Comments on: Maharat/Rabbah Hurwitz Makes It To Newsweek’s Top 50 Most Influential Rabbis – Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky Ranked #1

By: davidw

davidw — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:29:43 +0000

Hashem Yeracheim. It’s a huge chilul Hashem that us Yidden are connected with such abomoniable people (with the exeption of but a maybe 2 – 5 ehrelich Yidden on that list). I understand that the goyim recognize that they are reform, conservative, reconstructionist, etc. But I don’t think an average goy knows the difference between an orthodox Jew and one of the above type Jews. They have no Jewishness to them at all. They just identify themselves as Jewish for kavod. How in the world can a mishkav zachor call himself Jewish (and how ironic it is that their head tumah leader is a woman). There is no justification to that but kavod. But if you look at the our true leaders (roshei yeshivas, rebbes, etc), they’re not in it for kavod. They are mamesh lishem Shomayim. You cannot be a leader without anavah, which we learned from Moshe Rabbeinu. That is the huge differnce between Orthodox and non-Jewish Jews. This is obviously stuff we already know, but I couldnt help but speak out my mind after reading this disgusting list (which I wish I didn’t).

By: mbachur

mbachur — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:38:46 +0000

most of these people aren’t even rabbis just heads of jewish organizations

By: MichaelB

MichaelB — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:25:00 +0000

Response #4

While I agree that the list includes individuals who have less of an impact on the Jewish people than other names that come to mind, I still think that it is YWN worthy to include this as it is important for us Frum Jews to know what other Jews think and what they read. The reality is that while we (the Orothdox world) may be growing in numbers, we fall short when it comes to the area of real Jewish outreach and impacting the greater Jewish world.

By: Moose613

Moose613 — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:29:52 +0000

Ask 100 jews to compile a list and you will gert 100 different versions. The chance of any given rabbi making more than maybe 10 of those lists would be slim indeed.
Remember, rabbosai, this list is just one opinion. It is NOT a din.

By: ramateshkolian

ramateshkolian — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:29:16 +0000

what a perfect story for shiva asar bitamuz. While the easy reaction is laitzanus, let’s realize how unbeleivably sad it is that Jews with so much potential to be leaders in Klal Yisrael are so misguided (aside from the Frum few of course). What are we doing about this? Do we honestly believe that Moshiach has a chance of coming with our current attitude towards our not-yet-frum brothers and sisters? What can YOU do to help?????

By: apushatayid

apushatayid — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:15:00 +0000

“to rank the leaders, whose specialties range from kashrut to Kabbalah”

Do you have to be a “rabbi” to specialise in kashrus, or kabbalah?

By: ani oymer

ani oymer — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:06:48 +0000

Although the Lubavitcher Rebbe is no longer among the living and therefore probably does not meet the criteria, he may very well be the most influential Rabbi in America today. They should have made an exception and included him since many thousands of his followers believe him to be only “concealed” from them.

By: yaakov doe

yaakov doe — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:41:54 +0000

I thought that Weiss, while agreeing that she was a woman, said that she wasn’t ordained as a rabbi.

By: lumdishe kup

lumdishe kup — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:59:25 +0000

Why isn’t the Lubavitcher Rebbe on this list ??

By: WolfishMusings

WolfishMusings — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:53:09 +0000

So glad that no rabbi who I would ever ask a shaila to is on the list!

Why would you never ask a shaila of Rabbi Menachem Genack?

The Wolf