Yisroel Meir Hirsch, a member of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta group that dresses like chassidic Jews, says that activists from his “community” are currently in Iran working to save 20-year-old Arvin Ghahremani, who was sentenced to death.
“Activists from the Neturei Karta community are currently in Iran. They are making a great effort to save the 20-year-old Jewish boy,” Hirsch stated in an interview with Radio Kol Berama.
Earlier this week, the Tehran Appeals Court denied the retrial request of Ghahremani, who was convicted for his involvement in a brawl that resulted in another man’s death.
According to Norway-based Iran Human Rights, Ghahremani is on the death-sentence list, and his execution could be imminent.

This afternoon, a devastating head-on collision occurred at the intersection of East Veterans Parkway and Cleveland Court in Jackson, NJ drawing a response from Hatzolah personnel, including three sets of paramedics.
Tragically, one of the children who was injured, Shmuel ben Rivka Ayala, has passed away from his wounds. Further details will be reported soon.
The scene was chaotic as first responders worked tirelessly to treat the victims of the crash.

A Pakistani American man, reportedly with a history of mental illness, allegedly sought to run over yeshiva students and a rabbi with his car and was said to have yelled “I’m gonna kill all the Jews” on Wednesday.
Asghar Ali, 58, was arrested and “faces more than a dozen charges including attempted murder, attempted assault and hate crimes charges,” the New York Post reported.
The suspect allegedly tried to drive his 2011 white Crown Victoria into the Jews near Mesivta Nachlas Yakov.
Boro Park Shomrim aided police in the investigation and helped find the suspect, it added.

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In this episode, Rabbi Reinman describes the spread of paganism and discusses how it corrupted the human race and caused the decline of altruism and morality.
Chapter Eleven: The God Race
If you ask people in the modern Western world today to describe a good person, most of them by far would respond that it’s a person who helps others. But you would have gotten a different response in the pagan world. A good person in the pagan’s opinion is brave on the battlefield, works hard to provide for his family and is loyal to his friends and comrades. Altruism, unselfish regard for the welfare of others, had no place in the pagan world.

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Today, 21 Iyar, is the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Moshe Sherer Z’L, Moshe ben Chaim Yehuda, longtime leader of Agudas Yisroel until his petirah in 1998.
Rabbi Sherer served as president of Agudath Israel of America as well as co-chair of the Agudas Yisroel World Organization. In these capacities, he carried out the directives of Gedolei Yisroel to strengthen authentic Torah Judaism and promote Jewish interests in America and across the globe. He was respected across the entire spectrum of Torah Jewry as a public servant who served his people with skill, dignity and integrity. It has been 26 years since his passing, but his legacy lives on through the organizational movement to which he devoted his life: Agudas Yisroel.
We share some precious memories below.

Sofrim typically create mezuzos, tefillin, Sifrei Torah, and Megillas Esther in standard sizes. However, Rabbi Meir Peretz from Ashdod, a sofer stam with the Mishmeret Stam Institute, received an unexpected request.
He was commissioned to write a mezuzah measuring 56 centimeters (22 inches). “I was very excited. I have never written such a large mezuzah and I accepted this project.”
To put it in perspective, this mezuzah is about one-third the height of an average person. Rabbi Peretz remarked, “It was a very complex task, but in the end I’m glad I wrote it.”
He also mentioned, “The price of the mezuzah is NIS 1500. The client agreed and I immediately started writing it with great enthusiasm.”

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Mrs. Lea Reichmann a”h from Toronto.
Mrs. Reichmann was the devoted wife of the legendary Reb Moshe Yosef (Paul) Reichmann z”l, the greatest machzik Torah of his generation. Mrs. Reichmann stood by him and supported all his endeavors.
Mrs. Reichmann was the daughter of the late Reb Moshe Feldman from London. She married Reb Moshe in 1955 in Montreux, following an engagement that began when he was just 15.
In mid-1956, the Reichmanns left Morocco for New York and then moved to Toronto, where most of the family eventually settled.

A new poll conducted by the Smith Institute for the Olam Katan newspaper showed that over half of Israelis would like to see Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of Tzfat and the son of former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, become the next Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel.
The poll results show that 56% of respondents would like to see Rabbi Eliyahu appointed to the role. Among these are 55% of secular Israelis, and 74% of Dati Leumi Israelis. The poll also showed significant support for Rav Shmuel Eliyahu amongst Charedi respondents. The poll showed that if one of the Rabbanim from Shas left the race, even more people would support Rav Eliyahu’s candidacy.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rabbi Nesanel Hakohen Kasnett zt”l, longtime resident of Boro Park and a distinguished editor at ArtScroll/Mesorah. He was 78.
Rabbi Kasnett embraced Torah in his youth, becoming a baal teshuvah, and developed a deep love for limud haTorah, becoming a brilliant talmid chochom. Though he was a licensed attorney, he chose to dedicate his life to Torah and related projects.
As a young man, he studied at Yeshiva Beis Hatalmud in Eretz Yisroel and later at Yeshivas Novardok in Boro Park.