In memory of the IDF female soldiers who fell in battle in this war while bravely defending the homeland until their last breath.
— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) April 23, 2025
May their memory be forever a blessing. pic.twitter.com/K0ocHHXcOQ
“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
In memory of the IDF female soldiers who fell in battle in this war while bravely defending the homeland until their last breath.
— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) April 23, 2025
May their memory be forever a blessing. pic.twitter.com/K0ocHHXcOQ
Tonight and tomorrow on Yom HaShoah, we at DIN remember the 6 million Jews who were brutally murdered during the Holocaust.
Rabbi Dov Landau, leader of the Lithuanian-haredi community and the dean of the Slabodka Yeshiva, was evacuated Thursday morning to Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center after falling during the night.
Rabbi Landau, 95, fell while he was at his home and suffered great pain. Following his fall, Rabbi Landau did not attend the morning prayers at the yeshiva.
The hospital conducted a series of imaging and other tests on Rabbi Landau, and admitted him for further observation.
The family has asked the public to pray for the complete recovery of Rabbi Ephraim Dov, the son of Devora, among the other ill of Israel.
In 1942, Rabbi Azriel David Fastag, a cantor composer from the Modzitz hasidic sect, was squashed onto a train together with thousands of his Jewish brethren, on their way to the Treblinka death camp.
In the suffocating crush, he began humming a quiet tune to the words of the twelfth Principle of Faith, "I believe with full faith in the coming of Moshiach (the messiah)." The tune spread throughout the train car, becoming a tune of hope in the darkness.
Rabbi Azriel David, who sensed his end was near, asked that the tune be passed to his leader, the Modzitz Rebbe, who then lived in the US. He promised half of his portion in the World to Come to whoever succeeded in bringing the tune to the Rebbe.
Two Jews jumped from the train. One of them was killed, but the second succeeded in teaching the tune to the Modzitz Rebbe, Rabbi Shaul Yedidya Elazar Taub, who disseminated it throughout the Jewish world.
"With this tune, Jewish marched to the gas chambers, and with this tune, Jews will march to greet Moshiach," he said.
The tune became a symbol of hope and faith, and is performed to this day at Holocaust memorial events and ceremonies.
Police have confirmed the death of Barak Tzach, a 45-year-old father of four from Petah Tikva, in a rare shark attack off the coast of Hadera. His remains were recovered and positively identified by forensic experts after he went missing Monday while snorkeling.
Tzach had entered the water with a GoPro camera to document sharks — not feed them — contrary to early speculation. His wife, Sarit Tzach, said he was simply observing from a distance and used his camera stick to gently push the sharks away when they came too close.
Eyewitnesses described a terrifying scene. One woman told Channel 12 that Tzach shouted, “I’ve been bitten,” before being dragged away by several sharks. Bystanders captured the incident on video as it unfolded in the Mediterranean waters.
The attack occurred in an area known to attract sharks due to warm water discharged from a nearby power plant. Although the zone is officially off-limits to swimmers, many had entered the sea during the Passover holiday week, some reportedly interacting with the sharks.
Marine authorities say this is only the third recorded shark attack in Israel’s history — and the first fatal one in decades. Beaches in the area have been closed until further notice.
“I had the honor and privilege of meeting with senior members of the Republican Party at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate,” Ben-Gvir tweeted on Wednesday morning.
“They expressed support for my clear stance on how action should be taken in Gaza—that food and aid depots should be bombed to create military and political pressure to bring our hostages home,” he stated.
His office added that during the Mar-a-Lago dinner, Ben Gvir met with GOP House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and was invited to speak to members of Congress and senators from the Republican Party.
Addressing attendees in Hebrew through an interpreter, Ben-Gvir said, “I love you very much, I love the American people. We have a joint war against the jihadists—for many years, I’ve been fighting against them.”‘ ...
He added: “Thank God, we’ve made a few changes in Israel in how we treat jailed terrorists. It used to be like a hotel over there. We took away all their privileges, canteen, showers, television, radio.”
The statement from Ben-Gvir’s office said that the Tuesday evening dinner also included dozens of “senior businessmen” from Miami.
Ahead of the dinner, Ben-Gvir visited a Miami-area police station.
As part of the minister’s first-ever official visit abroad, which started on Monday, Ben-Gvir also met with Jewish community leaders, public figures and American government officials, his office stated.
Following his arrival at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Monday, Ben-Gvir was hounded by left-wing Israeli activists, who accused the right-wing minister of being a “racist” and a “terrorist.”
After his arrival, Ben-Gvir met with members of the Boca Raton Jewish community, as well as the Aleph Institute, a group that supports Jewish inmates and is affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
On Monday, Ben-Gvir toured the Everglades Correctional Institute, meeting with Jewish inmates and observing rehabilitation programs.
The police minister also visited an Israeli supermarket in Hollywood, Florida, and stopped at a Jewish-owned gun store in the Miami area.
Ben-Gvir will leave for New York on Wednesday, including a stop at Yale University in Connecticut. There, he will meet with students and faculty at an off-campus event hosted by Shabtai, a global Jewish leadership society independent from the university.
The U.S. visit, which a spokesman for Ben-Gvir described to JNS earlier this month as “political-diplomatic,” marks the minister’s first official overseas visit since he joined the government in December 2022.
The Israeli economic newspaper Calcalist recently published an in-depth article on the growing trend of non-kosher restaurants converting to kosher—a shift that, until just a few years ago, was considered unthinkable in Tel Aviv, a city long associated with secular, free-spirited, and innovative cuisine.
The story begins with the opening of “Rova Aleph”, a kosher restaurant led by chef Evyatar Malka, launched at the location previously occupied by “L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon”, a branch of the famed non-kosher French chef’s chain. The new restaurant now operates under an official kashrut certification from the Israeli Rabbinate.
Ronen Bergman leaked to "The New York Times" the plan of attack and preparations of the IDF for an Israeli commando attack on the nuclear sites in Iran, which was supposed to be carried out next month (May), this caused the cancellation of the planned attack, after this villain worked to disrupt it, and ruined the surprise factor.
A Molotov cocktail was hurled at a shul in Kryvyi Rih on the final night of Pesach, marking the latest in a troubling series of antisemitic incidents sweeping across parts of Ukraine.
According to Chabad emissary and city Rabbi Liron Edri, the shul’s advanced security system — recently upgraded through support from Chabad World Assistance (CWA) and the Jewish Agency’s Security Fund — detected the threat and prevented what could have been a devastating blaze.
“Thanks to the reinforced windows installed in recent months, a major fire was averted,” Rabbi Edri said. “The building was saved, but the message behind the attack is deeply concerning.”
Surveillance footage reportedly showed multiple Molotov cocktails being thrown at the shul. While no injuries were reported and structural damage was minimal, the incident has raised fears of an emerging pattern of targeted antisemitic violence.
Just weeks ago, a similar attack occurred in Mykolaiv, a southern Ukrainian city near the Black Sea, where Molotov cocktails were thrown at another shul. Rabbi Edri believes these incidents are not isolated.
“We fear this is a coordinated trend,” he said. “There seems to be an effort to intimidate Jewish communities across Eastern Europe, and we must remain vigilant.”
Local police have opened an investigation into the Kryvyi Rih attack and have pledged to bring those responsible to justice. Rabbi Edri commended the authorities for their immediate response and urged continued vigilance.
“We will not let fear silence our faith,” he said. “Light will dispel darkness. I am grateful to the police and government officials who arrived swiftly and assured us that this will be thoroughly investigated.”
The attack comes amid a broader uptick in antisemitic acts throughout Ukraine. The nation’s ongoing conflict with Russia has fueled political instability and nationalist sentiment, providing fertile ground for extremist rhetoric in some regions.
DIN: This is my take on the WZO Elections:
Chareidie Askanim and their Torah leaders want to remain in Chutz Le'aaretz! Their hashkafa is that the Jews have to remain in Galut until Moshiach comes. They ignore historical facts on the ground that HKB"H orchestrated the greatest miracle in 2,000 years by establishing a vibrant State in 1948. A home where the majority of the Jews live now. The secular year 1948 is not a coincidence, the year that Avraham Aveenu was told by HKB"H that his children were going to receive a gift from Him, the Land of Israel was 1948, after creation!
In order to implement their farkumte hashkafa, they decided to call those who did everything to gather in the exiles ..."Koifrim" They then embedded this perverted idea into the minds and hearts of their offspring.
But suddenly they faced a threat to their hashkafa!
The State of Israel in less than a century, became a עיר ואם בישראל a haven for millions of Jews, a State where all Jews are welcome, despite it being in constant wars with enemies who surround her.
In fact the Torah Leaders of the "medina" set up political parties in the Knesset and joined the government.
One popular Chutzniker Gadol wrote that anyone, including Gedoilei Yisrael who set up parties in the Knesset and are supporters of Zionism are considered "koifrim", the Gedoilim in the State, such as Rav Shach, Rav Ovadia Yosef, Gerer and Belzer Rebbes, totally ignored anything he had to say and joined the Government of "koifrim"
The Chutznik Torah leaders panicked and came up with another idea to tell their brethren who did live in the State not to take any money from the "medina" this was to make sure that those Jews remain dependent on them.
But Hashem in His infinite wisdom had other plans and made sure that the "medina" allocated millions to Torah institutions, just this year alone 800 million Shekels, that's over $216 million, making the "medina" the largest contributor to Torah ever in the entire Jewish history!
Suddenly, they watched with amazement as all their ridiculous, outdated and irrelevant hashkafas were rapidly going down the proverbial drain!
So they got together and schemed and came up with another plan!
"Why not make the Jewish State totally secular, so that the frum chutznikers would never again make Aliyah and they would be able to point out like the Satmar Rebbe z"l shouted 60 years ago that a "Frum Jew would not be able to live in Eretz Yisrael."
The Answer WZO Elections! !!!!!!
They recruited Gedoilim in Eretz Yisrael like Rav Landau, who from Bnei-Brak called the elections in Beit Shemesh a "Milchemes Mitzvah" and they enlisted the American Slobodke R"Y Harav Hirsch, whose older brother became a chilonie, on board!
This was "mammesh" a bird that flew into their hands. if only they could get the naive Chutznikers not to vote in the WZO elections, the Reform and Israeli Leftist Organizations would inevitably win and they would turn the entire State,,secular!
This would be a "win win" situation, the State becomes entirely secular and Jews remain in Chutz Le'aaretz until another Hitler ym"s comes to round them up, c"v!
But at least they will have a State to run to, unlike the Jews pre WW2!
Below is a comment from someone on another blog!
In general, since the late 1800’s with the rise of Zionism, many of the Gedolim came out on the wrong side of major issues concerning the welfare of Klall Yisrael. The main 3 are: Zionism, the threat of Hitler Yemach Shmo (the Holocaust) and the plight of Soviet Jewry. Most Gedolim were against any cooperation with secular Zionism. Most did not heed the warnings of Jabotinsky and others to the danger of the rise of Nazism And many opposed the rallies and pressure against the Soviet regime for religious freedom and the right to leave Russia by the Jews caught behind the Iron Curtain. They were terribly wrong on all 3 of these issues. And, sadly, today we are still witnessing this negativity by the Gedolim who oppose, against their own betterment, as so eloquently presented by this letter writer, matters if great concern to Orthodoxy in Eretz Yisrael. It is a very sad indictment that even after more than 75 years after the establishment of Medinat Yisrael, these Gedolim do not really appreciate the need to be more positively involved in the affairs of the State and not just in their own institutions and Yeshivot. We are still bereft of true Torah leadership in the so-called Chareidi community.
Karoline, you are our Hero, Respect, you stand calm and full of dignity in front of all those hysterical pro-Hamas protesters,
Dalai Lama Quietly Cancels Scheduled Meeting With JD Vance https://t.co/c5kO0r9fFm pic.twitter.com/eRLa9aDKEU
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 21, 2025
Raskin took out two loans. There's no sign he ever paid them and then two different lenders — Barnett Mortgage Co. and First Federal of Rochester — erased the debt without explanation.
— Crowdsource The Truth (@JG_CSTT) April 20, 2025
Is that standard lending practice or illegal debt laundering for crooked insiders? pic.twitter.com/bHTUQNuxEM
Islamophobic ostrich. pic.twitter.com/rXyH5FRM7A
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) April 21, 2025
הונדערטער ליבאוויטשער חסידים ביים אריבערגיין נעמען כוס של ברכה פון מרן האדמו''ר מליבאוויטש שליט''א זצ"ל נעכטן מוצאי אחרון של פסח אין בית חיינו 770 pic.twitter.com/5q5rFexdo5
— Hasidic (@hasidic_1) April 22, 2025