Some Jews were thankful when Curtis Sliwa and his Guardian Angels showed up in Crown Heights to patrol the community following the recent string of antisemitic attacks.
But let’s be brutally honest.
Curtis Sliwa is part of the problem.
Mr. Sliwa, you cant ride in on your “red horse” to show what a great guy you are, when you say the most heinous despicable biased anti-Semitic rhetoric in public on 100,000 watt radio stations.
Public diatribes like his and others against Hasidic Jews have created a breeding ground for viscous anti Semitism. Anti Hasidic bigotry manifests itself in multiple shapes and forms. First comes the disgusting rhetoric on social media which quickly grows to swastikas and grave desecration. That hate then metastasis itself in the form of government sponsored zoning discrimination where some municipalities in NY and NJ are actively preventing Orthodox Jews from building homes, synagogues, Yeshivos and eruvs. Public forums and planning meetings devolve into cesspools of bigotry and intolerance where Jews are heckled and shouted down with the most vile of anti-Semitic invective. So what started out as unchecked hate speech like Sliwa has offered, ultimately leads to the kind of horrific attacks Jews are now experiencing in Jersey City, Monsey and Brooklyn.
There’s simply no other way to say it but based on his public actions, Sliwa is just a another fraud and hypocrite. Don’t believe it? Listen in the clip below and cringe for yourself.
Mr. Sliwa we would suggest you first patrol your mouth and look deep into the mirror before you present yourself as some kind of heroic knight in red armor.
We don’t need the likes of you.
LISTEN TO THE SHOCKING CLIPS BELOW – THE FIRST CLIP START AT THE 35 MINUTE MARK
https://www.facebook.com/447278675700561/videos/304516497048627/UzpfSTYxNjAwNzc1MjEwMzIwNDo3NTU3NzMyNzgxMjY2NTA/
Yerachmiel Katz – Lakewood
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this isn’t anti-Semitic nor anti-Hasidic –
GREAT….let’s alienate our friends for saying the EXACT same things most of say in private.
Just how many of these attackers do you think are loyal WABC listeners??
We need to unite as many of our allies as possible and Curtis is FOR SURE one of them.
i’m sorry but, this article is a complete chilul hashem and what he was pointing out that certain communities do is also a complete chilul hashem. Him pointing it out in a public forum is not the issue its the actions taken out that lead to him pointing out as the issue. We’ve seen multiple times where communities have had FBI raids due to the massive chilul hashems taking advantage of the federal government. This man is trying to help communities in distress and is very straight forward and opinionated. I’m on his side and find this article to be simply wrong.
I’m no fan or hater of Curtis. The reality is that this is cherry picking. By and large, Curtis has defended Yidden when working with a self hating Jew. He’s also bashed anti Semites over the years. The fact that he was being his typical bombastic self while discussing a real problem of mosdos scamming the system doesn’t make him an anti Semite. It also doesn’t negate the potential benefits of having his guardian angles out there.
Sorry, but Mr. Sliwa is correct, and it is truly sad.
The governments at federal and state levels levy taxes and provide services. And some of the greatest offenders are our own, who find all forms of sly shtick to avoid paying into the coffers, and are at the front of the line to take. The chassidic communities have outdone the litvishe ones by making the kollel lifestyle the norm, so that the young people get married with zero income or earning ability, and then eventually are thrust out to the job market skill-free. To enter the honest wage cycle, one needs to begin at the entry level – bottom rung, and then work the way up. Okay, some assistance may be deserved, for a limited time. But way too many able bodied people are sitting around warming benches, calling themselves rabbis, while being unqualified for anything that produces income. Not klei kodesh, not anything else. But we have the expensive shtreimel. the nice house (under someone else’s name to collect Section 8), and the expensive leased car. At whose expense? Sliwa is correct. There is a huge problem here, and we are part of it. He is not.
I will accept his assistance in providing safety for our own. Sorry to the author of this op-ed. You are sadly very wrong. I do hope you are working and earning to support your family. Because if you are one of those on the take, described by Mr. Sliwa, and you’re commenting on YWN, you have a major task in your cheshbon hanefesh.
This article is spot on. Curtis has railed against Orthodox Jews many many times.
Curtis is a attention you know what.
He has no problem bashing you and then defending you a min later.
A real showman.
Sliwa is an evil man and the letter writer is correct. Just listen to these clips. Holy smokes
When I heard Sliwa say these things live, I attempted to call his program. I never got thorough. I always wanted to tell him that by making his comments, he is enraging anti-semites and giving the more ammunition.
So yes, this letter is long overdue.
Curtis should apologize.
Jews love talk-radio hosts. They yell. Scream and are very entertaining. Curtis Sliwa does this ever day. Bashes the mob. Elected officials. Hates people. it’s fun. Oh, did I just mention hates people?
Yes. He has a tendency to bash Hasidic Jews. Many times.
I gurantee the Guardia Angels will be in Crown Heights for a week or two, and then disappear. Biggest joke ever. We have Shomrim that do a splendid job. And he hates Shomrim. He has cursed them out many times.
This is just a pr stunt and it will be over soon enough.
I wish this had never been shared. It will not help Yiddin. It will only spew more hatred. The fact is, Curtis Sliwa is out there today, with his group, trying to help us. Who else is out there doing this? Who else is standing up for us today? To say negative things about him, whether they are true or not, is not going to help us. It only fans the flames.
I am sadly surprised that you published this article.
@auntpeggyz – Where were you when Curtis made these disgusting remarks? Sleeping. Weren’t you.
And this is not the first time YWN has published an anti-sliwa article.
here is just one:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/ywn-videos/398403/listen-talk-radio-show-host-curtis-sliwa-slams-hasidic-community-for-fraud-following-fbi-raids-last-week.html
I listed to the recordings and I am at a loss to find words of genuine anti-Semitism from Mr. Sliwa.
In the words of the author, “But let’s be brutally honest”.
The Medrash says that L’Asid Lavo, Melech HaMashiach will arrive and will announce that Hashem is returning his children, the Jewish people, to Yerushalayim. At that point the nations of the world will cry out “What, those people are your children – they are crooks and robbers!.
Perhaps we need to point our fingers back at ourselves and asked the brutally honest question “Am I doing something not condoned by Halacha that is perceived by the nations of the world as theft, thereby creating a true Chilul Hashem?” I think we need to ensure that our behavior is completely within Halachic bounds and beyond reproach before we start labeling others who criticize us for this type of behavior as anti-semites.
The write has a point. But to see it through Curtis’ view: he was snubbed by his X wife Melinda Katz, a Jew, and he felt betrayed. As a goy, he put us all into one box, painted us all with one brush. Until then he was not against us, per say. He became bitter after Melinda, sadly a totally unaffiliated Jew, dumped him. Overall he’s not a hater of Jews, but yes, his rhetoric is hurtful to us.
Just because a guy rails about public policy and welfare doesn’t mean he also thinks that “gangster” wannabe’s and losers should be allowed to slowly wander the streets beating people, hacking them to death, throwing rocks at them, and making racist slurs and then getting away with it. It is a big leap between going on public policy, and harm and murder. A great big leap. The other poster is right, those types of people aren’t listening to him on the radio, and aren’t listening to the radio. This op-ed is type of thing I see in other communities presses. Smaller government and alleging fraud doesn’t equate to threats to life in America. Whatever happened to equal rights and liberty.
Um are you in a position to reject help for the crown heights community? The Rebbe the against the tactic of writing people off as anti semites when they can be convinced or educated otherwise. In this case hes pointing out truth that truth is hurtful and can cause anti semitic backlash so if he was concerned he would say it more carefully. This op-ed is unnuanced and destructive mods please remove. Also stop scamming the govnt
This is not untrue and not anti-Semitic at all.
When someone criticizes you for doing something wrong, you’re supposed to listen with an open mind, digest and absorb the information, come to the realization that you are wrong, then correct your ways.
Take this post down now please.
Are these allegations true? Terrible chillul H-shem for a non-Jew to say them in a public forum, but worse chillul H-shem from Jews if they’re true.
Too bad what he’s saying is true….
oh he is the problem, but the rabbis standing on stage with deblasio and cuomo they are not the problem, what a joke
Sorry,Curtis is not being “PC” and never was. Just being very blunt about some truths that yidden SHOULD be ashamed of.
nothing he said is wrong if they stole money they stole money ,
What part was Anti-Semitic? We all know what he said is true. If everytime someone speaks the truth we call it Anti-Semitism, this allows the few really bad people (which every community has) to exploit it and do really bad things. It also prevents us from improving because any criticism is labeled Anti-Semitism.
Did anyone think what’s going on would last forever?
This is a big part fueling the Black hatred and the Politicians ambivalence.
hes right what do you want.
this is the hakarat hatov you have to people who help .
no wonder people hate jews
This letter is ridiculous. We should feel shame and embarrassment at what he said, confront it, and eliminate it.
It’s the one and same issue as public safety. Free money taints middos. WE voted in the local and state politicians that disarmed us. Why? For the free money they promised.
He is right.
Nowhere in the history of ever have Jews lived as they are in those communities. We have historically always worked honest hard livings, very very hard livings. This plague of “free money” has gotten all of them used to living on the dole and doing anything they are told (lie on this form, smudge this one dollar figure, support gay marriage, support the safe act) to keep the gravy flowing.
And it’s coming back to bite us.
Reading the comments above I’m just horrified how can you listen to these clips (specifically the long one) and conclude that this is not antisemitism. you must have not listened to them or you’re not Jewish
I like many others have listened to Curtis for years, he has been a constant supporter of the Jewish community, at times tweeking fun, but to accuse him of anti-Semitism is ridiculous.
We get no favors in relying on goyim to help. When will we learn that we must stop fighting – Ashkenaz and Sephardi, Litzoch and Chussid, modern and Haredi. We are Jews. Sons and daughters of one man and 4 mothers. We are Jews. This is not the first time the world has turned against us. Maybe the first in most of our lifetimes. But this could be the last time the world turns against us if we all stand together. We built most of the good in this world, although we are the smallest group in it. We have to stick together and H’ will take care of the rest.
This article is spot OFF!!!! Horrible !!
Derech eretz KODMA L’Torah.
Key word is kodma this article does not speak to Torah true jews its speaks to those who seek to blame others.
rt loves sliwa and hates trump! I’ve got a wonderful bridge to sell to you!
@Yossele Golam your point is correct that the long vid is antisemitic, and others aren’t clearly antisemitic. But i have listened to Curtis for years and I know that in the long vid he was very upset about what was happening that he went overboard. Is he a part of the problem either way? Well for the antisemitic politics in Rockland, Yes! But the antisemitic attacks that are happening recently, No! So he he’s not a part of the problem regarding the attacks!
Yechiel:
1. Spell check. Autocorrect is not being kind to you.
2. No one is relying on goyim to help. Sliwa and the GA are volunteering to help. And it fits well within the confines and the requirement of Darkei Shalom to welcome that. There have always been avenues of help via goyim. If you wish to question this, take out your Megillas Esther and read through it. None of the reliance on goyim replaced the teshuvah, tefilos, and taanis.
3. I appreciate your call to achdus. It is not only a sore point for Klal Yisroel, but it is a central issue to the current golus, and its absence has always been an Achilles heel for us. Conversely, our achdus is a huge zechus for us. Tell that to all the people you know who are on sides of machlokes, whether it is the competition between yeshivos, the chassidishe splits, the yeshiva admission/expulsion subject, interpersonal quabbles, shalom bayis/divorces, and family fights over yerushos, just to name a few. Is the prolonged golus and the flood of tragedies worth it? You are correct – if we hang together with the unity that HKB”H demands of us, we will be all the better for it.
I disagree with the article. Sliwa IS authentic when he wants to protect against Antisemitism. He is honest about both issues. BUT! He IS making a HUGE mistake regarding government programs and Jews, because the system is REALLY abused by other people, and he should focus on THEM. Like people in Harlem and other neighborhoods with 20+ social security cards, taking in all sorts of money, and driving bmw’s or caddys. Or so many single mother’s being impregnated to collect welfare and split the cash with the guy. Multiple guys, multiple woman, households without fathers ruining America. THATS system abuse! And much much more. Italians have different schemes. What the Chassidim do is legal and pales in comparison to everyone else. big time.
It may not be pleasant to hear, but sometimes the truth hurts. Let’s clean up our act once and for all.
So this pathetic writer is making this absurd claim that when any time frum Jews do things that are against the law and someone voices criticism of it, he is an anti semite? Stop the idiotic hypocrisy and call anti semitsim out when it is indeed anti semitism. David Duke, Louis Farakhan, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib are anti semites and have spewed vitriolic verbiage against Jews, are you placing Curtis in that bracket?
I hate to say it, when Jews create a chilul Hashem and commit fraud and other wrong doings, the Gentiles WILL point it out and it is NOT anti Semetic. It is our job as frum Jews to behave according to the law.
Why does YWN publish this drivel disguised as an opinion!!!
Face it – Curtis Sliwa – faults and all – is one of the FEW who are willing to step up to the plate. Aside from our own frum politicians, who else is really doing something? Don’t slam the door on friends. Sure De Blasio and Cuomo make some noise – but do nothing! Our non-frum Jewish politicians only know how to speak up against Trump but are completely silent when the Jewish community needs help. Don’t slam the door on friends.
The truth hurts and it hurts so bad we call it Anti-Semitism when a guy say it. We all say it to each other but not on the radio. Is Monroe as poor as Govr records show? Do people live in fancy houses that are owned by family members, drive leased cars while on welfare. We all know it’s TRUE so instead of calling him an Anti Semite maybe look yourself in the mirror and fo the right thing.
YecheilB, actually a little technical correction to your post; we are brothers and sisters of two mothers. The Aseres Hasvotim are not with us. Today Jews are only from the Tribes of Levi, Yehuda and Benyamin.
But yes, we should stick together. The problem is that with two Jews you get three opinions so that kind of devides us.
Calling Sliwa anti-semitic over this is like those who make everything racist. He is criticizing Jews for gaming the system and voting as a block, usually for the people they think will win regardless if they agree with their positions. Well, it is hard to deny what he is saying. Anti-semitism would be saying Jews run everything and are responsible for all the bad things in this country. And I would be hardpressed to disagree if they point to the likes of Schumer, Schiff and Nadler and let’s not forget George Soros. If Curtis is willing to defend Jews, well this op-ed is offensive,
Yenta world news you should be ashamed of yourselves. You are the problem. You along with those communities have caused a tremendous chilul Hashem. You’re the ones causing anti semitism not Curtis Sliwa. He made statements against policy NOT religion. The truth hurts. I work 6 days a week to support my family. When I go into a grocery store and the person in front of me pulls out a benefit card to pay for their groceries than proceeds to put them in their Lexus or Audi that causes a chilul Hashem. He is against people bilking the system. The only aspect I would agree with is that in today’s climate he needs to be super clear that that’s where he’s coming from. The regular folk may not get that what he’s saying is a policy/ politician issue NOT a religion issue.
Does everything that any Jew does or anything that any Jew says automatically holy and beyond any criticism whatsoever? Maybe yesh chochma bagoyim and 99% of Jews, and Mr. Silwa, are actually correct.
Thank you curtis. Sunshine in the best cleanser
this makes absolutely no sense. if he were such an antisemite, why would he offer to help protect jews? and regardless of whether the “shomrim” are doing an adequate job (or not), how could it ever be better not to have more protection?! craziness.
ATTENTION MODS: It’s “vicious,” not “viscous,” unless his anti-Semitism flows like ketchup. Furthermore, it’s “metastasize.” Also, it’s “Spell check.”
He’s not an anti-Semite, just his offensive-to-everyone self. He actually seems to be able to understand that the people he doesn’t like a. don’t represent all Jews and b. are not doing anything that makes it okay to kill them. Whatever. I, for one, am grateful to Hashem for sending Sliwa’s patrol.
Also – keep this guy on our side. We don’t want him against us.
How on earth did he know about the talking fish?!
Before Curtis badmouthed Jewish communities, he should have prefaced what he said about Jews on programs, by saying something like:
“What I speak of doesnt apply to most Jews. It applies to those in Ultra Orthodox communities.
Jews of all other sub-groups are humiliated when theyre forced to be on programs, theyd do anything to avoid being on govt programs. Theyre just the opposite! Most Jews outside of the Ultra Orthodox communities benefit from govt programs way way less than other races and religions do”.
Unfortunately, I didnt hear Curtis say anything like that.
Who cares what he said?
Who cares whether or not it’s true?
Who cares if Mr. Silwa is really righteous?
Why doesn’t the article say when this clip is from?
Is it because YWN doesn’t want us to know that it’s from many years ago?
YWN is making a big mistake. even if Mr. Silwa is not so righteous, he is helping to keep us safe!
THANK YOU MR. SILWA!!!!!!!!
This is a chillul hashem of the worst kind.
A man offers to save jewish lives and YWN goes and starts digging up dirt on him!
If the Guardian Angels leave because of this and someone is attacked on a would be patrol route YWN will have spilled jewish blood! is that what your trying to accomplish?
Please if you read this comment post a THANK YOU MR. SILWA to limit the extent of this chillul hashem.
(I hope YWN doesn’t censure this comment)
This piece should be removed. The day when we praise Reshaim who happen to be Jewish is a bad day. People perpetrating fraud on the US government and its generous grant programs are reshaim, plain and simple. It is geneivah. I understand the mindset of these people is that there’s no “Dina D’malchusa Dina” when it comes to America. That’s a very krum and convenient sheker you can tell yourself. But don’t think you can act with impunity. There will be a reckoning. Whether on the Yom Hadin Hagadol v’hanorah, or on your own personal Yom Hadin when the government takes you to court to answer for your sins.
Listen people, (thats just the way i talk ok, you dont really HAVE to… but your missing out)
Anyone who listens to curtis (i dont, its a waste of time, but i’ve heard him a few [wasted] times) knows he’s a no holds barred guy who believes in standing up for whats right.
Therefore, if he believes that people cheated or stole, he will call them out on it and deride them with every ounce of scorn in his (quite colorful) dictionary.
Yet it also means he will stand up for people being beaten down for no reason.
Verdict, curtis is NOT an anti semite. Lets be mature enough to take a criticism without saying its based off a hate for our race.
That said. He can yell about it all he wants, it still doesnt make the accusations true, whether he believs them or not. Furthermore, even if they were true, it doesnt paint an entire community a certain way, just those perps who were responsible, or condoned it.
I have never been on welfare or food stamps. I was online waiting to pay at Moishes a sephardic woman bought a few hundred dollars worth of food and paid with food stamps. I paid walked towards my car and saw the same woman unloading her cart into a brNd new BMW. So it’s not only hidden living in Monroe or Lakewood milking thr system. Goyim all over NY do it in much higher numbers then the hidden. As Yidden its up to us to set an example of how to act in public and it starts at home.
Leave Curtis Sliva alone. Go after the Mayor with his anti Police, anti white agenda. Jewish TEACHERS that have been in the system for decades are being pushed out to make way for people of color by this Mayor. On Colleges all over the country the students are being taught to hate Jews and Israel by their liberal Professor’s. As a Jew I am disgusted by what Nadler, Schiff, Schumer are foing to this President. Who pardoned Rubashkin, moved embassy to Jerusalem, used executive privilege to pass Anti Semitism law last week so college students can sue their colleges for allowing anti semites to terrorize them on campus.
I add my voice to the truthful people who denounce the hypocrisy of the article’s author. Shame on you. The Chareidi do the same in Israel. Defrauding the Israel tax payer just as they defraud the American tax payer. And they deal all in cash whenever possible, to avoid taxation. Every week some holder of large amount of cash drives around and pays in cash those Chareidi who are teachers in the Chareidi schools. That’s despicable. I’m an ex-Israeli and I despise fraud committed against hard working Israelis and Americans. Live by the teachings of Torah and Talmud. Be just. Be truthful. Be honest. Be patriots. Don’t be parasites. We live in a new age that has begun with Trump: DARKNESS TO LIGHT. The Goyim and we the non-Chareid Jews know the truth and denounce you.
Sorry, I don’t hear the antisemitism. He’s explaining things that certain segments of the frum community have done and still do. It’s all true and we all know it. Does his saying it fan antisemitism even more? Probably yes. Does it hurt when he says it? Yes. But it hurts more when our brothers and sisters are on the news for doing said things in the first place. Bilking the government is wrong no matter who does it. And yes it makes us look really bad. But he’s not an antisemite for saying it.
I have to be crazy to call someone an anti-Semite who voluntarily risks his life to help Jews.
Author of article – Yerachamiel – where were you during the 1991 riots – Curtis was there battling for us – face to face with the thugs of Al Sharpton – When there was bus bombings in Israel – Curtis flew to Israel on his Christmas vacation and rode the buses to show American Jews its safe. He is more than words – he puts his on well being on the line for our people – are you nuts for coming out with a damaging piece like this. I have worked with Curtis and he is there for the Jewish People and the truth – actually he is there for all and has a specially affinity for the Jews – unfortunately some of what he says reveals truths we don’t like. Again, Yerachmiel – where were you – where are you – what kind of damage have you done to a friend and supporter. Withdraw your article. If you did honest research you would issue an apology….even before Yom Kippur.
He speaking about a problem that you believe should be swept under the carpet. If these individuals who are breaking the law and stop making a chilu Hashem maybe he won’t be speaking about the issue. BTW, are patrolling the streets of Brooklyn to protect people?
The guardian angels are a bunch of publicity-seeking individuals who will march up and down the streets for a few weeks in their bright red lvush but do nothing in the long-term to secure frum neighborhoods. There need to be local watch groups such as shomrim along with stronger and more sustained police patrols on the streets and more agressive enforcement in the court system with less coddling of teenagers and repeat offenders. Otherwise, these copycat hate crimes will continue.
There has never been a people who have pushed away their friends and embraced their enemies like we do.
For shame.
Whatever Sliwa said were unpleasant truths. There is plenty of fraud and it’s not ok to do it because ‘it’s just the Goyim’.
For shame.
He’s standing guard out there. You’re not. Faith in HaShem is paramount. But without hishtadlus you get Dachau and Treblinka, and those Jews davened plenty. Get your head out of your hidden place and show some gratitude to helpful Gentiles. You need all the friends you can get, believe me.
To the Op-Ed Writer:
Not sure what you expect? Curtis Silwa is in the media and talks about the news. The national news of that day was about the welfare fraud scandal. If he didn’t talk about it, ABC would be considered biased news. Isn’t that our complaint with the media today? It’s simple: If we don’t want to be talked about in a negative manner, refrain from negative activity. It doesn’t matter what Silva’s motives are for patrolling in Jewish communities. He stands for what is right. He is a friend. Your op-ed is what manifests more hatred. Your all-or-nothing thought process ought to be re-examined. Because Silwa was against what many members of Kiryas Yoel and others were doing, does not mean he is an enemy. I, for one, appreciate his concern and intervention. He has a voice that is heard by millions. We need more voices like his.
I’m certain the author doesn’t live in Crown Heights. My guess is, he hasn’t come across the kind of antisemitic attacks CH residents have endured for decades, & now Williamsburgh & BP are facing. It’s very easy to pontificate and accuse when you’re sitting comfortably in your ivory tower.
I lived in Crown Heights for 30 years. I lived through the riots, through getting a piece of SIDEWALK hurled from the apartment building behind ours onto our succah. My teenage son was mugged on the train while “decent” people – mainly Black- sat & pretended it wasn’t happening. The same son & his friend were brutally beaten by a gang of Black thugs on their way back to Yeshiva for night seder. My friend was pistol-whipped & her bag stolen by… you guessed it, a Black guy with a gun. Things have been going downhill since 2008.
Curtis Sliwa managed to restore order after the riots by just being a visible & calming presence. And they stayed for 3 months. Now they are back & they are doing what the police won’t/can’t/don’t do… patrol & make citizen’s arrests. They are needed & appreciated. I just wish they were a permanent presence, because they instill more fear into these lowlives without any weaponry than do the police.
When the author decides to save everyone in Crown Heights & beyond, when he actually DOES SOMETHING, then we can give his opinions respect. In the meantime, he needs to be quiet and thank the Guardian Angels for protecting the communities, because no one else is doing any saving.
show some appreciation If you want people to help defend you
Curtis Sliwa is a remarkable fellow who does for years upon years a thankless job defending Jews on and off
while sharp, witty, and on target
he remains
unfortunately unappreciated By those who helps most
typo
on and off air
The author of this article is dead wrong. First, Sliwa has been a better advocate for Jewish safety and security and values than many in our own community for at least 30 years. Second, the mere criticism of a Jew is not anti-Semitism. The goyim will always hate us for one reason or another or no reason. WE SHOULD NOT BE GIVING THEM TANGIBLE REASONS. The fact remains that there are very many among us who care more about what’s in their pockets than what (should be) in their hearts. Those whose children are in yeshiva and who dominate school boards in order to advocate for minimal expenditures bring shame upon us all!! How can a gentile parent who wants the best possible tax-payer funded education for her child NOT hate the Orthodox individual who ONLY cares about what that education is going to cost him? In another area of life, how can a Hispanic or Black child who lives in a disgusting apartment building NOT grow up hating the Orthodox individual who owns the building and won’t provide basic services because it costs him money? Where is the basic human decency of these bad actors in the Orthodox community? Very unfortunately, too many in the Orthodox community believe that Torah M’Chalif Derech Eretz. Sorry, folks: Derech Eretz Kodma L’Torah.
Is he saying that the fish in New Square didn’t actually talk?
I dont know where he gets his Intel from but it’s not the first time I’ve heard pretty much all the accusations he mentioned. It could be it’s not true or that its exaggerated but he didn’t make it up from nowhere.
The comment section sounds worse than the Sliwa’s commentary zetzing all Yidden as if we are the worst people. It sounds like an anti-Semitic hornet’s nest.
Let’s put things into perspective. The US gov makes it impossible for a large percentage of Americans to live decently especially for those of us who don’t send their kids to public school. The average family can barely pay tuition on top of middle income tax. Then there’s (day)camp and all other basics. The government with the gazillions of legislations for schools, individuals, the medical industry, etc. makes it almost impossible for the average individual and living in the US and for constitutions to be completely open.
And if you think it’s only our community where some may be a bit vague with the gov. then you are disilusioned and an anti-Semite yourself. I’ve had more than one non-Jewish white individual doing service in my home tell me to pay cash and I don’t have to pay tax. I did not ask for a discount nor for inclusion of tax. A large percentage of middle income non-Jewish individuals do it and non-Jewish institutions and businesses do it…the government is the biggest rip-off with all the taxes, laws and legislation today. It is worse today than when the colonists rebelled against England. We are being ripped apart for all the free illegals and free loaders.
I’ve had one friend who is in the income above middle I come. Her business was not legal until it grew very big. The business makes more money than ever but she has less money now that before she became legal because the government steals 40+%. She cannot put away for the future and for her kids as she did before her business became legal. And for middle income it’s worse.
Of course, if people and institutions can do it, they certainly should live 100% according to law, but the goal in life is to survive. Everyone stop their hocking and zetsing. If you are in a better position than many Jews, good for you and leave those who can’t make it, alone.
Thank you, Mr Silwa. Don’t listen to YWN.
“NOTE: The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of YWN.”
But who are the authors? They seem to be nameless. And that’s probably a good thing, because they don’t seem to be able to spell English correctly. See, for example, “viscous anti Semitism” and “hate then metastasis itself”. (Other people here have said what has to be said about the authors’ points.)
I listened. He is right !!!
What Curtis didn’t say was that They take $5,000,000.00 cash and distribute in Israel.
Whats wrong with a little truth.
” who is in the income above middle I come. Her business was not legal until it grew very big. The business makes more money than ever but she has less money now that before she”
someone with the moniker that you have ?
That’s called integrity ?
many others who did the legal way ,did the right thing , and guess what
they never became big doing the right thing
wouldn’t that be more important?!
I have listened to Curtis Sleazwag on and off for a few years on the radio. He does not know how to tell the truth. He is as reliable as a stopped clock. For those of you who think he is right about what he says on the posted audio, you ought to insist on “footnotes,” i.e., citations to sources for the things he says about some Jews, and corrective actions must be taken immediately, by Jews, not screwballs or publicity whounds.
As for his vigilante groups, they may or may not help, but they will gone in a week or a month or a year, and anti-Semitism will persist long after they are gone.
Since when is telling the honest truth anti semitic ?,what causes anti semitism is exactly what Curtis is talking about,it is us who lie cheat and steal
@ time for truth
No. Its not the right thing to give in to a bully who takes your money mafioso style and then gives it to illegal immigrants
my take.
why is everyone going crazy about the fact that so many are on food stamps?
A family with 6 kids can make close to $41,000 and would still be eligible for food stamps. Thats not to difficult for someone who has only one breadwinner in a non professional capacity.
So some people (allegedly) misappropriated funds? ok. Let them get their dues. But to start this whole bickering situation angry at people who legitimately get benefits is stupid. And yes, that includes taking every legal loophole available to obtain it. seeing as the govt takes every (il)legal loophole to get as much money out of you, i see it as fair game.
It is time for the truth, I don’t understand the “someone with a monikor that you have” question… Please elaborate.
And my point was not what my friend did. My point was that the government is “legally” stealing from people.
My point was not about making it big either. My point was that the government makes it hard to survive for people in the middle income bracket as well as limiting the growth of those in a higher bracket so that they can’t put away money for use later in life or to give to their kids. After 40+% taxes there’s still medical insurance…Even big corporations have tons of legal loopholes…but not the small fish, they can be caught in the huge financial catch for the government to spend on the freeloaders who vote for them.
But whatever, defend the thieving government and blame the “thievery” on Jews trying to survive. And never mind that it’s a large chunk of the US population are doing the same simply because they have no choice.
Curtis Sliwa does not have kids to send to school at this point, probably since the government became corrupt, judging from the age he appears to be. Curtis Sliwa does not pay insurance for a family of ten. Curtis Sliwa does not have expenses like from people do. I don’t expect him to understand. I do expect other Jews not to bash other Yidden for trying to have money for the basics . The only thing I can understand is critisism against unnecessary luxury and expensive vacations and living on a higher standard than necessary when one is not 100% kosher. THAT is disgusting.
What is this, that you folks seem to be unable to deal with criticism.
Curtis Sliwan is absolutely correct and you should listen to him and try to draw some consequences.
Many of the things you do, to support your life style aren’t very social, to say the least.
Some criticism about you may be a little overdrawn, because people don’t understand the meaning of what you do, but the purpose doesn’t justify any means, because that would spell the absolute absence of holiness.
So get on your feet. You need to be able to support yourself, Pay tax! and become a productive member of society. I know quite a few people who do a full time job and still learn Tora every day.
TriciaMcMillian, I’m not sure you will see my response but I’m putting it out for the record. We pay tons of tax for all the freeloaders and illegals and we are being bled dry! We are productive members of society! Go critisize the unproductive, crime ridden members of society and stop citisizing us.