"It is unbelievable that a well known Charedi forum [Yeshiva World News] should spread such a question enabling further instigation and igniting the fire of hatred among Jews - Sinas Yisroel. Does he think that the non-Jew who reads these articles can distinguish between a kneitsch-hit [hat with a bent down brim, a fedora] and a geshtufina-hit [a hat like Satmar wears with an upturned brim]?"
A reader sent in the following translation of the Der Yid attack on Yeshiva World News, which was included in a much longer attack on me.
Notice the attack is based on Yeshiva World asking a question, a question whose answer shows that Di Tzitung's editor, also a Satmar hasid, lied.
Why?
Because Satmar synagogues (and Chabad synagogues and any other hasidic synagogues I've been in) do not usually say the prayer for the government mentioned in the apology. It may be said for show or in a time of extreme need like a war on home soil. But it is not said on any regular basis and it is not said as it was meant to be said by the rabbis who composed it long ago.
That means that Di Tzitung lied to the State Department and the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. And it also lied to the Amerian people.
Now, the translation:
Disclaimer: This is an attempt at translation which may contain slight deviations from Yiddish version.
From You and Within You
Translation of Der Yid Article
As it has already been said, the entire scandal originated through someone, [Failed Messiah] who at one time belonged within the Chassidish circles and later separated from his belief, together with help from an unknown source, who sent him the picture. Thereafter we saw the sharpest condemnation from Jewish activists including those who supposedly present themselves as news sources for the Charedi Community.
The Jewish Week had an electronic article by a rabbi who worried that deleting portions of a picture is geneyvas daas. The modern Washington rabbi, Shmuel Hertzfeld, found a list of “serious aveiros” starting with baal toisef, midvar sheker tirchak, geneyvas daas, dina d’malchusa dina, hakoras hatov
“From the other side, it must be mentioned” says Reb Avraham [Editor of Der Tzitung], “those who came to the Charedi Community’s defense, even one who is very far from the Heimishe Community, such as Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Executive Vice President of the New York Board of Rabbis.
Unlike the original broadcaster [Failed Messiah] - who does not hide his goal and is an open enemy – certain Charedi internet sites must be publicized, for their attempts to stab knives in the back of the core Charedi values.
One such blog – [Yeshiva World News] which was from the first to reprint the news before it was so strongly publicized, and assisted in making it possible to spread, printed Di Tzeitung’s apology. However, it reacted to the portion of the statement that we pray for the government’s welfare.
In bold print it wrote, “Inquiring minds would like to know if any of the Shuls in the communities that this newspaper caters to, has ever said the appropriate prayer that they claim they have. Do any of their Sidurim have the Tefila printed in them?”
It is unbelievable that a well known Charedi forum [Yeshiva World News] should spread such a question enabling further instigation and igniting the fire of hatred among Jews - Sinas Yisroel. Does he think that the non-Jew who reads these articles can distinguish between a kneitsch-hit [a hat with a bent down brim, a fedora] and a geshtufina-hit [a hat like Satmar wears with an upturned brim]?
He knows good and well that news from his blog gets caught in the general media, which he is proud of. However, this does not restrain him from posting questions against the Charedi Community.
This illustrates the difference between respectful community activists from all groups, who have united, and understood, that we must defend Jewish values from those who attack them, as well as the irresponsible internet writer [Failed Messiah] whose pens are arrows aimed at the Charedi Community.