העורך Editor

Two errors rear their head in most every revolution. First, the reformers do not move fast enough; instead they often experience a crisis of faith and become overwhelmed by demands that they govern “responsibly” rather than tear down the established order. Second, the reformers leave too much in place that can be used by their successors to rebuild the state they worked so hard to dismantle. This permits gains to be reversed as soon as another party takes control.

• Murray Rothbard as quoted by Lew Rockwell

בכתבה האחרונה מאתר בריתי יצחק, כאן.

David Duke says he doesn’t oppose all Jews, only “Jewish Supremacists“. Great, so at least he opposes me!

The Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, once explained he doesn’t tell Chassidic tales because “one cannot educate with lies”. There’s a concise new book on the matter on HebrewBooks, here titled פתי יאמין לכל דבר:

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Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar opposed benefitting from Zionists to the extent that he forbade visiting liberated holy sites. What does he do with the verse יכין וצדיק ילבש, Iyov 27:17? But I digress. The Rebbe also regarded thanking Zionist individuals or thanking God for the results of Zionism as heretical.

But the question must be asked: Rabbi Yoel himself was saved from the Nazis through notorious Zionist Rudolph Kastner. He accepted a seat on the train of rescue, and he and his followers celebrate the “Yom Hatzalah”, or day of personal redemption, ever since.

Kastner was mentioned later but in a different way.

Also, it’s rumored the Rebbe accepted a certificate for immigration to Palestine, which raises other problems (Rabbi Teitelbaum forbade his congregants from accepting these certificates until the Nazis invaded), see “The Rebbe” by Rabbi Dovid Meisels.

Yes, yes, I’m sure there’s a perfectly good answer, but these facts do need to be juxtaposed.

This article is inspired by Rabbi Yitzchak Brand, in this piece.