Arab influencer Loay Alshareef highlighted anti-Semitic Dem. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s hypocrisy in a tweet in which she wished a “Happy Hanukkah to the Jewish community in Minnesota and around the world!”
“So, you’re celebrating the revolution led by Yehudah the Maccabee against the Seleucids in ancient Israel, but you question Israel’s legitimacy?” Alshareef wrote. “Good luck lol.”
Three buses of recent migrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris on Christmas Eve.
Texas authorities have not confirmed their involvement, but the bus dropoffs are in line with previous actions by border-state governors calling attention to the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
The buses that arrived late Saturday outside the vice president’s residence were carrying around 110 to 130 people, according to Tatiana Laborde, managing director of SAMU First Response, a relief agency working with the city of Washington to serve thousands of migrants who have been dropped off in recent months.
Local organizers had expected the buses to arrive Sunday but found out Saturday that the group would get to Washington early, Laborde said. The people on board included young children.
Laborde said employees had blankets ready for the people who arrived on Christmas Eve and moved them quickly onto waiting buses for a ride to an area church. A local restaurant chain donated dinner and breakfast.
Most of the arrivals were headed to other destinations and expected to remain in Washington only briefly.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s office did not respond to a request for comment Sunday morning. His office said last week that Texas has given bus rides to more than 15,000 people since April to Washington, New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia.
Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, both Republicans, are strong critics of President Joe Biden on his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, where thousands of people are trying to cross daily, many to seek asylum. Officials on both sides of the border are seeking emergency help in setting up shelters and services for migrants, some of whom are sleeping on streets.
Republicans argue Biden and Harris, designated the administration’s point person on the root causes of migration, have relaxed restrictions that induced many people to leave their countries of origin. Biden has ended some policies but kept others enacted by former President Donald Trump, whose administration also grappled with spikes in border crossings and at one point separated immigrant families and children as a deterrence initiative.
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| Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Husband of Randi Weingarten ענבי הגפן בענבי הגפן |
Israel has a new conservative government and its enemies, and by that, I mean anti-Israel leftists, couldn’t be angrier.
Ron Kampeas at the JTA has another anti-Israel press release disguised as a news story promoting a push by anti-Israel activists to boycott members of the incoming Israeli government.
“More than 330 American rabbis, including some who occupy prominent roles in major cities, are pledging to block members of the Religious Zionist bloc in Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government from speaking at their synagogues,” Kampeas gushes.
The list largely consists of anti-Israel clergy, many, if not most of them, also members of the ‘Rabbis for Hamas”.
Religious Zionism’s Spiritual Leader and Dean of the Ohr Etzion Yeshiva Rabbi Haim Meir Druckman, 90, passed away Sunday evening at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem.
The rabbi contracted COVID-19 earlier this month for the second time this year and was admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit as his condition began to deteriorate.
Clap for him. Clap for him NOW! pic.twitter.com/lA6WO7IYM6
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) December 23, 2022
We posted previously clips of Rebbelich playing the Violin
This is the best one yet!
פידל שפילן pic.twitter.com/7d89CAYjlK
— Hasidic (@hasidic_1) December 24, 2022
This is so heartwarming ❤️ Parents, teach your kid to have the character and compassion of the kid in blue 💙 pic.twitter.com/D71DEvUSOp
— Allistair McCaw (@AllistairMcCaw) December 24, 2022
In December 1992, 29-year-old policeman Nissim Toledano was kidnapped by a Hamas terror cell which demanded the release of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a Hamas leader, in return for Toledano. Despite Israel’s agreeing to negotiate, the four terrorists murdered Toledano and his body was found on 15th December 1992 (22 Kislev 5752). The terrorists were later caught and sentenced to life imprisonment but released in the 2011 Shalit deal.
On Thursday evening,(29 Kislev 5782), Nissim’s son Shai was the commanding officer of the Border Police unit operating in Kafr Qassem when a terrorist attempted to shoot at policemen and ram them. Shai acted quickly and neutralized the terrorist, thus preventing his comrades from more serious injury.
Police saw Shai’s actions as a closing of the circle after his father had been murdered by terrorists when he was only two years old and he later joined the police, following in his father’s footsteps.
Rabbi Mendel Schneur Zalman Atik, one of the prominent disciples of the Brisker Rav and the Chazon Ish, passed away in Jerusalem on Shabbos on his 94th birthday.
Rav Mendel was born in the Old City of Jerusalem to R’ Shlomo Zvi, a Karliner chassid. In his youth he studied at the Etz Chaim Talmud Torah and yeshiva under the tutelage of Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer and in Yeshivas Mir with Rabbi Leizer Yehuda Finkel. He married Sarah Leah Schlesinger , a granddaughter of Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger the “Lev Haivri”. Rav Mendel was close to the Brisker Rav and participated in his weekly shiur. He also travelled on many occasions to talk in learning with the Chazon Ish.
Rav Mendel studied with disciples of the Chazon Ish as well as gaining fluency in the Chazon Ish’s works and following his halachic practices. In the 70’s he opened a kollel in Jerusalem with a number of prominent avreichem including Rav Dovid Miller of Ponovezh, Rav Chaim Min-Hahar, a Rosh Yeshiva in Beitar Illit, Rav Yehoshua Ehrenberg head of Knesses Yitzchak-Hadera and others.
30 years ago, Rav Mendel opened Yeshivas Eretz Zvi in the Bukharian quarter of Jerusalem, catering to bachurim from abroad who wanted to learn at a more profound level. The yeshiva continued to exist for two decades.
Rav Atik didn’t publish his shiurim but they were printed by students and distributed informally.
Victims of PA Arab terror are suing the Biden administration for awarding millions of dollars to the Palestinian Authority, which pays terrorists and their families.
The lawsuit, filed in a U.S. district court in Texas on Tuesday, contends that the Biden administration is in violation of the 2018 Taylor Force Act, which prohibited the executive branch from providing funds to the PA due to its practice of “pay-for-slay,” as “paying salaries to terrorists serving in Israeli prisons, as well as to the families of deceased terrorists, is an incentive to commit acts of terror.”
Taylor Force, a native of Lubbock, Texas, and a graduate of West Point, was murdered by a PA Arab terrorist in 2016 while visiting Israel.
Listed as plaintiffs in the case are Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), Stuart and Robbi Force, Taylor Force’s parents, and Sarri Singer, a New York resident who was the victim of a 2003 PA Arab suicide bombing that killed 17 people.
The plaintiffs are led by the America First Legal Foundation, a legal watchdog group, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Stuart and Robbi Force said in a statement that President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who are named as defendants in the case, are “dishonoring the memory and legacy of a good man, and ignoring the citizens of the United States who understand that taxpayer dollars should not be used to fund the killing of innocent civilians.”
In July, the Biden administration announced $316 million in additional funding to support the Palestinian Authority. “This is on top of the more than half a billion dollars the United States has provided to the Palestinian people since the Biden administration restored much-needed funding to the Palestinians,” the White House said in a statement.
The PA pays about $300 million annually in monthly stipends and benefits to terrorists and the families of “martyrs,” those killed in the act of carrying out attacks against Jews.
In one of his articles, he refers to a prior article he wrote some years ago about texting on Shabbos. At the time I remember being shocked that this was happening, and I actually wrote an article about it that I never submitted because, since I did not have a Modern Orthodox education, I felt I had no right to weigh in on the topic. I would, however, at this juncture like to add a little to this conversation as someone who received a Bais Yaakov education but is not yeshivish.
According to JTA, more than 330 American clergy from the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist progressive movements––“including some who occupy prominent roles in major cities”––have issued a “Call to Action for Clergy in Protest of Israeli Government Extremists,” pledging to ban members of the Religious Zionist alliance from speaking at their synagogues, and lobby to ban them from speaking anywhere in their communities.
Needless to say, not a single Orthodox rabbi has signed the “call for action.”
What follows are despicable lies, which go unchecked by JTA.
Conservatives and free speech activists on Twitter railed against a recent video depicting police interrogating and ultimately arresting a pro-life woman who was silently praying outside a U.K. abortion clinic.
Those who watched the woman’s arrest after admitting she was “praying in my head” were appalled. Some claimed this was proof that Great Britain had become a dystopia.
The woman who was arrested, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, is the director of the U.K. March for Life.
According to Alliance Defending Freedom UK (ADF UK), Vaughan-Spruce “was standing near the BPAS Robert Clinic in Kings Norton, Birmingham in an area ADF UK called a ‘censorship zone,’ when police approached her after an onlooker complained she might be praying outside the abortion facility.”
According to ADF UK, Birmingham authorities have established buffer zones near abortion clinics, making it illegal for people to engage in behavior disapproving or approving of abortion. This includes “graphic, verbal or written means, prayer or counseling.”
The clip shows the woman silently standing on a curb across from an abortion clinic as British law enforcement officers approach her. One asks why she is standing there and responds that she’s there because of the abortion clinic. She denies that she is part of any protest
The officer then asks, “Are you praying?” to which she responds, “I might be praying in my head.” The officer then asks her if she’d be willing to go to the station for questioning about her actions. “If I’ve got a choice, then no,” she responds, after which the officer states, “You’re under arrest” and claims she’s charged with “suspicion of failing to comply with Public Spaces Protection Order.”
Anglican priest Rev. Calvin Robinson slammed what he saw in the footage, saying, “This is terrifying. What have we become?! Under a Conservative government, too.”
Catholic author and Compact Magazine founder Sohrab Ahmari tweeted, “OY YOU GO’ A LICENSE TO PRAY IN YOUR ’EAD MA’AM?”
Pro-life advocate Emily Rarick wrote, “This is absolute madness. How can someone be arrested for praying?”
Virginia GOP delegate Nick Freitas took the opportunity to remind users of George Orwell’s dystopia, tweeting, “1984 was a warning, not a guide.”
RedState deputy managing editor Brandon Morse made the point, “If abortion advocates don’t believe in God and think prayer is actually silly then what are they so afraid of?”
Conservative pundit Lauren Chen tweeted, “People are literally being arrested for thought crimes in the UK. Free speech is NOT a western value, it’s a uniquely American one.”
Nile Gardiner, a former aide to the late former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, remarked, “This is appalling. Disgraceful to see a woman arrested for simply praying on a British street. This should not be happening under a Conservative Govt, and action should be taken by the Home Secretary to ensure that scenes like this are not repeated.”
National Review staff writer Nate Hochman tweeted, “Sorry but imagine not having a First Amendment.”
WATCH the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra's rendition of Hatikvah in Abu Dhabi tonight, where First Lady Michal Herzog was the guest of honor—the IPO's first performance in an Arab country since Israel's independence. (Credit: https://t.co/D6GYjPDczZ /Israel Philharmonic Orchestra) pic.twitter.com/69NO9zXyym
— Office of the President of Israel (@IsraelPresident) December 20, 2022
Dr Jordan B Peterson and Israel Prime Minister-Elect Benjamin Netanyahu discuss the history of Israel, its status as an embattled nation, the importance of the struggle for statehood, why and how the PM came back from political demise, and his vision for the future.
Chapters:
(0:00) Coming up
(1:25) Intro
(4:03) Moses and the first settlers
(10:55) Response to the Palestinian claim
(16:07) The basis for a claim
(22:55) Making something of it
(26:04) The refugee problem
(30:00) Ultimatums and progress
(33:34) Herzl, Bipartisan world support
(39:38) the Balfour Declaration, Hitlerism
(44:40) The importance of power and productivity
(50:50) PM Netanyahu’s goal, the three pillars of peace
(51:48) Steps toward economic freedom
(55:55) The fat man thin man diet
(59:50) Brush with political demise
(1:04:00) Bibi: My Story
(1:04:40) What guides a leader vs a politician?
(1:10:00) The Abraham Accords, Obama
(1:17:00) Israel and Donald Trump
(1:18:38) Why has the process stalled with Biden?
אחד יחיד ומיוחד: הרבי מזוטשקא ירושלים מנגן אמש בכינור כמנהג אבותיו (צילום: שוקי לרר) pic.twitter.com/aYoqFW5fJo
— משה ויסברג (@moshe_nayes) December 21, 2022
A little bit better!
פידל אין פרימשלאן pic.twitter.com/gRqbp7b2Z8
— Hasidic (@hasidic_1) December 21, 2022
The Best!
פידל שפילן סעזאן pic.twitter.com/Q1w2GEnte8
— Hasidic (@hasidic_1) December 21, 2022
One of Israel’s most outspoken and famous anti-tziyoni activists, Yoilish Krauss, put together his own angle on the song “Yevonim,” singing it along with his family after lighting the Chanukah neiros in his Meah Shearim home.
The Krauss’s often take part in the hafganos emblematic of their community and are unapologetic in their defense of Torah and virulent hatred of the Zionist government.
The lyrics to the song are:
אוי ציונים נקבצו עליי אזיי בימי סאטמר, ופרצו חומות החינוך וטימאו כל התלמודי תורה, ומנותר הקנאים נעשה נס לשושנים, ימי שבת ימי יום טוב קבעו מחאות והפגנות
40 members of the Knesset, from parties in both the coalition and opposition, signed a letter on Tuesday, addressed to the leaders of the European Union, in protest of a recently leaked document, which calls for helping the Palestinian Authority actively take control of land in Area C, which is supposed to be under full Israeli control under the Oslo Accords.
"On the Arch of Titus in Rome, engraved in stone is the seven-branched menorah of the Holy Temple as it is plundered by the legions of Rome. "Jerusalem is lost" – Hierosolyma est Perdita or Hep-Hep – became the Latin catchphrase used to deride and humiliate the Jewish exiles on European soil," the letter opens. "In the 1930s, graffiti in a similar vein was scribbled on walls in the streets of Berlin: "Juden Nach Palästina” – “Jews go to Palestine.
And now that we have finally returned to Jerusalem and to the land of Israel, Europe would claim that we are foreigners in our own country, that we do not belong in our own homeland.
