The Gerrer Rebbe and Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman will be flying to America to raise money and stengthen Torah learning. Their trip is being anticipated by tens of thousands and has been six months in the making. They will be flying El Al and have bought out the entire First Class section, and have made sure that there will only male stewards on the flight.
Dov Bear judges these Gedolei Yisrael negatively.
Orthomom judges them favorably.
I leave you to decide what is the more proper way to act (way to go Orthomom!)
May 10th, 2006 at 13:24
I don’t understand why people blog about these topics in the first place. Would they care so much if it were a Hindu who wanted only vegetarian meals served on the plane and was willing to pay for it? No, it is about Charedi Jews – so the subject has to be talked about. (And no, I am not a Charedi Jew, but the obsession with them bugs me).
May 10th, 2006 at 17:47
I think that you answered your own question there