Life in Israel

WFAN Shabbos shiur for the Knicks (video)

2026-06-09T10:59:00.000+03:00

getting a shiur on hilchos shabbos on WFAN... was that on your bingo card?

though I am surprised they didn't know the term shabbos goy...

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Tiberias Today! Empty Sea of Galilee Promenade… Surprisingly Quiet. (video)

2026-06-09T09:30:00.000+03:00

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Divrei Hashem - | Yitzy Waldner & Mayer Engel (Official Music Video)

2026-06-09T08:07:00.000+03:00

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The Unbreakable Spirit of the Women Protecting Jerusalem 🇮🇱 | Experience the City's Pulse. (video)

2026-06-08T09:34:00.000+03:00

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Little Bardichevers | TYH Boys (video)

2026-06-08T08:09:00.000+03:00

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Halacha Headlines: 6/6/26 – Shiur 562 – Shidduchim — What do you have to disclose? At what point does privacy become deception? At what point does “full disclosure” become cruelty, stigma, and impossible perfectionism? (audio)

2026-06-07T12:42:00.000+03:00

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Yonina- White Heart (Cover) (video)

2026-06-07T11:22:32.359+03:00

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We Don't Need No Education

2026-06-03T14:47:00.000+03:00

This morning at the Israeli Democracy Institute conference Naftali Bennett took an interesting campaign stance.

Bennett said, "If I will be elected Prime Minister, I will shut down all the Haredi parties' school chains - (Personally (me, not Bennett) I think it is a problem that political parties are running schoool systems, but that's the way it is, now back to Bennett) Under our noses an independent Haredi anti-Zionist state has been established within Israel and we are funding it from our pockets. In the next government we will move to fix an historical error that allowed for the creation of seperate states. This is the rule: not stately (there is no great definition for mamlachti) - not on our dime...."

I dont know if he is serious or not about this. Maybe it is just trying to differentiate himself from others and bring in votes. Even if Bennett was serious about this, I doubt he would be able to do this, even if today's Opposition wins and he figures out a way to get the other parties (Eisenkot and Lieberman specifically) to support him for PM ... 60 or 70 years ago the Haredi school systems were tiny. Today they are massive.

Even if he wins, nobody is forecasting a landslide that would give him a powerful government. Even if you trust the polls that forecast victory for the Opposition and defeat for today's Coalition parties, it will be another weak government (because it will be narrow) that will probably not last long and will not get anything major done. This is something major that will be a big fight and garner massive opposition and won't be so easy to accomplish.

I think this can be taken with a grain of salt

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Tweet of the Day

2026-06-02T14:29:03.706+03:00

"It will all work out well in the end - It always does!" pic.twitter.com/2XZLa5rARG
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 1, 2026

1. he's driving everyone crazy with his back and forth but from his mouth to God's ears, hopefully it will work out well in the end

2. he sounds like a rebbi in yeshiva teaching the bochurim about emuna

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Is the New Ultra-Orthodox Reform Movement Delaying the Final Redemption? (video)

2026-06-02T12:18:00.000+03:00

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Avi Ilson - Bizhutam (Official Music Video)

2026-06-02T10:46:57.610+03:00

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Fascinated by the protests

2026-06-01T16:52:17.177+03:00

Last night there were protests and riots in and outside of Bet Shemesh. Peleg Yerushalmi people found out or heard that a yeshiva bochur in the area had been arrested, or maybe detained, for being a "deserter" from the IDF. They quickly mobilized and wreaked havoc in the area, including breaking into the police station where the detainee was supposedly being held, until they were eventually pushed out.

I'm honestly fascinated by the protests that happen when a yeshiva bochur is arrested/detained, and specifically by their level of organization..

They seem to have enough people all over the place to get a crowd quickly at the site of the arrest. They get the word out quickly and people show up immediately.

They don't have weapons but the police usually have no control and can't defend themselves against these protesters with the protesters often creating so much havoc that the police often releases the detainee or just gives up and leaves the area if they have not already gotten their guy. And like last night, they at times even break into the police station and physically free them from the clutches of the police.

No consequences, nobody really gets into any trouble, anyone arrested for this behavior seems to be released fairly quickly.

I'm amazed and fascinated.

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Could Joe Lieberman Exist Today? | Rebecca Lieberman | Behind the Bima #201 (video)

2026-06-01T12:31:00.000+03:00

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BBQ, Beer & Aliyah - The Zionist Hang Out (video)

2026-06-01T11:02:00.000+03:00

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Avi Reymi & Yair Bodner - Shlomo Simcha (video)

2026-06-01T08:08:00.000+03:00

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Halacha Headlines: 5/30/26 – Shiur 561 – Finances 101 – financial conflict in marriage (audio)

2026-05-31T12:38:00.000+03:00

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Cinematic Jerusalem Walk: From New Gate to Damascus Gate (Old City Walls) (video)

2026-05-31T09:46:00.000+03:00

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I.M.A.D.I - Moshe Tischler feat. EKEV | (Official Music Video)

2026-05-31T08:36:27.107+03:00

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Feiglin has a way to unseat Netanyahu, maybe...

2026-05-28T16:33:50.183+03:00

Channel 14 is reporting that Moshe Feiglin, head of the Zehut party running in the upcoming Israeli elections, has made an interesting proposal.

Feiglin has proposed to all parties to the right of the Likud, being Zehut, Otzma Yehudit (Ben Gvir), Hatzionut Hadatit (Smotritch), and Ofer Vinter (who has not yet announced a new party or what party he will be running in but looks like he is making preparation to run in the elections) to come together in one large party.

Feiglin mentioned joining together as a technical block, but for his goal, which I have not yet mentioned, I think it should be an actual merged one party, not a technical block.

So Feiglin wants the parties to all join together in one form or another (he suggests a technical block but I doubt that he is not open to other arrangements), and he says the positioning of candidates within can be determined by a very simple poll.

If they were all to join forces into one party running in the elections, Feiglin thinks they can challenge the Likud and even surpass them as the largest party on the Right side of the political coin. This would allow them to actually be the ruling party and not just small sectoral parties, unseating PM Netanyahu and actually ruling the country with right wing ideals.

This is an intiative I can get behind, and is basically (not the specific details but the concept) something I have been reocmmending for the last few years - the Right parties should get together and push out Netanyahu and support someone else for Prime Minister. This tactical plan goes beyond what I envisioned, which is why they are in politics and not me, but the idea is one I can support.

I am not sure even together they have the numbers to succeed, but they should at least try!

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From Anti-Zionist Rallies To A Burning Love For Eretz Yisrael (video)

2026-05-28T12:19:00.000+03:00

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Jerusalem May 15. Walk to Damascus Gate. Atmosphere of the city (video)

2026-05-28T09:38:00.000+03:00

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Simcha Abramczik & Levi Falkowitz - Medaleg (video)

2026-05-28T08:17:59.626+03:00

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Jerusalem May 15. Walk to Damascus Gate. Atmosphere of the city (video)

2026-05-27T09:41:00.000+03:00

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Jungle | Mendy Worch | Feat. TYH Boys (video)

2026-05-27T08:05:00.000+03:00

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keep them in Israel for ten years!

2026-05-26T17:07:10.087+03:00

The Tax Authority is putting together a law proposal (not sure which MK they will have submit it in the Knesset) that would require any Israeli who served in a technology unit in the IDF (any unit that focuses on research and technological development, cyber, and more) to stay, and found and keep any company they establish, in Israel for the first ten years following their release from the army. If the person might relocate abroad, he/she would still be considered a resident of Israel (for tax purposes) for the first ten years from the date of release.

Of the technological units in which people will be affected by having served there, 8200 is the most famous but there are many others as well.

People from the hitech industry along with tax experts are calling this proposal draconian and say they will fight it and work against its passage.

The motivation of the Tax Authority is that these young men and women who graduate from the IDF's technological units were invested in heavily by Ithe State of Israel and they were given knowledge and tools and skills throughout their IDF service. They use that investment of Israel in them to then establish companies, but sometimes they move abroad and the State does not benefit from that investment when they become successful. The purpose of this proposal will be to give them the status of Israeli resident for tax purposes even if they move abroad within the first ten years so Israel can tax them accordingly and benefit from their success which was built off the back of the State of Israel.

The new law, should it be proposed and pass, will not take effect retroactively and will only apply to new recruits from the point the law is passed.

Those who oppose the proposal are calling it a draconian law and are saying it opposes basic laws such as freedom of movement and employment, along with international tax conventions. They say it also negatively discriminates against graduates of these units in the workforce. The way to keep these technology graduates in Israel is by creating the environment in which they will want to stay.

source: Globes

I get the reason for the law. It makes sense in some way. But the State really gets back its investment in these young men and women during their army service. These units have tremendous accomplishments. Why does the ROI have to include taxes for it be reasonable? And many of them do stay in Israel (I wonder if there are numbers showing percentages of how many stay within the first ten years vs how many relocate abroad) so Israel collects taxes on them as well... I understand the logic of such a move but I think the complaint behind it is disingenuous.

What do you think?

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