Many Chassidim Refuse Vaccinations for their Children ..Now Greatgrandson Of Jerusalem’s Satmar Dayan Dies Of Measles..Second Death in Family

 

The Israeli Ministry of Health has announced that a two-year-old boy, who had been hospitalized for several weeks and connected to an ECMO machine after contracting measles, has passed away today at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.

The child, Binyamin Zurger z”l, was the great-grandson of Rabbi Moshe Ze’ev Zurger, a prominent dayan of the Satmar Hasidic community in Jerusalem and author of the “Vayashev Moshe” series. He was also the grandson of Rabbi Tzvi Aryeh Zurger, a rabbi in the Satmar community, and son of Rabbi Mordechai Yoel Zurger, son-in-law of Rabbi Yehoshua Asher Kahana, a rabbinical judge in the Badatz and rabbi of the Mishkenot HaRo’im community. The child was named Binyamin after the late Rebbe of Mishkenot HaRo’im.

This is the second tragedy for the family, as about a year ago they lost another child due to a fatal bacterial infection.

Just a week ago, the family added the name Alter to the child, a traditional act as a merit for healing, and the mezuzahs in their home were found to be invalid and replaced. Tragically, the toddler passed away early this morning.

A small funeral took place in the afternoon, from the Shamgar funeral home to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, where he was laid to rest.

Since the beginning of the measles outbreak in Israel three months ago, 503 cases have been confirmed, with 187 currently active. The majority of recent cases have come from the Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh areas, and most of the hospitalized patients are unvaccinated children.

As of now, 12 children are hospitalized, all under the age of six. Three are in intensive care, one of whom is on ECMO. All hospitalized children are unvaccinated, with two cases still under investigation. 81% of all patients are children, most of whom were not vaccinated.

The Ministry of Health urges parents to ensure their children receive routine vaccinations, especially against measles. Vaccination status can be checked via the digital vaccination record on the Israeli government personal portal.

Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital issued the following statement:

“The child, who was transferred to Hadassah’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit several weeks ago in critical condition from Shaare Zedek while connected to an ECMO machine, was not vaccinated and had contracted measles. This led to a secondary streptococcal infection, causing severe pneumonia. He was treated for several weeks in the PICU, with doctors fighting for his life. Unfortunately, this morning his condition deteriorated, and the medical team had to declare his death due to multi-organ failure.”

Another child, a one-year-old girl, remains in critical condition in the same intensive care unit, still connected to an ECMO machine and being closely monitored.

Ben-Gvir Visits Barghouti in Jail talls him to his face : ‘Those Who Harm Our Children Will Face Full Consequences’

 

Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Gannot Prison to inspect the conditions of security prisoners alongside Israel Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi. While touring an isolation wing, Ben-Gvir encountered Marwan Barghouti — one of the most prominent Palestinian figures imprisoned in Israel.

Barghouti, a senior leader in Fatah’s Tanzim militia during the Second Intifada, is serving five consecutive life sentences plus 40 years for orchestrating multiple deadly attacks that claimed the lives of Israeli civilians. Considered by many Palestinians a political leader and by Israelis a mastermind of terror, Barghouti has remained an influential figure even behind bars.

Speaking directly to him, Ben-Gvir warned that anyone who murders Israeli civilians—especially children and women—will face overwhelming consequences, declaring that such acts will never break Israel’s resolve.

The tense exchange underscores Israel’s uncompromising stance toward terrorism and its ongoing focus on high-profile security prisoners.

He Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best

 

Anas al-Sharif, a Hamas operative and Al Jazeera journalist, was recently eliminated in an IDF strike. Just a few months ago, he publicly mocked a video by IDF Arabic Spokesman Avichay Adraee, who had urged him to report on the suffering in Gaza under Hamas rule — something he had deliberately avoided.

In the clip, Anas smiles and asks, “What does he want from me?” His friend quips that Avichay is “just giving him free publicity.” Anas adds, “Let him threaten, let him attack… we’ll continue, we’re not afraid.”

Reality, it turns out, was different:

1. Anas will not continue.

2. Avichay threatened — and eventually delivered.

3. Last April, Anas wrote a will. Perhaps something did set off a warning light after all.

Obama aides actually admit Russiagate was a smear campaign against Trump

That’s our story, and we’re sticking to it.”

It’s hard to believe that the Russiagate plotters are so stupid, but the declassified documents tumbling out of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s files show that, while they had a lot of power and managed to hide their nefarious activities for almost a decade, President Barack Obama’s henchmen were none too bright.

The latest tranche of declassified emails has Obama’s DNI, James Clapper, telling then-Director of the National Security Agency Mike Rogers essentially to shut up and put his name to the intelligence community assessment (ICA) that Clapper and then-CIA Director John Brennan were cooking up, at Obama’s direction, to concoct a narrative that Russia had tilted the 2016 election to help Trump win.

“Understand your concern,” Clapper wrote to Rogers on Dec. 22, 2016, in the waning days of the Obama administration.

“It is essential that we (CIA/NSA/FBI/ODNI) be on the same page and are all supportive of the report — in the highest tradition of ‘that’s OUR story, and we’re sticking’ to it.’ ”

Rogers had kicked off the conversation by laying out his concerns that normal tradecraft was being compromised and that his team had not had “sufficient access to the underlying intelligence and sufficient time to review that intelligence.”

“I’m concerned that, given the expedited nature of this activity, my folks aren’t fully comfortable saying that they have had enough time to review all of the intelligence to be absolutely confident in their assessments,” Rogers wrote.

“I know that you agree that this is something we need to be 100% comfortable with before we present it to the President — we have one chance to get this right, and it is critical that we do so.

“In addition, if NSA is intended to be a co-author of this product, I personally expect to see even the most sensitive evidence related to the conclusion.”

But Clapper was unyielding.

“More time is not negotiable,” he replied, copying Brennan and then-FBI Director James Comey on the email.

“We may have to compromise on our ‘normal’ modalities, since we must do this on such a compressed schedule.”

“This is one project that has to be a team sport.”

Team sport.

What an unprofessional, idiotic thing to say, let alone write down for posterity.

The Charedi war that should never be fought

 

The words (in the Haredi weekly, Yated Ne’eman) landed like a thunderclap: the community is “at war.” Not a metaphor, not a figure of speech, but war. So the claim went. The State of Israel, we are told, has declared war on the haredim, and they must now respond in kind.

How will the war be fought? Various options have been raised. Protests and disruptions are one. Economic pressure is another, pulling Haredi capital from Israel. Even the idea of causing diplomatic damage has been floated via an international religious Jewish coalition.

But in war, things escalate and often spiral out of control. The enemy, we hear from one figure, is like the Nazis, or even worse. And as in ages past, others state, we will be victorious, just as we have been for 3,000 years. Vehi She’amda, proclaimed a rally notice: “Not just one has risen against us to destroy us, but the Holy One, Blessed be He, delivers us from their hands.”

The trouble is that war is not waged against abstract states. A war against a state is, in practice, a war on its citizens. And who are they? The people dwelling in Zion. The Jewish people. Meaning, this is a war of Haredim against the Jews.

The obvious question arises: The Haredim themselves are part of the Jewish people, so how can they go to war against the Jews? The answer, given by some quarters: “We are the true Jewish People, bearers of the Torah’s flame for 3,000 years; the others are not truly Jewish.” This is the bitter fruit of over-zealous isolation: a public ani ve’afsi od (“I and none but I.”)

Yet deep down, even those who say this know it isn’t true. We are all Jews. Even posh’ei Yisrael (“sinners of Israel”) are full of mitzvot. All the more so in a generation returning in strength and en masse to its roots.

A “Haredi war on Jews” is an oxymoron. You can’t turn your brothers into “Nazis,” Heaven forbid, or invoke Avraham’s covenant against them. Heaven help us if we are forced to choose between Haredim and Jews.

I’m reminded of the late Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld. After the murder of his aide, Jacob de Haan, he abandoned talks with King Abdullah of Jordan on an alternative to Zionism. Asked why, he replied simply: “I realized the people are not with us.”

An elite, even a Torah elite, leads the people; it does not wage war on them or their state. I don’t claim that responsibility lies solely with the Haredi leadership. Of course, mistakes are made on all sides. But we need to realize not only the limitations of our power, but even the basic moral constraints that restrain us.

This is why Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch has avoided calling for protests and making empty declarations. He understands the damage such rhetoric can cause—damage that could take years to repair.

His responsible attitude calls for a return to the wisdom of our venerable sages, over multiple generations, who taught that “no one will enlist” only guarantees that yeshiva students will be drafted. Declaring war, even rhetorically, leads us inevitably down that path.

A clear, simple statement whereby those whose Torah study is not their sole calling must enlist, including many thousands of young Haredi men, would spare us this pointless “war” and begin to heal the rift between the Haredim and the Jews.

And the sooner, the better.

by Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer

A fair solution to the draft dodgers

I have developed what I think is a fair solution to Israel’s Haredi draft exemption problem. It does not involve locking up draft evaders or withholding government subsidies for Haredi educational institutions. Rather, it requires every Haredi and secular citizen of draft age to perform mandatory national service of their choice.

For example, after finishing basic training, a person could elect to continue in the army, Magen David Adom, KKL, the educational sector or any other type of national service agreed upon by the Knesset.

If someone refused to perform this obligatory service to the state, they would lose both their right to vote and their access to government financial support. These privileges could be regained if the person agreed to do national service. And there would be no age or time limit past which someone who had refused to perform national service would be permanently barred from regaining the right to vote or to secure government assistance.

This proposed system would also be applied to Israel’s Arab community which, with notable exceptions, would be barred from entering the army.

That the IDF is suffering from a major manpower crisis is not open to debate. But this shortfall in recruits is caused not only by large numbers of draft age Haredi and secular citizens refusing to serve, but also by the army’s dysfunctional organization, politically biased promotion system, and counterproductive military doctrine , which doesn’t emphasize achieving quick, decisive victories over our enemies.

I believe that my proposed draft law if coupled with a much needed comprehensive military reform program could provide Israel with sufficient troops to effectively defeat any future threat we may be faced with.

 

Lindsey Graham's Message that Anti-Zionist Chareidim Should Listen to “If You pull the plug on Israel, God will pull the plug on us.”

 Lindsay Graham's message was to Americans, but Hashem sends us messages sometimes in a weird way, and sometimes through a goy! Charedim who hate Israel should take notice of this message! If you keep pulling the plug on the State of Israel, the home to close to 8 million Jews, then will C"V pull the plug on you! 

If America pulls the plug on Israel, God will pull the plug on us.⁰

I’m not going to let that happen. pic.twitter.com/4pboBftQlO

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) August 13, 2025

 US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) offered a forceful defense of Israel and its ongoing war against Hamas during a speech in his home state of South Carolina, rebuking critics of the Jewish state and warning of dire consequences should America abandon its closest ally in the Middle East.

“Israel is in a fight for their lives,” Graham declared. “Our friends in Israel are surrounded by people who would kill them all if they could.”

The senator’s remarks come amid growing international scrutiny of Israel’s military operations in Gaza and increasing calls from some quarters of the Republican Party to reassess US support. Graham, however, made clear that he sees no moral equivalence between Israel and its enemies.

“I am tired of the word genocide,” he said. “Let me tell you about genocide. If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they could. They have the capability to do that. They choose not to.”

Graham contrasted Israel’s restraint with Hamas’s intentions: “Hamas, they would commit genocide in 30 seconds. They just can't. And that's the big difference, folks.”

The senator also took aim at fellow Republicans who have wavered in their support for Israel, expressing frustration with what he sees as moral confusion within his own party.

“Israel is our friend. They're the most reliable friend we have in the Mideast. They're a democracy surrounded by people who would cut their throats if they could.”

Graham framed the issue as a moral imperative for Americans and Christians alike, invoking divine consequences for abandoning Israel.

“This is not a hard choice if you're an American. It's not a hard choice if you're a Christian,” he warned. “A word of warning. If America pulls the plug on Israel, God will pull the plug on us. And we're not going to let that happen.”

He concluded his speech with praise for President Donald Trump, crediting him with unwavering support for Israel during its most perilous moments.

“So I just want to end with this thought, that President Trump has stood with Israel at the most difficult time since its founding,” Graham said. “October the 7th was an effort to destroy the State of Israel, the largest loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust. And here we are almost two years later, and Israel's the bad guy. That's ridiculous. Israel is not the bad guy. They're the good guy. The bad guys are the radical Islamists who would kill everybody in this room if they could.”

“So I haven't lost my vision of right and wrong. When it comes to foreign policy, President Trump has stood up for all the right things, and he's stood up against wrong things. Just like Reagan.”

Hashem is Calling His Children Home!!! Zohran Mamdani Now at 82% Chance to Win NYC Mayoral Race

by Jabotinsky Einikel

This sweet Galut is drawing to the end. Sounds unreal and impossible? just remember what happened in Germany in the 1930s. Many of the Jews were financially successful, some had Government jobs and then it crashed.
Grandpa went all over Europe and tried to urge Jews to go HOME, his efforts were usually met with rotten tomato pelting.
Let’s not make the same mistake again. At least buy property in Israel, get your passports ready…..
And BTW there are plenty of relatively reasonable priced apartments in Yehuda, Shomron and the Golan, and you get an additional privilege of resettling Eretz Yisroel

Zohran Mamdani’s chances in the 2025 New York City mayoral election have surged, with cryptocurrency-based prediction market Polymarket giving him an 82% probability of winning the general election on November 4. Current Mayor Eric Adams remains far behind, with a probability under 1%.

Analysts note that Polymarket, which allows users to trade predictions on events using cryptocurrency, is increasingly viewed as a barometer for public sentiment. Mamdani’s strong showing in the betting market suggests significant momentum heading into the general election.

With less than three months until November, all eyes will be on Mamdani to see if the market predictions hold true on election day.

Locks changed, Attorney General left outside

 

The driver of Justice Minister Yariv Levin on Tuesday changed the lock on the office of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, preventing her from entering.

Levin’s office did not deny the incident, stating: “This claim is nothing short of absurd. The locks in the Minister’s Tel Aviv office were indeed changed. The office belongs to the Minister, not to Attorney Baharav-Miara.”

The statement added: “Her attempt to make unauthorized use of the Minister’s office is yet another example of puzzling behavior from someone already dismissed from her position.”

Opposition leader Yair Lapid sharply criticized the act: “While hostages are dying in Gaza and the IDF is fighting for our lives, the Justice Minister is acting like a common criminal, violating clear court rulings. At Israel’s most difficult hour, we have a government of draft-dodgers, corrupt individuals, and lawbreakers.”

While the office in question is officially under the jurisdiction of the Justice Minister, it has for years served as a satellite workspace for the Attorney General.

Last week, the government approved Levin’s proposal to dismiss Baharav-Miara, but the Supreme Court has frozen the move pending a ruling on petitions filed against it.

Rabbanim no longer Believe that Learning Torah Helps Fight Draft So they Call A massive Yom Tefillah outside Prison 10, where several Yeshiva bochurim incarcerated.

 If the purpose of this get together is for Tefilah to Hkb”h, let them be Mispallel in Beis Medrash. If the purpose is a Peula for Hishtadlos, we don’t need Hishtadlus, because we can just open up a Gemoroh and start Learning and the Learning will get things done. If learning could win wars against Arab enemies, it can also win our battle against the Draft.

A massive Yom Tefillah will be held this Thursday outside Prison 10, where several Yeshiva bochurim are currently incarcerated for evading the IDF draft.

The gathering will be led by prominent Gedolim, Roshei Yeshiva, and Admorim from across the spectrum of the Torah world, uniting in heartfelt prayer on behalf of the imprisoned bochurim. Senior Rabbanim from all communities are expected to participate in this powerful show of solidarity.

A public declaration announcing the event appears in Wednesdays Yated Ne’eman and Hamodia. Organizers stress the importance of widespread attendance, urging the public to join in tefillah and demonstrate unwavering support for Torah learning and those standing firm in their convictions.

Sergio Preciado is the Coward that beat a Jewish Father in Montreal

 A 23-year-old man, Sergio Yanes Preciado, has been formally charged after allegedly attacking a Jewish father in front of his children at Dickie Moore Park on Aug. 8. 

The judge ordered the suspect to remain in custody, with a bail hearing set for Wednesday. It is not yet clear if he will also face hate crime charges.
 

Skver's Cruelty to Its Neighbors Escalating ...Buying Over 500 Homes to rent to Illegals, While Skver is listed as having the most poverty in New York

Skver has a history of stealing from the government, stealing millions from the Pall Grants! A bunch sat in Jail until Pres Clinton pardoned them except for one who actually died in prison. The Rebbe decided to compensate the family and made his son his personal Gabbai עד היום הזה

Now they are torturing their neighbors! 

 

Israel Cancels All summer camps, trips, and outdoor activities for all age groups Because of an Extreme Wave

 Beit Shemesh News*

Ministry of Education Orders Cancellation of Summer Camps, Trips, and Outdoor Activities in All Schools Until Motzei Shabbos Due to Extreme Heat

The Ministry of Education’s situation room today instructed all educational institutions to cancel summer camps, trips, and outdoor activities for all age groups from today until Motzei Shabbos, due to the extreme weather conditions expected in the coming days.

According to the ministry’s statement, the decision aims to prevent potential harm from the heavy heat affecting the country, which could endanger the health and safety of students and participants in outdoor programs. The directive applies to all schools, non-formal education frameworks, and summer learning programs.

France stops renewing work visas for El Al flight security guards

 

France has stopped renewing work visas for El Al flight security guards in Paris amid Gaza war tensions, leaving them without valid visas or forcing them to return to Israel.

 A guard said no renewals have been issued in six months. 

The Israeli embassy is in contact with French authorities, Ynet reports.

‘Almost all’ Jewish families in France discussing a move to Israel

Almost all Jewish families in France are discussing the possibility of moving to Israel due to the terrible antisemitism they have been experiencing and the lack of a firm response from the authorities, a leading Jewish communal figure told Ynet on Sunday.

Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF) Executive Director Robert Ejnes blamed the Swords of Iron war for the sharp deterioration in the Jewish community’s sense of safety.

“There is a very strong rise in antisemitism since October 7 [2023],” Ejnes said. “The extreme left has made Gaza a major political argument in their campaigns. And they’re really pushing for the hate of Israel — and by the way, the hate of the Jews.”

AOL to pull plug on dial-up internet service after 34 years of operation

 

AOL, the company previously known formally as America Online, is discontinuing its Dial-up internet service after 34 years.

The service will shutter on September 30, meaning "the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued," the web service provider said on its website.

"We are discontinuing the dial-up internet service component included in certain legacy AOL Advantage, CompuServe, and Netscape Connect Plans as we innovate to meet the needs of today’s digital landscape," a spokesperson for Yahoo – which counts AOL among its brands – said in a statement to FOX Business.

"This change does not impact the numerous other valued products and services that these subscribers are able to access and enjoy as part of their plans. There is also no impact to our users’ free AOL email accounts," the statement continued.

According to Yahoo, very few customers were still using the dial-up service, as broadband connections have become the norm.

The company said AOL still maintains a strong customer base with traffic growing from year to year.

Muslims are 6.5% of UK's Population Yet Are Responsible of 97% of all Terror Deaths

 

A Sunday reminder that UK Muslims are 6.5% of our population but are responsible for:

97% of terror deaths since 2000
90% on MI5's terror watch list
75% of terror threats
84% of child gang rapes
18% of prisoners
6000 FGMs a year
1.5x birth defect rate
48.6% of 16-64 not employed… pic.twitter.com/nd1sXV5hd4

— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) August 10, 2025

Malka Leifer Back At It! Sexually assaults fellow inmate

 Convicted sex offender Malka Leifer has reportedly been moved to solitary confinement in an Australian jail after allegedly assaulting a young female inmate.

According to Australian news outlet News.com.au, Leifer, 58, has been “sent to solitary confinement at the facility in Melbourne’s north over an alleged incident involving a younger inmate” that was caught on the prison’s cameras.

After allegations arose of Leifer raping female students while serving as principal of the Adass Israel School in Melbourne, she fled to Israel in 2008. She was ultimately extradited to Australia in 2021 and, two years later, convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual abuse.

The alleged victim is said to be an Aboriginal woman in her 20s, the Australian outlet reported, and the misconduct in the prison occurred in late July in a unit where inmates are placed for their own protection. She will now be confined alone for nearly the entire day.

In response to an inquiry from News.com.au, an Australian Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment on Leifer specifically but said, “All allegations of sexual assault or violence in Victorian prisons are referred to Victoria Police for investigation.”

In 2023, Leifer was found guilty on 18 of 27 charges of sex abuse against sisters Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper. A jury acquitted Leifer of sexually assaulting a third sister, Nicole Meyer. The most serious convictions were for six counts of rape, each carrying a potential maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.

The charges spanned from 2004 to 2007 when Leifer was in charge of the Adass Israel School and the two sisters were teenagers. The school is part of a Jewish community on the outskirts of Melbourne.

Australian police filed charges against her in 2012 and requested her extradition from Israel two years later, sparking a lengthy legal saga.

Leifer claimed that crippling depression had left her catatonic and that she was mentally incapable of standing trial.

The extradition process was suspended until a private investigator secretly filmed Leifer going about her daily chores, apparently uninhibited by the mental illnesses she claimed.

“I guess part of me always wanted to believe there was some remorse, some understanding of her wrongdoing,” Sapper told News.com.au upon the news of Leifer’s alleged misconduct in prison. “Obviously that belief has diminished now, but mostly, I feel defeated and helpless at the knowledge there will be many other young vulnerable girls in the future that she will groom and take advantage of.”

All Jews are Zionists (TRIGGER WARNING) Is This Guy Following DIN?

 

What Is Mashiach and Geula? What does the Israeli flag represent? Why Jews need to get out of America. The connection between Tzitzis and Eretz Yisrael. And a whole lot more.

Bennett on Deri's Stupid remarks: 'Like a knife in the heart'

 

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett condemned Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri, who told young haredi students last week not to enlist in the IDF, and said that his remarks harm the soldiers' morale.

Speaking to IDF reservists, Bennett stated, "What did Deri say here? Don't be tempted to lend a hand to your brothers in the Armoured Corps who are being burned, don't be tenpted to lend a hand to your brothers in Yahalom who are going into tunnels, don't be tempted to lend a hand to bereaved families who lost their sons in this war, don't be tempted to work to get hostages out, don't be tempted to help your brothers."

The former Prime Minister added, "How can this person be in the War Cabinet? How does this government dare? This abhorrent government dares to send us and give us commands. It's like a knife in the heart to hear this."

In remarks revealed last week by journalist Ari Kalman on i24NEWS, Deri told students at the Shaar HaMelech Yeshiva: "God forbid, let no one here — especially in such a time when the Jewish people are in a state of war, may God protect us — think that maybe we need to reconsider, perhaps we should do something else, perhaps we should contribute, heaven forbid.

Deri then clarified his stance on the role of yeshiva students, saying, "It is you, the Torah learners, who bear the burden."