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I’ve read the Kaplan article.
As I expected we’ve gotten nowhere. How an intelligent person such as yourself can view such drivel as convincing of your position is beyond my comprehension.
As Rabbi Cohen & Rabbi Wein have pointed out, it is full of historical inaccuracies, insults the charachter of Rabbi Soloveitchik & (my addition) is written in an overall tone unbecomeing of someone considred to be a respected scholar.
Personal biases are clearly evident & shoddy proofs are presented.
All in all I would call it a masterpiece of Anti-chareidi propaganda.
BTW – Let the objective reader note that the two people defending the chareidi veiwpoint on the Da’as Torah issue are Rabbi ALFRED! Cohen & Rabbi Berel Wein. Not exactly the type of chareidi, stone throwing, flag burning, causing youth to go off the derech, maniacal zealots one would have expected based on the Da’as Torah bashers presentation of the issue.