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When Rabbis Speak "Heresy"
What does one do when a rabbi says or does something deeply religiously problematic?
In numerous videos, Rabbis Yosef Mizrachi and Yaron Reuven have made their approach clear. People should be alerted to the problem. The guilty rabbis should be denounced as heretics and as wicked resha'im. It should be declared that it is a mitzvah to hate them. One must not learn anything at all from them. They should be declared deserving of execution.
I'm involved in a campaign to get Mizrachi and Reuven de-platformed for this (along with Reuven repeatedly publicly endorsing Hitler's reasons for hating Jews). Which includes, especially, Reuven no longer being declared "a rabbi in good standing" with the RAA (Igud HaRabonim). But, as one person connected with the RAA argued to me, rabbis declaring other rabbis to be heretical is hardly new. Is there really something novel about what Mizrachi and Reuven are doing?
The answer is yes, what Mizrachi and Reuven are doing is indeed novel. And wrong. And dangerous. And while for those who are seeking to be tolerant of diverse approaches, "novel and wrong" is not necessarily enough reason to de-platform them, "dangerous" is (or should) most certainly be adequate reason.
Historically, there have been numerous cases of rabbis saying things that others considered deeply religiously problematic. Traditionally, however, the Jewish and rabbinic community generally looked at the Big Picture. Exactly how religiously problematic and dangerous is the doctrine? What is the net effect of this rabbi on Judaism? Depending on the answers to these questions, the offending statements or actions might be overlooked. And even if, after this analysis, the offensive statements are worth condemning, this too is done proportionately.
With Mizrachi and Reuven, on other hand, they go to a crazy extreme. If they don't like a statement that a rabbi has made, or an action of his, they don't just consider it wrong - they rate it as absolute heresy. And they say that this negates everything else about the rabbi. And that it turns him into a wicked a person who must be hated and rated as a rasha to the extent that they are declared deserving of violent punishment and execution.
Rambam introduced vastly more radical theology than the rabbis on the "blacklist," for which there was a good deal of opposition - and yet Ramban (who was vehemently opposed to parts of Rambam's theology) successfully convinced others to let it go. And one of the most zealous crusades in Jewish history, that of Rav Yaakov Emden against Rav Yonasan Eybeshutz (where the central charge is likely correct!) is not held up as a model to be emulated. The accomplishments of these "heretics" and their general benefit to the Jewish people means that their problematic statements are either to be proportionately criticized, disregarded as non-threatening, or even overlooked.
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis is the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom. This follows an immensely successful career as rabbi of several synagogues. He has created schools and community kollels and education programs that reached many thousands of people, along with the extraordinary "Shabbat UK" project.
Why do Mizrachi and Reuven condemn such an outstanding rabbinic leader as an evil heretic worthy of execution? Because he also said that while the Torah prohibits homosexuality, there should no bullying of LGBT+ people in Jewish schools, and worked with a pro-LGBT group to produce a guidance booklet for teens. Now, people might object to this and see it as a quasi-legitimization of Torah prohibitions. But when he explicitly states that these are nevertheless Torah prohibitions, is it really appropriate to denounce him as "a heretic, a hater of Torah, a cancer"?!
There's another justification that Reuven gives for his attacks on Rabbi Mirvis. In an interview about mental health, Rabbi Mirvis said that there should be no stigma about mental health challenges, and named several Biblical figures, such as King David, who suffered from them. Now, King David is revered as one of the greatest Jews in history. The normative approach of countless rabbinic authorities was to justify David's actions with Batsheva. Chazal explicitly stated that "anyone who thinks that King David sinned is making a mistake." And yet, Abarbanel says that David sinned grievously, with the crimes of murder and adultery!
Which is worse - having mental health challenges, or being an adulterer and murderer? Obviously, the latter. And yet, nobody declares Abarbanel to be a rasha and heretic whose every work must be destroyed. Why? Because, even for those who find his statements about King David to be deeply objectionable, the statements are not actual heresy. And they look at the Big Picture. Abarbanel is a respected authority who authored thousands of pages of commentary. You don't entirely negate him for a single problematic idea!
Rabbi Daniel Korobkin and Rabbi Efrem Goldberg are prominent rabbinic leaders of huge communities and are highly respected community rabbis. During their illustrious careers, Rabbi Korobkin had an interfaith dialogue session with an Imam, and Rabbi Goldberg invited a Christian motivational speaker. Sure, some might object to this. But according to Mizrachi and Reuven, it's not merely objectionable; it means that they are wicked heretics who deserve execution! And Rabbi Korobkin's session that was hosted and advertised by the RCA. Which according to Mizrachi and Reuven's logic, means that the RCA are also wicked heretics. It's endless!
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom for twenty years. He is the ambassador of the Jewish people to governments and leaders worldwide - and is astoundingly good at it. Anyone politically savvy knows how blessed our nation is to have such a gem. And the reach of his profound writings and lectures is incalculable. He is the author of over twenty bestselling works on Judaism, as well as translations of the siddur and machzorim.
Twenty years ago, one of his books included a radical claim that Judaism does not have a monopoly on spiritual truth. This was harshly opposed by certain rabbis, and Rabbi Sacks was summoned to a meeting with the Beis Din of my home town of Manchester. It so happens that this idea has more support in traditional Judaism than is commonly assumed, though Rabbi Sacks went far beyond any previous formulation. And Rabbi Sacks rewrote the offending passages in the subsequent edition. No other Orthodox rabbi in the world (with the exception of the Mexican lunatic Isaac Betech) sees fit to maintain a campaign against Rabbi Sacks, one of the most prestigious and impactful rabbis in the world, due to a few retracted paragraphs written twenty years ago. But for Mizrachi and Reuven, this minor aspect of his career is enough to repeatedly mock him and denounce him as an evil heretic who deserves to be stoned to death!
Another crime of both Rabbi Sacks and myself was to argue for a non-literal approach to Creation. But even the most zealous of the charedi Gedolim who condemned my work didn't come close to making the kind of statements about me that Mizrachi and Reuven make! Reuven seeks to justify his tirade against me by invoking Rav Elyashiv; but Rav Elyashiv didn't engage in the kind of speech that Reuven does! And with good reason - they knew that (A) these approaches were presented by distinguished rabbinic authorities in our history, and (B) at the end of the day, such approaches are not actual heresy, and certainly don't render their advocates as worthy of the death penalty!
And while the "crimes" of Rabbi Sacks and Rabbi Mirvis and Rabbi Korobkin and Rabbi Goldberg are a tiny aspect of their work, the crusading against such "heresy" isn't a small aspect of the Mizrachi/ Reuven approach. It's something that they push again and again and again as a fundamental religious duty. And just as these two are recent returnees of Judaism, with no real scholarly credentials, but claiming legitimacy as crusaders against evil, likewise they inspire other ignorant people to attain Jewish value by denouncing and hating others.
Still, even after all this, a person could argue that Mizrachi and Reuven should not be de-platformed. If we are saying that people should be tolerant of opinions to which they strongly object, then shouldn't we likewise be tolerant of Mizrachi and Reuven?
The answer to that is that Mizrachi and Reuven are not merely objectionable. They pose a clear and present danger to the community.
In the Mizrachi/Reuven approach, someone whom they have rated as a heretic is not merely declared to be treife; they speak about how the people must be actively hated and are liable for the death penalty. Mizrachi says that he would like to throw them head-first through a window. And anyone who defends and/or associates with these "heretics" is likewise to be hated and declared equally evil and worthy of violence and execution.
We've seen where this leads in Israel, where the overly heated rhetoric in the Ponovehz yeshivah led to pipe bombs and riots in the yeshivah, and the Rav Shmuel Auerbach feud led to an unstable individual breaking into an elderly rabbi's home and beating him up. And those incidents were due to an isolated area of disagreement; Mizrachi and Reuven are creating a whole religion based on hatred. Reuven's Tisha B'Av video, titled "Stop Hating Each Other," was mostly about why the 14 rabbis on Mizrachi's blacklist are reshaim that people have to hate!
Reuven is Mizrachi's protege, and takes his mentor's craziness even further. What's the next level of craziness going to be? It's not like the zealous rabbis of history, who were teaching their own small group of disciples. Mizrachi and Reuven share their incitement on YouTube and Facebook, reaching hundreds of thousands of people of all types, including the most unstable individuals. Mizrachi has already described, on more than one occasion, how certain followers of his would like to commit violence against those that he has targeted. Are we just waiting for it to happen? And then will we claim that we couldn't have seen it coming, that we couldn't have done anything about it?
The zealotry and violent rhetoric of Mizrachi and Reuven is not merely "just more rabbis squabbling." It's a dangerous usage of modern technology to spread a new approach to Judaism of mass-scale violent fantasies, delegitimization and incitement to violence. It must be stopped.
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Well written. I do hope, that Reuven and Mizrachi lack the following to match their platform; a platform that I agree should be taken away.
Daniel Goldman August 2, 2020 at 3:17 PM
On a side note do you know specifically to which mental health issues Rabbi Mirvis might have been referring to with regards to King David?
happygoluckypersonage August 2, 2020 at 5:43 PM
He probably got confused with King Saul, who certainly suffered mental health issues.
The Hat August 2, 2020 at 5:47 PM
Tehillim 34.
Turk Hill August 2, 2020 at 9:39 PM
Both King Saul and David suffered mental health issues. But Saul suffered a lot more. And David was a murderer and adulterer, but he did asked for forgiveness.
rlewis10 August 3, 2020 at 6:39 AM
1 in 4 people suffer mental health issues according to the WHO. https://www.who.int/whr/2001/media_centre/press_release/en/
I wonder if its increased over the years? Or always plagued humanity. I'd assume the latter.
Yehudah P. August 3, 2020 at 12:53 PM
I thought King David just feigned insanity while staying by Achish, the king of Gat. That way, they wouldn't suspect that he was the one who killed Goliath. Where do we see King David exhibiting mental illness?
Nachum August 3, 2020 at 1:36 PM
By the way, the Gemara, in trying not to make David an adulterer, actually describes him as a rapist. Which is probably pretty close to the truth of the story.
I think your technically right, but does it matter? A crimes a crime.
Baal Ha Boss August 3, 2020 at 9:50 PM
Rabbi Natan...I wonder if you will get any of the Onesh for Lifnei Iver for your re
..readers calling Dovid Hamelecg an adulterer and rapist.
This blog is sinking into the mire
Nachum August 3, 2020 at 11:45 PM
Baal Ha Boss, why don't you look up the Gemara?
It's a simple halakhic question: If adultery was involved (as the Gemara assumes there was), then halakhically, David would be forbidden to marry Batsheva afterwards. Asur labaal, asur laboel. The Gemara answers that it was rape (which need not be of the "gun to the head" variety to be rape), and so it was OK for them to marry.
Rosa Hollander August 6, 2020 at 5:03 PM
I learned that King Saul was bipolar and as we see from all the Tehillim he wrote, King David suffered from depression.
Talmid August 2, 2020 at 3:57 PM
RNS I am interested in your view about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAK1EG9rpHM
Do you think this is heresy (see Rambam Yesodei Hatorah 1:3)?
This is getting old fast. Instead of filing an old fashioned law suit, I read more and more this and I am getting to the point, I do not want to come to this site because I will read endless bellyaching. You do not need to deplatform or whatever. Sue them. get a legal injunction against them as well as compensation and be done with it. Maybe the next time I come over to this site, it will something interesting to read and not read about two idiots that make Judaism look foolish and backwards.
I have to agree. So many posts on one topic is veering close to obsession. Just let it go. If there's an actual physical danger, do what you can to prevent it and be careful, but otherwise this is devolving into heresy-hunting, which should be avoided. (Or you are cloaking it as heresy-hunting, but I'm not sure if that's better or worse.)
Also, no one should be banned from anything. That's what the crazies are doing in the US now. Everything, so long as no one gets hurt, should be out there and open. That's freedom.
Yosef R August 3, 2020 at 4:15 PM
So do you wait until someone gets hurt, or do you try to prevent someone from getting hurt?
You don't prevent people from getting hurt by trying to shut people up. Just the opposite, in fact.
Little known fact: Many Nazis were locked up for "incitement" and "hate crimes" in the 1920's. They used it to turn themselves into martyrs and further their cause.
I agree with you in principle and practice. I'm illiberal in my opposition to bigots.
I do have to say that:-
(A) your rose tinted vision of the past is ahistorical. For example:
1) the Eybeshutz-Emden controversy - a career ending fight over the correct interpretation of some komeias (even if he was right!). In fact, Rav Emden's Megilas Sefer is a fascinating chronicle of endless offence taking, back stabbing, politicing, and scheming.
2) the Satmar Rebbe on Rav Kook - "ish tzar va'oyev." He saw him as a kind of anti-Christ incarnate, and blamed him for the Holocaust. The Satmar Rebbe also had politically motivated bruising (literally) encounters with Rav Moshe Feinstein.
3) Rav Shach on Rav YB Soloveitchik (threatens the Jewish nation representing a decisive schism between Haredi and MO Judiasm), Rav Steinsaltz (ein tocho k'boro), the Lubavitcher Rebbe attempted complete cherem)
4) The London eruv, where one respected Rabbi accused an individual who used the Eruv of being a mechallel shabbos b'farhesya and rejected his candidateship for being an Ed at a chuppa.
5) The Vilna Gaon vs the Baal HaTanya. Complete Cherem, no quarter given.
6) The various fights of the Netziv against his father in law's family regarding Volozhin yeshiva (mainly over money).
7) The various fights between scions in Ponovezh yeshiva (mainly over money).
8) The... significant controversy... over Gateshead yeshiva in the mid 1980s (mainly over money).
(B) based on past experience, I don't trust your personal judgement about what you consider beyond the pale.
For example, I fear you would accuse me of being an existential threat and an enemy of the Jewish people for holding the view that not every single one of the 183 Palestinian fatalities occurring on the Gaza border with Israel during the 2018 and 2019 protests was entirely necessary and justifiable, or that civilian settlement in hostile areas diminishes Israel's security.
I don't think RNS would accuse you of anything. I do think your thinking is flawed. Palestinian terrorists should not be treaded fairly nor subjected to the Geneva code. They are terrorist and they deserve whatever they get.
The Hat August 2, 2020 at 10:13 PM
You know for sure all 183 were terrorist. That's a... maximalist claim.
I know different. One, for example, was a wannabe nurse hit by accident. Accidents happen in war - I make allowances for this. The shocking thing is that this lethal accident happened when an inhumane incompetent authorised the use of a sniper rifle as a non lethal crowd control weapon, aimed at the ankles of some guy in an orange shirt who wasn't posing a threat ostensibly for the sole purpose of pour encourager les autres.
You can look at https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/reader-center/gaza-medic-israel-shooting-video-investigation.html if you want the truth, or Mishlei 26:4 if you don't.
Yechiel August 3, 2020 at 10:03 AM
That's funny. Using "my times" and "truth" in the same sentence.
The Hat August 3, 2020 at 11:44 AM
Yes, Yechiel, you are right. Literally everything in the NY Times isn't true, including the video, the pictures, the social media posts, and the various changing reports from the Dover Tzahal. That's a real gotcha, Yechiel, and you can now carry on with life with an untroubled and serene conscience, entirely sure that the young woman wasn't clearly wearing medical regalia, and was actually a heavily armed terrorist who was about to take a life. Heck, despite the evidence, she was truthfully a man wearing body armour and a balaclava and wielding a great big weapon.
Mishlei 26:4 beckons.
Yehudah P. August 3, 2020 at 1:29 PM
"The Vilna Gaon vs the Baal HaTanya."
The Vilna Gaon's cherem was against all chassidim. The cherem was administered in 1772 or 1777, while the Tanya was first printed in 1797. Chabad wasn't really a distinct stream of Chassidic thought yet when the cherem was issued.
Good thing you weren't around during World War II. Do you know how many times the Allies messed up or even deliberately killed innocent civilians? War isn't pretty.
Yehuda P: What I'm really getting at is the absolute refusal of the Gaon to even meet with the Ba'al Hatanya.
Nachum:
I'm glad you didn't set the bar at "at least we are better than the Nazis" but implicit in your point is the suggestion that the WW2 Allies were unimpeachable, or at least set the highest possible attainable moral standard.
I wasn't around during WW2, but Winston Churchill was. Churchill was sickened by the RAF bombing of Dresden, which he described in a memo to his air force chiefs banning any further raids as "mere acts of terror and wanton destruction" British POWs brought in to help describe that among the adult civillians, hundreds of young children and babies were either roasted or asphyxiated to death in underground bomb shelters surrounded by flame. Churchill didn't say "War isn't pretty". (Stalin would have). When he saw something that was not right, he corrected it. He didn't assume that all the inhumanity was inevitable. By way of context, at this point, British armed forces were taking around 500 + casualties per day pushing into Germany in Operation Veritable. And yet he intervened.
Israel can do better than Dresden, and I will say without qualification that Israel does do so much better than Dresden.
But is better than Dresden enough?
Even without the benefit of hindsight, is the specifically Israeli tactic of shooting at people's ankles wise and proportionate? Literally no other country polices riots this way. An example of Israeli "yiddisher kopf" creative ingenuity that no other country has thought of; or of crude brutality which no other country stoops to?
Maybe we could do better? How do you know a priori that this is the best possible outcome achievable? At least be open minded enough to hear the question!
I wish committed Zionists took their heads out of the sand without reflexively challenging the good faith and genuine concern of people like myself who raise these issues. We aren't traitors, we don't support terrorism, we simply genuinely care about unnecessary suffering.
My point is that they *happened*.
You do know, by the way, that most of the stories about Dresden were Nazi propaganda, right?
You know what happened after Dresden? Hiroshima and Nagasaki. You know what else happened? Allied mass shootings of concentration camp guards.
Nachum: you exculpate every murderer and rapist, every antisemite, from the Egyptian Pharoah onwards to Hamas today. It just happened.
I assume adult humans have moral agency for their behaviour, and I apply that standard consistently.
newcomer August 2, 2020 at 7:30 PM
Rabbi Mirvis has been condemned by Rabbi Sternbuch (also an English rabbi). Why are you straddling the fence on this. Give us your opinion on this. Do you also think our ovos had mental problems?
Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin August 2, 2020 at 10:05 PM
Fascinatingly, even R. Sternbuch - a great zealot who has denounced Rambam's approach as heresy - only said that R. Mirvis is no longer "part of the charedi community" and did not go as far as calling him a heretic.
Did the Avos have mental health challenges? I have no idea, I never met them. I don't see why it is a priori out of the question. People have all kinds of health challenges in life, why would the Avos be immune?
newcomer August 2, 2020 at 11:45 PM
So R Sternbuch would also call you no longer part of the chareidi community, not that you or rabbi mirvis ever were. And not being part to R Sternbuch equals being a heretic.
The question is not that. Maybe they had health challenges at some time, but anything written in the torah or midrash about them cannot be contributed to that.
Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin August 3, 2020 at 6:21 AM
newcomer August 3, 2020 at 7:37 AM
Because our torah is not a story or history book but a text book. We are here to learn from it. Everything mentioned that they ever did they did with perfect knowledge and reasoning. Like a hava amina in a gemoro is not a mistaken meaningless sevoro, even though it is considered wrong. For instance that the chaluzim left the women and girls alive they had reason for it and it wasnt just a mistake on their part. The same with everything in the torah. Nothing there is a foolish mistake from someone suffering from mental problems.
Well, that's an old machloket. My own rebbeim pointed out that as all of us are imperfect, it's very difficult for us to learn from perfect people. Far better that we see the Avot for what they were, human beings, and learn from that.
Lots of people in the Torah make lots of foolish mistakes.
chaim August 3, 2020 at 6:12 PM
R. Sternbuch [said] ... is no longer "part of the charedi community"
This is *huge*. When and where did he say this? AFAIR, rabbinic condemnations were always black and white in the sense that all Jews were obligated/expected to abide by them, bar none. Never did they concede that other Halachic factions might have a legitimate view. I think that with the rise of the computer this was forced upon R. Sternbuch, and might be a harbinger for the future.
Fozziebear August 3, 2020 at 10:28 PM
Chaim... the entire Talmud is disagreement between our earliest sages on halachic issues.
Judaism has gone very much off the rails since then, since as you demonstrate, the idea that one can allow other opinions to be considered has gone out of fashion in the orthodox world.
Neither R.Sternbuch or CR Mirvis are English.
chaim August 6, 2020 at 1:24 AM
The default of the stated opinion of a Talmudic authority is that it is binding on all until an opposing authority disagrees.
For every time that rabbis do not accept anyone to disagree with them, they do accept it several times.
Neither R.Sternbuch or CR Mirvis are English
Incidentally both r shternbuch and mirvis are semi south African...
What a fantastic essay! Yes, Mizrachi and Reuven must be stopped. They are clearly fanatics and want-to-be-cult-leaders. They give Judaism a bad name. This is not what Judaism is about at all. I have written twice now to the RAA about it.
Talmid August 2, 2020 at 10:48 PM
I think Rabbi Mirvis comments are foolish to say the least.
He certainly is not a psychotherapist and he has no authority to say that.
Any psychotherapist knows that you don't do a psychoanalysis without meeting and having consent from the individual.
Tehilim was written with Ruach hakodesh which makes his analysis laughable.
Interstingly I learned about the existence of the rapper Wiley and Yaron Reuven both for the first time on the same day. I must be living under a rock.
At any rate, See this article:
https://forward.com/news/451636/mizrachi-reuven-death-threats/?gamp&__twitter_impression=true
They're not rabbis. It's some kind of business.
From the article it seems that niether mizrahi or reuven seem to have smicha. They're "former businessmen" who decided to "dedicate [their] lives to help others"...
Basically They saw an opportunity to make a good cash as Internet preachers. They're laughing all the way to the bank. They wouldn't be noticed without the provocative hate. They have nothing else to offer to make them stand out. No scholarship, no communal achievements, no humanitarian achievement. Just bile. And it sells. And they're loving it! I don't understand how no one else sees this.
But they're both entertaining speakers--maybe because of these provocative statements.
If I would try to give internet lectures, I would only get around two people to listen to me (how do I know? I started giving shiurim in my synagogue. How many attend? The same two people, all the time!)
Shaul Shapira August 3, 2020 at 3:01 AM
I would take your fulminations more seriously if you hadn't previously called for Rabbi Shafran to de-platform himself.
http://www.rationalistjudaism.com/2012/01/when-saying-sorry-is-not-enough.html
Or referred to Adopt-A-Kollel as Adopt-A-Disaster.
http://www.rationalistjudaism.com/2014/03/adopt-disaster.html
Or railed against Modern Orthodoxy for having the nerve to donate to Chinuch Atzmai.
http://www.rationalistjudaism.com/2016/09/modern-orthodoxy-fails-again.html
Now you're appealing to which community, exactly, to throw out Rabbi Mizrachi? It's almost as if you're just an embittered ex-charedi who can't stop looking over his shoulder at the community he supposedly left behind.
(It happens that I largely agree with you on this issue. But you're the worst possible messenger for this.)
I have the naive hope that people will have the maturity to evaluate this campaign based on its content - what Yaron Reuven is doing - rather than based on the person pointing it out. But you're correct, many people don't have the maturity to do that. It would certainly be better if it was someone else pointing it out. Alas, while many rabbis agree with me, most are too afraid to get involved.
Afraid? Wasn't it the Brisker Rav who said that a rav whose community doesn't want to get rid of him isn't a rav, and a rav who lets his community get rid of him isn't a man?
Would the rabbis who pashkevilled YM agree to do the same to YR?
Which is worse - having mental health challenges, or being an adulterer and murderer? Obviously, the latter. And yet, nobody declares Abarbanel to be a rasha and heretic whose every work must be destroyed. Why? Because ....
Without disagreeing in general with your point, I'm thinking we know that Abarbanel's comments aren't having lasting negative impact. Was it necessary to oppose them when they first appeared? We'd have to know the history of his time. Today I don't see opposition necessary, the Talmudic interpretation being popular enough. But if someone today would merely repeat (but emphatically) Abarbanel's view as if it was the main view, he would feel the heat. I know I'm coming close to "they could we can't", but by STORC we could!- and leading rabbis had done so just a few years earlier.
ash August 3, 2020 at 1:08 PM
1) Why was Dror Cassuto on the list? He seems a harmless Breslover rabbi. I would love to know what "kefira" he supposedly said.
2) You thank Isaac Betech in your Camel Hare Hyrax book. Do you plan on removing that thanks?
3)Excellent post. I just don't agree with deplatforming at all. It's a violation of freedom of speech. Even conspiracy screaming lunatics such as Yaron Reuven and Alex Jones deserve to have a platform.
Elliot August 3, 2020 at 3:08 PM
Wow, an enormous amount of space is dedicated on this blog to denigrate Rabbi Mizrachi. Reading between the lines, the truthfulness of his message is what disturbs his critics, non of whom have actually listened to him.That's why the UK Chief vindictively approached the British authorities to try get him banned from entering the country. If Rabbi Mizrachi was not such a threat to peoples comfort they would simply ignore him.
Anti-semitic sites have no shortage of rabbies to quote to serve their purpose. Banning these 2 wont make much of a difference or at least this is what I think.
Yakov.
Rabbi Slifkin is also concerned that one of the followers of Rabbi Mizrachi or Reuven will do something rash, like the person who murdered Rabbi Elazar Abuchatzeirah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elazar_Abuhatzeira
I followed your link and nobody had agitated for the murder if the rabbi. Also, he isn't the best example of an innocent person, you know. Not sure where you see the connection.
But yeah, if these 2 incte to murder then it's a legal issue, not a the one of censorship. The proper authorities should be put on the case.
student v August 5, 2020 at 1:21 AM
"Anti-semitic sites have no shortage of rabbies to quote to serve their purpose"
That is especially so considering they love to use fake quotes and even invent people no one has ever heard of.
But yes, there are also many things they can quote from Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef ZT"L and others and twist them out of context to make it look as negative as possible. All as part of some mysterious secretive cabal that Yosef was supporting in order to harm white people because of our evolutionary programming. Right, Yakov?
@ student v
I try to engage on substance, not sarcastic back and forth and I beleive that I'd made my views sufficiently clear. However, on account of these views being unconventional and initially difficult to comprehend, I'll repeat myself, but in somewhat different words.
There is no smoke without fire and our history of persecution and umbicutous anti-semitism calls for self-examination. This is very simple and is no different that would be expected or recommended for any other nation or individual.
Moish August 3, 2020 at 5:52 PM
"One must not learn anything at all from them. They should be declared deserving of execution."
Uh you kind of lost me with that. "Deserving execution"??
Am I missing something?
MV August 3, 2020 at 7:58 PM
The paragraph begins
"In numerous videos, Rabbis Yosef Mizrachi and Yaron Reuven have made their approach clear."
You quoted THEIR approach, not RNS
statedata August 3, 2020 at 8:52 PM
These 2 grown men are saying that all of the 14 rabbis on their list should not be teaching anything and are deserving of execution
Moish August 3, 2020 at 11:48 PM
Yeah, I read that wrong.
Elisha August 4, 2020 at 3:17 AM
Shalom, Rabbi Slifkin.
I have been reading your posts for quite a long time and I found them intellectually stimulating and enlightening. Still, I cannot but being bothered by the phrase "Mexican lunatic Isaac Betech". I know him personally for many years and he deserves respect, mine for sure, eventhough I do not agree with some of his ideas. That phrase was unnecessary. Keep up the good work.
Zamjr86 August 4, 2020 at 9:28 PM
Believing that our peoples greatest heroes and rabbis were perfect is dangerously close to Avodah Zara. only Hashem is perfect, only He is capable of perfection in all of the Uni/Multi/Verse.
OF COURSE David Hamelech sinned, as did Moshe Rabbeinu! this does NOT make them any less great and worthy of looking up to. EVERYONE makes mistakes. every mortal being.
Just Curious August 5, 2020 at 1:39 AM
"In numerous videos, Rabbis Yosef Mizrachi and Yaron Reuven have made their approach clear. People should be alerted to the problem. The guilty rabbis should be denounced as heretics and as wicked resha'im. It should be declared that it is a mitzvah to hate them. One must not learn anything at all from them. They should be declared deserving of execution."
R' Slifkin, this paragraph is written in a highly unclear manner. To someone who has been following this story on your blog, the correct meaning is decipherable, but the paragraph as written makes it sound like you are referring to Mizrachi and Reuven as the "guilty rabbis" and saying they should be denounced, hated, etc.
Also, I might caution you against proudly describing your intentions toward Mizrachi/Reuven as "de-platforming". Obviously, their abhorrent rhetoric should be condemned and they should not be permitted to disseminate incitement to violence but, at least in the US, the notion of "de-platforming" has come to carry a highly negative connotation associated with suppression of legitimate free speech (most commonly by leftist activists against conservative speakers on college campuses).
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The Institute history goes back to 1953, when the PAS Institute of Physics in Warsaw established a branch in Poznań - the Ferromagnetics and Ferroelectrics Department led by Szczepan Szczeniowski. In 1956, the previous department separated and additionally a new Dielectrics Department was established under the direction of Arkadiusz Piekara. The next step forward came in 1966, with the establishment of the Radiospectroscopy Deparment led by Jan Stankowski. Finally, the current Institute of Molecular Physics in Poznań was inaugurated in 1975, as an autonomous division of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Its first director was Jan Stankowski (1975-1985), who was succeeded in the post by Andrzej Graja (1985), Janusz Morkowski (1985-1991), Bogdan Bułka (1992-1998), Narcyz Piślewski (1998-2006), Andrzej Jezierski (2006-2014) and Bogdan Idzikowski (2014-2018). Since 2018, the post of director has been held by Prof. Dr. Zbigniew Trybuła.
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McRae was born in Sneedsborough, North Carolina, on January 10, 1815, and was only two years old when his family moved to Winchester in Wayne County, Mississippi. After graduating from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, McRae returned to Paulding, the county seat of Jasper County, to practice law. McRae also published a newspaper called the Eastern Clarion, the forerunner of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
U. S. Senate but served only until March 17, 1852, when the legislature appointed Stephen D. Adams to complete the term. In 1853, McRae was the popular choice for governor of the States' Rights Democrats and he defeated the Whig candidate by several thousand votes. He was easily re-elected in 1855.
During Governor McRae's first administration, Mississippi opened its first mental hospital and established an asylum for the deaf and speechless. The state also started a levee program in the Delta and adopted a new legal code known as the Mississippi Code of 1857. In Governor McRae's second term, the state adopted a constitutional amendment designed to prevent the reoccurrence of the situation caused by Governor Quitman's resignation in 1851. The amendment set the state's general elections for the first Monday in October and moved the inauguration of the governor from the first Monday in January following the general election to the first Monday in November. That amendment shortened Governor McRae's second term by about two months.
Following the death of Congressman John A. Quitman in 1858, Governor McRae was elected to his seat in the United States House of Representatives and remained in Congress until Mississippi seceded from the Union. McRae resigned his seat in Congress on January 12, 1861. After the establishment of the Confederate States of America, McRae was elected to the Confederate Congress, where he served from 1862 to 1864.
After the Civil War, McRae did not take an active role in public affairs. In 1868 he sailed to Belize, British Honduras, to visit his brother. While in Belize, he died suddenly and unexpectedly on May 31, 1868.
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Real Madrid was held 1-1 at Malaga on Sunday to drop nine points behind leader Barcelona
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal but missed a penalty as Real Madrid was held 1-1 at Malaga on Sunday to drop nine points behind leader Barcelona.
Ronaldo put the visitors in front with a header in the 33rd minute but missed a chance to increase the lead a couple of minutes later when his spot-kick was saved by Malaga goalkeeper Carlos Kameni. The hosts equalized through defender Raul Albentosa in the 66th.
Madrid needed a victory to stay nearer the lead after Barcelona won 2-1 at Las Palmas on Saturday.
Barcelona also has a nine-point advantage over Atletico Madrid, which hosts fourth-place Villarreal later Sunday at the Vicente Calderon Stadium.
Real Madrid has 13 games left to try to stop Barcelona from successfully defending its title for a second consecutive year.
"We are not done yet, we only lost two points," Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. "There are a lot of games left, the other teams can also lose points."
It will be difficult, though, as Barcelona hasn't lost in 32 games and has won eight in a row in the league. Real Madrid has been dominant at home since Zidane took over the squad, but it drew two of its three away league games. The only victory came with a late winner against Granada.
"We never give up," Real Madrid left back Marcelo said. "It's a big difference but we will fight until the end."
Some of Spain's top sports newspapers ran headlines saying Madrid's title run was over.
"Real Madrid says goodbye to league title," both Marca and AS said on their websites after the game.
Madrid struggled from the start at La Rosaleda Stadium in Malaga, allowing the hosts to create several scoring chances. Goalkeeper Keylor Navas did well in keeping Malaga from scoring more goals.
Replays showed Ronaldo was offside when he opened the scoring with a header after a cross by Toni Kroos. The ball appeared to bounce off Ronaldo's back or shoulder before going in. It was Ronaldo's 22nd league goal in 25 rounds. Luis Suarez, who scored on Saturday, leads the league with 25 goals.
Two minutes after the goal, Ronaldo was fouled inside the area. With a chance to give Madrid a 2-0 lead, Ronaldo failed to find the net, sending his low shot into Kameni's hands near the right post. It was Ronaldo's second missed penalty in the league this year. It would have been his 10th goal in the last seven games in all competitions.
Both teams had opportunities to score toward the end of the match, but it was Malaga that got on the board with a close-range shot by Albentosa after a cross by Brazilian defender Weligton.
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Public health research for many years has held that unhealthy behaviours are really a consequence of unhealthy environments and unhealthy prompts within these environments.
An obesity epidemic
In 2015, a news article in CNN Abu Dhabi proclaimed an obesity epidemic in the Middle East showcasing a young boy who weighed more than 600 kgs and had to be forklifted from his apartment to get medical help. The article announced that obesity and diabetes rates in the Middle East are staggering, particularly in the Gulf region – Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. The article went on to suggest that perhaps the luxurious lifestyle and the abundant availability of food without an equal focus on physical activity could be at the heart of the problem.
The United States has also struggled with the obesity epidemic for many years. More than one-third of American adults are now obese, which has nearly doubled since the 1960's, and another third are overweight (National Center for Health Statistics, 2016). The issue is urgent because we know that physical health can impact mental well-being as well. Depressed and obese people are far more likely to become obese or depressed, respectively, over time (Luppino et al., 2010). Many initiatives are being supported nationwide to focus on health and well-being and encourage a healthier lifestyle. What if our environments, and the buildings we live in, are the hurdle towards this goal?
A design opportunity
Public health research for many years has held that unhealthy behaviours are really a consequence of unhealthy environments and unhealthy prompts within these environments. In 2016, the AIA supported the Center for Advanced Design Research and Evaluation, Planning4Solutions and HKS architects to study how design could influence people to make healthier decisions. The team concluded that while there were many design strategies that could create a healthy environment, we need to focus on the "points of decision" where people make choices about their physical activity or diet and influence the decision at that point.
The following are some of the design strategies this study found that can nudge people to make healthier physical activity and diet choices in college settings:
Increase visibility of healthy choices
—– A well-placed staircase in lieu of elevators.
— – A smartphone app that prompts us when there is a park or a health food store.
— – Signage.
Enhance walkability
—– Well-maintained walkways.
— – Greenery, gardens, multi-use fields, sheltered picnic areas, public plazas.
—– Quality street lighting.
—– Mixed-use development that includes appealing and accessible healthy food options and other amenities.
Improve transportation infrastructure
— – Bike lanes and bike share/parking facilities.
— – Easy access to public transportation system.
Increase availability of healthy food options
—– Easy access to fresh produce such as supermarkets, farmer's markets, and community gardens.
—– Healthy "grab 'n go" options in vending machines and cafeterias.
These strategies involve various scales of environmental design ranging from information design to urban realm. The research recommends a detailed analysis of the users and different personas to assess how to create better point of decision design. Given the unique culture in the Middle East, for example, perhaps a compelling point of decision prompt would be to have healthy lifestyle options in places where there are large social and family gatherings. Large Middle East families tend to visit patients in hospitals. Perhaps developing educational programmes in the main lobby that teach healthy cooking options or exercising will allow them to spend time in the hospital while learning. Given that more than half of the population is in school, a similar programme can be developed for schools in order to educate and improve the health of the population now and in future generations. The unique climate needs to be taken into account to ensure that activity and hydration options are planned together, while remaining culturally sensitive.
Given that more than half of the population is in school, a similar programme can be developed for schools in order to educate and improve the health of the population now and in future generations.
A new paradigm: Healthcare facilities as health destinations
In conclusion, there is a need for healthier environments, but there is also a growing awareness and expectation from the patients to live healthy and be treated in health promoting environments.
As designers we can keep the following tenets in mind, while designing any healthcare facility:
During master planning, ensure planning for pedestrian friendly environments that promote engagement with nature.
Consider creating a "health neighbourhood" around healthcare facilities, especially those in the community so they can become a health destination rather than a "sickness" destination
Carefully consider diet choices and health food availability in designs. Create appealing environments around healthier options and provide sensory cues at key points of decision.
Promote stair use for ambulatory patients by creating attractive, accessible stairs that are strategically positioned at key points of decision.
Make health and well-being a core focus of healthcare facilities by designing facilities that are warm, environment-friendly, well-lit, integrated with nature and actively promote healthier choices.
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These Portable Dryers Are Affordable and Apartment-Friendly
No washer and dryer hookups? No problem!
By Brandon Carte
Whether you're short on space, don't have the proper hookups, or are renting your place and the landlord won't pay to have a full-sized machine installed, you should consider purchasing a portable dryer. They may not be as powerful as full-sized models, but they work much more quickly than air-drying. Plus, they'll help you avoid the laundromat.
When shopping for a portable dryer, consider its capacity, cycle selection, energy efficiency, and size. Portable dryers only have drums ranging from 1.5 to 3.6 cubic feet, but large models can cost just as much as standard machines. Also, pay attention to whether it has a moisture sensor or not. These sensors detect your laundry's dampness and will shut off the machine when your clothes are ready. That way, your clothes won't get over-dried and you can save on energy costs.
Don't go into purchasing a portable dryer thinking you'll be able to dry several towels or heavy bedding, either. A portable dryer should only be used to dry small loads for one to two people. Most portable dryers can only dry five towels at most. Lastly, be sure to check out our guide to shopping for a portable washing machine here!
1 Panda PAN865W 2.65-Cubic-Foot Portable Dryer
The Panda PAN865W checks all the boxes for what a portable dryer should be. It's reasonably priced, but doesn't feel cheap. It looks great and has a nice see-through window, so you can check up on your clothes without interrupting the cycle. Most importantly, it features a humidity sensor, which will save you time and money since it'll stop drying as soon as your clothes are dry — that way you can start another load ASAP.
This dryer features a 2.65-cubic-foot capacity, which is enough space for two pairs of pants, three shirts, a few socks, and a couple pairs of underwear. The dryer plugs into a standard-size, 120-volt outlet and has a touch-sensitive control panel with five cycles, and three air temperatures.
There's even a child lock so curious kids don't open it up. It's about 27 inches tall, but can be mounted or stacked on top of a portable washing machine.
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2 Magic Chef MCSDRY15W 1.5-Cubic-Foot Portable Dryer
This Amazon best-selling portable dryer may not have a soil sensor, a large capacity, or several cycle selections but it is cheap, energy-efficient, and works well at drying your clothes. It only runs at a maximum of 850 watts, which is the same amount of energy a hair dryer uses.
Despite its affordable price, it still is equipped with a stainless steel drum, two temperature settings, and a convenient viewing window. This dryer features a 5-cubic-foot capacity, enough space for 5.5 pounds of clothes — which translates to a few shirts, a towel or two, and a pair of jeans.
3 GE Spacemaker 3.6-Cubic-Foot Portable Electric Dryer
Best Splurge
The GE Spacemaker portable dryer offers a 3.6 cubic foot drum, so it's one of the largest portable models you can buy. It's also one of the best models you can buy to stack. It features three dry cycles and three heat selections. There's a mode for cottons, timed drying, or just a quick fluff cycle to get wrinkles out of your shirts.
Our only complaint about the dryer is that its door is not reversible, and its left swing door only opens up in one direction. Regardless, it's a quiet and reliable option that's backed by a 1-year warranty.
Best for Its Bigger Size
For those who are worried about downsizing to a portable dryer, fear not! This Panda portable dryer will have your back. It features a 3.75-cubic-foot capacity, which is only a quarter of a cubic foot smaller than our top compact dryer pick in our best dryers guide. You'll have enough space to dry a handful of towels, or even your bed sheets.
Granted, this model — like all portable dryers — will take slightly longer than a full-sized model to dry your clothes, but it's much better and faster than laying them out for an entire day on a clothesline outside. Like the other Panda dryer we previously mentioned, this one features a child lock, a stainless steel drum, and the intelligent humidity sensor which will stop the cycle when it detects that your clothes are dry.
5 Panda PANSP22 Portable Spin Dryer
Best Spin Dryer
A spin dryer won't completely dry your clothes, but instead uses centrifugal force to partially dry them. The way it works is that your wet clothes are flung outward to the drum edge and the water escapes through holes. You probably have used a spin dryer at your gym's locker room to quickly dry your wet bathing suit.
This unit comes at a much larger scale — it can stow and dry 22 pounds' worth of clothes. Plus, you need to place a small bucket underneath it to catch the water from your wet clothes. It sports a stainless steel finish, offers a 3,200 RPM high spinning speed, and is 26 inches tall. The dryer is also available in white.
Brandon Carte Technology Editor Brandon Carte has been the technology editor at BestProducts.com since 2017, where he's been covering the latest gadgets and scouring the internet for the greatest deals; His tech reporting has been featured on TopTenReviews.com and USA Today.
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