ULTRA-ORTHODOX MOVING TO PERIPHERY, PRESAGING INCREASED SOCIETAL TENSION

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Given the rapid increase in the haredi population due to its high birth rate, the National Economic Council has estimated that between 170,000 to 200,000 housing units will be needed for the haredi sector over the next twenty years. 

Traditionally, the majority of the haredi community has been largely concentrated in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak, but as housing prices there have risen dramatically with the rapid growth of the haredi population and subsequent increase in demand, there has been an increasing trend to move out of those centers. 

Beit Shemesh in the Jerusalem district and Elad in the Central District, as well as as Ashdod and Petaj Tikav, along with the homogenous haredi cities of Modiin Illit and Beitar Illit in the West Bank, became new destinations for haredi families to settle in over the last two decades. 

Maharal and women AVOS 2:7

ספר דרך חיים - פרק ב משנה ז 

 אמר אחר כך מרבה נשים מרבה כשפים, כי האשה היא בסדר אחר הנכסים קרובה אל האדם שצריך האדם אל האשה לתקון ביתו, ואמר שהוא מרבה כשפים, ואף אם נושא אביגיל וכל הנשים הכשרות מאד שלא יעשו כשפים, מ"מ היא נוטה אל מדריגת הכשוף מדרגה פחותה, כי הכשוף נמצא בנשים יותר מכל, לפי שפלות ופחיתות מדריגת הכשוף נמצא בנשים שהם פחותים ושפלים במדריגה, ויותר מזה כי הכשוף הוא צריך לכח מדמה אשר נמצא בנשים. ולכך אין הכשוף שולט אלא א"כ עומד המכשף על הארץ כדפירש רש"י ז"ל בפרק נגמר הדין (סנהדרין מ"ד, ב') ולפיכך ע"י רבוי נשים האדם מתקרב למדריגת הכשוף, ואף שלא תעשינה כשפים מ"מ הוא נוטה מן המעלה אל הפחיתות והחסרון מצד רבוי נשים כי הרבוי הוא נוטה למדרגת הכשוף הפחותה.

TUCKER CARLSON DECLARES MEXICO 'HOSTILE FOREIGN POWER,' SAYS TARIFFS MAY SLOW U.S. ECONOMY BUT ARE NEEDED

https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-declares-mexico-hostile-foreign-power-says-tariffs-may-slow-us-1441344

During the opening segment of his Friday night show, Carlson brought up the fact that critics of the tariff plan claim the billions of dollars in additional costs would slow the U.S. economy.

"They're likely right, over time they probably would, but we ought to impose them anyway," said the conservative host. "Not every government policy is a pure economic calculation. When the United States is attacked by a hostile foreign power, it must strike back. And make no mistake, Mexico is a hostile foreign power. For decades, the Mexican government has sent its poor north to our country. That has allowed that country's criminal oligarchy to maintain power and get even richer, but at great expense to us."

Carlson then went on to blame what he described as a "flood of illegal workers" for  having "damaged our communities, ruined our schools, burdened our healthcare system and fractured our national unity" in what he dubbed a "slow-motion attack on this country."

Jerusalem, the Beating Heart of Jewish Faith

Religious children ‘don’t report sex abuse due to shame and guilt’

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Shame and guilt stop religious children reporting sexual abuse, according to the damning findings of a two-year investigation by the Independent Inquiry.

The conclusions draw on the anonymised testimony of 1,697 people who experienced child sexual abuse in religious institutions, including 183 survivors. It also heard from 1,514 people who experienced abuse in non-religious settings.

They came forward as part of the ‘Truth Project,’ the Inquiry said on Thursday, as it published its landmark report.

Maggie Haberman: Why Trump was so irritated by Mueller's remarks

I've Spent Decades Failing to Negotiate Peace in the Middle East. Trump's 'Ultimate Deal' Is Doomed, Too

TIME

Having served as a State Department Middle East adviser and negotiator on Arab-Israel matters for more than two decades in both Republican and Democratic Administrations, I’ve seen and helped concoct a few pretty odd and mostly unsuccessful peace plans. But rarely have I seen an endeavor that was stranger than the recently released part one of the Trump Administration’s “ultimate deal”: a two-day, late-June meeting of donors from around the world in Bahrain, with hopes that showing the Palestinians how much better and more prosperous their lives could be will make them more flexible negotiators. Or, perhaps, persuade them to abandon what the Trump Administration considers unrealistic goals: statehood, with a real capital sovereign over most of east Jerusalem.

Reason to die?

(2) ילקוט שמעוני משלי - פרק ח - רמז תתקמג 

 מעשה באשה אחת שהזקינה הרבה, באת לפני ר"י (הגלילי) בן חלפתא אמרה לו רבי זקנתי יותר מדאי ומעשו חיים של נוול הם שאיני טועמת לא מאכל ולא משתה ואני מבקשת ליפטר מן העולם, אמר לה במה הארכת כל כך ימים, אמרה לו למודה אני אפילו יש לי דבר חביב אני מנחת אותו ומשכמת לבית הכנסת בכל יום, אמר לה מנעי עצמך מבית הכנסת שלשה ימים זה אחר זה, הלכה ועשתה כן וביום השלישי חלתה ומתה, לכך אמר שלמה אשרי אדם שומע לי וגו', מה כתיב אחריו כי מוצאי מצא חיים. אמר הקב"ה אם הלכת להתפלל לבית הכנסת לא תעמוד לך על פתח החיצון אלא הוי מתכוין ליכנס דלת לפנים מדלת, לשקוד על דלתי אין כתיב כאן אלא דלתותי, שתי דלתות, ולמה כן שהקב"ה מונה פסיעותיך ונותן לך שכר, מהו לשמגור מזוזות פתחי וכי יש מזוזה בבתי כנסיות, א"ר יהודה ברבי סימון מה מזוזה זו אינה זזה מן הפתח כך לא תהא זז מבתי כנסיות ומבתי מדרשות, ואם תעשה כן דע שאתה מקבל פני שכינה, מה כתיב אחריו כי מוצאי מצא חיים, ולא עוד אלא טעון ברכות שנאמר ויפק רצון מה':

Top rabbi blows lid off rabbinic scandal, rocking national religious public

https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-rabbi-blows-lid-off-rabbinic-scandal-rocking-national-religious-public/

In an open letter Wednesday that blew the lid off of a hushed misconduct accusation involving a prominent spiritual leader in the national religious camp, the chief rabbi of Safed called on the public to stay away from a respected counterpart, accusing him of carrying out several inappropriate relationships with female followers, among them an adherent whom he convinced to divorce her husband.

Three weeks after the national religious Srugim news site broke a story about an unnamed yeshiva head who had been asked to resign due to “personal entanglements,” Safed’s Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu publicly identified the embroiled individual as Rabbi Shmuel Tal, the head of of the Torat HaChaim yeshiva as well as several other religious institutions in the central town of Yad Binyamin.

RUDY GIULIANI MOCKS FOX NEWS JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO, CLAIMS HE'S 'BITTER' AT TRUMP ABOUT SCOTUS JOB

https://www.newsweek.com/rudy-giuliani-fox-news-napolitano-trump-1440040

President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani echoed his client's criticisms of Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano Thursday, claiming the former judge is "bitter" Trump never gave him a U.S. Supreme Court appointment years ago.

Giuliani, the former Republican mayor of New York City, quote tweeted an odd video reply from an unnamed pro-Trump Twitter account appearing to deride Napolitano for giving any legitimacy to Trump impeachment claims arising from special counsel Robert Mueller's report. Last month, former New Jersey Superior Court Judge Napolitano refuted Trump's claim he only became "hostile" toward the president on Fox News after he allegedly asked—and was denied—an appointment to the Supreme Court. 

Giuliani's claim is only the latest effort by Trump administration officials to write off critics by saying they begged for jobs in the past. Napolitano called Trump a "friend" last month despite the insult.

Fact-checking Trump's flurry of lies Thursday morning

CNN

One day after special counsel Robert Mueller publicly refused to exonerate President Donald Trump and hinted at potential impeachment, the President responded Thursday with an avalanche of widely debunked lies about the investigation and its findings.

Over a few hours Thursday morning, Trump spread several lies and falsehoods about the Russia investigation, Mueller's findings, the cost of the probe, and the legal restrictions that Mueller faced when grappling with the possibility of a President who broke the law.

Here's a breakdown of Trump's comments.

ISRAEL GOES BACK TO ELECTIONS AS NETANYAHU FAILS TO FORM COALITION

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Elections-set-for-Sept-17-after-coalition-talks-fail-591044

Exactly one month after the 21st Knesset were sworn in, a majority of the Knesset voted late Wednesday to disperse themselves and initiate an unprecedented repeat election on September 17.

White House, Navy exchanged emails about keeping USS McCain out of Trump's sight

CNN

President Donald Trump and John McCain's long-running feud is back in the spotlight following reports that White House and lower-level US Navy officials traded emails about keeping a warship named from the late senator's father and grandfather out of sight ahead of the President's trip to Japan.

Two Navy officials confirmed to CNN Wednesday night that the White House Military Office asked lower-level US Navy officials about keeping the ship out of view. One of the Navy officials further clarified Thursday morning that the discussion included obscuring the ship or moving it, which was not practical because the ship was under repairs at the time.

What Mueller, Barr Say About Obstruction of Justice

https://www.factcheck.org/2019/05/what-mueller-barr-say-about-obstruction-of-justice/

Special counsel Robert Mueller devoted much of his 10-minute remarks on May 29 to explaining why the special counsel’s office did not reach a determination about whether President Donald Trump committed obstruction of justice. Democrats have criticized Attorney General William P. Barr for mischaracterizing the findings on that point in Mueller’s report.

Here we compare what Mueller said in his remarks with how Barr has characterized the special counsel’s report and Mueller’s decision not to make a determination on obstruction charges.