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  • in reply to: Israel Antagonist Kamala Harris #2319571
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    How Freedom Has Faded Under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
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    President Biden will address the United Nations on Tuesday,
    in what is likely to be his last big moment on the world stage.
    A President’s foreign-policy legacy typically outlasts his term,
    so it’s worth taking a step back and considering
    the world Mr. Biden will leave his successor.

    It is a far more dangerous world than Mr. Biden inherited, and far less congenial for U.S. interests, human freedom and democracy. The latter is tragically ironic since the President has made the global contest between democracy and authoritarians an abiding theme. Authoritarians have advanced on his watch in every part of the world—Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and even the Americas.

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    • Mr. Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was his single most damaging decision, and it has led to cascading trouble. The Taliban control the country and are reimposing feudal Islamist rule. His withdrawal has done more harm to more women than anything in decades, while jihadists have revived their terror sanctuary.

    • More damaging is the message his withdrawal sent to adversaries about American will and retreat.
    The credibility of U.S. deterrence collapsed. Mr. Biden tried to appease Vladimir Putin by blessing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and refusing to arm Ukraine. Mr. Putin concluded he could invade Ukraine at limited cost, especially after Mr. Biden blurted out that a “minor incursion” might not elicit the same Western opposition.

    • After Kyiv bravely resisted, Mr. Biden sent weapons, but too little and too delayed at every stage of the war. Even now, after 31 months and 100,000 or more dead, Mr. Biden dithers over letting Ukraine use long-range ATACMS against targets inside Russia.

    • His record in the Middle East is worse. Rather than build on the Abraham Accords he inherited, he tried to ostracize Saudi Arabia and he banned offensive weapons to fight the Houthis. From the start he courted the mullahs in Iran to renew the 2015 nuclear accord that had enriched Iran before Donald Trump withdrew.
    He refused to enforce oil sanctions, even as Iran spread mayhem through its proxy militias.

    • The U.S. was caught flat-footed when Hamas, aided by Iran, invaded Israel and massacred 1,200 innocents.
    His national-security adviser, Jake Sullivan, had to edit an online version of a Foreign Affairs essay already published boasting that “the region is quieter than it has been for decades.”

    Here’s how quiet: Our foremost regional ally [Israel] is now at war on multiple fronts.
    Israel’s defensive campaign in Gaza isn’t finished and a new and perhaps bloodier fight is unfolding with Hezbollah.
    The Houthis have all but shut down Western commercial shipping around the Red Sea,
    while Mr. Biden makes U.S. naval commanders play whack-a-missile.

    • Meanwhile, Iran marches undeterred to becoming a nuclear power.
    The Biden Administration mouths pieties that this is unacceptable, but its every action suggests it believes a nuclear Iran is inevitable and trying to stop it is too risky. When Iran goes nuclear, the security calculus in the world will turn upside down.

    • Mr. Biden’s record in the Asia-Pacific is marginally better, at least diplomatically.
    He has strengthened U.S. alliances against China, especially with Australia, Japan and the Philippines.
    The Aukus defense deal is important, as is Japan’s move toward closer military integration with the U.S.

    • Yet diplomacy has not been matched by hard power.
    The U.S. isn’t building enough submarines to meet its Aukus commitment and U.S. needs.
    American bases lack adequate air defenses and long-range missiles to defeat a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
    State Department foot-stomping hasn’t stopped Chinese harassment of Philippine ships.

    • Closer to home, Venezuela’s dictator has predictably stolen another election,
    exposing the Biden Administration’s deal to ease oil sanctions as naive.

    • Mexico is tilting in an authoritarian direction without U.S. protest.

    • Cuba continues to spread [Socialist] revolution wherever it can.
    The resulting human suffering reaches America in the flood of migrants
    that now burden our cities, from Manhattan to Springfield, Ohio.

    • Most ominous is the collaboration of these menacing regional powers
    into a new anti-Western axis. Iran supplies missiles and drones to Moscow,
    which may be supplying nuclear know-how to Tehran.
    China is aiding Moscow, which now joins Beijing in naval maneuvers.
    North Korea also arms Moscow while being protected by China
    from United Nations sanctions it once voted for.

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    • All of this and more adds up to the worst decline in world order, and the largest decline in U.S. influence, since the 1930s.

    Yet Mr. Biden continues to speak and act as if he’s presided over
    an era of spreading peace and prosperity.
    He has proposed a cut in real defense spending each year of his Presidency,
    which may be his greatest abdication.

    Addressing this gathering storm will be difficult and dangerous.
    The first task will be restoring U.S. deterrence, which will require
    more hard power and political will.

    Whoever wins the White House will have to abandon
    the failed policies of the Biden years, lest we end up
    careening into a global conflict with catastrophic consequences.

    in reply to: Jewish Boy Dies from Bullying #2319527
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    I read the comments, then I read the article again.

    Instead of saying “Jewish Boy Dies from Bullying”
    it probably would have been better if I had said:
    “Jewish Boy Who was Victim of Bullying, has Died”.

    However, this is a distraction from the Main Point of this article,
    which is: Jewish children should NEVER bully ANYONE!

    Most people do not know this, but victims of
    repeated childhood bullying can suffer from
    serious behavioral problems into their 30s and 40s and 50s,
    causing the victim to do crazy things that nobody understands.

    When a boy is beat-up many times, the trauma can
    stay with him “‘Ad Meah VeEsrim Shanim“, until 120 years,
    because both body and mind remember those beatings,
    even if only unconsciously.

    in reply to: Question for those who don’t think Charedim should join the IDF #2319359
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    If I remember correctly, many Chareidim have served as MKs
    (Members of Knesset) and there were even times when
    Chareidim were members of Israel’s ruling coalition.

    So Chareidim cannot do anything to help the national defense,
    because they do not agree that the state should exist,
    but they become Members of Knesset,
    and they even become members of Israel’s ruling coalition.

    in reply to: Should America Offer Israelis a Safe Haven? #2319155
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    Kuvult, thank you for answering my question.

    I wish you only good decrees on Rosh HaShanah
    and a very easy fast on Yom Kippur.

    in reply to: Israel Antagonist Kamala Harris #2319154
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    Dear Yechiell,

    Thank you for reading my comments.

    You said: “NY Post is a MAGA outlet and rag”.

    Could you please tell us which newspapers
    you would consider to be reliable sources of information?

    Please, please, PLEASE, don’t say “The New York Times”,
    which has a well documented relentless hostility toward Israel,
    always finding fault with Israel, and always blaming Israel,
    always making Israel look like the wicked cruel villain,
    and always making Israel’s genocidal terrorist enemies
    look like innocent victims.

    Even worse. much of the neo-Marxist news media
    follows the wicked leadership of The New York Times.

    Thank you for reading this message,
    and I wish you only good decrees on Rosh HaShanah,
    and a very easy fast on Yom Kippur.

    Sincerely,
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    in reply to: Israel Antagonist Kamala Harris #2318719
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    The NY Post Editorial Board said this:

    If President Biden had any decency, he’d limit his United Nations
    speech Tuesday to two words: “I’m sorry”.

    Kamala Harris should echo that.

    [President Barack] Obama Defense Secretary Robert Gates
    once warned (all too rightly) that Biden had been
    “wrong on nearly every major foreign-policy and
    national-security issue over the past four decades.”

    Over the past four years, Joe and Kam [Kamala Harris]
    have continued that pattern, leaving the world
    facing its most perilous threats in decades.

    Start with the disastrous bugout [disorganized retreat]
    from Afghanistan, executed in blatant defiance of every
    military adviser and the plan left in place by the Trump team.

    That bugout enabled the Taliban to triumphantly retake control
    of the country, humiliating America and seizing billions
    in weaponry our forces left behind —
    erasing all the progress made in 20 years of fighting.

    Worse, it sent the message that Washington can’t be trusted
    as an ally, that aggressors could get away with almost anything.

    And [Kamala] Harris brags that
    she was the “last person in the room,”
    backing Biden made when he made that fatal decision.

    It was downhill from there:

    [1] Russia seized the opportunity to launch a fresh invasion
    of Ukraine as Biden signaled that, as a “minor incursion,”
    would be OK; our president then slow-walked
    aid and tied Kyiv’s hands on the use of US weapons.

    [2] Iran ramped up its drive for nukes as Harris-Biden
    sucked up to the regime, ending key Trump-era sanctions
    that had strangled the Iranian economy
    and sending billions to Islamic Republic outright.

    [3] Its cashflow restored, Tehran upped its funding of
    terror groups, and helped Hamas plan and launch the
    October 7 [2023] massacre, triggering the Gaza war.

    [4] Iran also boosted the Houthis, who have now
    shut down the Red Sea to Western shipping.

    [5] And Hezbollah, which has fired nearly 9,000 rockets
    and drones at Israel since October 7 [2023]
    and is now threatening an all-out war.

    [6] China, meanwhile, has grown increasingly aggressive,
    harassing neighbors like the Philippines and Taiwan,
    militarizing islands in the South China Sea
    and aiming to control shipping lanes.

    Beijing has also reasserted its intention to
    reclaim Taiwan soon — by force, if necessary.

    [7] To make up for their self-destructive war on US oil,
    and thinking dictator Nicholas Maduro would allow
    a fair election, Harris and Biden lifted oil sanctions on Venezuela
    — only to see Maduro steal this year’s election.

    [8] [Joe] Biden and Border Czar [Kamala] Harris let in
    millions of barely vetted migrants, overwhelming cities
    and creating new crime and terror threats.

    PERSONAL NOTE: Between 11,000,000 and 30,000,000 ILLEGAL ALIENS!!

    [9] One of the scariest developments: the alignment of Iran,
    China, Russia and North Korea against the West — even as
    Team Harris-Biden has shrunk the US military
    and focused it more on pronouns, less on fighting enemies.

    Now the world’s on the brink of an all-out war
    in the Middle East that could well rope in America.

    And another if Russia defeats Ukraine and
    then looks to expand its hegemony further.

    And still another when China makes a play for Taiwan.

    “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f – – – things up,”
    President Barack Obama reportedly warned years ago.

    Sadly, America’s voters did just that in 2020,
    and now the entire free world is paying the price.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
    owe the world an apology for the perils they’ve created

    by NY Post Editorial Board, 2024 September 23

    in reply to: accounting profession #2318700
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    If you need to save money, then I humbly suggest
    that you stop buying *** ALL *** flavored drinks,
    and instead drink ONLY pure water.

    The list of flavored drinks includes: soda, apple juice,
    iced tea, Crystal Light, orange juice, Snapple, etc.

    ALL of these flavored drinks are expensive.

    ALL of these flavored drinks are unnecessary.

    ALL of these flavored drinks contain unhealthy
    ingredients that cause: obesity, diabetes and tooth decay,
    including: HUGE amounts of sugar, various acids,
    artificial flavorings and colorings, and preservatives, etc.

    Soda makes a double-attack against your teeth:
    First it attacks your teeth with sugar, then with acid.

    Orange Juice appears to be healthy and innocent;
    yet it contains huge amounts of sugar and acid, just like soda!

    RACHMANA LATZAN!!

    High-sugar drinks are even worse than high-sugar foods,
    because liquids are digested more quickly than solid foods.

    RACHMANA LATZAN!!

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    Accounting is an excellent career for an Orthodox Jew.
    IF you are very good at it, and IF you truly like it.

    IFyou are an EXCELLENT accountant, you can make more money than a lawyer!

    in reply to: Israel Antagonist Kamala Harris #2318234
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    from matzav (dot) com:

    The New York Times has acknowledged that
    statements made by former President Donald Trump
    regarding Vice President Kamala Harris’s support
    for taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries
    for “illegal aliens” in custody were “essentially accurate.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “NY Times Admits Trump Is Right:
    Harris Backed Gender Surgeries for ‘Illegal Aliens’

    2024 September 14 www (dot) matzav (dot) com

    in reply to: Great people with a smile before you pray it’sbetter then tzedaka. #2317894
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    Dear Menachem Shmei,

    I thank you very much for your excellent Torah sources.

    As you correctly said, those statements are similar
    to what the OP said, but none are exact matches.

    Most people don’t know this, but I have done HUGE research
    into the topic of Tefilah, always focusing on precise Torah sources.

    I NEVER found ANY Rabbi or Torah book which says exactly
    what the OP said, even though I did enough research to write
    several books on the topic of Tefilah, and I strongly suspect
    that his quote is not written in any Torah book.

    I am tired of reading the ridiculous messages that “bael teshuva”
    writes in this Coffee Room. His messages are low-quality,
    and never should have been approved by moderators.

    I strongly suspect that “bael teshuva” is NOT a real Baal Teshuvah;
    I suspect that he falsely uses that name as part of a sick stupid joke,
    in which he hopes to make people laugh at real Baalei Teshuvah,
    because Baalei Teshuvah are like orphans, who have nobody
    to defend them when people laugh at them or ridicule them.

    I wish you good only decrees on Rosh HaShanah,
    and a very easy fast on Yom Kippur.

    Sincerely,
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    in reply to: Great people with a smile before you pray it’sbetter then tzedaka. #2317892
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    Dear Menachem Shmei,

    I thank you very much for your excellent Torah sources.

    As you correctly said, those statements are similar
    to what the OP said, but none are exact matches.

    Most people don’t know this, but I have done HUGE research
    into the topic of Tefilah, always focusing on precise Torah sources.

    I NEVER found ANY Rabbi or Torah book which says exactly
    what the OP said, even though I did enough research to write
    several books on the topic of Tefilah, and I strongly suspect
    that his quote is not written in any Torah book.

    I am tired of reading the ridiculous messages that “bael teshuva”
    writes in this Coffee Room. His messages are low-quality,
    and never should have been approved by moderators.

    I strongly suspect that “bael teshuva” is NOT a real Baal Teshuvah;
    I suspect that he falsely uses that name as part of a sick stupid joke,
    in which he hopes to make people laugh at real Baalei Teshuvah,
    because Baalei Teshuvah are like orphans, who have nobody
    to defend them when people laugh at them or ridicule them.

    I wish you good decrees on Rosh HaShanah,
    and a very easy fast on Yom Kippur.

    Sincerely,
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    in reply to: Israel Antagonist Kamala Harris #2317558
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    Baruch Green of VIN News said:
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    She [Congresswoman Elise Stefanik] called out the UN
    [United Nations Organization] as “a den of antisemitism that
    has only gotten worse under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ watch.”

    Congresswoman Elise Stefanik said:

    “At each and every turn, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have
    stood in Israel’s way, and they have turned their back on Israel
    and the Jewish people. For everyone who cares about the safety
    and existence of the Jewish state, Kamala Harris’ disdain for Israel
    and alignment with radical Far Left Hamas terrorist sympathizers
    should instantly disqualify her from any office –
    let alone President of the United States. She is a disgrace and
    must never step foot in the Oval Office as Commander-in-chief…”

    Congresswoman Elise Stefanik said:

    “Because as bad as Joe Biden is, Kamala Harris is worse.
    Kamala Harris won’t merely withhold support for Israel.
    She will actively undermine Israel’s self-defense….”

    She [Congresswoman Elise Stefanik] went on to
    praise [Donald] Trump effusively for his long,
    historic track record of supporting Israel.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Stefanik Slams Kamala,
    Praises Trump at pro-Israel Summit

    by Baruch Green September 22, 2024 www (dot) VINnews (dot) com

    in reply to: Great people with a smile before you pray it’sbetter then tzedaka. #2317521
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    “…smile before you pray better it is then tzedaka…”

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    In what book is that written?
    Who wrote that book?
    Chapter number? Page number?

    in reply to: Should America Offer Israelis a Safe Haven? #2317457
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    Dear Kuvult:

    When you are able to, PLEASE help all of us by giving us an
    exact source for that valuable letter from Rabbi Avraham Rice.

    THANK YOU!

    PS: I wish you only good decrees on Rosh HaShanah
    and a very easy fast on Yom Kippur.

    in reply to: Exploding Pagers #2317453
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    Dear Sam Klein,

    Please add this onto my previous message:

    There is NO GUARANTEE that all members of Hezbollah and Hamas
    are Bnei Yishmael, even if all of them speak Arabic as their native language.

    Many of them could have Persian ancestors, or European ancestors,
    or Black African ancestors. Some Europeans came to North Africa
    and their descendants are now Arabic-speaking Muslims.

    When Islam conquered North Africa and the Middle East,
    native languages were replaced by the Arabic language,
    and non-Arab nationalities were forgotten, because native
    nationalities were conquered and converted to Arab culture.

    Therefore, we cannot assume that any members of
    Hezbollah and Hamas are Bnei Yishmael, even if all
    of them speak Arabic as their native language.

    Some of them are Bnei Yishmael, but some of them are not.

    Again, I wish you very good decrees on Rosh HaShanah,
    and a very easy fast on Yom Kippur, for you
    and for your entire family, and for all Jews everywhere.

    Sincerely,
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    in reply to: Israel Antagonist Kamala Harris #2317171
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    from matzav (dot) com:
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    Mark Matson, a financial expert and author of
    Experiencing the American Dream,
    shared with Breitbart News his strong views on how
    Vice President Kamala Harris’s policies could jeopardize
    the American Dream, calling them a “destroyer” of that ideal.
    ….
    He referred to a Wall Street Journal study
    that defines key components of the American Dream,
    such as: home ownership, starting a family and raising children,
    sending children to college, and enjoying a secure retirement.

    “All of these things became more difficult under this
    [Kamala Harris] administration,” [Mark] Matson remarked.

    Matson further criticized [Kamala] Harris’s policy proposals,
    including higher taxes, price controls, and increased regulations,
    all of which he believes stand in opposition to the American Dream.

    “These policies,” [Mark]Matson declared, “are an American dream destroyer.”
    ….
    [Mark] Matson emphasized the need to preserve
    the Trump-era tax cuts, warning that their expiration
    could result in tax hikes of 20 to 30 percent for Americans.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Financial Expert: Kamala Harris’s
    Tax Policies Are an ‘American Dream Destroyer’

    September 15, 2024 www (dot) matzav (dot) com

    in reply to: Exploding Pagers #2317026
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    Dear Sam Klein,

    I hope that you feel very well,
    and I wish you very good decrees on Rosh HaShanah,
    and a very easy fast on Yom Kippur.

    Hezbollah and Hamas want to KILL 100% of the world’s Jewish population.

    Even those Jews who never visited Eretz Yisrael,
    Hezbollah and Hamas want ALL (100%) JEWS DEAD.

    This makes Hezbollah and Hamas AMALEK,
    even though their yichus is from the Bnei Yishmael.

    Stated another way:

    Hezbollah and Hamas want to KILL 100% of the world’s Jews..

    Even those Jews who are non-Zionist,
    even those Jews who are anti-Zionist.
    Hezbollah and Hamas want ALL (100%) JEWS DEAD.

    This makes Hezbollah and Hamas AMALEK,
    even though their yichus is from the Bnei Yishmael.

    Explained another way:

    Hezbollah and Hamas want to KILL 100% of the world’s Jews..

    Even Jewish women and old people.
    Even Jewish teenagers and children and infants and babies.
    Hezbollah and Hamas want them ALL DEAD.

    Hezbollah and Hamas want 100% of them to be 100% DEAD,
    because this is what ISLAM teaches them.

    This makes Hezbollah and Hamas AMALEK,
    even though their yichus is from the Bnei Yishmael.

    Again, I wish you very good decrees on Rosh HaShanah,
    and a very easy fast on Yom Kippur.

    Sincerely,
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    in reply to: Israel Antagonist Kamala Harris #2316746
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    Philosopher:

    The MSM (Mainstream News Media) never stops trying to help the Democrats and Liberals.

    This is how they do it:

    [1] Erasing or minimizing the flaws of Democrats and Liberals.

    [2] Erasing or minimizing the positive points of all those who oppose the Democrats and Liberals.

    [3] Constantly emphasizing the positive points of Democrats and Liberals,
    and even creating fictional positive points for Democrats and Liberals,

    [4] Constantly emphasizing the negative points of all those who oppose the Democrats and Liberals,
    and even creating fictional negative points for all those who oppose the Democrats and Liberals,

    After many years of listening to the distortions of Mainstream News Media,
    even intelligent people are no longer able to think logically.

    Last but not least, any member of the Mainstream News Media
    who does not follow their standard Socialist / Neo-Marxist agenda
    is ridiculed and bullied and criticized, until he or she resigns.

    in reply to: Exploding Pagers #2316661
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    Destroying Amalek is one the Taryag Mitzvot (the 613 commandments of the Torah).

    Hamas and Hezbollah are the Amalek of our generation.

    Therefore, destroying Hamas and Hezbollah is one the Taryag Mitzvot.

    in reply to: Covering the collarbone #2316650
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    40 years of experience living with Orthodox Jews have shown me
    that most Orthodox Jews have a low opinion of Sephardic Jews,
    especially those who are “the most religious” (the Chareidim).

    in reply to: Should America Offer Israelis a Safe Haven? #2316642
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    UJM does not seem to remember that the Gedolim who condemned
    “The Zionists”, also condemned the USA as “the treifa medina”.

    Why does UJM want to move Jews from Eretz HaKodesh,
    where living there is a great merit, to the USA,
    which was condemned as “the treifa medina” by the Gedolim?

    Maybe no Jews should live anywhere in the USA,
    because Gedolim who lived 100+ years ago
    condemned the USA as “the treifa medina”?

    in reply to: Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz vs Satmar Rebbe #2316389
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    Besalel said:

    In Igeret Teiman, Rambam clearly says The Three Oaths is a mashal that Shlomoh HaMelech, in his wisdom, invented in order to prevent future generations from falling prey to false messiahs. This is a direct quote:

    ולפי שידע שלמה ע”ה ברוח הקודש שהאומה הזאת בארך זמן גלותם תפצר להתנועע בלא עתה הראויה ויאבדו בשביל זה ויבואו עליהם צרות והזהיר מלעשות זה והשביע האומה על דרך משל ואמר השבעתי אתכם בנות ירושלים בצבאות או באילות השדה אם תעירו ואם תעוררו את האהבה עד שתחפץ ואתם אחינו אהובינו קבלו עליכם שבועתו ואל תעירו את האהבה עד שתחפץ ובורא העולם במדת רחמים יזכור אותנו ואתכם לקבץ גליות נחלתו וחבלו לחזות בנועם ה’ ולבקר בהיכלו

    After detailing the many false messiahs were able to prey on the vulnerable and suffering nation, Rambam writes that The Three Oaths is a mashal to convince us to be patient.

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    Besalel said:

    In Igeret Teiman, Rambam clearly says The Three Oaths is a mashal that Shlomoh HaMelech, in his wisdom, invented in order to prevent future generations from falling prey to false messiahs. This is a direct quote:

    ולפי שידע שלמה ע”ה ברוח הקודש שהאומה הזאת בארך זמן גלותם תפצר להתנועע בלא עתה הראויה ויאבדו בשביל זה ויבואו עליהם צרות והזהיר מלעשות זה והשביע האומה על דרך משל ואמר השבעתי אתכם בנות ירושלים בצבאות או באילות השדה אם תעירו ואם תעוררו את האהבה עד שתחפץ ואתם אחינו אהובינו קבלו עליכם שבועתו ואל תעירו את האהבה עד שתחפץ ובורא העולם במדת רחמים יזכור אותנו ואתכם לקבץ גליות נחלתו וחבלו לחזות בנועם ה’ ולבקר בהיכלו

    After detailing the many false messiahs were able to prey on the vulnerable and suffering nation, Rambam writes that The Three Oaths is a mashal to convince us to be patient.

    in reply to: Israel Antagonist Kamala Harris #2316308
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    Caroline B. Glick said this on Jewish News Syndicate:

    Since October 7, [2023] [Kamala] Harris has been the most outspoken critic of Israel in the administration. Just three weeks after the Hamas invasion, and in the midst of the worst eruptions of antisemitism in the United States in 90 years, Harris announced on X that the Biden administration would develop “the first ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia.”

    She [Kamala Harris] then added, falsely, “As the result of the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, we have seen an uptick in anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab and Islamophobic incidents across America.”

    Last week [Kamala] Harris raised concerns about her commitment to Israel’s security when she met with the heads of the most viciously anti-Israel and pro-Hamas group in the Democratic party ahead of an election rally in Michigan.

    [Kamala]Harris spoke with the heads of the so-called “Uncommitted National Movement,” the group that convinced thousands of pro-Hamas voters in Michigan to vote “uncommitted” rather than vote for Biden in the Michigan primaries. According to the Washington Free Beacon, the two leaders in the conversation with Harris were Abbas Alawieh, former chief of staff for Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), and Layla Elabed, sister of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Tlaib and Bush, of course are outspoken in their hatred for Israel and for American Jews who support Israel. After losing her Democratic primary in a landslide defeat on Aug. 6, Bush committed herself to destroying the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
    In her words, “AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down!”

    Alawieh and Elabed told [Kamala] Harris that they want the United States to impose an arms embargo on Israel. Harris reportedly responded that she is “open” to a discussion on the issue. While Harris’s aides have breathlessly insisted that she never expressed any support for an arms embargo and that she opposes an arms embargo, Harris supported the administration’s decision to block shipments of several critical weapons systems to Israel.

    In late March she [Kamala Harris] threatened Israel with “consequences,” if it defied the administration’s wishes and began a ground operation in Rafah.

    In mid-March, [Kamala] Harris stood at a historic Civil Rights movement-era site in Selma, Alabama and intimated that Israel was committing war crimes in Gaza.

    Referring to humanitarian conditions in the terror enclave as a “catastrophe,” [Kamala] Harris said, “What we’re seeing every day in Gaza is devastating. We have seen reports of families eating leaves or animal feed. Women giving birth to malnourished babies with little to no medical care. Children dying from malnutrition and dehydration.”

    She [Kamala Harris] then wagged her finger and said, “The Israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow of aid. No excuses.”

    None of [Kamala] Harris’s descriptions were accurate. By giving voice to the slanders, the vice president facilitated the anti-Israel and anti-Jewish riots that were taking place on U.S. campuses, and provided support to the International Court of Justice at the Hague and its Kafkaesque trial of Israel for genocide.

    [Kamala] Harris’s national security adviser Phil Gordon has a long history of pro-Iran and pro-Hamas positions….

    SOURCE: article titled: “Trump’s rhetoric vs. Harris’s policies
    by Caroline B. Glick 2024 August 11
    www (dot) jns (dot) org Jewish News Syndicate

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    to UJM:

    By calling me a “Messianic Jew”, you have committed the sin of Motzi Shem Ra [false slander].
    But forget about insignificant me.

    Much more importantly, you cannot refute my most recent comment,
    because my most recent comment is 100% true.

    I will repeat my my most recent comment, and invite you to *** TRY *** to refute it:

    =========================================================

    The fact that UJM even asked this question indicates that he is
    hoping and praying for the complete defeat & destruction
    of Israel and its army, even though that would certainly result in:

    [1] Another Holocaust, with millions of Jews killed, including children and babies.

    [2] The complete destruction of ALL Jewish holy places (including THE KOTEL)
    in Eretz Yisrael, and the complete destruction of ALL synagogues
    and Jewish cemeteries in Eretz Yisrael, which would ALL be bulldozed,
    dynamited, paved-over with concrete and made into mosques.

    [3] The complete destruction of ALL Yeshivahs in Eretz Yisrael, which would
    ALL be dynamited, paved-over with concrete and made into mosques.

    [4] Hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees, including children and babies.
    And with many Jewish families accidentally becoming separated, as they flee.
    There is NO GUARANTEE that ** ANY ** nation will accept Jewish refugees.

    [5] Millions of goyim coming to the conclusion that G*D has abandoned
    The Jewish People, which would be an international Chillul HaShem,
    and inspire millions of goyim to persecute helpless Jewish refugees.

    [6] Jewish individuals and Jewish institutions being overwhelmed,
    to their breaking points, trying to handle a tidal wave of Jewish refugees.

    These are the intentions and plans of UJM & HaKatan & the Neturei Karta.
    They are ENEMIES of everything that is authentically Jewish, including:
    The G*D of Israel, The People of Israel & The Torah of Israel.
    That they are enemies of The Land of Israel is so obvious
    that it should not need to be explicitly written.

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    The fact that UJM even asked this question indicates that he is
    hoping and praying for the complete defeat & destruction
    of Israel and its army, even though that would certainly result in:

    [1] Another Holocaust, with millions of Jews killed, including children and babies.

    [2] The complete destruction of ALL Jewish holy places (including THE KOTEL)
    in Eretz Yisrael, and the complete destruction of ALL synagogues
    and Jewish cemeteries in Eretz Yisrael, which would ALL be bulldozed,
    dynamited, paved-over with concrete and made into mosques.

    [3] The complete destruction of ALL Yeshivahs in Eretz Yisrael, which would
    ALL be dynamited, paved-over with concrete and made into mosques.

    [4] Hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees, including children and babies.
    And with many Jewish families accidentally becoming separated, as they flee.
    There is NO GUARANTEE that ** ANY ** nation will accept Jewish refugees.

    [5] Millions of goyim coming to the conclusion that G*D has abandoned
    The Jewish People, which would be an international Chillul HaShem,
    and inspire millions of goyim to persecute helpless Jewish refugees.

    [6] Jewish individuals and Jewish institutions being overwhelmed,
    to their breaking points, trying to handle a tidal wave of Jewish refugees.

    These are the intentions and plans of UJM & HaKatan & the Neturei Karta.
    They are ENEMIES of everything that is authentically Jewish, including:
    The G*D of Israel, The People of Israel & The Torah of Israel.
    That they are enemies of The Land of Israel is so obvious
    that it should not need to be explicitly written.

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    Israel’s Foreign Minister recently condemned Kamala Harris. \

    Asked about Kamala’s call for a two-state solution
    during the debate, Foreign Minister Katz responded:

    “I condemn anyone calling for a two-state solution,
    which is a prize [reward] for terrorism”.

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    fandango443 said:

    “Republicans emotionally manipulate you by saying Obama is a secret Muslim…”

    MY RESPONSE:

    When Mr. Barack Hussein Obama was President of the United States of America,
    he led public Muslims prayer services, in The White House.

    Please notice that Obama’s participation in public Muslims prayer services
    was not merely as a member of the Muslim congregation who said “amen”
    to the prayer-leader; he WAS the prayer-leader [Chazan or Shaliach Tzibur]
    and the rest of the Muslim congregation said “amen” to the prayers he led.

    If I remember correctly, it is possible to convert to Islam simply by
    participating in public prayers with Muslims — which Obama did,
    not merely as member of the congregation, but as Muslim prayer leader.
    Therefore, even if Obama was not a Muslim before praying with Muslims,
    his participation in their public prayers was enough to convert him to Islam.

    Last but not least, if Obama was not a Muslim,
    then how did he know how to lead Muslims in public prayer?

    This was filmed by journalists, so please do not try to deny this.

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    Daniel Greenfield said this:

    Democrats have tried to reassure Jewish voters that they have
    nothing to worry about despite Kamala’s harsh criticism of Israel’s war on Hamas.

    To counter those concerns, the Jewish Democratic Council of America,
    headed by Haile Sofer, Kamala’s old policy adviser,
    rolled out a ‘Jewish Americans for Kamala Harris’ online rally.

    But while the Zoom rally flier may feature a photo of Kamala and her husband,
    Doug Emhoff, awkwardly lighting a menorah,
    the leading figures in the rally only raise more questions.

    The two most prominent non-elected officials taking part in the rally
    are Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers union,
    and her [lesbian] girlfriend, Sharon Kleinbaum.

    While [Randi] Weingarten is best known for her work in keeping school closed
    leading to as much as a grade point of loss in education,
    she is militantly anti-Israel and has used antisemitic rhetoric.

    In response to a question from the JTA, a liberal Jewish media outlet,
    about the power of teachers’ unions, [Randi] Weingarten launched into
    an antisemitic tirade in which she claimed that
    “American Jews are now part of the ownership class” who
    “want to take that ladder of opportunity away from those who do not have it.”
    The American Jewish Committee had responded with
    an op-ed urging her to “Counter, Not Inflame, Antisemitism”.

    I have tried to reach out to ‘Jewish Americans for Kamala Harris’
    to inquire if they agree with Randi Weingarten that Jews are
    “the ownership class” who “want to take that ladder of opportunity
    away from those who do not have it”, but have not received an answer.

    Weingarten had befriended and defended antisemites including former
    Women’s March leaders Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour,
    calling them “friends” and “warriors for justice.” Mallory was an enthusiastic fan
    of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who had praised Hitler.
    She had described the creation of Israel as
    a “human rights crime” and attacked Jewish groups.

    [Linda] Sarsour had a long track record of antisemitism and support for Islamic terrorism.
    After the Oct 7 Hamas attacks, the Islamic activist claimed that Jewish hostage posters
    were entrapment and that Jews everywhere were watching them.
    “So when you go home, they have their little people all over the place,
    trust me I know them, I got a radar for them…
    you think they’re ordinary people, trust me when I tell you they are everywhere.
    They’re on your college campus, they’re outside the supermarket, they’re outside Grand Central Station.”

    Not only did Weingarten not stand with Jewish activists against the Women’s March anti-Semitic leaders,
    but she is a board member of the Americans for Peace Now BDS group whose CEO Hadar Susskind
    praised Ben & Jerry’s decision to boycott Israel as a “principled moral stance which we fully support”.
    APN [Americans for Peace Now] has platformed antisemitic figures
    like UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese who
    claimed that America is “subjugated by the Jewish lobby”.

    Weingarten’s AFT [American Federation of Teachers] union has demanded
    that Israel stop attacking Hamas in a resolution presented with
    personal support from Randi at a convention where Kamala spoke.
    The AFT defended the pro-terrorist mobs harassing Jewish students and faculty on campuses.

    Randi Weingarten has repeatedly attacked Israel and tweeted a quote
    claiming that “the Hamas attack was heinous;
    the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza have been reprehensible.”

    [Randi] Weingarten’s [lesbian] girlfriend, Sharon Kleinbaum,
    and fellow participant in Jewish Americans for Kamala Harris is even worse.
    After Kleinbaum read the names of Hamas terrorists alongside fallen
    Israeli soldiers at the LGBTQ temple she formerly officiated at,
    congregants left feeling that it had become pro-terrorist.
    One departing congregant complained that it
    “was essentially delivering Hamas propaganda.
    … My partner and I are starting a family and frankly I don’t
    want to raise my kids in a synagogue that’s praying for people firing rockets.”

    Kleinbaum had co-signed a T’ruah letter together with anti-Israel activists
    urging Biden not to allow Israel to finish off Hamas in Rafah
    and claimed that Israel cannot “lay the full responsibility for the unimaginable
    suffering of a massive population of trapped civilians at the feet of Hamas.”
    The letter also called for Biden to impose sanctions on members of Israel’s government.

    Weingarten and Kleinbaum are not outliers at Jewish Americans for Kamala Harris.

    Sharon Brous of IKAR, profiled by Variety as a “trendy, progressive congregation”
    whose wealthy congregants include Steven Spielberg
    and appears to have some link to Kamala’s husband, is also on the list.
    Brous had attacked the Jewish State before the Oct 7 attacks,
    including in a hateful Yom Kippur address, claiming
    that “there can be no democracy with occupation.”

    [Sharon] Brous is a member of the councils of anti-Israel groups
    like J Street, and the New Israel Fund. Worse still, IKAR has participated
    in events with IfNotNow, an anti-Israel hate group
    linked to many of the ugly protests against the Jewish State.

    Sharon Brous has a long history of supporting antisemites,
    attacking Jews for opposing Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar,
    claiming that Jews “have spent years in hive mentality,
    pouncing on indications of anti-Semitism among Israel’s critics”,
    accused the Jewish State of a “52-year military occupation
    of millions of Palestinian people” and ranted that
    American Jews must “hear Palestinian voices.”

    Like Weingarten, Brous attacked Jewish critics of the antisemitism
    in the Women’s March leadership, falsely claiming that the criticisms were,
    “a deliberate smear campaign from the far right to delegitimize the march itself.”
    She complained that, “a much greater problem would be if the Jewish community
    stepped out of activism because we’re afraid that
    someone on the stage has a position on BDS different than our own.”

    Lauren Holtzblatt, the final clergymember on the Jewish Americans
    for Kamala Harris call, is a member of J Street cabinet (while also tragically
    and inappropriately) serving as Hillel International’s director of campus
    initiatives and has also been associated with
    the anti-Israel group T’ruah and signed on to its letters.

    Every single [fake] ‘rabbi’ presented by ‘Jewish Americans for Kamala Harris’
    is also affiliated with anti-Israel groups. This raises troubling questions about not only
    the anti-Israel extremism that had already infiltrated the
    Jewish Democratic Council of America, but Kamala’s campaign.

    Not only does ‘Jewish Americans for Kamala Harris’ appear
    to be co-hosted with the Kamala Harris presidential campaign,
    but several of its anti-Israel clergy have ties to Kamala.

    Jewish Americans for Kamala Harris’ shows that
    the Kamala campaign, like the Obama campaign, calculatedly platforms
    and normalizes anti-Israel activists while shutting out normative figures
    in the Jewish community. It is not a coincidence that all of the clergy
    at the virtual rally were anti-Israel activists. It also not a coincidence that
    no pro-Israel clergy or members of more
    traditionally religious denominations were on the call.

    The ‘Jewish Americans for Kamala Harris’ rally anticipates a Kamala
    administration that will pursue anti-Israel policies
    while surrounding itself with anti-Israel activists of Jewish descent.

    Jewish Democratic Council of America has sent a clear signal that
    the only Jews welcome by the Kamala campaign are those
    that will join it in opposing the Jewish State.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Every ‘Rabbi’ From ‘Jewish Americans for Kamala Harris’
    Belongs to Anti-Israel Groups
    ” by Daniel Greenfield
    — 8 Av 5784 — 2024 August 11 www (dot) JewishPress (dot) com

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    modern said:

    “Greenfield is one of the most articulate far right extremist propagandists.
    I wish I could write as well.
    Unfortunately, most of what he writes has only a tenuous connection to reality.”

    MY RESPONSE:

    For 45 years, I have closely listened to the claims of: Marxists, neo-Marxists,
    Socialists, Communists, Liberals, Leftists, Progressives and The Woke.

    THEY are the ones who suffer from suffer from
    a tenuous connection to reality, not Mr. Daniel Greenfield.

    The Leftist’s beliefs are NOT based on facts or logic;
    their beliefs are based on neo-Marxist theory, and nothing else, period.

    Last but not least:
    Why don’t you TRY to prove that Daniel Greenfield’s words are not true?

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    Rabbi Steven Pruzansky (an Orthodox Rabbi
    from the USA who made aliyah) recently said this:

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    “…almost the entire Democrat [Party] establishment had collectively
    lied to the American people for years about Biden’s incapacity
    (including Kamala Harris); that Harris had been perceived by
    that same establishment as a mediocrity who could not win or govern;
    and the doubt that Dems could get away with not explaining
    to the American people why Biden changed his mind so abruptly and how,
    if he is too incapacitated to run for re-election,
    he is still vigorous and lucid enough to govern.”

    “These three statements are all true and on each score the Dems
    have escaped accountability. Chalk that up to a compliant media
    and a willfully blind public. How was it that Joe Biden swore that
    only a direct message from God would cause him to drop out –
    and then just days later he’s passing the torch to a new generation?
    Who was it that kneecapped him with the torch?
    Americans would surely know by now if they weren’t either
    so incredibly docile or politically ossified into two rigid camps
    in which each camper just votes for his or her team.”

    “[Kamala] Harris is an unserious individual being adroitly handled
    by serious people who want to win at all costs. They know
    exactly how to market her, how to fool a gullible population,
    and how to obscure her vulnerabilities, which primarily means hiding her.

    She has made a career of failing upwards, the beneficiary of
    social promotions with an undistinguished record in every office
    she has held and placed in critical positions by powerful male patrons.
    The disappearing trick can work not only because the American
    voting public is easily manipulated
    but also because of the weaknesses of her opponent.”
    ….
    “Kamala Harris is even more inept, arguably a worse campaigner
    except when reading a teleprompter, and flirts with incoherence
    every time she opens her mouth without a script in front of her.”

    “ONE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES
    IS THAT TRUMP HAS RULED OUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
    PALESTINIAN STATE AS IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY,
    WHEREAS DEMOCRATS HAVE MADE IT THEIR PASSION PROJECT
    REGARDLESS OF ITS EFFECT ON ISRAEL.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Election Enigma” by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky
    2024 September 13 www (dot) RabbiPruzansky (dot) com

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    Corey Walker said this in The Algemeiner:
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    In April, [Doug] Schoen [a former adviser under then-USA President Bill Clinton]
    noted that the administration was under immense pressure by the left wing of
    the Democratic Party to “take a strong stance against the Jewish State.”

    He argued that the anti-Israel drift of the Democratic Party
    is “dangerous” and overlooks the Jewish state’s “strategic importance.”

    He also lamented that US President Joe Biden [a member of
    the Democratic Party] adopted a more pointed
    and adversarial “tone” toward America’s closest Middle Eastern ally.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Former Clinton Adviser Says Harris Not
    ‘Sufficiently Committed to Israel and Fighting Antisemitism’

    by Corey Walker 2024 September 10 for www (dot) Algemeiner (dot) com

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    Corey Walker said this in The Algemeiner:
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    Doug Schoen, a former adviser under then-US President Bill Clinton,
    revealed on Tuesday that he is not planning to vote for Democratic
    presidential nominee Kamala Harris to serve as the next commander-in-chief
    in the White House, citing her policies toward Israel
    and combating antisemitism as the main reasons.
    ….
    “At this point I cannot [vote for Kamala Harris],” [Doug] Schoen said.
    “I would call myself undecided, at this point. But I can’t vote for her,
    for reasons related to her changing position and also the Middle East
    as we have talked about before. I do not believe she is
    sufficiently committed to Israel and fighting antisemitism.”
    ….
    She [Kamala Harris] has also expressed sympathy for far-left
    narratives that [falsely] brand Israel as “genocidal.”

    The Vice President [Kamala Harris] has additionally often
    criticized Israel’s war effort against the [Iranian-backed]
    Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Gaza.

    [Kamala] Harris also pushed the unsubstantiated narrative
    that Israel has intentionally withheld aid from the people of Gaza,
    allegedly triggering a famine.

    [Kamala] Harris has also expressed sympathy for anti-Israel protesters
    on US university campuses, saying that they are
    “showing exactly what the human emotion should be.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Former Clinton Adviser Says Harris Not
    ‘Sufficiently Committed to Israel and Fighting Antisemitism’

    by Corey Walker 2024 September 10 for www (dot) Algemeiner (dot) com

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    THE TORAH commands all Jews to avoid unnecessary danger.

    FOR EXAMPLE: Intentionally entering a a War Zone (like Ukraine)
    with active shooters on both sides, is BIG unnecessary danger,
    and therefore a BIG VIOLATION OF TORAH LAW.

    Even if nobody gets hurt (which is far from guaranteed),
    the fact they they intentionally expose themselves to
    unnecessary danger is a VIOLATION OF TORAH LAW,
    just like eating pork or lobster or eating bread on Pesach.

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    Jillian Michaels (a famous fitness guru) recently said this about Kamala Harris:

    “I’m underwhelmed by what she [Kamala Harris] has done.
    I don’t really understand what the major accomplishments are.”

    SOURCE: Fox News, around 3 weeks ago

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    Yeshivah World News World Headquarters in NYC said:

    [Mr.] Shabbos Kestenbaum, a Jewish Harvard alumnus currently
    suing the university over its handling of antisemitism, announced
    on Thursday that he has officially broken with the Democratic Party
    and will be voting for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.

    Kestenbaum made the announcement during a speech
    at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual convention,
    citing his growing disillusionment with Democratic leadership.

    “I did not support Trump in 2016, I did not support Trump in 2020…
    I did not support Trump six months ago. Nobody’s perfect,” Kestenbaum said.

    “The Democratic Party has taken the Jewish vote
    and Jewish voters for granted for far too long,”
    he added, before announcing, “I will be supporting,
    I will be endorsing, I will be voting for President Trump.”

    Kestenbaum’s shift isn’t a surprise. In July, he addressed the
    Republican National Convention, urging voters to elect a
    president who would confront terrorism and instill patriotism in schools.

    While he didn’t specify his candidate preference at the time,
    his appearance indicated a growing alignment with Republican values.

    Kestenbaum also attended the Democratic National Convention
    in August, sharing positive interactions with fellow delegates,
    though he remained critical of the party’s stance on anti-Semitism.

    At the RJC event, Kestenbaum voiced frustration with Democratic
    lawmakers, particularly those on the left, like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
    and Jamaal Bowman, for their support of anti-Israel campus protests.

    He praised Republicans for being more responsive to efforts
    against campus antisemitism, saying leaders such as House Speaker
    Mike Johnson and Rep. Jason Smith had actively engaged with Jewish students.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Harvard Alumnus, Antisemitism Activist
    Shabbos Kestenbaum Breaks with Democratic Party, Endorses Trump

    2024 September 9 www (dot) TheYeshivaWorld (dot) com
    http://www.TheYeshivaWorld.com/news/israel-news/2312544/harvard-alumnus-antisemitism-activist-shabbos-kestenbaum-breaks-with-democratic-party-endorses-trump.html

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    Dear UJM,

    Your false version of Jewish History has been refuted many times,
    both inside and outside this Coffee Room;
    but you don’t know when to stop, because you are a
    hate-filled, close-minded, stubborn, brainwashed fanatic.

    You are also a De Facto ALLY of:
    Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Iran & the Islamic State (ISIS).

    Here we go again:

    [1] Mohammed, the founder of Islam,
    beheaded more than 800 Jewish men,
    and made their widows and orphans into slaves.

    [2] The Koran, chapter 5, verse 82,
    says that Jews and polytheists are THE WORST ENEMIES OF MUSLIMS.
    Not just enemies of Muslims, but “THE WORST” enemies of Muslims.

    [3] The Hadith (one of Islam’s most important holy books)
    teaches that The Last Day cannot come until 100% of Jews are DEAD.

    This means that ALL JEWS MUST DIE,
    even those Jews who are non-Zionist, even those Jews who are anti-Zionist,
    even women, even teenagers, even children, even toddlers, even babies.

    The Hadith also teaches that when The Last Day comes,
    rocks and trees will miraculously begin to speak, and say:

    “Muslim! A Jew is hiding behind me! Arise, and slay [kill] him!”

    Islam also teaches that Jews are dishonest & wicked & go to Hell.

    [4] This is a very small sample of Muslim hate against Jews.
    But I do not have all day to do this, so I will stop here,
    because “a word to the wise is sufficient”.

    Sincerely,
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    Once full-scale war broke out after the State of Israel
    declared its existence on May 14, 1948 [CE]
    Reb Shraga Feivel’s [Mendlowitz] thoughts
    were never far from Eretz Yisrael.

    A group of students saw him outside the Mesivta building
    one day, talking excitedly with Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr
    and gesticulating rapidly with the newspaper held in his hand.

    “If I were your age,” he [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz]
    told the students, “I would take a gun and go to Eretz Yisrael.”

    SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
    the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 338) by Yonoson Rosenblum
    for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
    ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965

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    In a conversation with the Satmar Rav, shortly after his talk
    on the U.N. declaration, Reb Shraga Feivel [Mendlowitz]
    was subjected to the sharpest criticism for his “Zionist leanings.”

    Later he told his family, “I could have answered him [the Satmar Rav]
    Chazal for Chazal, Midrash for Midrash, but I did not want to
    incur his wrath, for he is a great man and a tzaddik.”

    He added with a twinkle, “And besides, he has a fiery temper”…

    SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
    the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 335 to 336) by Yonoson Rosenblum
    for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
    ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965

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    “Renowned author and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz has
    officially severed ties with the Democratic Party due to
    growing anti-Israel attitudes displayed during
    the Democratic National Convention (DNC).”

    SOURCE: Alan Dershowitz Leaves Democratic Party After Anti-Israel DNC
    September 7, 2024, from www (dot) matzav (dot) com

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    Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:

    “We [Jews] need not apologize about our successes.
    We earned them, the hard way.

    We need not be apologetic or defensive about our power in America.
    For we have seen what can, and will, happen if we abdicate that power.

    Our history as a people demonstrates that
    we need more power than others to survive.
    That is one of the important lessons to be learned
    from thousands of years of anti-Jewish bigotry.

    I am reminded of it every time I open one of my poison-pen letters.
    We are not the Swiss and our history is not one of being left alone.
    It is one of constant victimization and repression.
    Without power – indeed, without power disproportional
    to our numbers – we continue to be victimized.
    We should strive to enhance our power on every front.”

    SOURCE: Chutzpah (chapter 4, page 129) by Alan M. Dershowitz
    published in year 1991 by Little Brown & Co
    ISBN: 9780316181372 * ISBN: 0316181374

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    In our times, the Left side of the political spectrum includes:
    Liberals, Social Democrats, Marxists, neo-Marxists, Socialists,
    Progressives, The Woke, and Social Justice Warriors.

    What all of these people have in common, is that they want
    to see the State of Israel 100% eliminated, and permanently.

    They passionately want that there should NOT be ANY Jewish State,
    regardless of its size and regardless of the shape of its borders.

    Please allow me to make this perfectly clear:

    For entire Left side of the political spectrum, it is not sufficient
    to merely change the policies of the Jewish State;
    they want to 100% destroy 100% of the Jewish State,
    even though this would result in another Holocaust,
    with hundreds of thousands of survivors as homeless refugees.
    Obviously, all of the Jewish State’s synagogues and
    holy places must be destroyed and converted into mosques.

    Most of the world is DESPERATE to appease Muslims,
    by *** ANY *** means possible.
    This is one of the highest priorities in International Politics,
    and this has been true for many decades.

    If the only way that they can appease Muslims is by
    sacrificing the Jewish State, and killing millions of Jews,
    and making hundreds of thousands of survivors homeless refugees,
    and destroying all Jewish holy places, they consider
    those things to be a SMALL PRICE to achieve
    the super-important goal of appeasing Muslims.

    The Left side of the political spectrum (which includes
    The Democratic Party) wants Israel 100% destroyed,’
    100% DEAD, 100% gone, 100% vanished, 100% wiped off the map.

    Therefore, when Donald Trump says that a Kamala Harris
    presidency will mean the final end of The Jewish State,
    he is telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!

    Stated another way, The Democrat Party is dominated
    by their extreme Left members, whose attitude towards Israel
    and American Jews, is 100% pure malice and hate.

    in reply to: Covering the collarbone #2312005
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    If I remember correctly, Rabbi Falk’s book quotes
    the Sefer Shevet Mussar, to support his chumrahs.

    This bothers me for two reasons:

    [1] Sefer Shevet Mussar is not a Halachah sefer,
    It is a mussar book, and many people would say that
    it is an extremely tough mussar book.

    [2] Most Ashkenazic Rabbis have a very low opinion
    of any books written by Sephardic Rabbis,
    and normally ignore them completely.

    Yet Rabbi Falk makes an exception with Sefer Shevet Mussar,
    and accepts its opinions about tznius, even though it was
    written by a Rabbi from Izmir [Turkey] who was Sephardic.

    Maybe Rabbi Falk does not know that Sefer Shevet Mussar
    was written by a Sephardic from Turkey?

    ==================================

    If I remember correctly, the number of pages in Rabbi Falk’s
    book about tznius increases every year.

    I would like to see a graph showing the number of pages
    in that book for each year. The graph would look like this:

    YEAR NUMBER OF PAGES
    ==== ============
    1990 100
    1991 125
    1992 150
    1993 200
    1994 225
    1995 275
    1996 310
    1997 345
    1998 402
    1999 444
    2000 475
    2001 512
    2002 555
    2003 600
    2004 650
    2005 700
    2006 750
    2007 800
    2008 832
    2009 867
    2010 907
    2011 950
    2012 990
    2013 1,014
    2014 1,111
    2015 1,219

    Please note that I used FICTIONAL DATA to illustrate a point.
    These are *** NOT *** the real number of pages year-by-year!!!

    in reply to: Israel Antagonist Kamala Harris #2311718
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    in reply to: Chabad Media Won #2311301
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    There are true stories where Jews receives blessings from
    Rabbi Mendel Schneerson, and the blessings DID NOT WORK.

    These true stories are NEVER mentioned by Chabad.

    in reply to: Terrorists Murdered Hostages Shortly Before They Were Located #2311300
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    If you believe that radical Muslims like Hamas and Hezbollah
    can be trusted to negotiate honestly. or negotiate with honor,
    or negotiate in good faith, then you DO NOT UNDERSTAND
    the religious beliefs of radical Muslims, which teach that
    negotiations with non-Muslims need not be honest,
    and need not be sincere, and need not be complied with.

    Any treaty that Muslims make with non-Muslims,
    can be broken and violated at any time,
    if it benefits Islam or Muslims.
    THIS IS WHAT ISLAM TEACHES!! THIS IS WHAT ISLAM TEACHES!!

    Hamas has intentionally broken 100% of the cease-fire
    agreements that they made, over past 20 years.

    Since Hamas has proven themselves to be completely dishonest,
    and completely dishonorable, and completely untrustworthy,
    there is no logical reason to criticize Israel’s government
    for its flaws with negotiating cease-fires with Hamas.

    in reply to: Terrorists Murdered Hostages Shortly Before They Were Located #2310759
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    UJM and HaKatan and the entire Neturei Karta
    are De Facto allies of Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran,
    whether they realize or not,
    and whether they admit it or not.

    I have already explained why this is true many times,
    right here in this Coffee Room,
    and I will not waste my time by explaining it again.

    After 120 years, their status as ALLIES of the genocidal terrorist
    bloodthirsty enemies of the Jewish People will be held against them,
    and they will be in very big trouble,
    even will all their piety and Talmudic scholarship.

    Additionally, UJM and HaKatan and the entire Neturei Karta
    are guilty of promoting a provably-false version of
    Jewish History, in which anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish
    persecutions never really existed, until “THE ZIONISTS” appeared.

    Repeatedly promoting this provably-false version of Jewish History
    will cause them to be included in the category of liars,
    which the Talmud teaches will be punished in Olam HaBa,

    This provably-false version of Jewish History, in which anti-Semitism and
    anti-Jewish persecutions never really existed, until “THE ZIONISTS” appeared,
    was invented by people who did NOT KNOW the history of Jews in Arab lands
    and did NOT KNOW the history of Islam, did not know the history of the
    Middle East, did NOT KNOW much about Jewish History in general,
    because their ancestors did NOT live in Muslim lands,
    and because they believed in studying ONLY Talmud and nothing else,
    and because they believed that studying Jewish History
    is Bittul Torah, which is a sinful waste of time.

    in reply to: What is Sinas Chinum? #2310723
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    If I remember correctly, Rabbi Avrahom Yitzchok HaKohen Cook [ZTL & ZYA]
    famously taught that:

    “Since the Beth HaMikdash was destroyed by Sinat Chinam,
    the Beth HaMikdash can only be rebuilt by Ahavat Chinam,”
    (Or something very similar to that.)

    Please forgive me for not providing an exact source for this very important quote.

    in reply to: Chofetz chaim says to bring Mashiach need to love everyone. #2310722
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    If I remember correctly, Rabbi Avrahom Yitzchok HaKohen Cook [ZTL & ZYA]
    famously taught that:

    “Since the Beth HaMikdash was destroyed by Sinat Chinam,
    the Beth HaMikdash can only be rebuilt by Ahavat Chinam,”
    (Or something very similar to that.)

    Please forgive me for not providing an exact source for this very important quote.

    in reply to: Zionism #2310721
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    “He [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz] never tired of telling
    his students that that Eretz Yisrael is the natural place for every Jew.

    Only there can a Jew flourish to his maximum potential.

    A Jew’s life outside of Eretz Yisrael inevitably has a truncated,
    unnatural quality. He is like a polar bear removed from
    his Arctic habitat and placed in the Bronx Zoo.”

    “Any Jew who does not at least dream of going up to Eretz Yisrael,
    he said, is surely lacking something in his Yiddishkeit.”

    SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
    the architect of Torah in America (chapter 25, page 322) by Yonoson Rosenblum
    for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
    ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965

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    Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah
    and became principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in year 1921 CE.
    His career in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas lasted 25 years.
    He was known as “the premier architect of Torah in American history.”
    He left this world in 1948 CE at the age of 62 years.

    in reply to: Zionism #2310203
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    “On Friday, November 29, 1947, the United Nations debated
    the issue of partitioning the British Mandate for [British]
    Palestine into two countries, one Arab and on Jewish.

    Reb Shraga Feivel [Mendlowitz] prayed fervently for partition.
    He had no radio in his house, but that Friday he borrowed
    one and set it to the news, leaving it on for Shabbos.

    He waited with such tense anticipation to hear the outcome of
    the U. N. [United Nations] vote that he did not come to shalosh seudos.

    When he heard the U. N.’s decision to establish a Jewish state,
    he stood up and recited the blessing HaTov VeHaMeitiv,
    Who is good and Who does good.

    Without losing sight of the anti-religious nature of the leaders
    of the yishuv in Eretz Yisrael, he nevertheless saw the creation
    of a Jewish state an act of Providence and as a cause for rejoicing.

    At the very least, there would now be one country in the world
    whose gates would be open to the thousands of Holocaust survivors
    still languishing in Displaced Persons Camps in Germany and Austria.”

    SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
    the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 331) by Yonoson Rosenblum
    for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
    ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965

    in reply to: Zionism #2310202
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    “And he [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz] expressed
    amazement that anyone who considered himself
    a good Jew could possibly go seven days without
    thinking of some way in which he could improve
    the lot of settlers in Eretz Yisrael or otherwise improve the Land.”

    SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
    the architect of Torah in America (chapter 25, page 322) by Yonoson Rosenblum
    for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
    ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965

    in reply to: Zionism #2310201
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    After hearing a well-known Rabbi give a fiery
    derashah against the secular Jews in Eretz Yisrael,
    Reb Shraga Feivel [Mendlowitz] expressed his
    displeasure with the tone of the speech.

    “True, is it hard for us to reach the ahavas Yisrael
    of Reb Yitzchak Levi of Berditchev,” he said,
    “but we are commanded to keep far away
    from hatred of our fellow Jews.”

    SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
    the architect of Torah in America (chapter 16, page 229) by Yonoson Rosenblum
    for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
    ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965

    in reply to: Zionism #2310200
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    Once full-scale war broke out after the State of Israel declared
    its existence on May 14, 1948 [CE] Reb Shraga Feivel’s [Mendlowitz]
    thoughts were never far from Eretz Yisrael.

    A group of students saw him outside the Mesivta building
    one day, talking excitedly with Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr
    and gesticulating rapidly with the newspaper held in his hand.

    “If I were your age,” he [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz] told the students,
    “I would take a gun and go to Eretz Yisrael.”

    SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
    the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 338) by Yonoson Rosenblum
    for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
    ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965

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    Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah
    and became principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in year 1921 CE.
    His career in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas lasted 25 years.
    He was known as “the premier architect of Torah in American history.”
    He left this world in 1948 CE at the age of 62 years.

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