THE CAMPAIGN OF HATE

Posted at mentalblog.com / Thread: The Rogatchover :

… No doubt "party press" in every group tends to put the stress on themselves at the expense of others. This, unfortunately, comes with the territory. Lubavitch is no exception to this.

However, Lubavitch is singled out for a de facto boycott by all the major orthodox entities even when those pretend to be "inclusive".
Art Scroll is doch man dchar shmaihu, but even someone as eclectic as Rabbi Goldwasser, who has a story to tell you about every koton vegodol, never allows himself a “slip” about the Lubavitcher Rebbe! This, despite the fact that he shows up to speak in CH as a “friend”! He even felt compelled to edit out all mention of Lubavitch from a book about Motel Lifshitz! The examples of this attitude are endless!

All this amounts to a real campaign of hate against Lubavitcher chassidim. As a Lubavitcher living in 5766, I can tell you that I feel zero affinity with the orthodox community and care even less for its concerns. I suspect many feel the same way. Which is why all the complaints about sheluchim not cooperating with other orthodox organizations and using “undemocratic methods” of asserting their authority in, say, FSU and Europe fall on deaf ears. As well they should. The lack of cooperation in Europe did not precipitate this ubiquitous hate, but is merely a defense against it.

(Agav, in this climate, if any Lubavitcher were to cooperate with any orthodox entity to assert themselves vis-à-vis other Lubavitchers [as the proclamation against Asman alleges], I would turn against them in a heart beat and support such a proclamation, even if he is was really wronged.)

berl, crown heights 10.10.05 - 10:31 pm / Link: #