tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65911292024-03-18T12:42:44.248-04:00Chaptzem Blog!The Official Chaptzem WebLog -- The One and Only Heimishe News Center.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7937125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-8175572107004223012024-03-18T12:42:00.001-04:002024-03-18T12:42:11.587-04:00So far, 56% of reported hate crimes in 2024 have targeted Jewish people, Toronto police sayToronto has seen a 93 per cent increase in the number of reported hate crimes since the Israel-Hamas war began compared to the same time period a year earlier, the city's police chief says.Chief Myron Demkiw told the Toronto Police Services Board on Monday that there have been 989 calls for service related to hate crimes in the 163 days since Oct. 7, when Hamas launched a surprised attack on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-51059999116860729482024-03-15T09:41:00.001-04:002024-03-15T09:41:20.577-04:00'It's got much worse': Jewish people in Belgium say friends have packed bags ready to flee amid spike in antisemitismA Holocaust survivor in Belgium says she knows Jewish people who have packed their bags ready to flee amid a spike in antisemitism.Regina Sluszny, 84, from Antwerp, says incidents have rocketed since the outbreak of the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas.Authorities in the city, which has the largest Hasidic Jewish population in Europe, say they received 90 reports of antisemitism in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-33594073436502961772024-03-14T15:06:00.000-04:002024-03-14T15:07:05.396-04:00Sarasota man sentenced for threatening Jewish organizations in New YorkA Sarasota man was sentenced in Federal Court for threatening Jewish Organizations in New York. Deep Alpesh Kumar Patel (21, Sarasota) was sentenced to six months in federal prison for transmitting an interstate threat to injure.Patel pleaded guilty on December 15, 2023.According to the plea agreement, on October 21, 2023, Patel left a threatening voicemail at a Jewish organization in New York Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-47680047027102458862024-03-13T10:13:00.001-04:002024-03-13T10:13:29.277-04:00Three Breslov hasidim named as victims of fatal accidentThree teenagers from the "Shuvu Banim" community of Breslov hasidim were killed Wednesday morning in a deadly traffic accident on Route 60, near the town of Givat Assaf in the Binyamin Region.The three were trapped in the vehicle. Rescue teams that arrived at the scene extracted them from the vehicle, and they were pronounced dead at the scene.The teens have been identified as Matityahu Bezanson,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-56231444465723662082024-03-12T12:50:00.001-04:002024-03-12T12:50:29.202-04:00NYPD: Investigation ‘Ongoing’ in Alleged Assault of Jewish Girl in BrooklynSurveillance camera footage that circulated on social media appeared to capture an antisemitic attack on March 8 in Brooklyn, N.Y.A spokesperson for the New York City Police Department told JNS that a 15-year-old girl "states she was waiting for the bus when an unknown suspect struck the victim in the left ear with a closed fist, causing pain and swelling.""The suspect fled on foot," the police Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-386081940678557572024-03-08T13:39:00.000-05:002024-03-08T13:40:00.829-05:00Adviser warns London a 'no-go zone for Jews every weekend'Robin Simcox also urged ministers to "be willing to accept higher legal risk" when tackling extremism.Rishi Sunak's spokesman said the PM took concerns of extremism "extremely seriously" and noted a rise in both antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred.March organisers said Jewish people did not need to be scared of the events.Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Simcox said Mr Sunak had been right to point Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-18847750834870434312024-03-07T11:19:00.001-05:002024-03-07T11:19:11.970-05:00Terrified Jewish students flee campus after abuse from 100-strong mobTerrified Jewish students are fleeing Exeter University campus after being surrounded and abused by a mob of 100 students while manning an Israel stall.The Jewish students said they were were left feeling "broken" by the experience, during which one members of the crowd shouted that they had "killed" her brother.Third-year International Relations student, Rojin-Sena Cantay, who helped put the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-15978789283409635922024-03-06T11:29:00.001-05:002024-03-06T11:29:35.762-05:00Ashdod rabbi orders religious certification of wigsThe rabbi of the Gur hasidic community in Ashdod, Rabbi Shmuel David Gross, has stated that members of the community must be careful not to purchase wigs originating from idol worship.For that reason, the rabbi also instructed his community to buy wigs only from manufacturers certified by a specific religious inspection authority which he claims ensures that the wigs in question are free from anyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-72259384847524850572024-03-05T17:37:00.001-05:002024-03-05T17:37:37.105-05:00Bill providing security funding to Jewish day schools, preschools heads to governor’s deskA bill that would provide recurring security funding to full time Jewish day schools and preschools passed through the Senate floor and will now head to the governor's desk.Rep. Randy Fine, R-Palm Bay, carried HB 1109, which passed through the Senate Tuesday with a 39-0 vote. Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, sponsored the Senate version of the bill.The bill would require the Florida Department of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-53927955572392687142024-03-04T15:03:00.001-05:002024-03-04T15:03:24.247-05:00Teen suspect in stabbing of Jewish man in Zurich expressed solidarity with Islamic State groupSwiss police say the 15-year-old suspect in the stabbing of an Orthodox Jewish man in Zurich over the weekend had appeared in a video expressing solidarity with the banned Islamic State group, and called himself a "soldier" in its self-described caliphate.Zurich cantonal police security chief Mario Fehr told reporters Monday that authorities were investigating whether the teen, who was not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-67018758306321634462024-03-01T09:28:00.001-05:002024-03-01T09:28:19.854-05:00Amid War in Israel, NYC hosts Memorial to Mark 30 Years Since Antisemitic “Brooklyn Bridge Shooting” Terror AttackA memorial event marking the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Brooklyn Bridge terror attack will take place on Friday, March 1st at 12 PM. The memorial ceremony will honor the memory of Ari Halberstam, a 16 year old hasidic Yeshiva student, who was murdered on the Brooklyn Bridge by an Islamic terrorist in the attack.On March 1, 1994, a van carrying 15 Hasidic Jewish teenagers was ruthlessly gunned Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-42889188984856423752024-02-29T17:05:00.001-05:002024-02-29T17:05:08.446-05:00'Zionists not welcome:' Jewish Santa Barbara students face harassment at Multicultural Center in USOn Tuesday, Jewish students were harassed at the University of California Santa Barbara's Multicultural Center (MCC) when signs and messages targeting a Jewish student government president and other Jewish students were placed at the MCC, its social media accounts, and a student dorm room earlier that day and on Monday.According to Santa Barbara Hillel, its staff members and a group of Jewish Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-71734387017186345032024-02-28T11:01:00.001-05:002024-02-28T11:01:36.946-05:00Violent mob forces Jewish students to evacuate through tunnel at UC Berkeley eventA pro-Israel event at UC Berkeley turned chaotic Monday night as Jewish students were forced to evacuate through underground tunnels due to a violent mob of anti-Israel protestors. The event, titled 'Israel at War: Combat the Lies,' featured Ran Bar-Yoshafat, an IDF reservist who served in Gaza during the current war.According to reports, several hundred protestors gathered outside the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-62001862330472062542024-02-27T10:36:00.001-05:002024-02-27T10:36:48.452-05:00Minister Goldknopf says it’s a ‘mitzvah’ to vote for Hasidic Agudat Yisrael party">Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf it is a "mitzvah" to vote for the Hasidic Agudat Yisrael party — one of the parties that make up the national United Torah Judaism party — in local elections.Goldknopf says the ultra-Orthodox public must listen to its rabbis as "they and only they determine our conduct.""This is the time to express absolute loyalty and obedience — and vote for Agudat Yisrael."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-49074384300090282632024-02-23T13:43:00.001-05:002024-02-23T13:43:37.245-05:00'My grandmothers' passports were stamped Juden and they ended up in Bergen-Belsen - now my baby's has been marked', say the Jewish parents targeted by Passport Office workers. 'It is a warning sign'">There is a new, second security camera facing the door of Israel and Dorin's cosy North London home.The first went up shortly after they returned from a family holiday to Jerusalem that coincided with the October 7 massacre, a truly terrifying experience that saw them cowering in a safe room with their three young children.Knowing from bitter experience that whenever there is tension in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-30331651996674191732024-02-22T11:37:00.001-05:002024-02-22T11:37:11.346-05:00Why This Non-Jewish Congressman Quoted a Famous Hasidic RabbiA Very Narrow Bridge" is a popular Hasidic song, one that is embraced by Jews of all denominations.The words to it, which are from the writings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, the 18th-century founder of a Hasidic sect, are "The entire world is a very narrow bridge; the main thing is to vanquish fear."It's a good song for the Sabbath table, or when a friend needs solace.Also, we now know, for a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-71289208173509835272024-02-21T17:16:00.001-05:002024-02-21T17:16:28.098-05:00IDF will have to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews without new law, A-G saysThe State of Israel will be forced to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews into the IDF if a new bill is not brought into law by April 1, attorney-general Gali Baharav-Miara stated in a letter to the High Court of Justice on Wednesday.https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-788159Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-34463728814500686322024-02-20T15:11:00.001-05:002024-02-20T15:11:36.656-05:00Marjorie Taylor Greene Applauds Jewish Couple Carrying Semi-Automatic Rifles at Wedding, “It’s Real”">Nachman Mostofsky, Executive Director and Vice President of the organization Amariah, shared a wedding photo of a newly married Orthodox Jewish couple in Lakewood, New Jersey. The young bride and groom are smiling at each other while holding semiautomatic guns.Mostofsky, who describes himself as an "American Conservative and Zionist," reported that "The photo is not AI. It's real." He added: "Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-39328122656930089342024-02-16T14:26:00.001-05:002024-02-16T14:26:42.128-05:00Next move for Seven Springs unclear after state village laws changeIn the months since new state rules made it more difficult to form villages in New York, the town of Monroe has been pushing petitioners for the proposed village of Seven Springs to make a move in their years-long legal battle to form a new municipality: show that support for the new village meets the increased population requirements or give it up.To that end, Monroe town attorney Brian Nugent Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-62209153548632295562024-02-15T17:07:00.001-05:002024-02-15T17:07:41.831-05:00This Hasidic Woman Runs a Thriving Lingerie ShopIf I could take a guess, I would say Hasidic Judaism and lingerie don't often go hand in hand in the minds of many out there. Often, the narrative presented in the media is that couples can only have sex through a sheet, or in shows like Unorthodox, solely at the whim of one's husband. Women are second-class citizens and certainly do not have any sort of relationship with their own sexuality, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-50991620260155683672024-02-14T17:12:00.001-05:002024-02-14T17:12:10.232-05:00NYPD search for suspect after beating Jewish man with metal batA New York City man attacked a Jewish victim with a metal bat after making antisemitic comments in Queens on Monday.The NYPD said on Tuesday that they were seeking information relating to the incident.The American Jewish Committee thanked the police for investigating the incident as a hate crime in a social media post on Wednesday.https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-787009Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-79331624998357533672024-02-12T12:27:00.001-05:002024-02-12T12:27:26.427-05:00Swiss ski resort restaurant refuses to rent sleds to Jewish peopleA restaurant located at the Pischa ski resort in Davos, Switzerland, has sparked outrage after posting a discriminatory message in Hebrew, refusing to rent sleds to Jewish customers. The sign, displayed prominently at the front of the establishment alleged sled thefts involving Jewish individuals as the reason for the discriminatory policy.The message, addressed to "Jewish brothers," stated,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-56846321279682334002024-02-12T12:25:00.000-05:002024-02-12T12:26:03.797-05:00PSAC faces complaints of discrimination, harassment from Jewish membersThe largest union in the Canadian federal public sector is facing 14 discrimination and harassment complaints from its members. Fourteen Jewish members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) are suing their own union for creating a "culture of discrimination and harassment" following the attacks in Israel by Hamas-led armed groups from Gaza."Immediately following Hamas' October 7, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-2940500895508437162024-02-09T13:30:00.001-05:002024-02-09T13:30:11.036-05:00Australian Jews on high alert after public list of ‘Zionists’ fuels harassmentAustralian police are investigating threats against a 5-year-old Jewish child amid an uproar over the publication online of a list of hundred of Jewish creatives' personal information by pro-Palestinian activists.Hundreds of Jewish academics and creatives who joined a private WhatsApp group last year had their personal information shared publicly by prominent pro-Palestinian activists this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591129.post-79286190738977067452024-02-08T10:14:00.001-05:002024-02-08T10:14:54.182-05:00Court Issues New Ruling Over Chabad World HeadquartersOn January 19, the New York Court of Appeals ruled on the ownership of the shul at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn —also known simply as 770—that could determine the future of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Since the 1994 death of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh and final leader of the Lubavitcher Hasidic sect, two factions of his followers have beenUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0