I don’t know if the story is true, but I do know there’s a sick new trend in our society and it isn’t just in any one city.
There have always been class systems, or in some countries- caste systems. There were always separations between the upper and lower classes. What changes is what defines upper and lower class. In the olden days people were born into royalty or serfdom. There were and will always be differences between the wealthy and the poor.
Now a new class has risen in frum society. They keep their heads high, look down at those beneath them, and try their best to keep those lower down the rungs of the new social ladder out of their childrens’ schools. These are the nouveau yeshivish. Unlike the real Talmidei Chachamim of old who behaved like the humblest of men, they proudly display their ga’avah. They take pleasure in lording over the low class buffoons who are dumb enough to go out to work, can be found in the Bais Medrash at ridiculous times of day like 5 am or 10 pm, and may a wear a shirt that isn’t white. One can hardly fault school administrations for being careful not to offend the new elite by allowing children from such families into their institutions.
Exceptions are of course made if they happen to belong to the old elite, the ones who are subsidizing the whole sordid system.
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