Comments on: Millions Just Received, & Millions More Requested for Kiryas Joel Mothers’ Rest Center

By: jewishheart

jewishheart — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:19:45 +0000

As a member of the frum community, whose husband lost his job. I am one of hundereds whose husband lost their job, and I don’t even know how wwe’re going to manage for Pesach. How can anyone even go out and spend all this money on such luxuries today, especially drain th Bikur Cholim’s when these people in Monroe are raking it in???????

Why isn’t a wonderful place like Sea Gate Kimpeturin hme good enough????????????????

By: justajew

justajew — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:21:58 +0000

They are looking to charge $185 a night to new mothers – in other words, this is a commercial enterprise, a glorified hotel. If it was a tzedaka then I would understand…but why is this venture getting any tax dollars at all?

If we are spending $13m in Kiryas Joel, I would much rather see it go to job creation or something else that would help the poorest city in the country lift themselves out of poverty.

By: sam rose

sam rose — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:03:03 +0000

I don’t think it is being well received by anybody who lost his job, or is suffering economically, etc.

By: pinay

pinay — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:28:29 +0000

R’ Elchonon Wasserman makes a claim that “lomoh tisrou” is the cause of sinas yisroel, if you look at the commentary on the news source this is not being well received by the locals.