7 million in cash? 7 million is 7 million but keeping it at home in cash doesnt seem very smart - it is getting eaten up by the current relatively high inflation.

The gun is totally not surprising. If you were keeping 7 million shekels in cash in bags in your house I would totally expect a gun to be nearby.

If you are curious what 7 million shekels in cash looks like, it is a bit underwhelming. I was kind of expecting several full suitcases:

Matthew Miller, aka Matisyahu, accompanied by Ezra Miller (an actor), were invited to throw out the first pitch at a Mets game in honor of Jewish Heritage Day.

Matisyahu decided to make a soup with matza balls, adjusted from his normal recipe to be denser, and threw out his first pitch by throwing a matza ball.

Good thing it was not caught. That matza ball explosion would have really messed up the mitt.

"MATZAH BALL MADNESS ON THE MOUND."
📷 via @matisyahu on Instagram
Ezra & Matis last sunday 🥰❤️#EzraMiller pic.twitter.com/xBMPXrNtW8

— 𝓥𝓪𝓵𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝓔𝔃𝓻𝓪 ⚡ (@uramakivale) September 5, 2023

looks like a fun time was had by all... the way he just picks that ball out of the bowl of soup with his hands, and then takes a slurp form the soup, makes me wonder if the soup was even hot.

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New parties are opening up, including new Haredi parties, threatening to upend the standard Haredi approach to elections. New candidates are announcing the possibility of running for mayor as they let the public know they are taking the forms to submit candidacy (which doesnt mean they will run but it at least means they are considering it and will have to announce soon, by the deadline, if they are) - this includes possible candidates form the Likud, from newer Haredi communities in the city (such as the young haredi communities - what they call themselves, and the modern haredi communities), among others.

With all these candidates and parties, if it happens, anything can happen. There isnt really a way to know or accurately predict who or how it will affect the current candidates. From whom will they take votes, with whom will they split votes, etc.

It could very well be that they are letting everyone know they are no longer playing by the old rules, they will not vote for someone or a party as dictated by the rabbonim or as constructed by the askanim in the name of the rabbonim. Of course the old mainstream Haredim wont go along with this, for the most part, but the younger ones, among the ones who are also going to academy and getting an education and working and going to the army, they are starting to do things differently.

We'll see how this affects elections and the future makeup of the Haredi community, but it is definitely an interesting development

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התנגדתי לממשלת בנט-לפיד-עבאס.
בארכיון אפשר למצוא הרבה ביקורת שכתבתי בזמנו.
אבל.
נראה שהגיע הזמן להודות:
מי שטען שממשלה הנשענת על מנסור עבאס מעודדת טרור (שלא נדבר על ההתבטאויות 'הדם על הידיים שלהם'), טעה.
עשרה חודשים מאז ניצחון הימין, המצב רק מתדרדר.
הפיגועים הרצחניים הפכו לשגרה.

— ישי כהן (@ishaycoen) August 31, 2023

Ishay Cohen, a Haredi journalist, tweets (xs?):

I opposed the government of Bennett-Lapid-Abbas

In the archives you can find a lot of criticisms that I wrote during their term.

But.

It has come time to admit:

Whoever claimed that a government that relies on Mansour Abbas encourages terror (and let's not talk about those who said the blood is on their hands),

Was mistaken.

10 months since the victory of the Right, and the situation has only deteriorated.

The murderous attacks have become routine.