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The Kabbalist Who Would Be King of a New Jewish Monarchy in Israel

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  News All credit goes to The Forward,  Natan Odenheimer  and The Times of Israel Copy to clipboard Share on Facebook Share on X Share on Bluesky Share on Reddit Share on Email Print Article Republish Article Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky By  Natan Odenheimer October 14, 2016 The crowd was eclectic, from stern, black-garbed ultra-Orthodox men to youths of both sexes bedecked in colorful, hippie-like clothes. They hailed from homes as far as Safed, the kabbalist center in Israel’s North, and as remote as isolated hilltop settlements in the occupied West Bank. Even a few New Age types from secular Tel Aviv were in evidence. The 3,000 men, women and children at Tel Aviv’s newly renovated Habima Square last December were waiting anxiously to hear Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh, the St. Louis-born mystic and scholar whose quiet demeanor belies incendiary scholarly writings that are inspiring a generation of Jewish supremacists. The venue marked something of a mainstream coming-o...
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Ezra is Burning | Crowds Protest in Front of the Vizhnitz Central Courthouse; Attempts to Incite a Blood Liturgy on the Second Courtyard

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The false plot was exposed. All credit goes to Kikar and David Keshet Huge drama in Bnei Brak, crowds are now demonstrating in a major protest against the Vizanitz Central Court in the city • Behind the scenes - the commotion of the signs that lit up the city and the false rumors that the second courtyard was supposedly attacked • The truth is revealed - young Lithuanians were caught 'red-handed' • For now, no injuries, the police are in reinforced forces (ultra-Orthodox) Is Bnei Brak on the verge of a wave of instability? Ezra Street in the city looks like a battlefield these days. Crowds of demonstrators, affiliated with various sects in the sector, are gathering in front of the Beit Midrash Hall of the Vizhnitz Central Hasidic sect , in a sharp protest against what they define as a personality cult and the unusual behavior of the court Hasidic sects. The tension that erupted this evening began in the early hours of the morning. Kikar learned that several young people from th...
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This Fight Is Different By Rabbi Yitzchak Pindrus

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  | Perspectives | All credit goes to Riki Goldstein & The Mishpacha Magazine to the Mishpacha Magazine   | February 10, 2026 Email Print Pressure on those devoted to Torah study is no longer applied indirectly Photo: Shutterstock/MichaelHatzalam IT is no secret that the chareidi community in Eretz Yisrael is facing one of the most severe challenges it has known since the founding of the state. Incitement and polarization have become routine, economic measures are increasingly wielded as political weapons, and pressure on those devoted to Torah study is no longer applied indirectly: It is systematic. In the Knesset, we work toward one clear objective, guided by the  gedolei Yisrael  in this struggle for the soul of the state: securing the status of Torah scholars, who have served as the spiritual shield of the Jewish People in every generation. Yet we must confront reality honestly. The chareidi public is operating under a dangerous misconception. Many still beli...
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