As the saying goes.. "When it rains, it pours" .....
It seems that Ami Magazine is running out of material .... so they sent Rabbi Eliezer Brand a former talmid of Rav Wachtfogel to "interview" the Rosh Yeshiva ... under the bi-line:
"The renowned Rosh Yeshivah Speaks to AMI about learning, Life and the Effects of the Coronavirus Shutdowns."
Ami dedicated a full 14 pages in its July 1st issue to this "interview," and put Rav Wachtfogel's Photo on the front cover!
So far so good ... right? You would think?
Well, not so fast, it turns out that Rav Wachtfogel had no clue that this was an interview and wasn't told that this was going to be published in AMI........according to posters plastered all over South Fallsburg ..yesterday ...
And looking over the issue ...
I think that the posters have it 100% correct.....
Ami usually has a series of Q&A in a Q&A format....not in this "interview."
Also the photos were mostly of Rabbi Brand's wedding and the rest were from "https://aegedolimphotos.com/collections" Ami had no recent photos which they always have when they interview anyone..and 99% of the article was of Rabbi Brand's recollection when he was learning in South Fallsburg .... and how many times Rabbi Wachtfogel was interrupted during the "interview"....
This issue was supposed to be totally holy, to counter the "Voluptuous Nudes" fiasco they had recently ......
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When the Long Island Jewish Star called R' Elya Ber for comment about the scandal when Yudi Kolko was kicked out of the Pines shul & sauntered over to daven in the yeshiva, R' Elya Ber said "speak to Binyomin Hirsch" & he hung up. He was referring to anti-Kolko askan Ben Hirsch, nephew of R' Feivel Cohen.
Surprised ? This is what being a journalist is all about.
AMI did the very same thing when they featured Harav Nissim Karelitz Z"l many years ago.
However, then they didn't even do an interview. They just asked around at the Bais Din and and to those close to him. The Rav had no idea that they were intending to even write an article, let alone to plaster him on the front cover.
There is a lack of honesty in doing that that is simply wrong....
Aye. He is a total briskeh.
Why would you expect him to be honest? There is always a angle. Always.
rotten frankfurter is a mixture of Satmar and Brisk,do you expect any good from such a mamzerish mixture
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