A Sharply worded letter was publicized by the Eida Chareidis against Shmuel Chaim Peppenheim and Yolish Krauss, stating they do not represent the organization. According to Kikar Shabbat, the release of the letter was prompted by several media interviews given by the two in which they are described themselves as official spokesman of the Eida.
In one recent interview with Peppenheim, he condemned the motzei Shabbos protest in which participants wore yellow starts in very hash terms.
The rabbonim write that from time-to-time, when the Eida wishes to make its opinion known, it will do so via official channels and such notifications will never appear in the secular media. The wording of the letter also makes reference to the so-called heimesh publications, which the Eida blames for doing more than their share towards besmirching the Eida’s name and “assisting those who despise Yiddishkheit”.
When asked to comment, both Peppenheim and Krauss stated they do not see a need to respond since they never spoke in the name of the Eida.
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(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Does this mean that the Eida is in agreement with those who danced on the neshomos of the 6,000,000 kedoshim?
Heimesh publications do not besmirch the Eida’s name, they do it on there own.
They said,”when the Eida wishes to make its opinion known, it will do so via official channels”, like throwing thousands of papers all over the streets and the city has to come and clean up.
Instead of bringing people closer they are not only pushing them away but making it harder for those who do try.
So its not just a few “sikrikim” after all.
Does this mean that they agree with the protests with the yellow stars?
#3 There is no fringe group of extremist there is a huge community of extremists.