The Richest Man In Palestine

Ynet has an article on the richest man in the PA. That’s his home pictured above and his library below:

Any God In A Foxhole? HonestReporting Goes North

HonestReporting.com took a trip to Sefat to document conditions there. Among the people interviewed is my old friend Eli Greenspan (yup, the same guy who bought my share of the kosher meat market, which allowed me to live in Israel during 1993–95).

The second video on the linked page is taken in a bomb shelter. You [...]

Send A Hug To The IDF

You can send a personal message along with free chocolate to front line IDF soldiers, and it won’t cost you anything, courtesy of HAS and Strauss Elite.

[Hat tip: The Beadle.]

Rabbi Herbert Bomzer: Mondrowitz Escaped To Israel, Drop The Case

Nathaniel Popper of the Forward has an article on the Mondrowitz man-on-boy sex abuse case. Note this brilliant statement from an Orthodox rabbi:

One member of [Brooklyn District Attorney Charles] Hynes’s Jewish council, Rabbi Herbert Bomzer, said he does not remember Mondrowitz’s extradition being discussed by the council. Bomzer did say that he knew Mondrowitz when [...]

The Pope and the Holocaust: A (Partial) Response To Dovbear [UPDATED 7-28-06]

DovBear asks why I carry a brief for Pope Pius XII and the Church. I do not. I simply seek the truth, and the truth in this case supports the Church. I made scans of (part of)  Sir Martin Gilbert’s endorsement of Rabbi David Dalin’s book defending Pius. Page 1 appears immediately below; page 6 [...]

The Bible Told Them So – Waaaaay After The Fact

Mike. S. Adams writes on the newly Evangelical-controlled TownHall.com:

Astrophysicist Hugh Ross helped me—through his brilliant writings—to compile a list that illustrates how authors of the Bible have remained far ahead of the scientists throughout the ages:
Leviticus 17:11 says, “For the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on [...]

Brooklyn DA Fails To Seek Extradition Of Hasidic Abuser Who Fled To Israel

The Village Voice has a compelling report written by Kristen Lombardi documenting the abuses of Avorhom Mondrowitz, the hasidic psychologist and radio show host is is accused of abusing dozens of young boys in Brooklyn until he fled arrest for israel in 1985. New victims have come forward after reading about the Mondrowitz case in [...]

Hitler’s Pope – No Way, Says Sir Martin Gilbert

Sir Martin Gilbert has a review [not online as of yet] of Rabbi David Dalin’s The Myth of Hitler’s Pope in the June/July American Spectator. Gilbert strongly endorses the book and, in several pages of terse prose brings case after case after case documenting Pius XII efforts to save Jews. He also confirms much of [...]

Anti-Zionism and the Holocaust

Rabbi Teichtal

Ariel Sokolovsky has sent a link to online versions of Eim HaBanim Semeichah, the book written during the Holocaust by Rabbi Yissoscher Dov Teichtal. Rabbi Teichtal was a leading anti-Zionist close to the Munkatcher and Satmar Rebbes, who saw with his own eyes the destruction and death caused by that theology. He in his [...]

London’s Haredim Refuse To Support Israel?

Are London’s haredim boycotting pro-Israel rallies during this trying time of war? Could be. Our London correspondent The Beadle writes:

Hi Shmarya,
I went to the “Yes to Peace – No to Terror” Solidarity Rally held at
Jewish Free School.
There were 7,500 people (which is a lot for British Jews, considering
our numbers). There were messages of support from [...]

A Call To Action?

Chabad.org has put a special web page on the crisis in Israel, A Call To Action. It’s theme? What each person can do to help:

The Rebbe taught us the power of a mitzvah.
On the eve of the Six Day War in 1967, when the entire world predicted Israel’s demise, the Rebbe initiated the tefillin campaign, [...]

Beit Yitzchak Journal

I need to obtain a copy of the Beit Yitzchak Journal, 5746. Does anyone know where I can buy (or borrow) one?

FORWARD: Lack of Meat Choices Not Kosher

The Forward has a report on the misbehavior of Rubashkin and his primary national distributor, Twin City Poultry, based in Minnesota. Everything in the report related to these abuses is true. How do I know that? Because when I owned the kosher meat market in Saint Paul 13 years ago, I had the same problems [...]

Aron Tendler’s Former Shul Moves Right?

An LA reader writes:

I’ve been told that Rabbi Yitzchock Summer, the rabbi of Anshei Emes in LA, was offered and now has accepted the position of rabbi of Shaarey Tzedek – Aron Tendler’s former synagogue. Anshei Emes is way more black hat than Shaarey Tzedek. Anshei Emes is the shul Rabbi Summer’s father built. [...]