NY Board of Rabbis: Violent Chasidic Protests ‘Shameful’
"The New York Board of Rabbis on Thursday called this week’s protests by Borough Park Chasidim against the state’s and the city’s coronavirus restrictions 'shameful' and asked the Jewish community to follow the health guidelines.
On Wednesday night, Haredi reporter Jacob Kornbluh and video photographer Berish Getz were attacked by a crowd of an estimated 500 Chasidim at a protest led by radio personality and community activist Heshy Tischler (Haredi Reporters Kornbluh, Getz, Assaulted, Called ‘Moysers’ by Chasidim in Protest Led by Heshy Tischler)."
It IS shameful. It not only provides haters with another excuse for more antisemitism, but to see Jews attacking other Jews and behaving more like Black Lives Matters rioters than learned men is appalling for all Jews.
But more than that, their refusal (and the refusal of too many non-Jews) to follow common sense public health requirements, wear masks, stop huge superspreader gatherings, and get their kids vaccinated (remember the measles epidemic?) shows extreme selfishness. Most other people are making sacrifices during this crisis, so why can't they? I understand their dismay with DeBlasio & Cuomo, who seem to have excused BLM while scapegoating Jewish communities, but still, we have to put out these COVID outbreaks before they get out of control...again.
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