Frank Caprio, Compassionate Viral Judge, Dies at 88

 Frank Caprio, the Rhode Island judge who became a viral sensation for his kindness and understanding in the courtroom, has died at 88 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Caprio gained worldwide attention in 2017 when videos showed him helping people with traffic tickets in Providence, calling children to the bench to participate in judgments, encouraging students to attend college in exchange for dropped fines, and arranging payment plans for those struggling financially.

“Beloved for his compassion, humility, and unwavering belief in the goodness of people, Judge Caprio touched millions through his work in the courtroom and beyond,” an Instagram post on his official account read. Less than a day before his passing, Caprio shared a video asking for prayers, smiling softly throughout.

Reflecting on his approach, Caprio once said, “I don’t wear a badge under my robe. I wear a heart under my robe,” emphasizing the importance of understanding individual circumstances rather than strict enforcement alone.

 

Dumb Israelis keep producing life-saving drugs worldwide while they get kicked in the derriere

 

Italy
Throwing Israeli drugs in the bin

At the Casa della Salute in Pratovecchio Stia, two public employees - Dr. Rita Segantini and nurse Giulia Checcacci - film themselves throwing away drugs manufactured by TEVA.pic.twitter.com/nQhc3TIQT3

— Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) August 20, 2025

 Doctors in Italy are facing backlash after a video showed Dr. Rita Segantini and nurse Giulia Checcacci tossing Teva Pharmaceuticals products in protest against Israel. The footage, shared on social media, ignited outrage as anti-Israel sentiment rises in the country.

The two later apologized, saying it was “a symbolic gesture for peace” and that no actual medicine was discarded. Segantini clarified that the items—free samples like wet wipes and supplements—were immediately removed and that the video was filmed outside working hours.

Both work at a community hospital in Tuscany, and their actions drew criticism online and from lawmakers, including Deborah Bergamini of Forza Italia, who called it “ideological activism” and urged disciplinary measures. The Southeast Tuscany Health Authority launched an internal inquiry to protect the hospital’s reputation and staff professionalism.

Teva, founded in Israel, produces life-saving drugs worldwide, including in Italy. Observers said the video highlighted a concerning misuse of medical authority, even if the act was symbolic.

Speculation why Rav Landau Called OFF Thursday's Mass Demonstration ... The Arrested are not really "Bnei_Torah"

 

Meir Sharki on Channel 12: 

There are differences of opinion as to why the protests were shelved. 

Some claim that this is because the yeshivot are on vacation and there was concern that the demonstrations would get out of control. 

But the more credible claim is that the demonstrations were canceled because the detainees are not from frum traditional cities and they are not really yeshiva students. 

The huge rallies will be held when young men from the heart of the frum cities are arrested.

Any action to recognize Palestinian state will be met with opposing reaction from Israel

 Isaac Newton’s third law of motion – for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction – seems to apply everywhere but to Israel, at least judging by the shock and dismay displayed in the wake of its recent moves.

How else can one explain the international uproar over Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s announcement of construction plans in the E1 corridor linking Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim, France’s protests over reports its Jerusalem consulate may be closed if Paris recognizes a Palestinian state, or Australia’s outrage after Israel revoked visas for its representatives to the Palestinian Authority following its decision to bar MK Simcha Rothman from visiting the Jewish community there?

It is as if the world believes it can take steps that Israel views as profoundly inimical to its interests, such as a recognition of a Palestinian state, and that Jerusalem will acquiesce without responding. It is as if Israel has no agency of its own.

While Israel Struggles in Gaza ..Bein Hazmanim Craziness....Peleg Paralyzes Israel As They shut Down ALL Main Roads.. Ambulances Cannot get Through

 While organizers officially announced a protest near Prison 10, the real plan was to block major highways — Route 6, Route 2, and Route 4. 

Police forces had already been reinforced around the prison, unaware of the diversion.

The Jerusalem faction declared:

 “Roads will be shut down for the coming hours.”

Due to roadblocks set up by the Peleg Faction, thousands of drivers are stuck in heavy traffic jams.

At the Same time as Antisemites Protest Jews All Over the World, 1,000 Satmars Protest and Denigrate Israel in New York

 

More than 1,000 Frum Jews filled the streets outside the Israeli Consulate this afternoon to protest Israel’s newly intensified military draft policies. 

The rally, organized by the Satmar community of Williamsburg, drew a larger-than-expected crowd, spilling beyond the designated protest area. Police opened an additional street and expanded traffic lanes to accommodate participants.

DIN: I was debating whether I should post this video, and I held back for three days. I was waiting to see if this video would go viral, and it did. It managed to get over 300,000 hits on various platforms, even though most people don't even understand Yiddish, but I guess they read the posters in the video.

Over the years I have gotten much criticism and hate mail from people accusing me of being anti-Charedi, anti-frum, but anyone who knows me, knows that I actually love every single Jew, and this accusation is so far out that it begs an explanation, since most of the time I just post a story that I copy and paste with no comment, I let the readers decide! 

100% of all my posts have already been posted elsewhere with thousands of views, so if you say that this is Loshon Hara, you have to go back and learn the criteria of what Loshon Hara really is!

I'm 100% positive that no one who understands Yiddish and listened to the guy who is barking and wailing on the video at the protest, would accuse him of being anti-Jewish and no one would accuse him of spreading hate against his fellow Jews, yet that is exactly what he did, and this is only one a tiny part of his hate-speech at the hate-fest! And he did this in front of the entire world, with the entire press present thanks to Satmar ASSkanim. The protest was reported in the international media though I see that it didn't make it in US media, yet, thank G-d! 

He quoted Rav Elchonon Wasserman hy"d who he says wrote that "Zionists are the real Amalekites"

I have to ask you to pause, to let those words sink in!

Every Jew has an obligation to kill and murder and wipe Amalek off the face of the earth if he knows for certain who that is! 

Well, it seems that according to Rav Wasserman hy"d we know who that is, as he has positively identified them.

Now to be sure, Rav Wasserman hy"d wrote that in the 1920's, some 25 years before the State of Israel was established! It is true that the then Zionists were definitely a threat to frum Jews, but at the same time they were planting the seeds for a home where all Jews would be welcome.

Since then, Zionists without the help of Charedim built a home for 8 million Jews, a State that has the most Torah Institutions than anywhere in the entire world and has the most Torah being learned there since the times of Yehoshua, and the Zionist entity supports those Institutions to the tune of 800,000 Shekels, $235 million Dollars a year! 

Rav Elchonon Wasserman hy"d murdered in Europe by the Nazis, is now in the World of Truth and now knows that the Zionists that established the State in 1948 did so only because that was what Hashem wanted, and it was a specifically divinely designed plan ! (Listen to Rabbi Wein's tapes)

Why the RBS"O would want non-Torah Jews to build this State is answered in the Sefer "Eim Habanim Semicha" by Harav Teichtal hy"d! 

Question: Why would over 1,000 Jews congregate in New York City to denounce and denigrate the only Jewish State, home for 8 million Jews, with posters similar to what we see at pro-Hamas protests?

This at a time where the entire Europe and parts of the USA is backing Hamas in the fight for Israel's very survival!

Putting aside that he quoted Rav Elchonon Wasserman hy"d, how is it possible for a Jew, any Jew, to call another Jew an "Amalekite?" 

This Rabbi in the video calls millions of Jews "Amalekites" that even Jews have an obligation to annihilate! 

What should we expect from the gentiles that are calling for the elimination of Israel, if "Frum" Jews themselves are calling for their elimination?

Why are Torah leaders silent? 

Why is it that the Aguda is silent?? 

What is ironic is that the very people that this Rabbi calls "Amalikites" saved the life of his rebbe whose Yurzeit was just this week! A Zionist an Amalekite saved the life of Rav Yoel Teitelbaum z"l ! 

Less than two years ago, Hamas killers murdered and raped Jewish wives and daughters for the sole reason that they were Jews. Were these victims "Amalekites?'  

So who exactly is he referring to? 

Is he referring to other Jews that asking legitimate questions:

?האחיכם יבוא למלחמה ואתם תשבו פה

Rabbi Wein's Last Interview "The Myths & Truths About the Jewish People That Antisemites Ignore"

 Rabbi Berel Wein dives deep into the roots of Jewish identity and the persistent shadow of anti-Semitism through history. Why have the Jewish people faced so much hatred, and what does it mean for us today? This thought-provoking conversation challenges misconceptions, reveals timeless lessons from the Torah, and offers a bold perspective on Jewish resilience and pride.

Please G-d "Open the Gates of Heaven"

 שַׁעֲרֵי שָׁמַיִם פְּתַח. וְאוצָרְךָ הַטּוב לָנוּ תִפְתַּח”.

שְׁעָרֶיךָ הֵם דּוֹפְקִים כַּעֲנִיִּים וְדַלִּים, צָקוּן לַחֲשָׁם קְשׁוֹב יָהּ שׁוֹכֵן מְעֻלִּים, כִּי-אַתָּה רַב סְלִיחוֹת וּבַעַל הָרַחֲמִים”.

Sung by the Talmidim of Yeshiva Kerem B’yavne.

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The Bar Kochba Revolt ....A Ray of Hope in the Shadows of Darkness

by Jewish History-Sheim Hagedolim

The Bar Kochba Revolt, commanded by the mighty Jewish warrior Shimon bar Kochba approximately half a century after the destruction of the Second Beis Hamikdash, is a saga shrouded in mystery. In fact, the Talmud Bavli almost completely ignores the entire episode with the exception of a short passage about Bar Kochba’s messianic claims and his death at the hands of the Sages. 

We can presume that the Talmud Bavli intentionally omitted the details of the revolt, and instead informed us only that he claimed to be the messiah and was subsequently killed by the Sages after they determined that he was a fraud. However, as will be depicted below in great detail, the Talmud Yerushalmi offers a drastically different account of the Bar Kochba revolt, so much so that it appears to contradict the account reported by the Talmud Bavli.

Chareidim are firing blanks in their war on the draft

by Dr. Shuki Friedman

 In the absence of a law exempting the ultra-Orthodox (Haredim) from military service, tens of thousands have received draft orders. A few evaders caught by police have been arrested. This has led to a “declaration of war” by the Haredi community. 

Haredi politicians have competed with each other in issuing threats about the bitter fate that would befall Israeli society if the “war on the Torah world continues.” But they soon discovered that they were scaring no one. 

Simply put, the Haredi contribution to the State of Israel – its economy and core institutions – is so meager that even if they went on strike tomorrow morning, it wouldn’t significantly disrupt life in Israel. Hopefully, the image reflected back at them from this mirror will inspire some moral self-examination.

Gazans set fire to a relief truck while the driver was screaming for help and burned to death.

 

Gazans set fire to a relief truck while the driver was screaming for help and burned to death.

No one bothered to help him…

This is who and what the Gazans really are. pic.twitter.com/GCjFGsFPvi

— Cheryl E 🇮🇱🎗️ (@CherylWroteIt) August 15, 2025

Fear Grips Iran’s Jewish Community as Mass Arrests Target Religious Minorities

 Iran’s regime is in the midst of a sweeping crackdown not seen in decades, arresting hundreds on trumped-up espionage charges. 

Jewish and Baha’i minorities are bearing the brunt, with interrogations, raids, and executions sparking panic across the country.

Escalation? Iran has received Russia’s most advanced electronic-warfare system, the “Krasukh

Regional defense outlets report that Russia’s Krasukha EW jammers are now on Iranian soil, calling it the first confirmed presence after years of rumor.

Krasukha is designed to blind AWACS/JSTARS radars, disrupt UAV links, and jam/spoof GPS, creating large “no-go” bubbles for surveillance aircraft and precision weapons—sources describe effective ranges on the order of hundreds of kilometers, depending on variant and conditions.

 If fielded near the Gulf coast or around strategic nodes, it could complicate Israeli, Gulf, and CENTCOM air operations.  

 

British Journalist Ended The "Palestinian" Debate FOREVER!

 

To the BBC, even cancer is Israel’s fault.

Israel helps evacuate cancer sufferer from Gaza to Italy.

She dies there of leukaemia.

BBC suggests Israel starved her to death.

To the BBC, even cancer is Israel’s fault.

https://bbc.com/news/articles/ce87n455dvxo

 

Mohamed Hadid Posts "It was never about a ceasefire. It’s about wiping Israel off the map"

 

Mohamed Hadid, the father of Bella and Gigi Hadid, with millions of followers — posted this on Instagram.

It was never about a ceasefire.
It’s about wiping Israel off the map — and they’re saying it out loud. pic.twitter.com/r0cC84JSoE

— Jeremy Kamali (@JeremyKamali) August 17, 2025

Watch Israeli Police's Operation Inside Al-Am'ari in Broad Daylight!

 

*ISRAEL POLICE:* In a broad daylight operation inside Al-Am’ari near Ramallah, Israel Police’s Gideonim Unit (Unit 33) arrested two terrorists, both released from security imprisonment within the past year, who were planning to establish a local cell and carry out an armed attack.

Foreign Minister Sa’ar Drops The Hammer On Australia

“I have decided to revoke the residency visas of Australia’s representatives to the Palestinian Authority and instructed our embassy in Canberra to scrutinize every official Australian visa request to Israel.

This comes after Australia’s decision to recognize a so-called ‘Palestinian state’ and its unjust denial of entry visas to several Israeli officials  including former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and MK Simcha Rothman, Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.”

Trump! "We will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!! "

 We will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!! 

The sooner this takes place, the better the chances of success will be.

 

Schumer Roasted for Inventing Fake Long Island Couple He Based Entire Career On

 Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was roasted on social media for creating a fictional Long Island couple called Joe and Eileen Bailey, whom he has based his entire political career on.

During an episode of Last Week Tonight, British-born HBO talk show host John Oliver shared several clips of Schumer talking about the fictional couple, describing them as being “middle-class” and having “bought into Reagan Republicanism in 1980.” Schumer has explained that he has “guided” his political career “through the Baileys.”

“They’re a middle-class couple in Massapequa, which is a suburb on Long Island,” Schumer said in one clip from an interview on Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN.

“Joe and Eileen Bailey, this middle-class couple, they bought into Reagan Republicanism in 1980,” Schumer says in another clip.

“Joe and Eileen are worried about losing their jobs or their friends jobs,” Schumer says in another clip.

“The Baileys really don’t believe in trickle down, they don’t believe in a whole lot of government spending, but they believe in tax breaks for kids to go to college,” Schumer says in another clip from an interview with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Live in 2012.

“He’s an insurance adjuster, and lives in the New York suburbs. By New York standards, he makes $50,000 a year, if he lived in the middle of the country he’d make 40,” Schumer says in another interview. “Wife works in a medical office, she makes about 20, she might make 15 elsewhere. And, you know, I have guided my political life through the Bailey’s.”

During the episode, Oliver continues to highlight how Schumer “first introduced the world to the Baileys” in his book, Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time. Oliver notes that in the book, Schumer “mentions the Baileys, an astonishing 265 times, in 264 pages.”

Oliver explains how Schumer has given the fictional couple an “unnecessary detailed backstory,” adding that Schumer has said Joe Bailey “takes off his cap and sings along with the national anthem before the occasional Islanders game.”

Eileen Bailey is described as helping “with the clothing drive” at the couples’ church, and as having a father who “had a prostate cancer scare a few years ago.”