Yiddishe Mamme

Speaking in conference held in Iranian capital, Hamed Hassan says Syria is 'at war with the axis of evil whose centers are in Tel Aviv and Washington' "Syria is at war with the axis of evil whose centers are in Tel Aviv and in Washington," Syria's Ambassador to Iran Hamed Hassan said Monday. Speaking at a Tehran conference titled "Syria – the First Line of Resistance," Hassan blamed the United States and Israel for backing opposition forces trying to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad, and announced that several other nations, such as Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, have joined forces with the West. "Many terrorists infiltrate Syria via the Turkish border," Iran's Fars news agency quoted him as saying. He also warned that Ankara's policies were threatening Syria's security. Hassan argued that the Syrian regime has fallen prey to a plot against both Damascus and the Syrian people, "Because Syria has always opposed Amer...

Rav Moshe Wolfson of Brooklyn has held an emergency gathering in his community and called upon the members to be strong in Torah and prayer so that the Jewish people will survive the time of tension with Iran. The rabbi noted that the Torah sages predicted that Persia, now called Iran, would one day destroy the world, in the times immediately preceding the Redemption. Rav Wolfson is known as a hassidic "mashpi'a" – literally, an influencer – a title that refers to rabbis who do not head a hassidic dynasty (chatzer) but have influence outside their own communities. "Our Sages of Blessed Memory say that Persia will destroy the entire world and the Jews will be in a difficult situation," he told his followers. "Why are we quiet? Where is the awakening? Why is everyone apathetic? Why is everyone busy with silly and unimportant things? Do we not hear the alarm? Do we not know that we must break open the gates of Heaven and ask for mercy from G-d?" ...

This is what we saw during our short vacation up north, Galil and Golan.