Meah She’arim, Israel – Over a thousand ultra-Orthodox men assembled Saturday night in Jerusalem’s Kikar Hashabbat (Sabbath Square), in protest of what they termed the exclusion of Haredim, a response to the recent outrage over the exclusion of women in Beit Shemesh and elsewhere.
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Some of the protesters are wearing yellow badges, with which they mean to express that they are being persecuted for their Jewishness.
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The secular DO indeed hate us, many bloggers post extreme venomous comments against rabbis and chasidics.
Get jobs.
I have never in my life seen anything more revolting. My father would have had a heart attack seeing these smiling faces wearing the Jude symbol of pure hate. foi foi. Shame on the rabbonim in yerushalayim. I am an ultra orthodox yid who waers white sox. I almost feel that it is permissable to say yamach shmoy on these animals.
The obvious attempt to “recreate” the iconic photo in the Warsaw ghetto (first and subsequent pics –i.e., the one with the SS officer Josef Blösche ) goes beyond the pale and shows just how disfranchised this group represented by the protesters has become. Just wait till that picture hits the mainstream media — I’m sure that won’t be a chillul HaShem!
What a trivialization of the holocaust!
I hope the ADL and other Jewish organizations that regularly pop up to condemn this type of activity with much less provocation protest.
I challenge Agudah or the OU to protest this insult to all that went through the holocaust! When we see their reaction or lack of such, we will know their true colors.
There should be a full boycott of all foods that have the eida chareidis kashrus symbol. zHit these parasites in the pocket where it hurts.
Nebech. The way I look at it. They all some what diseased. They really don’t know better. Let’s hope people will get healed and healthy. Start live a normal life.
Another day another chance to be mechalel shem shamayim.
I used to think they’re hateful, or fanatical, or dan l’kaf zchus, misguided or misled by their rebbaim, but they’re really sick. What kind of mothers let their children go out dressed like that? I think it’s time to call in social services and have those children removed from those homes.
To compare themselves to those who died “al kiddush hasem” is unforgivable. They have crossed all red lines. They protest when someone moves a grave, but have no compunction to insult all those that perished.
These people should no longer be referred to as “chareidim”; rather they should always be called “chazeirim” for they are treif as chazir. One of the defining characteristics of the chazir is that he shows his split hooves to make himself look kosher, but is totally treif. So too these chazeirm wear payos and beard to make themselves look kosher, but are totally treif.
I can’t believe what I see
instead of being appologizing and try to start a normal future they come out and demonstrate?
So basically with demonstrating you are all calling out “throw the women under the bus”
unacceptable behavior. Oh btw if you tried this demonstration in varsha you would of all been death and shot close range. Dont play the victim card get a life
I am furious beyond words. they r a bunch of $%^& & worse. They cause a major problem & are surprised at the backlash!!??
Do they think that the Holocaust was a joke? If their grandfather’s would have seen how they are abusing the legacy of the Kedoshim they would have given them two gezinteh petch! With this “joke” they have crossed all boundries.
The photo op of that boy mimicking the famous picture of the Holocaust is especially disgusting, just look at all the people behind him laughing their heads off while this boy has absolutely no idea what he’s doing.
Please I beg of you all, stop the Chillul Hashem! You are disgracing hundreds of thousands of Chareidim around the world with this despicable behavior.
Btw, I agree with you all that the Secular media is out on a crusade against all Chareidim (mostly because of the same people that you are defending), but for Heaven’s sake, don’t drag the Holocaust into this. Please!
I pray with all my heart that AP shouldn’t pick this up. Oy, what a churban.
This is the result of extreme insularity, lack of education, and a sickening sense of self-righteousness. Number one wonders why the secular are fed up with the Charedim? Do we really have to wonder about this?
These people are disgusting they are giving frum jewry a very bad image ,maybe they should put up a large wall around these neighborhoods and dont let them have any contact with the civilised world,,,,,,
These are a bunch of little snot nosed oppressionites.
Sitting at the table, reading this with my father in law. He says and I quote, “THEIR behaviour is Nazi like! When I would walk down the street the Nazi’s would spit at ME.”
Oilam Hafuch!!
If the exact same protest with these Nazi symbols were held in Germany, these people would be arrested. It is against the law to trivialize and wear these symbols. If someone in Idaho or one of the Presidential candidates would do this, or if someone in Tel Aviv would do it, all hell would break loose. Screams that the holocaust is being trivialized and now the eida chareidis is quiet when it is done in their back yard in the meah Shearim. Shame on Them.
SHAMEFUL. The hypocracy and stupidity of the protesters is unbelievable. Their dressing in Holocaust garments makes me want to puke. They should be ashamed of themselves. That kind of behavior and hatred for fellow Jews is why the 2nd Temple was destroyed — and it will prevent the coming of Moshiach.
It seems to me that the “avreichim” in picture #14 from the top, are trying to recreate the famous picture of the two Polish Chassidishe bochurim walking together in the ghettos with the yellow star attached to their coats.
How far have they fallen? I’m getting nauseous looking at these pictures. Seriously.
Were there any Rabbonim attending this silliness? I hope not.
sick beyond sick!!! exploit children to do their dirty work…notice no adults in these costumes only children, who have no idea what they are doing…do these people understand what chutzpa they are doing comparing by comparing the holocaust to their stupidity…what they are doing is shaming and making a mockery of torah…all that see including nonjews say these are torah jews….what a joke…where are our rabbonim and sane manhigai hador?????
If these people are so oppressed, why do they look so happy, healthy and well-fed ?
Evil people, my grandparents and their families were forced to wear this clothing. My father and his family were forced to work as slave laborers for the nazis ym”s, and these people walk around with the star, smiling, like its some sort of game or joke……
How dare they tarnish the souls of 6,000,000 kedoshim who truly died al-kiddush-hashem.
#4 an ultra orthodox with white sox??? Does that make you more erlich, honest citizen. These animals wear the same garb as you. I come from an extremely religious family but am an outcast
THIS IS DISGUSTING! Plus “prisoner of Zion” Weissfish??
AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES THESE PEOPLE FOR WHAT THEY ARE? FAKE KANOYIM AND REAL HAREDI ZIONISTS?! Using children this way. This is the way the Sitra Achra works to keep people away from true opposition to Zionism with these Purim shpiels!!
Look at those filthy smiles they adults have on their faces looking at theJude symbol. My blood is curdling and boiling over. Their teeth shold be knocked out. That will give them a cuter smile. They should stop fressing steak and weigh 100 pounds less then they should put on the nazi symbols. It will fit them better.
When I try to think about these people in a solution oriented way I draw a blank…
How do we heal our brothers who are so obviously disturbed in such a profoundly deep way?
Do these people have Rabbis? Who leads these people?
Does the Eida-Chareidis represent them? Who are these people?
Perhaps they should ask their friend Ahmedinejad to build them a shtetl on the outskirts of teheran where they can treat their women and children as they please.
Disgusting nevelos. They are sick and mentally deranged.
This cynical misuse of holocaust imagery is a knife in the chest of all those who survives the horrors, including many, many haredim.
Cut of their support, do not give a cent to their mosdos. What a disaster of chinuch they produce. אוי לנו שכך עלתה בימנו
It is extremely disrespectful to holocaust survivors for them to even consider making a comparison between the 2 situations. Jews were forced to wear this garb against their will, how can they disrespect our people and dress their children in this garb by choice?
A major foundation of Judaism is to respect all people, not just people who are exactly like you. You can disagree with others’ choices, but acting disrespectfully and rudely is not acceptable according to Torah law. The fact that many in this group feel that they can spit on people, call them embarrassing names, and act with such disrespect to fellow Jews is not only against all of the Torah values they claim they hold so dear, but is showing their true colors: this is no longer Judaism that they are following.
The Rabbis and Gedolim in Israel must take a stand against this immediately and bring the Judaism back to the Jews.
The scariest part is how many of them there are. I thought it was a small fringe element – but I see from these pics this is a movement gaining steam. whats gonna be, I shudder to think. Civil war?
Ben, you are so right. I am a chassidishe vaibel with some broader background. When I see things like this I wonder if I’m in the right place. These men are not chassidish, no Rebbe would allow this, they seem to be a chassidish cult without a leader, just a bunch of hotheads who look for trouble – they belong to the trouble chassidus……..
These people have more in common with Taliban than with real Yidden. It’s good they don’t serve in the army! Israel should deport them all to Iran!
Time to boycott ANY business that supports these crazies. Whether they are supermarkets, camera stores, meat and poultry producers. GENUG, not one red cent or shekel to these monsters.
HOW DARE THEY!!!!!!!! making a mockery of 6 million Kidoshim!!!
Since they they “think” they are being oppressed by the “zionist regime” I think it is time the “zionist regime” cuts off all funds completely and lets them live in the filth and squalor and total insularity of their own ghetto so they learn to fend for themselves.
They are a bunch of of lunatics!! A disgrace to the Yidden!! What a chillul Ha-shem! How could you trust their Kashrus? Someone should knock their teeth out from those smiling faces! Do they realize the Arab English papers are watching and are gleeing with satisfaction? Ha-shem is definitely not happy with these Yidden. Where is their Chinuch with the children? Those poor childlren are a “Korbon”. These Yidden don’t have any saichel whatsoever! Are they now going to put those kinderlich into “gas chambers” to show their inhumanity, which is what is now happening? (from Boro Park)
Notice in the 4th photo there are 2 American modern teens there. Parents, it is time you start double thinking about sending your children off to certain yeshivas in Israel. Unless, your goal of course is to turn them into fanatics and have them curse you!
What other people have turned against their own like this? Someone actually made these horrible costumes. They must have sat around a whole shabbes and talked about this. What about the women? They allow their sons to be used in this manner? I know they cant control their crazy husbands, but their kinder? those beautiful little yiddishe faces, ich, how can a mother allow it? Do the women feel the same way? I am so out of touch w these nutcases.
These zealots are WORSE, than ANY secular Jew who is spending this night December 31 at Times Square watching a crystal ball drop at midnight.
No way are these people Jewish.
sick. Child services should take the children away. they are obviosly neglected. The rest of them should be jailed . The damage they are causing all frum yiden is just horrible
Most of my extended family on both sides were martyred in the Holocaust. I find this to be unbelievable. How dare these people compare their challenges in job opportunity to the pain my grandparents, aunts uncles and cousins suffered. How dare they consider themselves to be martyrs like those who were shot or gassed? These people are not sick- they’re evil and disgusting.
Oy are the Palestenlans kvelling with pure joy at this site.
My grandmother, a living holocause survivor, would bi*^# each one of those idiots into shape.
A shanda disgusting
They have crossed all red lines. They have perverted the Torah. who are their Rabbis? The Israeli govt should immediately stop all subsidies and draft deferments to this community. American Jews should stop supporting their beggers. If they had to work and serve and contribute to society, maybe they would be more human.
The ashes of the great grandparents of many of these mentally defectives that are scattered in the blood soaked soil of eastern europe are crying in boosha tonight.
Shmuel Weissfish is one of the leading activists in the radical Sikrik group. Weissfish is slated to begin his two-year prison sentence on Sunday for vandalizing a computer store in Kikar Hashabbat. Why did he do this?
They are disgusting! What a chllul Ha-shem! How could you trust their kashrus? Those poor kinderlach who were made a “korbon” from this mockery! Someone should knock out all those teeth from every smiling face of these Yidden. Ha-shem is definitely not happy with this! Don’t they realize that the Arabs are reading all this in their papers and are gleeing with satisfaction? What a bunch of idiots! Next thing they’ll do, is to put one of those innocent kinderlach into a gas chamber to show their idiocity.