the donors to back Stevens in the race.
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