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Sunday 31 July 2011

COMMITMENT vs COMPATIBIL​ITY

THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN BY REBBETZIN R. PINTER OF 22 FAIRHOLT ROAD LONDON N 16 5 HW  PHONE 020 8802 3723.

I still remember my mother used to tell
How my uncle's shidduch came about may he be well
The shadchan came to his father,a shidduch to suggest
A girl a Tania a feine -mamesh  the best
My grandfather said: But she's so talkative, full of life
My son is so quiet,how could she be his wife ?
Never mind ,said the shachan , She'll make him talk,
he'll make her tame.
And lo and behold,the  shidduch became       
Sixty years down the line
They're both doing absolutely fine.
Their marriage is as solid as a rock
A house filled with grandchildren kein ayin hara, their stock


Because the word " compatible" was not yet introduced
The word " commitment" was always used.


My father's family was full of fun, humor in every word
My mother's family was serious, of wit they had never heard
They ( my parents ) were so different in many ways
" Incompatible " it's called nowadays
Yet we children grew up in a home, feeling sure
That we are a family, solid and secure.
My parents were married for almost sixty years
And after my father's passing,my mother never dried her tears


Because the word " compatible "  was  not  yet introduced
The word " commitment " was always used.


 I have a relation who's one of a kind
A girl/gem like her was hard to find
Her marriage was a disappointment, the family was upset
Her father tried to encourage a get
Father,she said, Hashem gave him to me
I will stay with him until a hundred and twenty
And now,fifty years later he's a king, she's a queen
Such a lovely couple you have never seen
They built a home where the shechinah can rest
With flying colors they passed the test


Because the word " compatible" was not yet  introduce
The word " commitment " was always used


Part of the problem today is, girls are too bright
It's therefore hard for them to find Mr Right
No one is prepared to commit herself
They expect a perfect shidduch right off the shelf.
She needs a boy spiritually strong
A boy who sits and learns all day long
He must daven ehrlich with the right kavanah
Be righteous  and stable in his emunah
Have middos tovos, be gentle and more
Never to have missed minyan before
Otherwise,her bashert he cannot be
She deserves someone better, you see


With a girl, It's not the same
For  her It's easy to earn a good name
The ladder of success she can climb
Without proving what she does all the time
On Shabbous  and Yom Tov she can sleep all day
Without a rebuke she will get away
She can read a book or just relax a bit
Say some Tehillim if she feels like it
For doing chessed, she'll get extra credit
And if she can also cook blintzes, she's an absolute hit.
She gets a job and makes a good wage
And by the time she reaches the shidduch stage
She considers herself a top catch
So who on earth can be her match ?


When she finally gets married she will expect
Her marriage to be absolutely perfect
The kind she's dreamed of for many years
Without any obstacles, without any cares
She doesn't want to know ,she doesn't understand
That marriage is not a magic wand.
She's not ready to accept to relent
That  no one is perfect a hundred percent


Dear single,dear doubles,let's get this straight
Chochmas nashim does not mean " dictate "
Chochmas nashim means to build,not to brake
To be able to give, not expecting to take
To guide,to help,to be able to ensure
That her home is a place safe and secure
Whatever the situation,she should be able to cope
To instill in her family courage and hope.
Sometimes there are challenges hard to get by
But she will succeed if she will only try.
Adjust to your partner is what you need to do
Because then life will adjust to you
Then Hashem will help you build a family
And live ever together happily.

Friday 29 July 2011

HIDABROOT

SOMEONE TOLD ME YESTERDAY THAT IN 1948 WHEN THE UN VOTE WAS TAKING PLACE TO ESTABLISH THE STATE OF ISRAEL THE SATMAR RABBI Z.L. SAID THAT THE VOTE WONT GO THROUGH AND THEY WILL NOT HAVE A STATE,
WELL HE WAS WRONG

THEN HE SAID THAT THE STATE WONT LAST MORE THEN THIRTY YEARS AND THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A GROWTH IN TORAH.
WELL THANK G-D HE WAS WRONG IN THAT TOO.

WHEN I WAS IN YESHIVA IN 1962 ,THE TO-DAY BELZR RABBI GOT A LOT OF HADROCHO.
( HE WAS STILL A BOCHER ) FROM THE GERER RABBI THE BEIS YISROEL Z.L.
( I SAW THAT WITH MY OWN EYES ).
HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING HIM A RABBE.
( HE SAW IN HIM THE FUTURE GENERATION ) AND WHAT A REBBE IN THE 2000 NEEDS TO BE AND HAVE.

TO - DAY WHEN I SEE THE HIDABROOT WHICH THE BELZER RABBE HAS ESTABLISHED, .
I UNDERSTAND THE BEIS YISROEL.
THROUGH THE INTERNET AND THE T.V, CHANNELS WE HAVE A CHANCE TO REACH AND TEACH THOUSANDS AND MAYBE MILLIONS OF YIDEN WHAT TORAH IS.
THEY SAY WE SHOULD NOT MOVE AWAY FROM THE OLD WAYS.

DO I SEE THESE RABBES TRAVELING IN A HORSE AND CART OR NOT USING THE LUXURIES WHICH TIME HAS BROUGHT ?
I WAS MOST AMAZED TO SEE HOW MANY HEIMISHER CHASIDISER PEOPLE HAVE INTERNET.
SOMEONE EVEN SAID TO ME WATCHING YOUR PROGRAM ON INTERNET OR I POD IS NOT TELEVISION.

AND I AM NOT  TALKING JUST ABOUT ENGLAND.
THE  JEWISH TRIBUNE EVEN WRITES ABOUT IT ( DID THEY ASK THE RABBONIM )
WHICH CAUSED EVEN MORE FRUM PEOPLE TO WATCH
( I DID NOT MAKE THE PROGRAM FOR THEM ).
I HOPE B"H I HAVE OPENED  PEOPLE'S  EYES TO THE REAL PROBLEMS IN OUR SOCIETY.
BLACK MAIL, BLACK MAIL, AND AGAIN BLACK MAIL.

I FINISH WITH THE WORDS OF MY DEAR ESHES CHYEL WHICH THE LEV SIMCHA SAID TO ME
IN A YIDISHER WIFE DEPENDS THE WHOLE YIDISHER HOME
WE ARE FREE! ! !

Thursday 28 July 2011

AMY WINEHOUSE

I HAVE READ THROUGH THE FOUR PULLOUT PAGES TRIBUTE TO AMY WINEHOUSE.
HER FATHER,MITCH WINEHOUSE, GAVE A FANTASTIC VIEW OF HIS AND AMYS JEWISH ROOTS  AND BACKGROUND. 

THEY WROTE ABOUT HER BOBBA,
" SHE'D OPEN UP HER BAG AND ASK WHAT ARE YOU EATING?"
" I'VE GOT A BIT OF CHICKEN OR A BIT OF FISH "
THEIR JEWISH RELIGION WAS FOOD ,HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR ,AND AGAIN FOOD,
ALSO BEING ABLE TO SAY A FEW WORDS IN YIDDISH.

YOU MUST NOT SAY THIS ABOUT A DEAD PERSON, BUT SHE WAS A DISGRACE TO THE JEWISH ( LIGHT UPON THE NATIONS )
PEOPLE.
G-D GAVE THEM A DAUGHTER WITH TALENT THAT PULLED THEM OUT OF POVERTY FROM THE EAST END
AND SHE BECAME A DRUG-ADDICT AND DRUNK.
WHAT  AN  ANGEL ? ?
WHAT TRIBUTE ?
BUT THAT'S REFORM SYNAGOGUE EDUCATION FOR YOU.
I DO NOT THINK THE UNITED SYNAGOGUES ARE ANY BETTER.
ONLY THE REFORM DID NOT EVEN BURY  HER IN  THE JEWISH WAY IN EDGWAREBURY LANE CEMETERY.

MITCH TALKED 30 MINUTES ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER'S TROUBLED LIFE,
WHICH SHE BROUGHT ON TO HERSELF THROUGH DRUGS AND DRINK ,
MUMMY AND DADDY LOVE YOU VERY MUCH AND THEN INCLUDED THE KADISH PRAYER.
THEN  AMY WAS  TAKEN  BY THE LOVING MUMMY AND DADDY TO GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM
AND CREMATED JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE IN AUSCHWITZ! !
GOOD NIGHT MY ANGEL BURN BRIGHT.

HATE MAIL

YOU DO NOT LIKE IT WHEN YOU GET  HATE MAIL.
I DO NOT LIKE IT ,WHEN YOU USE YOUR PAPER ,TO INDICATE ,THAT EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT IN OUR SOCIETY.

WHICH IS NOT TRUE ASK OSHER SHAPIRO AND THE DROP-OUTS.

EVEN IN YOUR OFFICE THERE ARE COUNTLESS COUPLES WHO ARE DIVORCED AND DON'T GET ALONG,
BE PLEASED I AM NOT MENTIONING NAMES .
WITH A BIT OF PROPER EDUCATION BEFORE THEY GOT MARRIED,
WHAT MARRIAGE IN THE TORAH IS ABOUT, THEY WOULD HAVE STAYED TOGETHER
BUT YOU AS ALWAYS PUSH EVERYTHING UNDER THE CARPET.

YOU WROTE ABOUT ME WITHOUT CONSULTING ME,WHICH IS WRONG .
EVEN IF YOU DO NOT PUBLISH THESE LETTERS
THEY GET FORWARDED FROM ONE TO THE OTHER AND IN A FEW DAYS THE WHOLE TOWN SEES MY POINTS .

JEWISH TRIBUNE

BIG PICTURES ,I LICK YOU , YOU  LICK ME PICTURES .
A FEW OLD PICTURES BY ELI SILBERMAN ( NO CREDIT GIVEN ) 
THREE ARTICLES ON ONE PAGE.

NO FEATURES ARTICLES.

HERE AND THERE RECALLING THE PAST
RABBI S BAUMGARTEN DID NOT GET ON WITH THE ADATH YISROEL
THE ADATH HATED THE SO CALLED 69 PEOPLE THEY EVEN STOLE HALF THE GARDEN TO BUILD ARBOR COURT.

RABBI SCHONFELD WAS A GREAT MAN, BUT HONEST WITH MONEY HE WAS NOT.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BELIEVE ME ASK THE DAUGHTER ,RABITZEN BELLA STERN OR THE SON ,YIDDEL BAUMGARTEN.
THE 80 OF THEIR MEMBERS WHERE FORCED TO TAKE ON THE ADATH MEMBERSHIP THERE ARE BOOKS OF MINUTES HELD BY THE GRUNHUT FAMILY
LET THEM PUBLISH  IT IN THE TRIBUNE.
AT LEAST ONE WEEK YOU WILL HAVE  GOOD SALES.

AGUDA

PADDY WIVELL CAME TO ME YESTERDAY
HE ASKED ME  A QUESTION  (ON CAMERA ) HOW COME THE TRIBUNE ARE AS MUCH AGAINST YOU AS THE  J.C

TWO PAPERS ONE ORTHODOX ,AND ONE NOT ORTHODOX ,HAVE THE SAME VIEW.
I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT A B.T. IS
A NONE ORTHODOX PERSON BECOMING ORTHODOX.

I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT A NONE ORTHODOX PERSON BE COMING ORTHODOX ,
DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE NONE ORTHODOX VIEWS HE HAD BE FOR, GO AWAY
DEEP INSIDE HIM THEY ARE STILL THERE, AND THE DISLIKE OF AN ORTHODOX  JEW.
THE TRIBUNE EDITOR IS A B.T. AND DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING AND EXP LINING 613 MITZVOT
A JEWISH PERSON HAS TO THE WORLD .
EVEN MOST OF THE STAFF AT THE AGUDA, ARE IGNORANT PEOPLE, AND THEY THINK LIKE THE J.C.

YOU CAN SEE THIS FROM ALEX STROMS ARTICLE,
THAT THE MAIN AIM OF A JEW IS TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION ON THE WORLD
AND THEN THERE WILL BE LESS ANTISEMITISM.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE AGUDA IS ALSO A B.T. AND HAS LEARNT A BIT MORE THEN THE EDITOR
BUT BY FAR THERE IS STILL A LOT HE DOES NOT KNOW OR UNDERSTAND
HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN  THE SEED PROGRAM
BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE  HIM KNOWLEDGEABLE IN TORAH AND MITZVAOT.

WHAT IS A JEW

IN THE HAGADAH WE SAY.
IF HE HAD ( G-D ) BROUGHT US BEFORE MOUNT SINAI, BUT NOT GIVEN US THE TORAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN  SATISFIED US.


THE QUESTION IS, HOW WOULD THAT HAVE SATISFIED US, IF THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF GOING OUT OF EGYPT AND GETTING TO MOUNT SINAI,
WAS TO GET THE TORAH.

THE ANSWER IS THAT IT WOULD HAVE SATISFIED US ,
BECAUSE AT MOUNT SINAI WE WERE ONE PEOPLE, NOT ALL THE SAME BUT WITH ONE AIM.
AS WE FINISH THE GRACE AFTER MEALS WE SAY ,THE LAST PRAYER ,
HASHEM WILL GIVE MIGHT TO HIS PEOPLE ,( AS WE SAW IN THE SIX DAY WAR )
HASHEM WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE WITH PEACE.

I WAS IN ISRAEL AT THE TIME OF THE SIX DAY WAR.
I SAY THIS WITH TEARS IN MY EYES ,
ALL THE PEOPLE WERE ONE, FROM SECULAR TO NETUREI  KARTA. THEY ALL TURNED TO THE RIBONO SHEL OLAM TO PRAY.
THATS WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER ON SHAVUOT WE ARE ONE
AND NEED TO PRAY AS ONE.

TELEVISION (2)

WHY ARE JEWISH PEOPLE RELIGIOUS ,OR NOT RELIGIOUS,
FRIGHTENED OF A TRUE PROGRAM ABOUT THEM COMING ON TELEVISION.
I EXPLAINED THAT BEING JEWISH IS NOT A RACE ,BUT A  RELIGION .
WE GOT THE TORAH ,THAT IS THE 613 MITZVOTH ,ON MOUNT SINAI ,THAT IS WHEN WE BECAME JEWISH.

AND EVERYONE TO- DAY WHO WANTS TO BECOME JEWISH ,AND ACCEPTS ,THE 613 MITZVOTH,
IS AS JEWISH AS I AM .
IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE 613 MITZVOTH ,THEN YOU ARE NOT SO JEWISH AS YOU THINK, EVEN IF YOU ARE BORN A JEW.

ABOUT THE BOYS WHO WENT TO UMAN ( THE SO CALLED DROP- OUTS FROM OSHER SHAPRIO ) WE HAVE IN STAMFORD HILL, NEARLY 100 CHILDREN ,WHO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH BEING ACCEPTED IN SCHOOLS ,
ARE YOU SURPRISED ,AFTER THE DEGRADING ,OF THESE CHILDREN THAT THEY TURN OUT TO BE DROP- OUTS? ( ASK OSHER SHAPRIO )THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE STAMFORD HILL AREA WHO ACCEPT EVERY JEWISH CHILD IS LUBAVTICH.

TELEVISION

I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THIS WEEKS JEWISH TRIBUNE THAT THERE WAS NO TELEVISION REVIEW OF.
THIS WEEKS PROGRAMS BY ONE OF THE AGUDA RABBIS OR AT LEAST BY

AVROHOM ZONSZAJN OR ALEX STROM
AS A PRESIDENT HAS NOW BEEN SET THAT REPORTING OF A TELEVISION PROGRAM IS PERMITTED IN THE TRIBUNE .
I HOPE LIKE ALL LETTERS AND E MAILS TO THE EDITOR OF THE JEWISH TRIBUNE WHICH GET PASSED EVERYWHERE.
PUBLIC PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL AND A TELEVISION REVIEW PROGRAM WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
MAYBE  BY  BEN ESOPH OR BEN YITCHOK .
                                                                                        GABY  LOCK
P.S. COULD INCLUDE THIS IN YOUR LETTER PAGE

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

IF I CAN READ THE J.C. ONLINE FOR NOTHING,
WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR A SUBSCRIPTION ?

I THINK THAT THE FUTURE OF NEWSPAPERS ARE OUT. YOU SHOULD DO AS THE L.J.N. HAS DONE AND CONCENTRATE ON ADVERTS AND BE A FREE NEWSPAPER ( I HAVE GIVEN THIS ADVICE TO THE JEWISH TRIBUNE AS WELL ) .

IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION LETTER TO ME YOU WRITE " KEEPING YOU INFORMED OF EVERYTHING WHICH IS OF INTEREST TO YOU AS A JEW".
BUT FROM YOUR PAPER A PERSON CAN GET THE IMPRESSION THAT BEING A JEW IS FASHION, TRAVEL,BUSINESS,SPORT,ARTS COVERAGE, ETC ,ETC,
NOT A WORD TO YOUR GENERAL JEWISH PUBLIC,THAT WE BECAME JEWISH ON MOUNT SINAI  BY EXCEPTING THE TORAH AND KEEPING THE  613 MITZVOTH FROM G-D.

THAT WE ARE A RELIGION AND NOT A RACE.
ANYONE EVEN TO- DAY WHO EXCEPTS AND KEEPS THE TORAH THE 613 MITZVOTH IS A JEW LIKE YOU OR ME.
EVEN A  BORN JEWISH PERSON WHO DOES NOT KEEP THE MITVOTH AND SPECIALLY NOT THE SHABOS HAS A DIN OF A GOY  ( A NON JEW ).
AN EXAMPLE IS IF HE TOUCHES WINE  I CAN NOT DRINK IT.

THERE ARE MANY MORE EXAMPLES. ASK THE CHIEF RABBI IF I AM NOT RIGHT.
A JEW IS NOT A PERSON WHO BELONGS TO A CERTAIN SECT, EVEN IF THEY GO WITH STREIMELS TO THE SKY AND LONG COATS TO THE FLOOR.
A JEWISH WOMAN IS NOT A LADY WHO COVERS HERSELF THAT ONLY ONE EYE IS SHOWING.

I AM VERY SORRY THAT THE IGNORANCE IN STAMFORD HILL AND IN YOUR NON RELIGIOUS WORLD,
WHO AND WHAT IS A JEW IS SO GREAT.

YOU CAN PUT THIS LETTER IN YOUR PAPER.

DROP OUTS

IS ALEX STROM OR "HERE AND THERE" BEN ESOB, GOING TO WRITE ABOUT THE REAL PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY ?
THE REJECTION OF HUNDREDS OF OUR CHILDREN ,WHO ARE REJECTED BY THE DICTATORS OF OUR SOCIETY.

( I AM FREE,  I CAN SAY WHAT I WANT ).

LETS HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH OSHER SHAPIRO AND HE WILL TELL THEM THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR SO -CALLED
LIGHT UNTO THE NATIONS SOCIETY.
LITVISHER ARE SNOBS.
CHASIDIM HAVE NO PEACE IN THE SAME CLAN ,LOOK AT A FEW ,SATMAR, BELZ ,ETC ,ETC,
I HOPE YOUR B.T.EDITOR AND DIRECTOR UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM WRITING ABOUT.

T.V. PROGRAM

OVER THE WEEKEND I WAS IN MANCHESTER.
MOST OF  THE PEOPLE WHO WERE DISGUSTED AT MY TELEVISION  PROGRAM,

WERE DROP -OUTS WHO BARELY KEEP THE JEWISH FAITH .
I ASKED THEM IF THE PROGRAM WAS TRUE  IN THERE EYES.
THEY ANSWERED ME:  YOU PUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN A BAD LIGHT.
I SAID TO THEM WE ARE NOT HERE ON THIS WORLD TO BE A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS
WE ARE HERE TO KEEP TORAH AND MITZVOS

B.T. EDITOR AND DIRECTOR

IT IS WRONG FOR THE AGUDA  TO HAVE EDITOR, AND DIRECTOR ,WHO ARE BALEY TESHUVAH ,
( THAT MEANS THAT THEY DO NOT COME FROM A JEWISH ORTHODOX BACK GROUND)

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT,IN LIFE.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE LIKE ALEX STROM, WHO COME FROM A CHASIDIC BACK GROUND, SHOULD NOT HAVE A SAY,
SPECIALLY IN A SO CALLED ORTHODOX JEWISH PAPER, WHICH WRITES ABOUT TELEVISION  PROGRAMS.

HE IS ALSO INVOLVED IN MARRIAGE COUNSELING WHICH HAS NO U.O.H.C RABBINET APPROVAL.
WHEN THEY THEM SELVES, DO NOT PRACTICE , THE JEWISH RELIGIOUS ,THE WAY THERE GRAND PARENTS DID.
ALEX STROM FATHER WAS A BROTHER, TO MR MOSHE DOVID STROM ,OF STAMFORD HILL
DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ORTHODOX JEWISH PEOPLE ,FELT IT ALL RIGHT ,TO GO ON IPLAYER AFTER YOU MENTIONED IT THE PAPER.
THE WORST CASE MR STROM AND YOUR PAPER NEVER ASKED ME WHICH RABONIM  I CONSULTED WITH
BEFORE I WENT TO THE B.B.C
BUT IF YOU HAVE AN EDITOR AND DIRECTOR WITH A BAL TESHUVA BACK GROUND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT.

YOUR PAPER HAS A VOICE TO THOUSANDS
BUT I HAD A VOICE TO MILLIONS
MY POINTS HAVE MADE A TERRIFIC IMPACT ON THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THIS FREE LAND
THEY HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND THINK WHAT IS ?
AND WHO IS A JEW ?

MICHOEL POSEN AND JOE LOBENSTIEN

A FEW YEARS A GO I  A HAD WEEKLY RADIO PROGRAM .
LOTS OF PEOPLE LISTENED TO IT AND WANTED IT BACK AS IT CARED ABOUT PEOPLE.


ONCE I MENTIONED THAT IT IS INTERESTING THAT POLISH AND OTHER ETHNIC MINORITIES  HAVE NINE OR TEN ADVISERS GIVING YOU FREE ADVICE AND HELPING YOU FILL IN FORMS.
THE PEOPLE PHONING  IN SAID THAT THE AGUDAS ADVICE BUREAU
ONLY HAD ONE PERSON GIVING ADVICE AND TWO GIRLS TO HELP
AND YOU WERE ALWAYS TOLD TO SEE MR POSEN PRIVATELY WHICH WAS VERY EXPENSIVE.

AS MY STATION WAS MONITORED BY HACKNEY COUNCIL THANKS TO JOE LOBENSTEIN THE THEN MAYOR
I WAS CALLED TO HACKNEY COUNCIL.
THEY TOLD ME THAT HACKNEY COUNCIL PAYS THE AGUDA FOR NINE PEOPLE THE SAME AS THE OTHERS
AND ADVICE AND FILLING FORMS SHOULD BE COMPLETELY FREE.

I ASKED THEM WHY THE COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE THE AGUDA UP ON THIS
THE LADY SAID TO ME:" WOULD YOU OR ANY OF THE OTHERS COME AS A WITNESS?"
THE RABBIS WOULD TELL US, YOU MUST NOT GO.
AND THIS PRACTISE BY THE AGUDA  ADVICE BUREAU AND MR POSEN GOES ON TO THIS VERY DAY.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TRUST ME ASK  AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY WILL NOT EVEN LET SATMAR MAKE AN ADVICE BUREAU.
JOE LOBESTIEN WAS FOUR TIMES MAYOR OF HACKNEY BUT NOT FOR THE BENEFIT OF US YIDEN.
I THINK HE DID HELP A BIT IF YOU WERE FAMILY OF FAMILY OR A MEMBER OF THE U.O.H.C.
BUT MAINLY HE HELPED HIS COMPANY JAYLOW GET CONTRACT AFTER CONTRACT.

ALEX STROM WRITES
THE TIME HAS COME TO REIN IN THESE SELF-APPOINTED SPOKESMAN.
WHERE ARE THE SPOKESMAN OF OUR COMMUNITY? ? ?

  P.S. YOU CAN PUT THIS IN AS A LETTER  

ALEX STROM

ALEX STROM ENDS HIS ARTICLE BY SAYING:
"THESE SELF-APPOINTED SPOKESMEN AND PUBLICITY SEEKERS"

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH A PERSON WANTING TO BE SOMETHING IN HIS EYES,.
NOT IN YOUR EYES .

I AM NOT GOING TO MENTION NAMES BUT EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE SOMETHING.
EVERYBODY FLAUNTS WHAT HE HAS GOT .
ONE ,PERSON WILL WANT TO BECOME RICH ANOTHER BECOMES A  BIG SINGER EVEN A MAYOR FOUR TIMES. OR A HEAD OF A SCHOOL,OR MARRIAGE COUNCILLOR ;EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE SOMETHING AND NOT CONTROLLED BY OTHERS.

AS MY WIFE EXPLAINED IN THE FILM TODAY WE ARE FREE ,YOU CANT BLACKMAIL US ANY MORE.

AVI BRESSLER TOOK CRIME AND BEING ABLE TO TALK HONEST HE WAS A STAR FOR A DAY AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SAW  HIM ON TELEVISION
SO HE MADE A BAD IMPRESSION ON THE GOYIM AND THE YIDEN THAT WE ARE NOT ALL PERFECT .
AVI AND I DID NOT DISCUSS OR THE OTHERS NEVER TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ONLY ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES.

AVI AND  I ARE GERRER CHASIDIM .THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE GERRER COMMUNITY OWNS. US WE ARE NEAR TO THE U.O.H.C..WE LEARN TORAH AND DO OTHER MITZVOS
WHAT ALEX NEEDS TO REMEMBER IS. IT IS OUR LIFE AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE IT OUR WAY. THE PICTURE TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD DOES NOT MATTER TO US.

I THINK THAT ALEX IS SICK .THAT HE THINKS WE ARE ALL PERFECT AND  A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS.
MAYBE THERE WOULD BE LESS ANTISEMITISM IF THE GOYIUM SAW WE ARE NOT ALL SO PERFECT AS THE J.C.WANTS THEM TO THINK
AS ALEX DESCRIBES ME SOME HAVE GOT THE GIFT OF THE GAB.

AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT ALEX NEEDS TO REMEMBER IS YOU DON'T OWN ANYBODY AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT THEY WANT
THAT IS WHAT IS WRONG IN ORTHODOX JEWISH LIFE WITH CHILDREN  ,SCHOOLS ,SYNAGOGUES,LITVISHER CHASIDISHER .
WE THINK WE OWN THEM  AND CAN CONTROL  THEM AND THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT WE WANT.
MR STROM ,'WAKE UP YOU HAVE A MISTAKE , TIMES ARE CHANGING.! !
                                                                                                                         GABY LOCK


P.S.THE COMMON DENOMINATOR BETWEEN SATMAR, J.C.ALEX STROM IS THAT THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL ONLY ABOUT THE PICTURE WE DRAW OF A  PERFECT COMMUNITY TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

Wednesday 27 July 2011

MEMBERSHIP OF A SYNAGOGUE

BEING A JEW ,SPECIALLY AN ORTHODOX ,AND CHASDIC JEW ,HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING ACCEPTED BY A  SYNAGOGUE OR CHASIDIC STIEBLE OR SECT.
THIS IS WHERE THE BLACK MAIL OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY COMES IN. SPECIALLY IN ENGLAND .


THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE, FEDERATION ,.GOLDERS GREEN, OR STAMFORD HILL,
A JEW IS A RELIGION NOT A RACE .
EVERYBODY WHO ACCEPTS THE TORAH AND THE 613 MITZVOTH IS A FULLY  FLEDGE JEW .
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE 613 MITZVOTH THEN YOU ARE LACKING IN BEING A JEW.

WE BECAME JEWISH ON MOUNT SINAI BY ACCEPTING  THE FULL TORAH
IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT  THE FULL TORAH THEN YOU ARE NOT A FULL JEW,
EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY BE BORN A JEW.

WE CANT DIVERSE FROM THE TORAH THAT MADE US JEWISH ON MOUNT SINAI.
THEN WE ARE LIKE THE CHRISTIANS  OR REFORM ,CONSERVATIVE, OR LIBERALS ,WHO WANT TO CHANGE THE GROUND RULES OF THE HOLY TORAH.
TO END WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT SATMAR ,BELZ OR ANY CHASSIDUS OR ORGANISATION  DOES NOT MAKE ME A JEW.

MY VALUE

LAST WEEK SHABBOS I MET A MAN IN THE STREET, HE SAID TO ME WHO ARE YOU TO BE  OUR SPOKESMAN ,
THIS WAS ABOUT THE TELEVISION PROGRAM.
I ANSWERED HIM I DO NOT HAVE TO BE VALUED ,BY YOU OR ANYONE ELSE, TO GIVE MY OPINION ON LIFE IN STAMFORD HILL.


AND THAT'S EXQUISITELY WHAT MY WIFE EXPLAINED IN THE PROGRAM.
WE ARE AT A STAGE IN LIFE ( THANK G-D ) WERE WE CANT BE BLACK MAILED ANYMORE.
WE BLACK MAIL THE PARENTS WHEN THEY HAVE TO SEND CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
THEN WE WOUNDER WHY OSHER SHAPIRO HAS SO MANY DROPOUTS IN HIS ORGANISATION .

DO YOU THINK THAT THESE CHILDREN DO NOT KNOW WHAT A JOB IT IS TO GET THEM INTO SCHOOLS ,
AND THAT THEY ARE NOT VALUED, EVEN BY THE PARENTS THEY NEVER HUG OR KISS THEIR CHILDREN,
CHASIDUS AND LITVSHER ORGANISATIONS DO THE SAME,
AVI BRESSLER WAS NEVER VALUED AND THAT'S WHAT HE SHOWED IN HIS PART OF THE THE FILM.

THE FILM REFLECTED THE TRUE LIFE OF THESE PEOPLE,
AND IF YOU THINK IT DOES NOT REFLECT ON THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY ,ASK OSHER SHAPIRO.
EVERY DROPOUT WHO I TALKED TO HAD A STORY TO TELL ABOUT THE LACK OF LOVE, IN HIS YOUTH ,FROM THE SCHOOLS ,AND PARENTS.
I WISH AVI BRESSLER MAZEL TOV ON HIS FIRST GRANDCHILD ,BUT AT THE SAME TIME FEEL SORRY, FOR THE CHILD IN WHAT A SNOBS SOCIETY IT HAS TO GROW UP IN.

ALL  I CAN SAY TO AVI SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW ,GIVE THE CHILD PLENTY OF LOVE, AND KISSES, AS IT WILL NEED THIS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TERRIBLE SCHOOL SELECTORS.

MARRIED LIFE AND COUNSELING

MARRIAGE AND SPECIALLY THE DAY OF THE WEDDING ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DEEDS IN THE JEWISH WORLD ..
IT IS A PITY IT IS GIVEN TO YOUNGSTERS WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT .
THE OLDER GENERATION DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TO GIVE OVER THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE  TO THE YOUNGSTERS AS SOME OF THEM DO NOT KNOW IT THEMSELVES.


PARENTS OF TO-DAY TALK OPEN WHEN THEY USE BAD LANGUAGE OR WHEN THEY ARE BETWEEN GOYIUM BUT TO THEIR CHILDREN THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO TALK OPENLY
AND EXPLAIN THE DUTY OF A YID IN MARRIED LIFE .
THAT THROUGH LOVING YOUR WIFE DEARLY FIRST THROUGH DESIRE AND THEN HOPEFULLY SPIRITUALLY.

YOU LEARN BAZRUS HASEAM  TO LOVE G-D WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
THE LOVE AND RESPECT OF TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER WILL TEACH YOU TO LOVE
BUT THAT IS A LESSON WHICH CHANGES AS LIFE GOES ON .

THIS GIVES YOU CHILDREN WHO ARE PRODUCED FROM A HIGHER LEVEL OF LIFE AND A GOY AND MOST YIDEN WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THAT
MARRIAGE COUNSELLING NEEDS TO BE GIVEN BY RABONIM WHEN THEY ARE CHOSEN AND KALLE AS MANY HAVE NOT SEEN THIS HIGHER LEVEL OF LIFE FROM THEIR PARENTS.

MR YITZCHOK LOBENSTEIN

SEEING IN YOUR PAPER THIS WEEK,
THE WONDERFUL PAGE PREPARED BY THE TALENTED, ELI SILBERMAN.

SHOWING THE PICTURES OF JULIUS LOBENSTEIN.
I SPECIALLY USE HIS GOYISHE NAME ,AS THAT IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YIDDISHKEIT.

YOU WILL TELL ME THAT THE JEWS GOT OUT OF EGYPT ,BECAUSE THEY DID NOT CHANGE THERE NAMES ,
BUT MOSHE RABBEINU GOT HIS NAME AS THE POSSUK TELLS US ,FROM THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH .

I SPECIALLY LIKED THE PICTURE OF TWO GEDOLIM SITTING TOGETHER IN BOURNEMOUTH.
I WAS NEAR TO BOTH  OF THEM AND REMEMBER THEM VERY CLEARLY.
I CALL THEM BOTH GEDOLIM,
BECAUSE THE JOB OF A GODOL IS TO BUILD UP THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND SEE THE GOOD SIDE IN ALL THE JEWS.

AND THAT WAS JULIUS LOBENSTIEN AND THE PONOVEZER RAV .
THEY DID NOT CARE WHO OR WHERE YOU BELONGED TO .THEIR AIM WAS TO BUILD.
AND THIS GREATNESS I SAW IN THE GERER RABBE THE BEIS YISROEL WHEN I  WENT TO ERETZ YISROEL.

MY BROTHER AND I COULD GO AND ON WITH STORY'S ABOUT HATSADIK JULIUS LOBENSTEIN. ASK HIS SON JOE.
BUT I WILL FINISH WITH.
THESE PEOPLE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THEMSELVES, JUST ABOUT OTHERS.


P.S. WHEN I WAS A  YOUNGSTER WE LIVED IN QUEEN ELIZABETH WALK
        OUR NEIGHBOURS IN ALLERTON ROAD WERE:
        RABBI DOMINITZ.
        RABBI  FUERSTIEN .
        RABBI DUNNER.
        RABBI SCHLOSS.
         AND YH"L RABBI TOVIA WEISS.
        DO YOU THINK I CAN GO THROUGH LIFE THINKING LIKE TO -DAY'S  PEOPLE ?

REASSESSIN​G SUMMER PROGRAMS

ONE OF THE POINTS WHEN YOU GO FOR COUNSELLING IS ,TO LEARN THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM , FACE IT , THEN TO OVER COME IT.
EXAMPLE : IF WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY ,TO BUY WHAT YOU WANT.

YOU HAVE TO FACE THE PROBLEM ,THAT YOU WANT THE PRODUCT ,THEN OVER COME THE PROBLEM THAT YOU CAN NOT   AFFORD IT.

WE HAVE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN ,AND ADULTS ,THAT THE SITUATION A PERSON FINDS HIM SELF IN LIFE, RICH ,OR POOR, HEALTHY ,OR UN HEALTHY ,ARE TESTS OF LIFE  FROM THE RIBONA SHAL OLAM TO YOU,
AND THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT.

THE RICH CHILDREN WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOLIDAYS, AND THAT IS WHY G-D MADE THEM RICH ,
AND THE POOR CHILDREN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOLIDAYS,
WE ARE NOT ALL BE THE SAME.
BUT WHAT WE CAN TEACH IS ,THAT EVERY BODY HAS THE SAME VALUE IN G-D EYES .

AND IF PARENTS DO NOT TEACH THIS IMPORTANT LESSON, TO THEIR CHILDREN , THEY ARE LACKING IN BEING PARENTS.
THIS IS THE FIRST PRINCIPLES FAITH:
HE ALONE MADE, MAKES, AND WILL MAKE EVERYTHING
AND IF YOU SEE THAT GEDOLA YISROEL HAVE MORE TIME TO THE RICH,
AND LITTLE OR NO TIME TO THE POOR.
THEN GO TO G-D DIRECT ,AS IT SAYS IN THE PSALMS:
HASHEM IS CLOSE TO ALL WHO CALL UPON HIM ,TO ALL WHO CALL HIM SINCERELY.
YOU DO NOT NEED AN INTERMEDIARY .

STRICTLY KOSHER

THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE IN THIS PROGRAM ,THE WAY AND WHAT THEY THINK BEING JEWISH IS ABOUT.

THE OLD MAN, JACK AISENBERG WHO DID NOT GET A LOT OF JEWISH EDUCATION IN POLAND, EXPLAINED

G-D WAS KIND TO HIM ,THAT HE SURVIVED THE WAR AND BECAME RICH AND HAS GOT GRANDCHILDREN .
HIS BEING JEWISH IS A RACE AND NOT A RELIGION ,WHICH I EXPLAINED IN MY PROGRAM.

JOEL LEVER , EXPLAINED THAT HE DID NOT KEEP SHABBOS OR ANY OF THE JEWISH LAWS,HE COULD NOT EVEN MAKE A BRACHA.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF HE CAN READ HEBREW.
CAN YOU TELL ME IF HIS DAUGHTER FALLS IN LOVE WITH A NON-JEW , WHY SHOULD SHE NOT MARRY OUT ?
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS TEN YEARS DOWN THE LINE.

BERNETTE CLARKE SHOWED AND TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE 613 MITZVOTH WHICH MADE US JEWISH ON MOUNT SINAI .
SHE HERSELF EXPLAINED SHE WAS MORE ORTHODOX THEN HER PARENTS.
SHE MUST HAVE  THOUGHT THAT BEING JEWISH IS NOT JUST BEING BORN TO JEWISH PARENTS OR BEING A SERVIVOR OF THE HOLOCAUST .

THERE WAS NO INPUT BY SOMEONE FROM THE ULTRA ORTHODOX PEOPLE WHO KEEP  THE 613 MITZVOTH.

THEY FINISHED THE PROGRAM BY SHOWING PURIM.
A STREET SCENE  WHERE THEY ALL DANCED TOGETHER AND BERNETTE CLARKE COMMENTS THIS IS WHAT SHE LIKES WHEN THEY ALL DANCE TOGETHER.
WHAT WE NEED IS A PROGRAM WHERE I OR SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAS THE GUTS, DEBATES WITH PEOPLE LIKE JACK AISENBERG AND JOEL LEVER THAT THEIR LIFESTYLE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING A JEW.

Monday 25 July 2011

FACEBOOK AND THE INTERNET

I HAVE LATELY LOOKED ON FACE BOOK ,ON THE INTERNET.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

AND WHAT THE RABONIM ARE BANNING, AND SHOUTING ABOUT THAT THIS IS DESTROYING THE YOUTH.

THERE IS A COMMON DENOMINATOR OF THE YOUTH JOINING THE INTERNET ,AND NOT CARING ABOUT THE RABONIM.
AND THAT IS THAT THEY ARE LONELY , GIRLS AS WELL AS BOYS, NOBODY TALKS TO THEM , THE RABONIM DO NOT BEFRIEND THEM,  
BEFORE THEY TURN INTO DROP-OUTS.

THE ASKONIM ARE MORE WORRIED ,ABOUT SHECHITA BEING BANNED IN EUROPE,
THEN IF THEY WILL HAVE CHILDREN WHO WILL WANT TO EAT KOSHER.
THESE CHILDREN, AND YOUTH NEED ATTENTION ,AND LOVE AND WE HAVE NOT EDUCATED THE PARENTS TO GIVE THIS TO THEM.

LOTS OF PARENTS DO NOT SEE THE PROBLEM TILL IT IS TO LATE.
I USED TO WONDER WHY SO MANY KOLLEL YUNGERLEIT GO TO THESE TZDOKA PARTIES  AND GIVE MONEY THROUGH A CREDIT CARD  WHICH THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE.
THEY ARE LONELY AND LOOKING FOR COMPANY.

I AM SURE THAT ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IS RABBI OSHER SHAPIRO.HE CAN VERIFY WHAT I AM SAYING.
SOMETHING IS WRONG THAT WE HAVE SO MANY DROP-OUTS.
I HAVE A LONG TIME AGO SOLVED THE PROBLEM IN BEING LONELY, AS THE BEIS YISROEL SAID TO ME MAKE THE RIBONO  SHEL OLAM  YOUR FRIEND.
I DO THIS BY PRAYING , MEDITATING , AND LEARNING LOTS AND LOTS OF TORAH YOU GET A FEELING THAT G-D IS NEXT TO YOU ALL THE TIME AND IS YOUR FRIEND.

YIDEN

I GO TO "START THE DAY THE TORAH WAY" IN STAMFORD HILL NORTH LONDON .
ON SUNDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS.
THE REST OF THE WEEK, I CAN NOT GO AS I HAVE SHIURIM AT THAT TIME OF THE MORNING.


ONE FRIDAY MORNING ,A SATMAR CHASID ,RABBI AHRON DOVID OSTRICHER , THE SON OF PINCHAS OSTRICHER, WHO IS THE SON OF MY DEARLY DEPARTED FRIEND RABBI GEDALIA OSTRICHER ,GAVE THE SHIUR.
HE SAID IN THE NAME OF THE DEPARTED SINGER SHLOMO CARLEBACH
WHY CAN A MIKVAH CLEAN A PERSON BECAUSE TWO DROPS OF WATER, WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER , THEY DO NOT FIGHT WHO IS GREATER BUT THEY MAKE PEACE AND BECOME ONE.

AND WHERE THERE IS PEACE THERE IS KADUSHE AND THARAH THAT IS A MIKVAH.
AHRON DOVID OSTRICHER  SAID  THAT THE AMSHINOVER REBBE IN JERUSALEM WHO IS A BIG FAN OF SHLOMO CARLBECH SAID THAT WE NEED TO SPREAD THIS TORAH OVER THE WHOLE WORLD.

SPECIALLY TO-DAY WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH  IN-FIGHTING IN CHASIDDES .
WHICH IS A  BIGGER CHILLUL HASHEM  THEN THERE HAS EVER BEEN IN YIDDISHKEIT AND HE IS NOT SURPRISED THAT THERE ARE SO MANY DROP-OUTS BY THE ORTHODOX  JEWISH PEOPLE.

I HAVE EXPLAINED ENOUGH. I DO NOT HAVE TO GO INTO MORE DETAILS.

THE MAKING OF A TZADDIK

DON'T YOU THINK THAT WE ARE CONCENTRATING TOO MUCH  ON THE GREAT HASHGACHAH ON  BEING MEKAREV BAALEI TESHUVAH ?
WE FORGET COMPLETELY ABOUT OUR YOUNG CHILDREN ,TEENAGERS AND ADULTS  WHO NEED HELP  IN KIRUV TO STAY IN YIDDISKEIT..

IN YOUR ARTICLE IN THE HAMODIA , YOU PUT IN SO MUCH EFFORT, TO BRING PEOPLE BACK WHO HAVE MARRIED NON JEWS.
YOU LEAVE OUT( YOU DON'T WRITE ABOUT ) THE PROBLEMS HE HAD TO LEAVE HIS WIFE OF TWENTY SEVEN YEARS.

I CAN SEE HASHGACHAH IN MY EVERYDAY LIFE.
THE PERSON AND ORGANISATIONS ,PUTTING EFFORT TO BRING PEOPLE BACK, SHOULD PUT IN THAT EFFORT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT DROP OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE  ( WE HAVE SO MANY DROPPING OUT).
EVERY YOUNGSTER  WHO BECOMES A DROP -OUT, HAS BEEN BADLY TREATED BY TEACHERS OR BY ADMINISTRATORS OF SCHOOLS ,WHO WONT ACCEPT CHILDREN BECAUSE THE MOTHERS  DRESS A BIT MODERN.
I HAVE ASKED HEAD MASTERS HOW DO THESE CHILDREN FEEL?
SECOND CLASS CITIZENS.  

THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM OF NOW BUT YEARS AGO AS WELL.
A LITTLE STORY TO HIGHLIGHT THE POINT. TWENTY YEARS AGO I HAD TWO SONS IN BELZ CLAPTON COMMON,
MY BIG SON WHO WAS SIXTEEN  HAD LEARNED IN THEIR  CHEDER FOR TEN YEARS AND THEN THREE YEARS IN THE YESHIVA KETTANA.
HE WAS A GOOD BOY AND THE BELZERS WANTED I SHOULD SEND HIM TO BELZ IN ISRAEL.

MY WIFE AND I DID NOT WANT THIS FOR TWO REASONS.
NUMBER ONE WE WANTED TO SEND HIM TO A YESHIVA IN ENGLAND,GATESHEAD.
NUMBER TWO ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT POINT WE DID NOT WANT OUR CHILD TO BE KIDNAPPED BY AN ORGANISATION NO DIFFERENCE, BELZ,SATMAR,OR GUR.
IT WAS B"H OUR CHILD, WHO G-D GAVE US ,AND WE WANTED TO  INFLUENCE AND EDUCATE HIM, WE DID NOT WANT HIM TO BELONG TO ANY ORGANISATION .
ALL OF THEM TAKE OVER THE YOUNG TEENAGERS AND THE PARENTS HAVE LITTLE OR NO MEANING TO THEM, I DO  NOT HAVE TIME OR SPACE TO GO IN  TO DETAILS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED THE NEXT TERM MY SECOND SON WAS TOLD TO LEAVE THE CHEDER, I HAD PAID THE SCHOOL FEES IN ADVANCE THESE WERE NEVER RETURNED TO ME TO THIS DAY.
I RAN TO THE RABONIM ,RABBIS OF THE ORGANISATION THEY HAD NO TIME THEY WERE BUSIER" LICKING "THE RICH ON THE GROUNDS THEY NEED TO RAISE FUNDS.

MY SECOND SON UNDERSTOOD QUIET WELL WHAT HAPPENED AND WILL NOT GO INTO BELZ TO THIS VERY DAY.
BUT HE COULD EASILY HAVE TURNED INTO A DROP- OUT.


UPDATE:

Hamodia's Response

Dear Gaby Lock,
Our editorial board reviewed your letter and we are genuinely sorry you had such negative experiences. Your email clearly comes from a place of deep pain and we empathize with you. In the future we hope to present more material for young frum people struggling with today’s challenges to their Yiddishkeit. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Sarah Birnhack
Managing Editor
Inyan – Hamodia’s Weekly Magazine

Gateshead

I WAS IN GATESHEAD BOARDING SCHOOL IN 1955-1956.
IT WAS A TERRIBLE PLACE.

THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO GIVE LOVE ONLY DISCIPLINE.
THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERED.

RABBI BAMBURGER AND THE STAFF SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN IN EDUCATION.
WHEN YOU LOOK HOW THEY BEHAVED TO US,
I CAN UNDERSTAND THE CRUELTY OF THE NAZIS.

MY SON LEARNED WITH REB AVROHOM GURWICZ .ASK TOTTEY LEBRECHT.
AT THAT TIME WHAT WAS RESPECTED IN GATESHEAD YESHIVA WAS HOW YOU LEARNED. NOT IF YOU WERE CHASSIDH OR A LITVISHER .
TO-DAY IT IS ALL POLITICS OR MONEY, THE SAME CORRUPTION AS BY THE CHASSIDISHE YESHIVOT.

ALL A BIG SHOW.
MAKE THE MOST OF REB AVROHOM GURWICZ.
AS WHEN HE GOES YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING TO REPLACE HIM.

JEWISH CHRONICLE

THE JEWISH CHRONICLES REPORTING AND COMMENTS OF PEOPLE
IS EXACTLY AS I SAID,

WE ARE ALL TOGETHER AT THE END OF THE DAY ,
AND WE LIKE TO SHOW A NICE PICTURE TO THE WORLD WHICH IS COMPLETELY  UNTRUE.

BUT JEWISH PEOPLE LIKE TO LIVE A LIE,
BECAUSE IF THEY ADMIT TO THE TRUTH THEY WOULD HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT BEING JEWISH IS THE 613 MITZVOTH,
AS EXPLAINED IN MY LAST EMAIL.

THE DIFFERENCE OF THE THREE CHARACTERS IN THE ITV PROGRAM,
AND THAT IS WHY THE ULTRA ORTHODOX AND THE NON-ORTHODOX WERE AGAINST PADY  WIVELL'S PROGRAM .
NOBODY IS REALLY  TELLING A LIE ,THEY ARE JUST NOT SHOWING AND TALKING, ABOUT THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

SOCIAL LIFE

I THINK IT IS STUPID, WHAT JOEL LEVER SAID IN THE ITV DOCUMENTARY STRICTLY KOSHER.
THAT THE FRUM PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN , BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER SOCIAL ACTIVITY.
BUT IT  IS TRUE THAT THE ORTHODOX SOCIAL LIFE ,IS TAKEN UP BY CHARITY EVENINGS AND PARTIES.

PEOPLE GIVE MONEY THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE, OUT OF PEAR PRESSURE.
THERE IS A SAYING BY THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
WHICH IN TO-DAYS WORLD APPLIES TO NON-JEWS AS WELL.
WHEN WE NEED TO RAISE FUNDS, THE VERY RICH CALL ON THE SEMI RICH, TO RAISE FUNDS BY THE POOR.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS FUNDS FOR WARS, ETC,ETC, BUT FOR THE MILLIONS IN  AFRICA  THEY NEED TO RAISE FUNDS BY THE POOR.
IF WE DO NOT ANALISE THE MISTAKES IN OUR LIFE,
AND THE PURPOSE OF LIFE THEN WE CAN NOT COME TO A TRUE JEWISH LIFE OR ANY REAL MEANING OF LIFE AT ALL!

LAST WEEK  IN THE  LEIBY  KLETZKY  TRAGEDY  I HAVE A VERY STRONG QUESTION.  WHY DO WE ALWAYS NEED A TRAGEDY TO PULL THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND START GIVING LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER ?
ABA DUNNER Z. L. AND HIS GROUP YEARS AGO BROUGHT US TOGETHER WITH PURIM SHOWS.

WE SAT THERE WITH RABBONIM  AND LAUGHED AND LAUGHED FOR HOURS AND WENT HOME WITH A UNITED GOOD FEELING.
BUT G-D FORBID WE HAVE TAKEN RELIGION FROM THE NON-JEWS AND THINK BEING HAPPY IS NOT RELIGIOUS.

WE THINK LIKE THE GOYIM THE MORE  RESTRICTIONS WE PUT ON LIFE THE BETTER RELIGIOUS WE ARE.
THE HOLY ROPSHITZER ROV SAID
THAT WHEN THEY ASK HIM ON THE WORLD TO COME, WHAT DID HE DO IN THIS WORLD HE WILL SAY I MADE PEOPLE LAUGH.