The Di Tzitung Apology – Of Sorts – On Video

An apology that really isn't is based on a 'Jewish law' that really doesn't exist.

Again, note that the publisher of Di Tzitung quotes a Jewish law which does not actually exist, and then uses his right of freedom of religion to explain away his photo manipulation:

 

More details from CNN.

Comments

[Common Sense]

I support the publisher 1000%. I just came from the bathroom and shot 3 loads while looking at Hillary in that picture. Not sure what Bill saw in Monica, the real peice of a$$ is Hillary. Thanx "fanatical frummies" for trying your best to save my olam habah. I just wish all the other hareidi haters would see things from your side, and understand your uber-frummah ways, as I do.

[seymour]

steven colbert did a funny skit on this

[ali]

This isn't the first time this happened. It was a pretty big story a year or so ago. Does anyone remember who was in the photo the other time this happened? Was it Hillary then too?

[seymour]

question

did they state in the papar that the image was manipulated and that Hillary was omitted from the pic

[ali]

Found it.

Friday, April 03, 2009

JERUSALEM — Two women serve in Israel's new Cabinet, but some Israelis would rather not see them.

Newspapers aimed at ultra-Orthodox Jewish readers tampered with the inaugural photograph of the Cabinet, erasing ministers Limor Livnat and Sofa Landver.

Ultra-Orthodox newspapers consider it immodest to print images of women.

The daily Yated Neeman digitally changed the photo, moving two male ministers into the places formerly occupied by the women.

The weekly Shaa Tova simply blacked the women out, in a photo reprinted Friday by the mainstream daily Maariv.

No response was available from the two papers.

During the election, campaign posters featuring female candidate Tzipi Livni were defaced near ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods.

[ah-pee-chorus]

i cant believe how many news outlets picked up on this story.
great publicity shmarya. congrats.

[OMG]

Yes Seymour, The Colbert Report piece was hilarious,

[Skver Rabbi]

Hillary Clinton asked: If I'm allowed to be in Photos with Skver Rebbe, why can't my Photo go into Der Tzeitung?...

http://twitpic.com/3dwyby

[WoolSilkCotton]

++ Skver Rabbi | May 09, 2011 at 10:52 PM++

Nice find! I guess if you promise a pardon to a Skverer criminal, you're 'one of the boys', so it's ok to show your picture.

[WoolSilkCotton]

The local Fox News (NY metro area) just had a promo for this evening's upcoming broadcast, and they mention the story!

This is now something for news stations to advertise- the insanity of the frumma!

[Rochel]

Some people I know say they have seen it in the foreign language media in Europe. This is spreading like wildfire.

They should have just replaced Hilary's image with something that doesn't violate their rules but at least indicates that she was there. A cartoon, a silhouette, a blur, anything. But at least they would not have been, so to say, rewriting history.

[Rochel]

Don't get me wrong, I am not for photoshopping the image at all. Personally, I think the way Hilary was dressed, if you made her hairstyle a wee bit more helmet-shietel-like and add a wee bit to cover the collar bone, she was dressed modestly enough to easily pass for a frum charedi woman. And she is not sitting close enough to any of the men to touch elbows.

Perhaps they could have photoshopped a mechita around her?

[moshe]

Amazing all you Hillary haters who never voted once or wrote one good thing about her! vs. the N.Y. orthodox jewish community who always supported her in votes and in their publications including the zeitung, are now trying to re arrange their musical chairs and to show the world that their real 'hate' (or self hate) to the orthodox is even greater than your hate of Hillary!

[A true jew]

I dont understand the Reform community why they even consider themselves the spokesmen for the Jews. Even non-orthodox like Michael Savage and christians like Glenn Beck and many more say that the real jews are the black-hatted orthodox guys from Brooklyn who follow the Torah and the Shulchan Aruch. Without learning them you dont even know what it means to be a jew. Theres much more to it than going maybe once a year to synagogue (by car). All their ancestors abided by these laws and they think theyre smarter. JEWS Do Teshuvah!!

[A true jew]

For all you jew-haters out there, consider Hugh Hefner your Rabbi. Hes jewish too. Thats where the Reform community leads to.

[Jeff]

Even non-orthodox like Michael Savage and christians like Glenn Beck and many more say that the real jews are the black-hatted orthodox guys from Brooklyn who follow the Torah and the Shulchan Aruch.

Yes, great idea - let's let Glenn Beck define us.

All their ancestors abided by these laws and they think theyre smarter. JEWS Do Teshuvah!!

Quite right. Here's a thought - why don't you call up your flag-burning friends in B'nei Brak and tell them?

[Doug]

I couldn't agree more with Mr. Friedman. Hopefully, we can finally expunge that "Deborah" character from the Book of Judges.

What a hottie she was!