A growing controversy has erupted in Yerushalayim amid claims of severe discrimination in admissions to girls’ high schools, with some institutions allegedly refusing entry to Sephardic students based on their family background.
In an interview aired on Channel 13, L., a 13-year-old student who has been at home for six months after failing to secure a placement, recounted her painful experience: “I’ve been home since the exams, just waiting for something to happen.”
L. said she was subjected to invasive questions during the admissions process, including where her father davens and whether her brothers attend Sephardic or Ashkenazi yeshivas. Despite excelling academically, she was rejected after being told her family was “not suitable.” One high school even suggested she change her last name to sound “less Sephardic.”
In a shocking statement, L. recalled: “The principal told me I’m a ‘berachah levatalah’ and said that even if Rav Ovadia himself came, she still wouldn’t accept me.”
L.’s mother, Michal, confirmed that several schools pressured her to change her children’s surname to improve their chances of acceptance. “I changed the last name for two of my kids, and it worked,” she said tearfully. “They’re accepted, they’re happy — but it hurts me deeply that some of my children live with one last name and others with another. We’re the same family.”
Yael, another mother of two daughters left without placements, described the toll on her children: “The worst pain I’ve ever experienced is watching my daughter sit at home in silence. My older daughter has been without a school for six months, and because of that, I wasn’t even allowed to register my younger one. She got accepted to four excellent schools in Yerushalayim, but the Chareidi Education Department decided no.”
Yael criticized the broader system: “If someone wants to open an Ashkenazi-only school, they should make it private. As long as it’s funded by taxpayer money, there cannot be admissions based on ethnicity. Opening separate schools for Sephardim isn’t a solution — it just cements the discrimination.”
Another Sephardic mother shared her devastation: “My daughter is an outstanding student. I never imagined she wouldn’t be accepted. At the last minute, they told us she was rejected. We realized it’s because we’re Sephardic. Now my daughter refuses to leave the house. She cries constantly.”
The Modern Era
In recent generations, through the development of natural sciences, man, society and culture - human consciousness has developed and expanded greatly. Many natural phenomena that were not understood by man, were researched and became understood and explained. Thanks to scientific development, agriculture developed and food became abundantly available, production of clothing, furniture and houses improved considerably, and vaccines and medicines were found for diseases that were previously incurable. Thanks to all these, today the average person can live long and in comfortable conditions, more than the greatest kings in the past.
The Movement of Enlightenment and Haskalah
Alongside the scientific developments, the movement of Enlightenment and Haskalah crystallized in Western Europe. It strove for renewal (modernity) from the belief that man, through his thought and initiative, can change the world for the better, and solve all the problems facing him. By virtue of it, great ideas developed that hoped to repair society, such as: liberalism, democracy, socialism and communism, national movements, and even fascism, and Nazism. These ideas brought about extreme changes in the orders of society, and led to the transition from monarchical rule to democratic rule that grants rights to man and allows each citizen to express his talents in all fields, or to dictatorial rule that was intended “to repair the world.” These movements greatly accelerated the development of science and economics, and in turn, strengthened the social ideas and the need to implement them.
The success of the Enlightenment movement in strengthening initiative, creativity, research and development among the peoples of Europe and North America, created extreme wealth that was invested in accelerating the development of science and economics, and in producing sophisticated weapons. Their use enabled control of countries and continents around the world, exploitation of the natural resources and the people who lived in them, and the implanting of a foreign culture, each movement in its own way.
Following Likud’s victory in the 1996 elections, the Left released its war against Netanyahu. He was a formidable political rival—a native-born Israeli and American-educated, radiating youth, charisma, confidence, and sporting a highly commendable military record in the IDF. Netanyahu’s biography and attributes were ostensibly a perfect fit for the ideological and political Left, but Bibi, considering his family and his views, belonged to the nationalist camp on the Right.
Stunned by Netanyahu’s hairbreadth victory over Labor Party candidate Shimon Peres, the Left launched its campaign of de-legitimization and defamation. Tens of Hebrew University professors signed a letter in 1997 to oppose inviting the prime minister to the graduation ceremony on Mount Scopus. They considered his rhetoric divisive and damaging to democracy, and a threat to future peace negotiations with the Palestinian Arabs. This incident portended that the war against Netanyahu would take a toxic turn.
The rise of Binyamin Netanyahu to the pinnacle of politics and the extent of his extraordinary success is an exceptional Israeli story. As of 2025, he served as prime minister for a total of 18 years. The democratic election process in the parliamentary system does not impose term limits. Based on the practice of coalition governments, Netanyahu was deftly able to assure Likud rule with the collaboration of smaller parties.
Over time, Leftist aversion to Bibi turned into hatred.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a frequent critic of Israel and one of Congress’s most controversial figures, is facing sharp scrutiny after new financial disclosures revealed she and her husband have amassed millions of dollars in assets — despite her repeated insistence that she was “barely worth thousands.”
In a February 10 post on social media, Omar claimed her annual congressional salary of $174,000 was her sole significant income. “I don’t have stock or own a home and am still paying off my student debt,” she wrote. “Maybe try checking my public financial statements and you will see I barely have thousands let alone millions.”
But her latest filing — first reported by the Washington Free Beacon — tells a different story. Omar disclosed a net worth ranging between $6 million and $30 million, fueled largely by partnership income from her husband Tim Mynett’s businesses: Rose Lake Capital, a venture capital firm valued at $5 million to $25 million, and a winery worth $1 million to $5 million.
The couple’s wealth marks a staggering 3,500% increase from 2023, when their assets were reported at just $65,000. At the end of that year, court documents showed the winery had just $650 in its bank account.
The disclosure also lists modest liabilities — $15,001 to $50,000 in long-standing student debt and a similar amount in credit card debt — but they are dwarfed by the sudden surge in assets.
Omar has previously dismissed reports of her growing fortune as “right-wing disinformation,” telling Business Insider last year: “I am a working mom with student loan debt. Unlike some of my colleagues, I am not a millionaire.”
I have to say that I know Rabbi Blau and am very disappointed that in his golden years he turned into a traitor to his Jewish brothers and sisters!
He just made Aliyah and thinks that this gives him the right to air his twisted, leftist, vile views! The New York Times and Al Jazira aired his post to the Times of Israel! The damage this old man did can not be measured.
Listening to the interview, he totally dismisses any arguments that prove that he has been duped! He comes across as arrogant, stubborn, and outright dismissive of others.
He states that his opinions are backed by 7 agencies, but those very agencies have proven to be antisemitic and just parroting Hamas talking points.
He was given the opportunity by Zev Brenner to backtrack, yet in his arrogance and "gaaveh" he doubles down and puts down those who are trying to show him that his is an Arab Stooge!
His answers are half-truths and whole lies!
Shame on him!
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| Missing Mayor George Kalaj |
Before you watch the video below, bring a bag of popcorn and tissues! I haven't watched something as funny as this in a very long time!
Journalist Blaisa Gomez confronts the "Assistant Mayor" Yolei Stern to ask where the Mayor is?
Of course the Mayor George Kalaj is a Mayor like I am Santa Claus.
Kalaj is a puppet of Yolei Stern who is actually running the entire village. Kalaj will never show up as no one even knows who he is or where he is! I am certain that if Kalaj were to show up to that office, the girls working there would call the police and tell the dispatcher "that a guy is trying to break in."
He was put in office because the Goyishe neighbors would never vote for a Yoilie! He is a front for Satmar Chassidim that set up their own Uganda Village near Kiryas Yoel!
Ironically it's Satmar that mocks Binyomin Zev Herzl z"l, who for a short while entertained "Uganda" in Africa as a State for Jews, a British proposal in 1903! The Zionists rejected that proposal in 1905! From 1905 onward, Herzl z"l pushed for a Jewish State in the then Palestine! Note that the failed "Uganda scheme was on the table for a total of 2 years only!
They mocked and denigrated Herzl z"l because he initially wanted Jews to remain in Chutz Le'aaretz instead of making Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael!
Yet Satmar took that very idea from Herzl z"l and established Kiryas Yoel in Monroe in Chutz Le'aaretz and incorporated it in 1976! KIRYAS YOEL UGANDA!
That's 49 years and going strong, not one member of KJ or for that matter South Blooming Grove has any intention of making Aliya until the "Eagles fly them there!"
No one in KJ or South Blooming Village really believes that will happen any time soon, as they are building at a feverish pace in their Ugandas!
Listening to Yolie tell Blaisa Gomez that it was "Holocaust Remembrance Day" is what made me gag on my tuna fish sandwich, as Satmar actually mocks and denigrates that very day because it was none other than the Zionists who established that day as a day of remembrance!
I'll bet that there isn't one single person in all of South Blooming Grove that knew that this was "Holocaust Remembrance Day."
Yoilie then states that he hasn't "raised taxes in two years" which is hysterical!
Kiryas Yoel, the neighboring village has a 40% poverty rate; the national average is 12.4% ! South Blooming Grove has a rate of 39.3%, yet a home in KJ is $550,000 and a home in Blooming Grove is approx. $795,000! Go figure!
But the antisemite is Blaisa Gomez!
A Huge Chillul Hashem!
Bodies are piling up on the streets of Chicago over Labor Day weekend – with 54 shot, including seven killed, as President Trump and Illinois Gov. Pritzker spar over sending the National Guard into the Windy City.
At least 32 separate shootings occurred in Chicago between Friday evening and noon on Monday, according to a review of police incident reports by ABC News.
Just hours after Trump posted a message on Truth Social on Saturday criticizing Pritzker’s handling of crime in the city, at least seven people were shot around 11:10 p.m. in Bronzeville. All of the people are expected to be okay.
Trump called the governor “weak and pathetic” for dismissing the need for a National Guard presence in the Windy City in the social media post.
The president further warned “we’re coming” — suggesting some sort of federal action on crime in Chicago — if Pritzker doesn’t “straighten it out, FAST.”
“National Guard troops or any kind of troops on the streets of an American city don’t belong unless there is an insurrection, unless there is truly an emergency – and there is not,” Pritzker said of the situation in Chicago.
He also vowed to sue the Trump administration if troops are indeed deployed.
“It’s an invasion with US troops, if they in fact do that,” Pritzker argued. “They’ll be in court pretty quickly,” he added.
Mayor Brandon Johnson also ended his speech at a “Workers Over Billionaires” march on Monday with a rallying cry of “No troops in Chicago. Invest in Chicago.”
Chicago had 573 murders in 2024, compared to 377 for New York City and 268 for Los Angeles. Chicago’s murder rate was about 22 killings per 100,000 people — compared with seven for LA and less than five for NYC.
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| Rabbi Chaim Drukman (1932-2022) |
We discuss the question of how redemption and the rebuilding of Israel can take place through actions of non mitzva-observant Jews. Based on Rabbi Teichtal, Rav Kook, and the Rambam, we see that that God’s providence transcends human judgment. Even non-observant pioneers may serve as divine messengers, with their sacrifice for Israel holding profound spiritual significance.
This article is an extract from Rabbi Chaim Drukman’s book, “Step by Step,” an enlightening discussion of the process of redemption that is taking place in our generation. (Adapted and translated by Moshe Goldberg)
“We Sinned Against You with a Questioning Heart”
One of the main objections that some people have against the State of Israel is that from the very beginning the country’s main leadership were not part of the “faithful” community, but were what is termed “irreligious” or “non-observant.”
During the Holocaust, Rabbi Yissachar Teichtal changed his mind about God’s attitude towards the people living in Eretz Yisrael and while he was hiding from the Nazis he wrote his conclusions in the book Eim HaBanim Semeichah. Rabbi Teichtal writes:
I know, my son, I know, that you will challenge my position with a strong argument. If it is true that the rebuilding of our Holy Land is a sign of the imminent end of days and the beginning of the Redemption, how could most of the builders, unfortunately, desecrate Shabbat and commit other sins? They are almost like gentiles, due to our numerous sins. How could the Creator of the Universe bring the beginning of Redemption through them? Do we not maintain that "good things are brought about by good people (Shabbat 32a)"? Eim HaBanim Semeichah, pp. 183-184.
Indeed, how can it be that the Redemption we anticipated for 2,000 years; which past generations dreamed and prayed for - an expression of the hopes of Yisrael for the fulfillment of the prophecy, For the Torah will emanate from Zion and the word of God from Jerusalem (Yishayahu 2:3) - how can it be that this will be fulfilled by people who live in a way that contradicts the prophesy? These people are far removed from sanctity and purity, and some of them explicitly fight against the Torah and its mitzvot!
Here is Rabbi Teichtal’s answer:
My beloved son, although your refutation seems formidable, take heed and hear my words (see Devarim 27:9). Know, my son, that no one can fathom the deeds of He Who is Perfect in Knowledge (see Iyov 37:16). He is the God of the Universe, the Creator of All. Everything that happens in the world comes from Him. His thoughts are profound and He generates causes and effects, tying one strand to another until His decrees are fulfilled down on earth. He knows why he specifically chose these people to bring about the beginning of Redemption. (Ibid., p. 184)
The National Insurance Institute (NII) and the Israel Tax Authority have launched a joint investigation into Raziel Dahan, a kabbalistic counselor and mediator, on suspicion of large-scale benefit fraud and tax evasion amounting to millions of shekels.
According to investigators, Dahan allegedly received social benefits he was not entitled to while operating an active business from his home. Undercover surveillance reportedly documented him meeting clients, performing spiritual rituals, reading tarot cards, and appearing on television programs.
An analysis of his bank records from 2018 to 2024 revealed millions of shekels in cash and check deposits, allegedly made without issuing corresponding invoices or receipts. Authorities suspect this income was deliberately concealed from tax authorities.
The investigation, which began following a tip to the NII, moved into an overt phase in recent weeks. During searches, investigators seized documents, digital records, and an appointment book indicating that Dahan regularly received clients throughout the day.
Dahan was released under restrictive conditions by the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court. His repeated requests for a publication ban were denied by both the District Court and the Supreme Court, which today cleared the way for his name to be made public.
The move was announced by Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot in a post on Monday night. Prevot condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza, arguing they violate international law and obligations to prevent genocide.
"The humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached catastrophic proportions. Israel's actions, violating international law and its responsibilities, have forced us to take decisive steps to pressure the Israeli government and the Hamas terrorists," wrote Prevot. He emphasized that the sanctions were not directed at the Israeli people, but aimed at holding the Israeli government accountable and ensuring that international and humanitarian law are respected.
Among the 12 national sanctions implemented by Belgium are restrictions on the importation of goods from Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, the suspension of public procurement with Israeli companies, and a reduction in consular services to Belgians living in illegal settlements. Additionally, the government has taken steps to block several extremists, including Israeli ministers and violent “settlers”, from entering the country, labeling them "persona non grata."
Prevot also confirmed that Belgium would support measures at the European Union level to suspend collaborations with Israel, including the suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement, research programs, and technical cooperation.
Further, Belgium will officially recognize “Palestine” as a state, in line with the joint initiative of France and Saudi Arabia, who have announced their intention to recognize “Palestine” at the UN General Assembly later this month. "This gesture is a clear condemnation of Israel’s expansionist policies, including its settlement programs and military occupations," Prevot stated.
He wrote that the recognition will take place after the formal release of all hostages by Hamas and when Hamas no longer maintains governance over Palestinian Arab territories. Belgium also reaffirmed its commitment to support the reconstruction of “Palestine” and intensify efforts against antisemitism, mobilizing security services and Jewish community representatives.
Belgium was among 26 countries that issued a joint statement in July, demanding an immediate end to the war in Gaza, expressing alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation and accusing Israel of imposing unacceptable restrictions on aid.
Also in July, Belgian authorities arrested two Israeli citizens attending the Tomorrowland music festival in the country and interrogated them on suspicion of war crimes in Gaza.
The arrest followed a report submitted by the Hind Rijab Foundation, which works to prosecute IDF soldiers around the world.
He is a self-hating Jew who was enabled by Ezra "Kapo" Friedlander who was on his payroll, and who wrote in all Jewish publications urging Holocaust survivors, no less, to support and endorse Obama's deadly Iran deal!
Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler, the longest-serving member of New York’s congressional delegation and a prominent voice on the House Judiciary Committee, said Monday he will retire at the end of his term and not run for reelection in 2026.
Nadler, 78, told The New York Times that President Joe Biden’s decision to step aside from the 2024 presidential race influenced his own thinking about the need for generational change in the Democratic Party.
“Not every senior leader needs to leave, but some turnover is healthy,” Nadler said. “We face enormous challenges, and the party needs to make space for new leaders.”
Nadler has represented Manhattan in Congress since 1992, building a reputation as one of the chamber’s most liberal members. He chaired the Judiciary Committee during both impeachments of former President Donald Trump and most recently served as its ranking Democrat until stepping down late last year.
His retirement ends more than three decades in Congress and opens up a coveted seat in New York’s 12th Congressional District, which covers parts of Manhattan. Several Democrats are already positioning themselves for a run, including Liam Elkind, a 26-year-old nonprofit executive. Other potential contenders include Assemblymember Micah Lasher, former city Comptroller Scott Stringer and investor Whitney Tilson.
Nadler did not endorse a successor but has privately signaled support for Lasher, a former aide.
He joins a wave of senior Democrats announcing retirements ahead of 2026, including Reps. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania and Danny Davis of Illinois.
Nadler is currently the 10th most senior member of the House and the eighth most senior Democrat.
The reason?
Rough seas.
The “voyage will be postponed,” they declared.
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is pushing a hardline response to the Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest Gaza-bound flotilla to date, with ships launching from Barcelona, Sicily, Greece, and Tunisia carrying activists from 44 countries, including Greta… pic.twitter.com/LKMMmiDdpm
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