Temi Kaminetsky is anti-vaxxer

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kIxzek0bLQ

Rebbetzin Kamenetsky: Did you ever hear of Amalek? Hashem told to get rid of them because they're not good. They tried to destroy b'nei yisroel. And they're still trying. Merck is a German company, and they produce MMR. Worldwide a lot of terrible things have been happening. Autism is all over the world.

I know personally two babies who died, they were three months old. Right after, two and a half weeks after the shots. But the doctors don't believe it. They're taught, they don't know that they're taught by professors who are apikorsim or representatives of the medical, of the pharmaceutical companies. 

Rav Moshe Sternbuch Writes Letter To Rav Malkiel Kotler About The Halachic Requirement To Vaccinate

 

Vaccination: A Halachic Perspective

 https://mishpacha.com/vaccination-a-halachic-perspective/

 Other poskim seem to have different views. Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky (in a letter printed in Bigdei Chamudos Yoreh Deiah 42) describes vaccinating as permitted but not required. Rav Moshe Sternbuch (in a responsum dated 18 Kislev 5779), however, addresses a case in which an area was experiencing a measles epidemic. He rules that one must follow the overwhelming majority of medical authorities who mandate vaccinations. He may not choose to follow the minority opinion who advise against taking measles vaccine, since by abstaining he is endangering others. Obviously, all of the above are just general pointers, and for halachic guidance in our present situation concerning the COVID-19 vaccine, we look to our contemporary poskim.

Live TV shows Israeli mob attack motorist they believed to be an Arab

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/13/live-tv-shows-israeli-mob-lynch-motorist-in-tel-aviv-suburb

 Those in the crowd justified the attack by saying the man was an Arab who had tried to ram the far-right nationalists, but the footage showed a motorist trying to avoid the demonstration.

4 Myths and Facts About the Violence in Jerusalem

 https://www.ajc.org/news/4-myths-and-facts-about-the-violence-in-jerusalem

As the final days of Ramadan drew Muslims to the Al Aqsa Mosque to pray and the celebration of Jerusalem’s reunification drew marchers to the streets to celebrate, a wave of violence that had been steadily building for weeks reached a crescendo Monday as Hamas fired more than 150 rockets toward Jerusalem and various towns and cities across southern Israel, forcing millions of Israelis into bomb shelters.

Here are four media myths circulating on social media distorting the reasons behind the violence that has escalated to the brink of war.   

Bombshell PowerPoint Lays Out Shocking Plan for Trump's Coup Attempt: A Closer Look

Bash reacts to Meadows: Imagine if Hillary Clinton did that

Rep. Liz Cheney Reads January 6th Texts from Fox News Hosts to Mark Meadows

‘He’s got to condemn this …’: Panel releases urgent Jan. 6 texts from Donald Trump Jr., lawmakers and Fox hosts

 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/13/hes-got-to-condemn-this-shit-panel-releases-urgent-jan-6-texts-from-trump-jr-lawmakers-524188

Among the messages from the Fox stars:

— “Hey Mark, the president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home … this is hurting all of us … he is destroying his legacy,” Laura Ingraham wrote.

— “Please get him on tv. Destroying everything you have accomplished,” Brian Kilmeade wrote.

— “Can he make a statement? … Ask people to leave the Capitol,” Sean Hannity urged.

Sudden death of 6-year-old a month after coronavirus recovery puzzles doctors

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/boy-6-dies-four-of-his-sisters-hospitalized-with-shortness-of-breath/

A six-year-old boy from the southern town of Netivot died Monday morning in his sleep, whiles his four sisters were rushed to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon while suffering from shortness of breath and vomiting.

The circumstances of Yosef Naim’s death and his sisters’ hospitalizations were being probed. Reports indicated all the family’s kids hadn’t been vaccinated and had recently recovered from COVID-19.

Why I Love Rav Shmuel – And Will Advocate Vaccination Nonetheless

 https://cross-currents.com/2014/10/06/why-i-love-rav-shmuel-and-will-advocate-vaccination-nonetheless/

Rav Shmuel might be disappointed by my strong belief in the scientific case for vaccination, but I doubt if he will hold it against me. After all, it was his father, Rav Moshe, and others of that generation who lived and taught a different model.

Vaccinations and Shidduchim | Stuart H. Ditchek, MD,FAAP

 https://www.thelakewoodscoop.com/news/2019/05/vaccinations-and-shidduchim-stuart-h-ditchek-mdfaap.html

It is for this reason that I am suggesting what is obvious at this point. When looking into shidduchim for your grown children, it is truly incumbent upon us all to ask whether the prospective family has any issues with not properly immunizing. While this sounds drastic, it will save many families from the pain and suffering of a shalom bayis issue between couples in the near future. I believe that we as a community are now in almost unanimous agreement that families who choose not to immunize should not be allowed into our schools and certainly should not be welcomed into families who choose to correctly protect their children from terrible preventable diseases. This simple common-sense approach will certainly be met by further hostility from the anti-vaccine movement in our communities. Please take this into account when looking into shidduchim for your children. My experience in advising families is that if the question is met with suspicion and hostility, walk away from that shidduch. Families who continue to not follow conventional medical and halachic advice on vaccinations should simply find others who agree with that position to marry. As in all critical matters, one should consult with a Rav when working through these sensitive issues.

Shidduchim for antivaxxers

 

Shidduchim and Vaccination

 http://www.5tjt.com/are-shadchanim-who-tell-people-not-to-get-the-vaccine-in-violation-of-the-torah-prohibition-of-lifnei-iver/

Now let’s get back to our question: Are shadchanim who tell people not to get the vaccine in violation of the Torah prohibition of lifnei iver? The answer is not all that simple. There is a difference between the first form of lifnei iver, in regard to halachah, and the second form of lifnei iver, in regard to bad advice. The difference is discussed in the footnotes to the Mossad HaRav Kook Ritva on Yevamos 342 (column 1) written by Rabbi Refoel Aharon Yoffen, zt’l.