Biden Wants a "Yuden-Rein" Gaza Strip

 

The Biden administration’s implicit policy regarding the Gaza Strip’s future is that Gaza must be free from Jews, writes constitutional scholar Eugene Kontorovich this Wednesday in his Wall Street Journal op-ed (Gaza Can’t Be Peaceful Without Jews).

On Tuesday, State Dept. Spokesperson Matthew Miller announced: “We have been clear, consistent, and unequivocal that Gaza is Palestinian land and will remain Palestinian land, with Hamas no longer in control of its future and with no terror groups able to threaten Israel. That is the future we seek, in the interests of Israelis and Palestinians, the surrounding region, and the world.”

Kontorovich argues that the very idea of imposing the Palestinian Authority rule on Gaza means that Biden’s vision for the area “isn’t one of a peaceful, deradicalized entity.”

Jews face restrictions from residing in the Palestinian Authority, and the act of selling land or housing to Jews is met with severe consequences, including the possibility of a death sentence. Some well-publicized instances of such transactions have garnered significant media attention. While Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has not officially endorsed death sentences in these cases, a notable incident occurred in December 2018 when a Ramallah court sentenced Palestinian-American Isaam Akel, an East Jerusalem resident, to life imprisonment with hard labor. His conviction stemmed from selling land in the Old City of Jerusalem to Jews.

Kontorovich compares the White House support for the inherently anti-Jewish PA to the denazification of Germany in 1945, and asserts: “Had the Germans turned on the Jews settling there after the war—as happened in Poland in the 1946 Kielce pogrom—it is likely that the Allies wouldn’t have been satisfied as quickly as they were that Germany was safe for the world.”

The clearest test for whether a clean break from terrorist violence has been achieved should be the test that was applied in post-WW2 Germany: could Jews establish communities there, writes Kontorovich.

He concludes: “The existence of safe Jewish communities in Gaza could eventually make Israel confident enough to withdraw. By contrast, as we’ve seen in recent months, if Jews aren’t safe in Gaza, they won’t be safe in Israel either.”

David Israel

David writes news at JewishPress.com.

Hezbollah Fired 60+ Rockets at Northern Israel on Shabbat Morning

 

The Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon fired a barrage of more than 60 rockets at northern Israel on Shabbat (Saturday) morning in what the terror group said was an “initial response” to the targeted assassination earlier in the week of Saleh al-Arouri, the Number 2 official in the Iranian-backed Hamas terrorist organization.

Israeli military forces responded to the heavy barrage with a series of attacks on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

What's the Deal With Imitation Crab?

There's a pretty good chance that you've had imitation crab (aka "crab with a k") in a California roll or crab dip, but there's also a pretty good chance you don't know exactly how the crabby carbon copy came to be, how it's made and what else you can do with it. Luckily for you, we have all of that info (and more). We quizzed Jade Silverstein, Sustainable Seafood Consultant and Sales Associate at Cold Spring Fish to discover the true tale behind imitation crab. 

What is imitation crab?

"Imitation crab is made of white fish, starch and other ingredients to create the texture and taste of crab meat," explains Silverstein. "The preparation of fish for imitation crab is actually a Japanese method called surimi, which is used not just for imitation crab but also to make fish sticks, fish cakes and other popular seafood dishes."

According to a 2007 article from Oregon State, Japanese chefs have been making surimi for hundreds of years by mixing leftover fish filets with salt to create a type of "fish gel" to preserve the extra catch. In the 1960s, a Japanese chemist realized that adding sugar to surimi could allow it to be stabilized and frozen, launching the international surimi industry and wider use of the ingredient. To make imitation crab, surimi is mixed with other ingredients, then heated and pressed into crab-like shapes. 

Does imitation crab taste like real crab meat?

"Yes," says Silverstein. "Imitation crab tastes like crab and is a good substitute for crab meat. It is especially a tasty and healthy option for kids who may not like the taste of crab meat."

"The common perception of imitation crab is that it is an artificial product because of the term 'imitation,'" says Silverstein, but it is important to remember it is made with fish. "The fish used in imitation crab are white fish such as pollock, cod or haddock, which are some of the most commonly consumed fish on the market."

She also adds that the starch in imitation crab is made with wheat, but each brand has a different mix of ingredients for their product, with some using actual crab meat and flavoring, which is why it's best to avoid imitation crab if you have any crab allergies.

 

Roi Escaped From Nova Massacre: ‘I Shouted Shema Yisrael And The Bullets Flew Over Me’

 Roi Asaraf is a popular Tel Aviv barber who together with his brother Idan had enjoyed success in his field as well as in his personal life. Married with two daughters, Roi had little actual connection with religion until the events of Oct. 7th rocked him into a connection with G-d. Roi was at the Nova party together with his wife Yonah when rockets were fired at the party. Impulsively, Roi decided to leave – a decision which saved his life and that of his wife and others in his car.

One of the first to get out of the Reim compound, Roi saw what appeared to be soldiers on the road. Netanel, who was sitting behind him, screamed: Roi, drive! They’re terrorists. Soon some 20 terrorists fired at his care but he continued to drive while bending his head down, pressing the gas pedal with all his might and crying Shema Yisrael and Shir Hamaalot.

By 11 AM Roi managed to get back to his young daughters in Jerusalem, but he realized that he had received his life miraculously and decided to change his lifestyle. Now Roi sports a kippah, his wife covers her hair and they have adopted a religious lifestyle. Roi wants his story spread around the world, to strengthen other Jews and to praise Hashem for helping him to survive the Oct. 7th massacre.

24 of Teves – Miriam the Washerwoman

 If you visit Har Hamenuchos on Chof Daled, the 24th of Teves, you might notice a big group of Yidden gathered around a specific kever. But whose kever are they visiting? And why are they davening there?

Our story begins far away, in the Arab country of Kurdistan, where a woman named Miriam Mizrachi bas Mama, lived with her husband. 

One day, her husband suddenly passed away, leaving her all alone. They had no children, and now, she had no husband.

With tears in her eyes, Miriam gathered some food and a few of her things and set out for Eretz Yisrael, where she hoped to live for the rest of her life.

She walked on foot, through sandy deserts, under the blazing hot sun, for many weeks, until she finally arrived in Yerushalayim. 

Miriam was tired, hungry, and covered in sand. But where would she sleep? 

Too proud to ask for tzedakah, Miriam began work as a washerwoman, cleaning houses and laundry for families who lived in Meah She’arim. She made just enough money pay for her food and her little, tiny house.

The sun rose over the small stone homes in Yerushalayim, shining a soft, warm light through the window. Miriam sat up and stretched. Today is going to be a good day. 

She reached for a pail of water nearby to wash negel vasser, listening to the cool water splashing into the small bucket.

Miriam dried the last few drops off her hands and smiled. It was her favorite day of the week – the day she got to clean the home of the great Tzaddik, Reb Shlomke of Zevhil. 

There were many stories about Reb Shlomke making great miracles happen. Miriam knew it was a big zechus to work in his home. 

She lifted her eyes to Shamayim and thought, Hashem, I will start the day by davening to You the only way I know how.

“Shalom, Shechinah,” she said simply. 

“Shalom Avraham Avinu, Shalom Moshe Rabbeinu…”

Miriam said “Shalom” to all the tzaddikim she knew about, trying to connect with each of them, even though they weren’t around anymore. 

You see, she’d never gone to school when she was younger. She didn’t know how to read the Alef Beis, or even how to make a bracha. These simple words to Hashem were the best she could do – and she knew Hashem was listening.

After her short tefillah, Miriam cut a piece of bread and lifted her eyes up to Shamayim once more. 

“Thank you Hashem,” she whispered, before biting into the bread. She then rushed out the door and through the narrow streets of the old city, until she reached Reb Shlomke’s home. 

Miriam greeted everyone with a big smile. “Good morning,” she said, before getting to work. Leaving a large pot of water to boil, she gathered all the dirty clothes and set them aside in a big pile. 

As the water boiled, she cleaned the house and swept the floors. Soon, the house was sparkling. She then took the clothes one by one, soaking them in the boiling water and rubbing them against a hard wooden board to get the stains out.

I’m so lucky to help out in the home of such a great tzaddik, she thought with a smile. I wouldn’t trade this for anything in the world. 

Soon, all the stains were gone. Miriam poured out the dirty, brown water and filled the bucket with clean water to rinse off the clothes. 

Finally, it was time for everything to dry. She squeezed out all the water and then hung the clothes around the courtyard to dry under the nice, warm Yerushlayim sun. 

When she was done, Miriam’s hands were tired and her bones hurt from all the bending and rubbing and scrubbing. She said goodbye and walked back through the tiny streets of Meah She’arim, until she arrived back home.

It was dark and empty, as usual. Miriam sat down and sighed – she was tired. If only I had a child, – she thought. How much happier my life would be. After whispering a short tefilla to Hashem, one that came straight from her heart, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Years passed. Week after week, Miriam dropped by the home of Reb Shlomke of Zevhil to clean and wash his laundry. But even though she greeted everyone with a smile, every day, she felt lonelier and lonelier. She really wished she had a child. 

As she swished the clothes around the bucket with a big wooden stick, she couldn’t help but think: If I don’t have a child, who will remember me when I pass away?

One day, the pain became too much. After hanging all the clothing out to dry, she went back inside the house and walked, nervously, to the room where Reb Shlomke was learning. 

The Tzaddik’s holy face made her step back in awe. A bright light shone around Reb Shlomke as he bent over his sefer, thinking about the Torah’s deepest secrets. For a few moments, Miriam just stood by quietly, until she finally said. “Rebbe, may I have a bracha for a child?”

For a second, it seemed like the Tzaddik hadn’t heard her. Miriam held her breath, wondering what to do.

Suddenly, Reb Shlomke looked up from his sefer and shook his head from side to side. “I can’t help you,” he said, sadly.

Zera Shimshon Parshas Shmos

 

Left-wing journalist Gideon Levy Crying That Terrorists Getting Bad Treatment in prison

Left-wing journalist and activist Gideon Levy lashed out at Israeli society and its security forces in an interview with British journalist Owen Jones.

“If one attack pushes so many Israelis to become inhuman, there's no other word but inhuman, imagine what it does to Palestinians who live under those attacks for decades, and we always wonder how come they hate us and how come they became those monsters and how come they are so violent and how come that they are not human,” he said.

“From my point of view nothing changed. That's an outcome of a reality, of people living in cages for 16 years. Israelis can be mad at me as much as they want. This does not justify the attack but it might explain the attack and the attack has a context, and ignoring the context is really ignoring reality,” stated Levy.

Later in the interview, he said, “In many cases I think the Palestinians are maybe much more tolerant than they should have been, because they are going through this hell for so many years…until the seventh of October there was never such a violent explosion by them. There were the exploding buses, the suicide bombers, I don't underestimate this, but by the end of the day they could have done much worse to Israel because of what Israel is doing to them now for 100 years.”

“Israel always used the Holocaust to its own purposes, domestically and internationally, until this very moment. Which does not mean that the Holocaust is not a national trauma. My parents fled away from Europe, my whole family was exterminated in Europe…I don't obviously don't underestimate the horror, but when you start to use it for your own purposes it is exaggerated, and it is also exaggerated here. For example, to call Hamas a Nazi organization is a pure cheap manipulation. They are a fundamentalistic terrible organization. They are not Nazis and you can't compare them to the Nazis.”

Levy also mentioned National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, calling him “a settler with a criminal background…really a gangster. He's the Minister of National Security and he is also in charge of the prisons in Israel, and what they do now to the prisoners is unbelievable. I can almost say in certainty, even though I'm not sure, but that the Palestinian prisoners in Israel get much worse human conditions than the hostages in Gaza.”

“They hold hundreds of Palestinians, handcuffed for weeks and months with their eyes and even this is accepted by Israeli society because they are all Hamas and they all participated in the raping and the killing on the seventh and therefore we have the right to do whatever we want,” claimed Levy.

 

Medical staff demands terrorist be removed from Wolfson Hospital

 

A terrorist was hospitalized at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon in recent days to undergo two surgeries, Kan News reported.

According to the report, many staff members at the hospital were disturbed by the presence of the terrorist in their facility. There are medical teams who did not want to treat him, in part because there are staff members whose family members were murdered on October 7.

It was also reported that the head of the nurses' committee at the hospital turned to Health Minister Uriel Busso and demanded on behalf of the staff that the terrorist be removed from the hospital premises.

The Health Ministry announced a policy two weeks ago under which terrorists would receive medical treatment at a military medical facility in southern Israel rather than in civilian hospitals. Under this policy, terrorists would only be transferred to a civilian hospital if the terrorist requires a life-saving treatment that is unavailable at the military facility, in order to comply with Israel's obligations under international law.

One of the surgeries the terrorist received at Wolfson Medical Center was to remove shrapnel from his intestines.

The hospital said in response that "we are prohibited from providing medical information, we are acting under the orders of the Health Ministry and in accordance with its professional guidelines."

Our brave boys singing "Acheinu" in Chan Yunis in a Gazan Home

 

מרגש: "קומזיץ" בהפסקות הביניים של הקרבות בתוככי עזה חאן יונס... "אחינו כל בית ישראל - המקום ירחם עליהם..." pic.twitter.com/ycjQgknglK

— מוטה פרנק mota frank (@motafrank1) January 3, 2024

Famous Canadian Rock Star Alanis Morissette opens up about Holocaust survivor grandparents

 

The singer did not find out about her Jewish roots or that her grandparents were Holocaust survivors until she was 28.

Seven-time Grammy winner and 90s rock sensation Alanis Morissette opened up about her holocaust survivor grandparents and secrets about Jewish roots that had been kept from her until adulthood.

The Canadian singer was featured on PBS “Finding Your Roots” hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and described learning she was Jewish at the age of 28, although her grandparents didn’t talk about their roots.

I think there was a terror that is in their bones and they were being protective of us and just not wanting antisemitism,” Morissette said.

She continued, “So they were doing it to protect us, sort of keeping us in the dark around it.”

Morissette described her grandparents’ ordeal during the Holocaust as “unfathomable” as her grandfather Imre Feuerstein made a desperate search to locate his brothers who, as was discovered later after consulting the archives at Yad Vashem, perished in Soviet Labor Camps.

After surviving the Holocaust, Imre Feurstein narrowly escaped being killed by Soviet troops during the 1956 Hungarian uprising.

Morissette explained, “They came off the train and someone had whispered to disembark from the other side, so they did. When they looked back, they saw everyone being executed.”

When Morissette’s mother was just 6, her parents intended to emigrate from Hungary to Australia, but Imre Feuerstein went out for a cigarette and missed the boat so the family headed for Canada instead.

When Imre Feurstein and his wife Nadinia Anna Lauscher/Gulyas, also a Holocaust survivor settled in America, they didn’t talk about the past.

What little Alanis Morissette found out was gleaned from her mother, Georgia Mary Ann Feuerstein.

“I’m appalled just thinking about it, and after hearing stories from my mother, it’s just inconceivable to me,” the singer said.

Not long after Alanis was born, her grandfather and his mother-in-law were killed in a car crash, and she recalls how her mother refused to talk about it and was determined to move on.

“She focused on raising her children and going back to work, never speaking about it again,” Morissette said.

“My grandmother was more open with me about it, mostly because I wouldn’t let it go.”

Court Threatens Magazine over Cartoon Bashing Esther Hayut

 

 An attorney for the legal counsel of the courts system sent a letter to the management and editors of Shvi’I, a national-religious shul weekly magazine, demanding the removal of a cartoon (above) by Or Reichert showing former Supreme Court Justice Esther Hayut planting her flag on the back of a fallen IDF soldier.

The one  below 

 was published in Ha’aretz recently, and shows Minister Orit Struk flying on her witch’s broom above Air Force warplanes and saying, “I smell leftists here.” It was a response to Struk’s daring to ask an IDF representative during a cabinet meeting about the rumors that some pilots refuse to support ground forces on conscientious grounds. Both cartoons are equally nasty, but only one received a special note from a public servant.

“This is a seriously dangerous item that may raise suspicion of incitement to violence,” wrote the legal hack, one Barak Leiser. “In addition, the publication may result in a suspicion of denigrating the court. … You are ordered to act immediately to remove the item from all the media under your control.”

The note from your friendly public servant concluded: “This letter does not constitute a waiver of the right to take any legal or other action, including filing a complaint with the authorized agencies.”

Those of us who grew up or spent some time in a Western democracy are invited to scream in rage, disgust, fear, and above all, astonishment. Yes, Virginia, in the Jewish State posting harsh cartoons of public officials past and present may get you a visit from the “authorized agencies,” and even land you in jail.

Needless to say, this cartoon (below), also by Haaretz cartoonist Amos Biderman, did not get the warning letter. It shows Hayut dumping Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the toilet. Classy.

‘How could we not come?’ American Jews flock to Israel to help

 

See that beige duplex? That is where a father sacrificed himself by drawing terrorists’ fire, allowing his wife and kids to escape from a second-story window.

That rooftop across the street, that is where a lone Jewish teenager took down terrorists who were dressed as IDF soldiers, ending their grenade attack against his neighbors.

On this corner is the bullet-riddled home of Rachel Edry, a 70-year-old woman who outwitted five terrorists by baking them cookies and chatting them up for 15 hours until a SWAT team could overtake them.

During her winter break, Sophie Katz, 15, of Atlanta, Ga., listened with awe and sadness as locals walked her through the small Israeli town of Ofakim, which Hamas terrorists besieged on Oct. 7, gunning down 56 people, most of them elderly, in a matter of hours.

“This could have been us. This could have been any of us,” said Sophie, who, on her first trip to Israel, was taking part in a Ramah Israel Solidarity Mission, a four-day opportunity for North American Jews to volunteer in the Jewish homeland as it mourns its dead and fights for its life.

The Ramah mission is one of hundreds of organized trips that are bringing thousands of Jewish volunteers to Israel to fill the needs of a society reeling from war.

Following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack, which left 1,200 dead and at least 240 people kidnapped, Israel responded with a military campaign to destroy Hamas, remove the Iranian-backed terror organization from power in Gaza and rescue the hostages.

To that end, 350,000 Israelis were immediately pressed into service in the Israel Defense Forces, creating gaping needs in the tiny nation that only volunteers could fill.

And so Sophie joined the ranks of Jews from all over the world who have come to Israel to help.

New York financiers pack personal hygiene supplies for soldiers and reservists.

Canadian physicians make sandwiches for displaced families.

California attorneys work as farmhands.

Hamas deployed more than 170 children to the frontlines while terrorists ‘hide in shelters’

Hamas has been training children to join their campaign of terror and has even deployed the youngsters to the frontlines to “deliver messages and ammunitions.”

Israel Defense Force (IDF) released photos Wednesday that show the aspiring child soldiers posing alongside Hamas terrorists while holding semiautomatic weapons and manning deadly rocket launchers.

“Terrorism is not innate, it is learned,” IDF wrote in a post on X, alongside a video of children running through Hamas tunnels.

“During the ongoing war, Hamas has positioned children on the frontlines, sending them to deliver messages and ammunition while its operatives hide in shelters.”

 Gazan children are taught in “schools, youth movements, and summer camps” that “killing Jews and Israelis is justified.”

Hamas runs summer camps, in which the children learn to shoot weapons, attack from a tunnel, fight against tanks and kidnap soldiers. The camps are early stages for military training in Hamas and integration into the military wing,” IDF told Fox News Digital.

The Israeli military also said Gazan children are “trained to fight in tunnels, shoot, and [to] kidnap.” The kids are handed explosives to hide and deliver to Hamas operatives to ambush Israel soldiers.

The footage was reportedly taken in Khan Younis in Gaza, IDF told Fox News.

“The transfer of explosives from place to place in Gaza by children, in vegetable bags and placing them in the Hamas ambushes,” IDF told the outlet. “Also, children are sent to the battlefields after an attack in order to assess the damage and report it to the terrorists who are hiding in shelters.”

 More than 170 minors are working for Hamas and the Islamic Jihad throughout Gaza, it told Fox.

The revelation comes after Hamas claimed Israeli forces killed senior official Saleh al-Arouri, who was considered one of the founding members of the terrorist group.

Israel has not confirmed that Arouri was assassinated, but said they are “in a very high state of readiness in all arenas, in defense and offense.”

“We are highly prepared for any scenario. The most important thing to say tonight is that we are focused and remain focused on fighting Hamas,” IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on X.

Democrats are moving to bar Republicans from ballots nationwide

 

As the decisions disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the 2024 election work their way through the courts, a new filing in Pennsylvania seeks the same “ballot cleansing” by barring Rep. Scott Perry.

It’s only the latest effort targeting congressional candidates as Democrats seek to bar opponents as “insurrectionists” for questioning the election of President Biden.

We have become a nation of Madame Defarges — eagerly knitting names of those to be subject to arbitrary justice.

Former congressional candidate Gene Stilp, who’s made headlines by burning MAGA flags with swastikas outside courthouses, filed the challenge.

Using the 14th Amendment to disqualify candidates like Perry is consistent with Stilp’s signature flag-burning stunts.

But what’s chilling is how many support such efforts, including Democratic officeholders from Maine’s secretary of state to dozens of members of Congress.

New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell sought to bar 126 members of Congress under the same theory for challenging the election before Jan. 6, 2021.

Rep. Cori Bush’s similar legislation to disqualify members got 63 cosponsors, all Democrats, including New York Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman and Ritchie Torres and Squad members Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.

Tehillim Found In Gaza Home Will Be returned to Owners

 

Gay Palestinian Ahmad Marhia Beheaded in West Bank

 

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It's Not Just Tucker Carlson: Conservative pundits blast Ben Shapiro, accuse Israel of ‘war crimes’

 

A pair of conservative online pundits are taking aim at conservative commentator Ben Shapiro and other pro-Israel conservatives, while defending former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s recent controversial comments.

Brothers Keith and Kevin Hodge, known online as The Hodgetwins, accused Shapiro of disloyalty to the United States and “bias” regarding the current war between Israel and Hamas.

In a video posted on Youtube Wednesday, the twins defended Carlson, after the former Fox News host came under fire for his criticism of Shapiro and other American supporters of Israel.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and right-leaning online personality Dave Rubin both chastised Carlson for his comments.

“My friend @benshapiro is an American patriot who cares deeply about our country,” Friedman tweeted. “Anyone who has listened to him over the past 22 years knows that. He wakes up every morning thinking about how he can advance American security and prosperity.”

Rubin called Carlson’s comments “a seriously low-I.Q. take” and “dishonest.”

“You’ve got to do a little bit better than that.”

The Hodgetwins, however – whose Youtube channel has nearly 2.7 million subscribers – lauded Carlson, while accusing Shapiro of not being loyal to the U.S. and claiming Israel is guilty of war crimes in the conflict with the Hamas terror organization.