Rav berl wein describes rav chaim zimmerman

It Belongs to You Too

 https://mishpacha.com/it-belongs-to-you-too/

 Rav Potash’s foray into the world of innovative yeshivah leadership really begins in the Jerusalem apartment of his individualistic, forward-thinking grandfather, the illui Rav Chaim Zimmerman z”l. Rav Chaim, a child prodigy and nephew of Rav Baruch Ber Lebowitz of Kamenitz, came to the US at age 15, and it was soon clear that he was versant in the entire Talmud Bavli and Yerushalmi, as well as Rishonim and Acharonim. After receiving semichah from Rav Moshe Soloveitchik, he taught a Talmud class at REITS, and for many years was a rosh yeshivah at the Hebrew Theological College (Beis Medrash L’Torah) in Chicago, where he often entertained the bochurim with the “pin test” — they’d stick a pin in a random page of Gemara, and he would recite the page, and that very spot, verbatim.

Ghislaine Maxwell's 'Grooming' Behavior Explained by a Forensic Psychologist

 https://www.newsweek.com/ghislaine-maxwells-grooming-behavior-explained-forensic-psychologist-1662100

Turner characterizes grooming by three main elements. The first is isolating victims from their "normal social system" such as family and friends, in order to have them "enmeshed into the social system of the offender," a network that includes other victims, other offenders, and anyone who normalizes these sexual behaviors.

Shas chair reaches plea bargain deal, will resign from Knesset and pay 180,000 shekel fine

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/319095

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has reached a plea bargain agreement with Shas party chairman MK Aryeh Deri, Kan News reported..

According to the report, Deri will plead guilty to non-reporting of tax and will pay a fine of about NIS 180,000. In addition, he will resign from the Knesset. The arrangement is expected to be drafted and submitted soon.

As part of the plea bargain agreement between the State Attorney's Office and Deri, he is not expected to plead guilty to tax evasion offenses, but to offenses of reporting without criminal intent only. The investigation against Deri was opened five years ago, and also included a suspicion of bribery, the case on which was already closed at the stage of the police recommendations.

Colorado DA asks court to reconsider truck driver’s 110-year sentence in deadly fiery crash

 https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-truck-drivers-110-sentence-crash

A Colorado prosecutor is asking a court to reconsider the 110-year sentence recently imposed on a truck driver who killed four people and injured many others in a deadly pileup that has prompted outcry from the trucking community and a petition signed by at least four million people. 

First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King filed a motion Tuesday for a court to set a hearing to review the sentence of Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos.

"As Colorado law required the imposition of the sentence in this case, the law also permits the Court to reconsider its sentence in an exceptional case involving unusual and extenuating circumstances," the motion states. "This would allow for the conditions to be met for a modification of the defendant’s sentence as was discussed by the People in the initial sentencing hearing."

Rogel Aguilera-Mederos: Colorado lorry driver's sentence sparks uproar

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59750154 

If I had the discretion, it would not be my sentence," the judge said after Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was convicted.

His lorry had ploughed into traffic on a mountain road in Colorado in April 2019, killing four people.

Convicted on 27 counts, the 26-year-old was handed a 110-year prison term the judge said he was forced to impose.

The sentence sparked uproar. Some 4.5 million have signed a petition on Change.org asking for clemency and Kim Kardashian weighed in on social media.

Young haredi Israelis 1.5x more likely to get diabetes than secular Jews - Health Ministry

 https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/nutrition/article-689367

 A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) young person is 1.5 times more likely to develop Type II diabetes than a non-haredi young person, according to the Health Ministry.

The ministry originally reported that haredim aged 25-34 were 15 times more likely than the rest of the Jewish population to develop the disease, but then retracted and revised the report.

According to the full report, which was released on Tuesday evening, in most age groups, the likelihood of developing diabetes is higher among ultra-Orthodox.

Jesse Watters Calls Fauci a Clown As Calls For Fox News Host to Be Fired Grow

 https://www.newsweek.com/jesse-watters-anthony-fauci-fox-news-covid-vaccine-wuhan-1662029

 "After all, these are the same clowns who thought funding dangerous experiments on that coronavirus...at the Wuhan lab was a grand idea."

This reprised Watters' argument against Fauci at AmericaFest, pushed by some conservatives, is that the NIH funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in the Chinese city where the virus was first detected which could have played a role in the pandemic.

 Fauci has said the NIH earmarked $600,000 to the WIV through the non-profit EcoHealth Alliance to study whether bat coronaviruses could be transmitted to humans. He denies money went toward so-called "gain of function" research, which involves enhancing a virus in a lab.

Israeli study: Booster increases COVID-19 antibodies by 40 times

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/319067

Assuta Hospital in Ashdod has published a new groundbreaking research showing that the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increases by 40 times the number of antibodies found in immunocompromised patients.

Recent research from around the world has shown a drop in the number of antibodies starting a few months after the second dose, alongside an extreme and encouraging rise following the administration of a booster dose in the general population.

The Assuta research shows that this data holds true for those who are immunocompromised as well.

HaRav Mordechai Goldstein zt"l / הרב מרדכי גולדשטיין זצ״ל

Fauci says Fox News and RFK Jr. attacks 'accelerated' death threats

 https://news.yahoo.com/fauci-rfk-jr-fox-news-trump-death-threats-disturbed-194310637.html

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he and his family continue to receive death threats amid inflammatory statements made by critics including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent anti-vaxxer whose new book is filled with wild claims attacking the nation’s top infectious disease expert.

Can You Get a Flu Shot and a COVID Vaccine at the Same Time?

 https://www.verywellhealth.com/flu-shot-covid-shot-at-the-same-time-5199469

Key Takeaways

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its annual influenza vaccine guidelines.
• According to the CDC, it’s safe to get your flu shot and a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on the same day. In fact, the CDC is advising that people get a COVID dose (or booster, if eligible) at the same time that they get their flu shot.
• Many pharmacies and doctor’s offices will have both vaccines on hand throughout the fall and winter, and people will be able to schedule an appointment to get both shots on the same day.
  

Fauci calls for Fox News host to be fired 'on the spot' for 'kill shot' comments

 https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/21/media/fauci-fox-jesse-watters/index.html

 Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday said that Fox News host Jesse Watters should be fired for using violent language at a conservative conference to encourage attendees to conduct an ambush interview with him in hopes of creating a viral moment.

"I mean, that's crazy," Fauci added. "The guy should be fired on the spot."

Fox News defended Watters. A spokesperson said in a statement, "Based on watching the full clip and reading the entire transcript, it's more than clear that Jesse Watters was using a metaphor for asking hard-hitting questions to Dr. Fauci about gain-of-function research and his words have been twisted completely out of context."

Israel will now offer a fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to vulnerable groups

 https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/omicron-variant-coronavirus-news-12-21-21-intl/h_403c95803a12405b1c6fb808de277356

 Israel will begin rolling out a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine with immediate effect. The additional dose will be given to people over 60 years-old, medical workers, and people with a suppressed immune system, the prime minister’s office announced, following a recommendation from the country’s panel of coronavirus experts.