Habayit Hayehudi
It is time to come home


Bibi, it's the opposite


the true story, part 5



Aleh Yarok
doing the right thing


taking medicine won't be a condition for medical marijuana

Yahadut Hatorah
social legislation isn't a trend, but a mitzvah!



Meretz


feminist guide to Purim



Green Party


Yisrael Beyteynu
everyone dresses up


Yesh Atid
the women of Yesh Atid


Shas
its tradition

Bibi


Susan Rice


Bennet

this guy seems like a fun, and funny, guy..

only the "near dissolution" of the State? have they gone through a policy change?


hattip Yaak

וּמִי יוֹדֵעַ אִם לְעֵת כָּזֹאת הִגַּעַתְּ לַמַּלְכוּת

Rav Meir Horowitz, the Bostoner Rebbe in Har Nof, called for an unusual and interesting press conference yesterday.

In his press conference the Rebbe made his announcement about elections. Rav Horowitz said that he will be voting UTJ, as he always does, as he is connected to Aguda and his father was. However, Rav Horowitz said, Yachad should be considered a Haredi party , but as somebody who comes from a democratic country and believes in that method of governance, anybody who finds the issues of Torat Yisrael, Klal Yisrael, and Eretz Yisrael important but also wants to vote for a Haredi party should vote for Yachad.
source: Kikar

This is the first endorsement for Yachad that I have heard from anybody connected to the classic Haredi parties.

NRG has a little bit more of what Rav Horowitz said, and I can only wonder why Kikar left it out...

The Bostoner Rebbe also said, according to NRG, said that he is thankful that we, the haredim, do not have a majority in the Knesset. he said that he fears the day they will have 61 MKs, as he does not know how one can run a country with the responsibility of keeping the Torah - for example, in the modern world, how can you close an airport on Shabbos, and added that thank God they don't come to him asking such questions..

Another interesting and unusual talking point was a brief discussion about religious homosexuals. Rav Horowitz praised such people for being moser nefesh, fully dedicated and committed, to keeping tha Torah, as he says he has offered shidduchim that were rejected seemingly for such reasons, and that he feels the pain of the reality they live in. Rav Horowitz did suggest that such people could get married, as some women just want to have children and would be willing to be in such a relationship just for that sake.

Rav Horowitz admitted, when talking about Yachad, that there are anti-democracy people and influences in the Haredi community. Because of that many people hold their tongue and don't say what they really believe - because some people are always looking to catch somebody for somethign he said, while ignoring the intent. People are afraid of the extremists in the community who forcibly have taken control.

   

Kulanu Kahlon
MKs costumes


Aleh Yarok


Meretz
undecided?


Yisrael Beyteynu


Shas
economic plan of Aryeh Deri


Yachad


the chocolate video


Kulanu Na Nach


Habayit Hayehudi



v2015


commanders for security of Israel

this agent who temporarily replaces Ohad Moskowitz as judge thinks very highly of himself and does not stop talking. He interrupts the other judges and seems to try to tell them how to vote, as if his opinion is more important than everyone else's.. I don't like him..

The haredi parties are all getting online. Shas, and its representatives, has been online and active even on platforms like Facebook and Twitter for a long time. Now it is Yahadut Hatorah's turn. They now have a Facebook page, that has been relatively active, in addition to their website.

We also know they all, or most of the Haredi MKs, have regular cellphones, perhaps in addition to their kosher phones (that are for appearance).

And I am in favor. They need these tools for their jobs or for their convenience.

Yet they are all in a fight about something that goes against that, just for appearances sake.

Shas ordered a printing of a prayer pamphlet. For over a year now the bill has not been paid. Everybody blames everybody else, but at the end of the day it is because the printing included the contact person's cellphone number to a non-kosher cellphone on the cover of the pamphlet.
source: Kikar

Forget that it had been approved for printing. Can you understand the hypocricy? They mostly have non-kosher cellphones. They have websites and Facebook pages. For the first time ever they have released their first Facebook video for the election campaign. They are with the times, somewhat at least, yet for appearances sake God forbid the non-kosher number should be printed. And stiff the guy who did it (again, with approval) because of how he makes us look.