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I dare you to go to a church in Brooklyn and smash a statue of yoshka. The agudah would condemn you if you did it.
The closest thing to that is the current state of Israel where Arabs Charedim X-tians and Secular can vote and enter the knesset.
If anything it empowers their youth. The rebbe said a shliach is never alone. They have a global school network. Generally the boys go to chabad yeshivas out of town when they go to Mesivta. They have a mesorah going back 8 generations. They are doing something right. The Yeshiva world if you’re not following the script exactly you find yourself even more alone.
It would be a slap of the face to Jews in Israel for Yeshivas to play along with Mamdani for a few dollars
In Los Angeles there’s a Persian chabad shul. In Syrian circles you won’t find many who join a Chasidus. You’ll find this more among Moroccan and yemenite Jews. Some yemenite Jews (not technically sefardi) are in Satmar.
Breslov has a lot especially in Israel and chabad. The Rebbe sent shluchim to Morocco.
A lot of Charedim are in hatzalah and zakah and volunteer to do neighborhood security. Why don’t the gov count those as national service? It’s political. The secular know deep down they’re losing population.
Even if you want to claim that the Zioniss are to blame for Arab antisemitism the feelings wouldn’t cease and would create a very big sakana to Jews around the world. So we have to make the best of it and fight for Kedusha Eretz Yisroel as much as possible. The return of Jews to Israel has been a harbinger of the baalei teshuva movement of the 60s and til today many Israelis whose parents aren’t frum are finding their way to Torah.
What you BMG boys don’t get is that millions of Jews actually are living in Israel and Zionism of 120 years ago was just a concept. There is a way to be religious and participate in Israeli society. There are reservists who had to give up work and leave their families just so others can learn.
It’s a bit like avi schnall caucusing with BLM activists to try to get Yeshiva grants
When you vote for a Democrat you are agreeing with their platform. Ah but it’s for our Moisid you say.
Why is caucusing with Democrats who support LGBT and Hamas so that yeshivas get money but “participating in Zionism” bad?
UJM, correct and I think the context is important. He also wasn’t the only decision maker in YU. Belkin and others were more forceful into shaping it to what it is today. Nowadays I think a lot go to get semicha and a degree. Not every town had a touro and yeshiva program.
I think it’s not a far stretch to say if not for RJBS, most of what we call Modern Orthodox would not be religious at all today. YU is designed to be an alternative to Jews who would go to a secular college. But even today many YU Rabbis kids end up in the Lakewood Yeshiva world.
The issue isn’t about wanting to learn. It’s about avrechim the style of yeshiva and quality of bochurim
I don’t think it’s the parent who knowingly exploits. Often what happens if the parents are told that the tuition costs $25k/$30k(and even that won’t cover all the trips) and then during the sman the Yeshiva will tell the parent their son should learn with an avrech and it’ll cost xx a month(without this possibility explained beforehand). For you the choice should be maybe learn in a full Israeli Kollel if it’s that bad.
Not totally the same. There’s a reality that pre-dates 1948.
Reb E. If you vote for Harris you’re on team Hamas. It’s clear as day whose side she’s on. It’s not the FDR era. Democrats are today’s fascists. The kkk isn’t a threat; BLM antifa and Palestinian supporters are.
Reb E Bernie is Jewish and he’d give all of Israel to the Arabs if he could. There’s a mental block if you think the dnc aren’t run by self hating Jews.
Reb E media narrative has consequences
Jan 6 was allowed to happen by a majority dem house. Police did little to stop it. Never let a disaster go to waste is a democrat strategy much like COVID.
If podcast has Divrei Torah how’s it different from someone supporting Torah tapes?
You’re learning how non for profit is a billion dollar industry
Aha like Democrats lying about destroying democracy and accusing Republicans of being fascist. Liar.
Are you happy?
There isn’t much of a Republican ruling class to begin with. There was a primary and it showed the weakness of the party overall. Republicans are always going to be blamed for years.
Obama is the shadow president. Biden never won an election in normal circumstances and didn’t get close. Democrats chose him to runbon a campaign to “beat trump” nothing about what’s good for America. Now after a weak debate they’re circling the wagons and trying to put Michelle Obama instead.
All govts are corrupt. There aren’t any impartial judges.
Hitler was democratically elected. I’m sure there was one Rabbi in favor in 1933.
He also gave money to the Palestinians and lifted sanctions on Iran, undoing Trump’s policies in a region that was pretty stable. So no thanks to Bumbling Joe.
Biden speaks out of both sides of his mouth depending on which key voter demographic he’s lagging in. He’s a tire fire.
Meretz and labor wouldn’t but Likud and Otzma would. Would Gimmel do it that’s the question.
You’re like the Meraglim who spoke bad of EY. Yerushalayim is in EY. Many Jews live there and overall pretty comfortably.