The New York Times has again shown its disdain for Orthodox Jews, and is suffering heavy backlash.
A week after Mayor Eric Adams introduced a Jewish Advisory Council, the anti-Jewish newspaper is whining about its lack of “diversity”, claiming that there are too many orthodox Jews.
The bizarre piece, entitled “Orthodox Men Dominate Mayor Adams’s New Jewish Advisory Council”, begins:
“If there is an archetypical Jewish New Yorker, that person might be found on the Upper West Side, somewhere between Zabar’s and Barney Greengrass. But when Mayor Eric Adams recently announced the creation of New York City’s first-ever Jewish Advisory Council, that type of Jewish New Yorker was in short supply. Instead, at least 23 members of the 37-member council are Orthodox, and only nine are women — a makeup that has drawn criticism from a number of prominent Jewish leaders and groups.”
The piece quotes leftist Jewish Congressman Jerry Nadler as saying the board failed to “adequately represent the demographic diversity of Jewish New Yorkers.”
In response, multiple Twitter users observed that the predominance of antisemitic attacks are targeted at Orthodox Jews. It’s interesting that the Times does not complain when Jew-haters attack mostly religious Jews, and don’t choose a “more diverse” group of Jews that represents secular and “archetypical” New York Jews.
NCSY leader Dovid Bashevkin tweeted: “Orthodox Jews are usually a minority. Yet in NY they’re disproportionately the target of antisemitism. So if Orthodox Jews are “over-represented” to help regain control of their image it’s because for far too long their over-representation was in instances of antisemitism.”
David Shor wrote: “A Jewish advisory board is designed to deal with uniquely Jewish issues/problems where the city can be of assistance. The orthodox are naturally predominantly experiencing said issues/problems. This isn’t about the “typical” Jew, but the typical Jewish matters.”
Dovid Margolin, senior editor of Chabad.org, tweeted: “Lolol the New York Times is so bigoted it’s amazing. Imagine “If there is an archetypical American, that person might be found in Rye, be named Graham Cabot III, and eat lobster rolls.”
At the end of the piece, the Times quoted Devorah Halberstam, the Orthodox director of external affairs at the Jewish Children’s Museum, who said she was satisfied with the makeup of the council.
“There will always be the people who will say, if they weren’t included, why didn’t they include them,” Ms. Halberstam said.
3 comments:
Oh these Ostjuden. Weg nach Brooklyn!
Orthodox Jews are offensive to everyone else because, having redefined religion to convenience themselves, non-Orthodox people are annoyed when the genuine article actually walks into the room.
Back in the 80's, PBS had a series where major religious leaders gathered and discussed the Bible. There were no Orthodox rabbis there. Why bother? Those guy actually believe the stories happened!
Decades ago, Cross Currents had a blog piece by a social worker who was attending a Jewish leadership conference and wanted to sign up to participate in the Jewish Continuity workshop. She was refused and told flat out there was no need because "We know what you're going to suggest!"
So why would you want Orthodox Jews on a panel to discuss issues that affect Orthodox Jews? You know what they'll say and you don't want to hear it.
Who needs to join that Judenrat PR joke anyway?
Hasidim and Haredi phony flatterers fit in well in such a body.
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