A recent sample from Chanaya Weissman’s hard-hitting newsletters…
An excerpt:
A reader shared:
“Found this (below) on an online forum for frum women. She obviously doesn’t understand that it’s intentional but her awareness is commendable nevertheless. Many posters agree with her.”
I am pro serving in the IDF and protecting our country
I don’t agree with the chareidi outlook of letting others take the risk and not helping.
I do acknowledge that there are spiritual concerns but they need to be worked through and neither side is doing a good job of it.
But
What no one seems to want to discuss is that we have a huge problem with the government. The politicians (both the right, and the left) are using the soldiers as political pawns. They are risking soldier lives for Pali lives. Soldiers die because of bad decisions made up top and that is just unacceptable. I feel that it may even override the obligation to serve. My boys are not cannon fodder for them to salvage Israel’s destroyed reputation with the world. I don’t care more about what the UN says than I care about the soldiers. The aid, the Hitnatkut, the negotiating, the protecting “innocent” civilians, the supplying of fuel and resources, the release of thousands of terrorists, and and on and on and on. All the horrific decisions made by the government makes me feel that they lost their right to claim my child for their army. I don’t owe them my boys life if they don’t treasure it the way I do. Idealism is beautiful but only for EY and the jewish people. Not for a weak government who won’t do what needs to be done to protect their people. I don’t owe them that.
I’m conflicted. I believe in protecting the country and our people. I don’t believe in dying for weak corrupt politicians.
Signed a non chareidi mom with teen boys almost at draft age.
My comments:
Not dying as cannon fodder might override the obligation to serve? Whoa! Does the Torah support THAT?!
Yes, it’s a significant step in the right direction. It’s a crack in the brainwashing that we should definitely view as an opportunity. But if it took decades of collaborating with and supporting our enemies, so much needless carnage, and upwards of 20,000 Jewish soldiers maimed and killed in less than two years for nothing just to raise this question, it underscores how deep the kefirah brainwashing still is. I bet they would still react to my articles with extreme hostility. We have our work cut out for us.