I'm posting this story for one primary reason.…
…This pic:
The rest of the story is same old, same old. A gym marketed to haredim is sold to a non-Jewish company. The gym will stop following haredi modesty laws (and some real Orthodox halakha, as well), although the sexes will still be segregated.
Haredim are pissed off, and rightly so – the gym won't refund their money or let them out of their long-term contracts.
And haredim also allege the gym charged them for classes markets as free to members.
The former owner's reaction to this controversy is newsworthy, though – even though it, too, is same old, same old:
…Unfortunately the situation has gotten out of control. Blogs are “popping up” all over with all kinds of allegations about Kosher Gym’s business practices. There is a massive Chillul HaShem going on by people alleging all types of things about the gym and its’ shareholders.
It’s a Chillul HaShem because they are saying for all to see (including the non religious, and non-Jews) that a place called Kosher Gym, run by religious Jews are a bunch of crooks, and other types of slurs and allegations.…
Effective immediately, we are removing any comments on our blog as it is Chillul HaShem.…
That's right. The former owners of Kosher Gym are "protecting" God's honor by muzzling dissatisfied customers and customers who claim to have been defrauded.
And that is same old, same old in haredi-land.
Chaptzem.
[Hat Tip: Dr. Rofeh-Filosof.]