well, shabbos and the hadlokoh of lag baomer clearly take precedence over reading/commenting on TWN, and so, today, I finally can read and comment some of the posters comments.
To “health”: Without sounding disrespectful to you, saying “I never heard of him” [R”Itche meir Levin z’l]only shows up your total misunderstanding (I was going to say ignorance but refrain “le’maan hasholom”)of history and what really motivates people in Eretz Yisroel. SO, let me enlighten you. R”Itche Meir Levin was a brother-in-law of the “Bais Ysroel”,having married the daughter of the “Imrei Emes’ (enough yichus for you?) and he made alyah in 1940- and signed the Declaration of Independenceof Israel ,as leader of the Agudah. He served as MK and minister in the government for years.
So, I would say that having one of the most important gerrer chassidim being intimately involved with the medinah kind of gives the medinah a “hechsher”. Don’t you think so?