On Newsmax TV, Michael Weiner, also known as Michael Savage blasted Charedi Jews, and appeared to defend Lufthansa, after they committed an act of blatant antisemitism and then admitted it on video. He bashed Charedim for “throwing rocks”, and compared Jews not wearing masks to “Devil Worshippers.”
Savage, was asked in an interview about the well-publicized incident in which the German airline banned 130 Jewish passengers over the behavior of “one or two”
He proceeded to blast Chassidim as “fanatical and self-centered”. He blamed Jewish passengers for not complying with the rules, and dismissed the admission by a Lufthansa employee that they targeted Jews as her getting “tripped up and making a mistake.”
This is a very simple matter. If two black passengers on an airplane refused to wear masks, and the airline banned all blacks from boarding their connecting flight, the world would be livid at the extreme hate and bigotry. The NAACP would have filed lawsuits, and every politician in the country would be condemning the airline. Yet Savage seized the opportunity to bash Jews and show his complete disdain and ignorance. He even went so far to say the people on the plane were “Satmar Hassidim who throw rocks” which was completely fabricated.
In response, activist Yossi Gestetner tweeted: Oy. @lufthansa accused only a few Jews of not following the rules, so your hot take that everyone needed to be banned because Orthodox Jews allegedly don’t follow rules elsewhere is insane. Like the Kapos in the 1940s, you are more bigoted to fellow Jews than German persecutors!
Here are more disgraceful quotes from Weiner’s interview:
“I hung out with Lubavitch Chassidim for many years. They are extremely self centered and fanatical in their beliefs.”
He added: “I know these people they don’t listen to anybody. They want to do what they want to do. They throw rocks at people.”
Yes there is a small minority of extremists who throw rocks at people. None of them were on that flight, and even if they were, it does not condone Lufthansa’s inexcusable behavior.
Savage also claimed that the Jew on video who questioned the Lufthansa employee, “was looking for a lawsuit, and baiting her, by sticking a camera in her face.”
Savage added: “Next we will have Devil worshippers wanting to worship the Devil on a plane.”
This is an absurd statement. Nobody claimed that this was a matter of religious freedom, and the comparison of Jews not wanting to wear a mask to “Devil Worship” is simply egregious.
Savage posted another video on Twitter, taken at home most likely cooking pork, in which he added that “the people on the flight were Satmar Chassidim who believe that the State of Israel should not exist.” (That video has since been mysteriously deleted.)
2 comments:
Savage is such an ignoramus - he called those affected chassidim "Lubavitchers"! With all my respect to the other chassidim who were at the airport, I would be willing to bet a dollar that there was not one Lubavitcher among them. Just not their thing. At least Savage should get his facts straight, before smearing a whole community in his disgusting and shameful tirade.
While i don't agree with michael savage he does make a point. Many orthodox feel rules don't apply to them and constantly and consistently make Chilul Hashem every other day it seems. It certainly isn't fair to ban an entire group based on the actions of a few. But as Jews we are responsible for each other. We still are in Golus today based on the actions of a few. The Golden Calf was done by a few. Religious people constantly cause chilul Hashem and the frum world is silent. I don't want to wear a mask either but if i want to go on a private airline then i abide or i don't go. I'm more upset with the Jews that feel they don't need to listen to a private airlines rules than Lufthansa banning. What a chilul Hashem and an embarrassment. We as Jews need to act with dignity and not look for trouble in this crazy world
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