Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet, whom the Jewish Chronicle calls 'One of the most outspoken Rabbis in the world,' is an international lecturer, broadcaster and writer
In Israel, that's how we roll:
Last Friday, Yanon, from Jericho, was returning from his base. His wife asked him if he could pick up challah for Shabbat. He popped into a familiar bakery in Jerusalem for his purchase.
On his way out, he noticed a new herring store and decided
Since tweeting in support of
#Israel
last week, I've lost near 100 followers. I didn't know I had so many haters who followed me. Still, better to be a hero walking along in one direction than with the pack going in the wrong direction.
That's my people! Not protesting in the streets. Not wrecking havoc in society. Not spewing hatred on line. Rather, gathering in the tens of thousands and simply praying for peace and stability.
G-d bless the people and the land of
#Israel
If this is accurate, then apparently, a Jewish lawyer from New Jersey bought the trademark "from the river to the sea, etc." Now he can go after anyone using it on any merchandise or marketing.
When it comes to brains V brawn, brains will win every time.
My mother was one of the hidden children in Holland during the war. So when the aggressive security guy at Schipol Airport just pointed to my yarmulka and said "this too," I looked him in the eye and said, "this stays on," and felt a small sweet sense of revenge.
Not every superhero wears a cape. Some wear frock coats. This Chassidic man saving the life of a female passenger, 35,000 miles high on a
@JetBlue
flight to Florida.
@UnitedHatzalah
EMT.
This is Rev Meshoe and Wayne Thring . After a Jewish MP was called out in the South African Parliament last week for wearing this Israel tie, 2 non Jewish MPs wore it today to the South African Parliament in a beautiful show of support for Israel and the Jewish people ❤️ 🇮🇱 🙏
The Bible teacher is also a commando fighter; the kindergarten teacher is actually an intelligence officer. Who knew that the flamboyant hi-tech neighbour was an armoured personnel carrier, that the contractor with the funny hat was a fighter pilot and the funny grocer from the
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IDF soldiers travelling from Gaza stopped at a diner in Ashdod. A man sitting quietly paid for their meals just as he did for many other soldiers as they kept coming in.
He refused their request for a pic, but one of them managed this hidden one
Noa is a combat soldier in the IDF. She got on a bus & sat near the driver. They chatted; she shared some of her missions, that she just left the field & hadn't had a chance to eat. The driver pulled over by a restaurant, took money from his pocket & told her: "There will be no
Today is World Children's Day. Take a moment and pray for these children 🇮🇱, still held hostage by
#HamasisISIS
.
May all the world's children know of a more promising and peaceful future. 🙏
A Menorah is a symbol of religious freedom in a land of precious liberty.
They’ll say it's "because of Israel." But these acts of vandalism in Islington & West Hampstead are sheer hate and Antisemitism.
@metpoliceuk
@Chabad
This guy just passed me on Harley Street.
Him: "It's awful what's happening!"
Me: "It is!"
Him: "I'm really sorry about that."
Me: "Thank you. I appreciate that!'
There's a lot of noise on the streets and even more online. But we have a lot more friends out there than we
@HonestlovingJew
Bit of a leap making that assumption. As "my" Rebbe (Lubavitcher) said: "These are people committing ultimate self-sacrifice protecting the people and the land of Israel." Lauding their heroism doesn't make them Rebbes, nor does it mean "we have fallen."
I don't know what your thoughts are on the hostage exchange, and the current moment of "pause in the fighting" leaves me on edge. Here's hoping and praying for a peaceful Shabbat and only better news ahead.
Unbelievable! You have to remember this is about 150 Palestinian prisoners for 50 Israeli hostages. Now listen to
@KayBurley
from
@SkyNews
ask her question. Shame on her and her puppet masters.
If you, like me, were a Robin Williams fan, then you'll appreciate how he would call his friend Steven Spielberg weekly while filming Schindler's List and do 15 minutes of stand-up on the phone to enable the director to laugh and release some of the pent up sadness.
Food For Thought: Many defending Hamas are engaging in riots, rhetoric, and rage. Those defending Israel are engaging in prayer, peaceful protests, and positive deeds. You tell me who represents light and who represents darkness.
Trigger alert: I know this will rub people the wrong way-only because they go about it the wrong way.
I am convinced that had I not had my 2 vaccines my recent bout of covid would have ended badly. How badly I cannot say but the vaccines are a life saver.
#COVID19
#VaccinesWork
When this Chabad Rabbi from Ukraine finally landed safely in Israel with numerous orphans he helped rescue; his first port of call wasn't a warm meal or a warm shower. It was to warm the heart of another Jew with a Mitzvah.
The indomitable spirit of Chabad!
#Ukraine
️
Grateful to
@metpoliceuk
for having issued more tweets than arrests yesterday. (Should be able to identify guy on left by his distinct eyebrows).
Why Jews don't feel safe in this country. 🇮🇱
@DouglasKMurray
#HamasISIS
It's what I've always said: Anti-zionism is not necessarily Antisemitism. But for the overwhelming majority, the lines have become fundamentally blurred, and it has nothing to do with Israel and so-called "occupation" and everything to do with Jews and Judaism.
#HamasisISIS
🇮🇱
3 weeks after pelting eggs at a Chabad Tefillin stand in Israel, Elad Levi, who admitted to the act, came back to express remorse and put on Tefillin
The two young guys operating the stand accepted his apology. Elad has committed to make Tefillin a daily routine...
Reality check: As someone who visited
#770
from earliest childhood and then studied there and lived in the neighbourhood for several years, the "tunnel conspiracies" are utterly absurd.
#Chabad
is one very big family that does incredible work around the world. As in any family,
It’s deeply disturbing how many people are outraged at terrorists with no shirts on - but they had nothing much to say about women being dragged naked and jeered at in the streets of
#Gaza
Locked and Loaded. 22 tons of Pesach food and essentials collected at Mill Hill Shul together with GIFT and making its way on this Ukranian truck to Odessa.
We don't normally post campaigns. But this once a year campaign is very close to our hearts watching firsthand the sterling work of Chabad MHE.
We are turning to you, because we need your support for the ever increasing demand that Dovie and Jessica do at Chabad Mill Hill East.
Gotta' love them Jews! Even at a football match the High Holiday spirit is palpable.
May we all be sealed in the Book of Life, Love, Laughter and Lasting Redemption.
105,000 people marching against Antisemitism and for Israel. How come no hate signs? How come no hate slogans? How come no arrests for hate crimes?
Asking for a friend.
I've been a Rabbi in this neighbourhood for 30 years. I have faith in the
@metpoliceuk
But taking down posters of Jewish child hostages in the name of "community relations" is nonsense.
Do they show similar "concern" to supporters of Hamas terrorists?
They should apologise!
Amidst all the chaos of 2020/21 there were some extraordinary pockets of light. 2 sons heading off on Shlichus during this time is a special kind of nachas.
Mill Hill East & Palm Beach Florida will be beneficiaries of these 2 families, looking to ignite souls & transform lives.
The sad passing of former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks leaves a gaping hole in the conversation of Judaism and modernity; and in the wider conversation of the direction civilisation is heading in the 21st century.
UEFA refused to arrange a minute’s silence in the under 21 game, Israel v Poland - in remembrance of the Oct. 7 massacre.
So, after the kickoff whistle, all the players stood still for one minute and refused to play.
Such beautiful defiance against such a loathsome bunch.
- He was a devoted husband and father to his 4 sons and only daughter
@ChaniSchochet
.
- He was a Holocaust survivor.
- He had a brilliant mind.
- He obtained 13 semichois (Rabbinic ordination) from many leading Rabbis in Israel.
This is triumph! Happy 102nd birthday Ágnes Keleti. Born in Budapest she was national Gymanastics Champion at 16 before going into hiding in 1941. After the war, she went to Israel and won 10 Olympic medals, including 5 gold; the most decorated female Jewish Olympian of all time
So this is what my brother in law and sister woke up to this morning on the door of their Chabad Synagogue in Salt Lake City, Utah - an otherwise quiet place. Remind me again how Anti
#Israel
isn't
#Antisemitism
?
This image, taken at Ben Gurion Airport, captures two women - one Jewish the other Muslim - praying side by side. If only we want to, we can all live in harmony.
Albert Einstein met Charlie Chaplin in Hollywood in 1931.
Einstein: I admire your universality. You don’t say a word, yet the world understands you!
Chaplin: True. But your glory is even greater! The world admires you, even though they don’t understand a word of what you say.
Adults switched their yarmulkes for baseball caps. Parents kept their kids home from Shabbat groups. People were asked to walk in groups. Is that what its come to? What happened to "Never Again!" Keep your head held high!
CONDOLENCES: 101 year old Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku has passed away. After surviving Auschwitz & Buchenwald camps he is best known as the author of the inspirational book, “The Happiest Man on Earth.”
If ever you wondered whether
@rogerwaters
was a racist, Antisemitic conspiracy theorist, this picture with
@JeremyCorbyn
is worth a thousand words --- or did I get that the wrong way round? 🤔
#BirdsOfAFeather
I was exhausted tonight. Been a long week. Then my "baby" asked me to take her out. I flashed back to this time last week, lecturing in Milan on Education and the need to spend more time with our kids. I knew if I said "no" to her, I'd be a hypocrite. I'm not so tired anymore.
21 years ago, Daniel Pearl of The Wall Street Journal was viciously murdered in Pakistan. His final words: "My Father is Jewish. My Mother is Jewish. I am Jewish." May his memory never be forgotten just as he never forgot his faith.
39 years old. Really precious man. Father of 6. Director or JNet. 241 days in hospital. May his dear soul be bound in the bond of eternal life.
#StillThinkCovidIsntAthing
?
This has now run over over 120 hours and will end tomorrow before Shabbos.
1 chassidic gathering. 6 days. 7 continents. Thousands of Chabad Shluchim. Limitless words of inspiration.
It's been 21 months!!!
Me: "It's the longest I've gone not seeing you since I was born!"
True Jewish mother response: "Yitzchak you know it's the longest I've gone not seeing you either!"
#reunion
Oskar Schindler passed away 47 years ago on October 9, 1974. This pic is some of the 1200 he saved assembled by his gravsite in Jerusalem. Today there are more than 8000 living descendents. He was immortalised in
@yadvashem
as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.
On the basis that 300,000 cars drive down the M1 daily - plus the Thameslink trains that pass numerous times daily, this strategically placed menorah on top of Mill Hill Synagogue will have been viewed by more than 2.5 million people over Chanukah!
I joined the US Rabbinate at the age of 26 in 1991. A short while later Rabbi Jonathan Sacks became Chief Rabbi. He inducted me into office. He guided the early years of my career. He encouraged me to go onto radio - my first ever media experience. He later encouraged me to go on
Each year, Jews from around the world, wrote to the Rebbe before the onset of the High Holidays asking for blessings for the coming year.
Notwithstanding advancement of years and availability of secretariat, the Rebbe insisted on carrying the myriad of letters himself.
Payback's a ...
Penn University donor Ross Stevens pulls a $100 million donation to the school to protest the school's response to antisemitism on campus.
The final straw was Tuesday's widely criticized congressional testimony by U-Penn president Liz Magill.
SHUL RE-OPENS!!!
It was a moment of mixed emotions. So wonderful to see so many after so long. So sad to see so many saying Kaddish. Wishing the community "from strength to strength" and wishing all the mourners long life.
@UnitedSynagogue
For those who question hope in the Jewish future - these are several thousand girls aged 5-12 from around the world, gathered for the annual Chabad Shluchos conference. The future is very bright.
Fact: Jerusalem appears in the Koran 0 times, but appears in the Tanach 669 times.
Fact: The Al-Aqsa Mosque was built 1,330 years ago. The Beit HaMikdash was built 2,978 years ago - or to put it simply, the Jews predated the Muslims by 1,648 years.
Fact: Jerusalem is the third