I'd be so good at scrabble if they didnt have to be real words

My biggest takeaway from this is the patience and the general non-vitriolic manner in which non-hareidim deal with this atrocity. In no other country, would a chunk of society get away with this idiocy. Kudos to the Jewish people. Shame on the Chareidim.

הרב יצחק יוסף, שצאצאיו חוזרים הביתה כל יום לנשותיהם, לא צריכים לחשבן מחזור, מקוה ומילואים, מדריך את נכדו לזרוק את הצו גיוס לאסלה. האחיינית שלי אורה, הקיאה לתוך האסלה לבד בבית כי בעלה היה במילואים אחרי שהיה קשה להיכנס להיריון מרוב מילואים של בעלה. אשרי היא שעמלה בתורה ומדברת דברי טעם בוועדת חוץ וביטחון.

Satmar and Chabad are similar in one way - in that they think anyone outside of their chassidus cares about them.

1. Khaled Mashal (living): $4B, diverted aid, taxes, investments (Israeli est.). 2. Ismail Haniyeh (deceased 2024): $4B, same sources. 3. Yahya Sinwar (deceased 2024): $3B, Hamas funding/taxes. 4. Mousa Abu Marzouk (living): $3B, aid diversion/investments. 5. Yasser Arafat (deceased 2004): $1B, embezzled PA funds/aid (IMF report). 6. Mahmoud Abbas (living): $400M, corruption in PA. 7. Mahmoud al-Zahar (living): ~$1B est., Hamas operations. 8-10: Limited data; lesser leaders like Ahmed Qurei/Salam Fayyad have modest or unknown wealth from salaries/aid. Sources: NY Post, JPost, Wikipedia. Estimates vary, often disputed.

CHALLENGE: Find a photo of a starving adult in Gaza

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Isn’t it remarkable how the so-called "anti-war" crowd, Dave Smith, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and the rest of Grifter Inc., bend over backwards to "understand" Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? They are very careful not to defend it outright. Instead, they explain it. They contextualize it. They empathize with it. They tell us that Russia felt threatened. That NATO expansion was provocative. That no country would tolerate a hostile military alliance at its border. They invoke the example, again and again, of how America would respond if Mexico joined a military pact with Russia. And they conclude, quite calmly, that in light of that, Russia’s invasion was unfortunate but understandable. Over one million people are dead. Cities have been leveled. A sovereign country was invaded. Entire regions were turned into killing fields. And yet somehow, to this crowd, Russia’s actions are not pure aggression. They are not insanity. They are not evil. They are the natural outgrowth of feeling unsafe. Now shift to Iran. A regime that openly calls for the destruction of the United States. A regime that funds terrorist proxies on nearly every continent. A regime that tried to assassinate former U.S. officials, including a sitting president. A regime that is enriching uranium to levels just short of a nuclear weapon. A regime that has been chanting "Death to America" longer than most of us have been alive. This time, the script flips. Now we are told that confrontation is unthinkable. That deterrence is unnecessary. That Iran is not really a threat. That this is all just neocon fearmongering. We are told to believe that diplomacy will be enough, that the Islamic Republic does not mean what it says, and that America is being paranoid. So let’s get this straight. Russia, a nuclear power with a conventional army, invades its neighbor, and the woke right says it makes sense. They do not like it, but they understand it. Iran, a fundamentalist theocracy with a history of international terrorism, chants for our death and works toward a nuclear bomb, and the same people say America is overreacting. Russia feels nervous, and we are expected to empathize. America receives open threats of annihilation, and we are expected to show restraint. One country wages war because it claims to feel encircled, and we are told this is reasonable. Another country prepares for war because it has been directly threatened for fifty years, and we are told this is warmongering. What exactly are the rules? Because if they are that national interest is valid for Russia but not for the United States, then this is not anti-war commentary. It is anti-American propaganda pretending to be realism. They will justify the deaths of millions because they "understand" how Russia felt. But they refuse to understand why America might not want nuclear weapons in the hands of a regime that burns its flag, funds global jihad, and literally threatens to wipe Israel off the map. At some point, the pattern speaks louder than the words. And the pattern is this. Every country is allowed to act in its interest except America. Every threat is understandable except the ones made against us. It is not a consistent worldview. It is not a peace strategy. It is moral inversion dressed up as foreign policy. And people are starting to notice.

Before his execution, Iran’s state TV brought Majidreza on air, blindfolded to create fear. The same stage used for forced confessions. But he didn’t break. He said: “Don’t pray for me. Don’t recite the Quran. Dance. Celebrate.” They hanged him in 2022 for peacefully protesting. Today is his birthday 💔

Dear Members of the @PulitzerPrizes board, My name is Emily Damari. I was held hostage in Gaza for over 500 days. On the morning of October 7, I was at home in my small studio apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas terrorists burst in, shot me and dragged me across the border into Gaza. I was one of 251 men, women, children, and elderly people kidnapped that day from their beds, their homes, and a music festival. For almost 500 days I lived in terror. I was starved, abused, and treated like I was less than human. I watched friends suffer. I watched hope dim. And even now, after returning home, I carry that darkness with me - because my best friends, Gali and Ziv Berman are still being held in the Hamas terror tunnels. So imagine my shock and pain when I saw that you awarded a Pulitzer Prize to Mosab Abu Toha. This is a man who, in January, questioned the very fact of my captivity. He posted about me on Facebook and asked, “How on earth is this girl called a hostage?” He has denied the murder of the Bibas family. He has questioned whether Agam Berger was truly a hostage. These are not word games - they are outright denials of documented atrocities. You claim to honor journalism that upholds truth, democracy, and human dignity. And yet you have chosen to elevate a voice that denies truth, erases victims, and desecrates the memory of the murdered. Do you not see what this means? Mosab Abu Toha is not a courageous writer. He is the modern-day equivalent of a Holocaust denier. And by honoring him, you have joined him in the shadows of denial. This is not a question of politics. This is a question of humanity. And today, you have failed it.

Did you ever notice how Orthodox Jews couldn’t care less what the world thinks of them? Not a little. Not secretly. They truly, completely, deeply don’t care. They’ll walk through an airport looking like they time-traveled out of 1850. Pray out loud in a hoodie or a hat while people whisper. The men grow beards, wear hats, let their tzitzit hang out. The women cover their hair with wigs, scarves, hats (depending on your heritage)—like queens from another world. And they’ll show up to your office two days late because it was a holiday no one’s ever heard of. And they won’t apologize. Because you can’t even imagine what their life is. You can’t imagine what it’s like to disappear from the world—fully—every single week. Shabbat comes in and they’re gone. Just gone. No phone, emails, group chats, news, and no chaos. You could be calling them a hundred times. The world could be in flames. They won’t pick up. And they wouldn’t even know. And honestly? They don’t even care. While the world is busy arguing over the next divisive topic, they’re sitting around the table with their eight kids. Singing 1,000-years-old songs. Wearing their nicest clothes for no one but each other. Eating and talking about the weekly Torah parsha or the current holiday, Walking to shul in the rain without an umbrella—because it’s muktzah (forbidden to carry or touch). It’s not just that they are screen-free or tech-free. They are world-free. And it doesn’t stop there. You can’t imagine what it’s like to live on a calendar that makes no sense to anyone else. To be out of office when no one else is. To fast for 25 hours on a random Tuesday in July or September. To miss concerts, meetings, deals—because it’s Pesach, Sukkot, Purim, or Tisha B’Av. To need kosher food and say no to 98% of restaurants—not because you’re picky, but because there’s a God, and He is watching. You might think they’re disconnected from the world. Maybe. But somehow, many of them still manage to own buildings, run multimillion-dollar companies, donate billions to charity, raise big families, live rich lives. They vanish for Shabbat, disappear for holidays, leave early Fridays—and yet they’re still there at the top. Still getting it done. How? Because when you live with clarity, you waste less time chasing noise. Because when your values are ancient, you’re not shaken by what’s trending—because your values were already tested, again and again, and they won. Because when you know who you are, you don’t need to keep proving it. They don’t care what people think— Not because they’re rude or arrogant. But because they already have something better than approval: conviction. Their compass doesn’t point to likes or clicks. It points to Sinai. And once you’ve stood at Sinai—even in memory—you just see the world differently. So yeah, they’re not ashamed. Not of their prayers. Not of their outfits. Not of the way they live. Not of the rules that guide them. They’re not trying to be different. They’re trying to stay loyal. To something eternal. In a world obsessed with changing, they’re holding on. And that kind of confidence—that kind of freedom— You can’t buy it. You can’t fake it. You can’t even imagine it. But they live it. Every day. Proudly. Openly. And they wouldn’t trade it for anything.

This is the story of Ben Shimoni, a 31-year-old who became a symbol of courage and selflessness during one of the most tragic days in Israel’s history, October 7th, 2023. A thread🧵:

כְּשׁוֹשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֹחִים ❤️‍🩹

You dared to strike at a smart and courageous nation on October 7th—committing genocide, kidnapping their children, and violating their women. You thought they would fall, but they rose again, returning after 11 months to correct what had only momentarily slipped—their intelligence. Now, they will send you back 1,000 years, to a time without technology, where a ringtone feels like a death knell and a beep is a nightmare. You will be haunted by your own shadow, too afraid to use any technology, cut off from the advanced world. And they will defeat you—not with bullets or tanks, but through the unbreakable will of brave, intelligent people. Over a simple cup of coffee, with one decisive click, they will seal your fate, and the fate of anyone who dares harm their children. This is a nation the world respects. Lebanon—#Hezbollah's pager attacks and today's V82 strike are not merely military victories; they represent a triumph for the Middle East over radicalism—a victory not only for #Israel but for all who stand against terror.

Your body voted to not condemn Hamas who baked babies in ovens in front of their parents. You irrelevant ghoul.

Hundreds of Islamo-faciat terrorists get their balls torn off in the most targeted strike in the history of mankind and Natalie is upset because a girl got scared.

Are you going to lie lie in a year from now that you never said this just like you lied about your covid lockdown policies

People are acting like Trump's reaction is so impressive but if someone shot at Joe Biden he wouldn't even flinch

Check the replies. A "good Jew" getting savaged by the antisemites for not being antisemitic enough. This is as old as antisemitism itself.