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The Yeshiva Rabbi Sexually Assaulted Him – Again and Again. Now He’s Talking

Aryeh has trouble counting the number of times he’s been sexually assaulted. It happened so many times and with such frequency that there is no point trying, he said. For a year and a half it was routine, part of normal weekday happenings at the Damesek Eliezer Vizhnitz Yeshiva in Jerusalem. The serial attacker was the head of the yeshiva, Rabbi Efraim Tessler. → Read More

The Yeshiva Rabbi Sexually Assaulted Him – Again and Again. Now He's Talking

One of Rabbi Efraim Tessler's victims describes how it happened: The private lessons, touching, accusations, dependence – and the agreement involving the rabbi’s son, deputy minister Yaakov Tessler, to buy his silence → Read More

Victims Pressured Not to Cooperate With Police in Prominent Yeshiva Sexual Assault Case

Police closed a case against the father of the Deputy Culture Minister, Yaakov Tessler, in 2018 because victims were pressured to not to cooperate under pressure say sources → Read More

Violating Rules, Goldknopf Nonprofit Quietly Sold Apartment to Relative at Steep Discount

A problematic real estate deal that appears to have benefited United Torah Judaism leader Yitzchak Goldknopf’s family financially has come to light → Read More

The Israeli Left Is to Blame for the Rise of Fascism

Like elsewhere in the world, the charms of liberal democracy have faded in Israel too. We should blame the Israeli left Zionist elite, which failed to narrow the gap between the haves and the have-nots → Read More

Jerusalem Home Registered in Incoming Housing Minister's Name Illegally Split Into Five Units

Records show that the United Torah Judaism head, Yitzchak Goldknopf, is the owner of the apartment and his wife pays the property tax for it regularly. Goldknopf denies the accusations, claims he moved out in 2021 → Read More

Gideon Levy: Israel’s Most Hypocritical Troll?

I’m sorry. I don’t believe one word in Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy’s article, in which he says that it’s okay to detest IDF soldiers. I don’t believe he himself believes that soldiers “behave in an imperious manner, thuggishly and viciously, employing a great deal of violence.." → Read More

Gideon Levy, if Israeli Soldiers Are So Deplorable, Then Why Are You Hanging With Bibi?

Gideon Levy is desperate for attention, clicks and likes, instead of being loyal to his self-defined values → Read More

‘Ungrateful, Bad People’: How Ben-Gvir Treated the Activists Who Complained of Sexual Abuse in Far-right Group

The head of the Otzma Yehudit party denounced a couple who convinced a girl to complain to the police about abuse by a fellow member of Lehava, convicted terrorist Yitzhak Gabay, after Ben-Gvir's wife and Lehava leader Benzi Gopstein allegedly tried to cover up the affair → Read More

Report Reveals How Tel Aviv Favored Scooters Over Residents

Municipality failed to monitor speed limits and enforced other regulations on limited basis in only some parts of the city. Mayor Huldai allowed city to be flooded with scooters and only then created infrastructure for them → Read More

Electric Bike Injures 4-year-old at Tel Aviv Port. Such Accidents Could Be Prevented

Tel Aviv Port should be a safe place for pedestrians, but this weekend's incident highlights the danger electric bicycles pose → Read More

Israeli Spike in Housing Prices Is a Social Problem

Israel Is Turning Into Real Estate-stan. The Increase in Housing Prices Is Not Only an Economic Problem, It’s a Social One. It Is Reorganizing the Social Classe → Read More

Real Israel: Real Estate-stan

Israel Is Turning Into Real Estate-stan. The Increase in Housing Prices Is Not Only an Economic Problem, It’s a Social One. It Is Reorganizing the Social Classe → Read More

Itamar Ben-Gvir and Kahanism Will Succeed Benjamin Netanyahu

Make no mistake: Were Benjamin Netanyahu to retire from politics tomorrow, Itamar Ben-Gvir’s party would win 10 Knesset seats. According to a poll commissioned by The Jerusalem Post and published Friday, his Otzma Yehudit party would win six seats in an election held today if it were to break from the Religious Zionism alliance. In that respect, Netanyahu isn’t Israel’s Donald Trump, he’s what… → Read More

Kanievsky wasn't a leader because the ultra-Orthodox didn't need one

The deceased rabbi represented an ideal of religious life, but he didn't actually leave an imprint on Haredi society → Read More

Israel's Mossad used Pegasus spyware to hack cellphones unofficially

NSO employees tell Haaretz that Mossad officials frequently visited its headquarters under the agency’s previous director, Yossi Cohen, sometimes with foreign officials. It is unclear why the spy agency needed NSO's services → Read More

Israeli air force inadvertently reveals identity of secret unit in marathon snap

Israel Air Force posted a photo on Twitter of secret IDF unit combatants after they won a marathon. It forgot to blur out one essential detail → Read More

Israeli airforce inadvertently reveals identity of secret unit in marathon snap

Israel Air Force posted a photo on Twitter of secret IDF unit combatants after they won a marathon. It forgot to blur out one essential detail → Read More

Senior Israeli security official reveals state secrets as he runs, bikes

The watch of an ardent triathlete broadcasts his location to fellow athletes over social media apps. The sportsman happens to be a senior commander at the VIP security unit of the Shin Bet → Read More

Shin Bet bodyguard broadcasts state secrets as he runs, bikes off hours

The watch of an ardent triathlete broadcasts his location to fellow athletes over social media apps. The sportsman happens to be a senior commander at the VIP security unity of the Shin Bet → Read More