Is this some slow news day effort to reignite the Camp Ger broigas?? If the scorecard is for fundraising skills, than its R’Alter by a knockout. I recall he raised $15-$20 million earlier this year in an online fundraising extravaganza.
No, they mostly don’t worry about it. The litvishe certainly don’t worry about it, it doesn’t affect them. The chassidim don’t worry about it, but are wary lest it happen in their own chassidus, which it has and does. The Gerers don’t worry about it, they live it 24/7
“If the scorecard is for fundraising skills, than its R’Alter by a knockout”
Not really. Although $20 million is a hefty sum, the Gerrer empire is worth approximately 100 times that amount and fundraising can be accomplished almost at the snap of a finger. The surprise was that there was more support for the opposition than was assumed, and that this breakaway faction was a spiritual and political force that needed to be reckoned with.
“who really cares?”
Well, probably tens of thousands of Ger who would be very disappointed if the referee ruled that their rebbe had been TKO’d by a relative newcomer.