Following a petition of the Women’s Lobby, the Haifa District Court decided to call off the planned Mordechai Ben David and Motti Steinmetz concert scheduled for men only tomorrow in Haifa.
Judge Avraham Elyakim ordered the cancellation today, explaining that “it was a performance for men only.” Thus, since the concert arrangers wanted to use public funds for the event, it could not proceed if only men were permitted to attend.
The judge stated in his decision that “this judgment does not express a position on how to regular other events. There is also no impediment to events for the chareidi public, and it would be beneficial for the Haifa municipality to learn the municipal guidelines and act accordingly.”

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The Israeli military releases footage of what it says was an attempt by pro-Iranian operatives to launch an explosives-laden drone into northern Israel from Syria last Thurday.
In the footage, four men can be seen carrying the craft as they walk through fields.
The IDF says it foiled the attempt to launch the drone, but declines to say precisely how.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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The release of photographs of a drone that crashed in the Lebanese capital Beirut early Sunday morning cast doubt on the claim by the Hezbollah terror group that the craft belonged to the Israeli military, with some Israeli analysts speculating that the unmanned aerial vehicle was in fact an Iranian model.
In the predawn hours of Sunday morning, one UAV exploded in the air outside the offices of the Iran-backed Hezbollah, causing damage to the building. A second crashed nearby and was retrieved by the terror group. Based on pictures of the drones, experts say they were of Iranian origin.

The United States condemned the deadly terror attack on Friday that killed an Israeli teenage girl, in addition to injuring her brother and father.
“Another savage attack by Palestinian terrorists kills an Israeli teenager enjoying time with her family. This isn’t the path to peace, just endless suffering. May her memory be a blessing. Our prayers are with her family especially her father & brother also wounded in the attack,” tweeted U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt.
Rina Shnerb, 17, of Lod, succumbed to her wounds after being critically injured and treated at the scene. She was buried in her home city of Lod at 3.30 p.m., just one week after celebrating her birthday.

Abba is often a child’s first word. Yet unlike other early learned words, abba sticks throughout one’s entire life, due to its dual meaning. With selichos and Rosh Hashanah approaching, there is no better time to remind ourselves on who our true abba is. We present you with one of Jewish Music’s hottest songs of the summer- ‘Abba’, joined by the incredible Simcha Leiner, and The Yedidim Choir.
Video taken on August 13, 2019 at The Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation, at the Atkin & Mallin Wedding.
Abba
Composed by Bentzi Stein with Yiddish Lyrics by Avraham Fried
Sung by Avraham Fried and Ari Hill
Production: Aaron Teitelbaum -The Aaron Teitelbaum Orchestra
Video Concept: Chad Kaminetsky

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Yosef Rosenbaum zt”l, the Kalisher Rebbe of Flatbush, Brooklyn. He was 84 years old.
During seudah shlishis on Shabbos afternoon, the rebbe suddenly collapsed and was rushed to the hospital, where he passed away.
The rebbe was a son of the Streznitzer Rebbe and Rebbetzin Chaya Esther Rosenbaum.
The rebbe visited Eretz Yisroel last month after not visiting for many years, and met his older brother, the Cleveland-Raanana Rebbe, after six years of not seeing each other.

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Former Vice President Joe Biden mistakenly praised the state of Vermont Saturday when asked about his impression of Keene, New Hampshire by reporters during a press gaggle.
Video of the exchange shows Biden remarking about Vermont’s “beauty” after an unseen reporter asks him for his “impression” of the town, which is located in southwestern New Hampshire, close to the state’s border with Vermont.

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Former Rep. Joe Walsh on Sunday announced he would mount a primary challenge to President Trump.
“We’ve got a guy in the White House who is unfit, completely unfit to be president and it stuns me that nobody stepped up, nobody in the Republican Party stepped up, because I’ll tell you what George, everybody believes in the Republican party, everybody believes he’s unfit,” Walsh told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “He lies every time he opens his mouth.”
Walsh in a tweet announcing his campaign said the U.S. “can’t take four more years of Donald Trump.”
“It won’t be easy,” he added. “but bravery is never easy.”

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Rabbi Chacham of Rehovot suffered through countless cancer treatments, for nearly 5 years, before passing away and leaving behind a widow and 6 children. His death had a profound impact on his community and loved ones. Son Dovid tearfully remembers: “We were all helping to fight the cancer together. It was very difficult… Abba was the backbone of our home.”

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