Jerusalem buried its dead on Monday after the Ramot Junction massacre.
The first hard fact?
A Charedi soldier — yes, an actual black-kippah combatant with a rifle —helped stop the terrorists!
He didn’t ask for a donor dinner, a musical kumzitz, or a luxury suite. He just ran toward gunfire.
Meanwhile, one hour south, another kind of "running" was taking place:
Running to Mitzpeh Rimon to Beresheet a Five Star Hotel were the patrons of Keren Olam HaTorah (KOH) who were enjoying their annual retreat — with a heady mix of Torah giants, like Rabbi Asher Weiss, Chief Rabbi David Yosef, and former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau plus five-star catering, and a musical lineup that could headline Madison Square Garden.
He didn’t ask for a donor dinner, a musical kumzitz, or a luxury suite. He just ran toward gunfire.
Meanwhile, one hour south, another kind of "running" was taking place:
Running to Mitzpeh Rimon to Beresheet a Five Star Hotel were the patrons of Keren Olam HaTorah (KOH) who were enjoying their annual retreat — with a heady mix of Torah giants, like Rabbi Asher Weiss, Chief Rabbi David Yosef, and former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau plus five-star catering, and a musical lineup that could headline Madison Square Garden.
Ishay Ribo! Yonatan Razel! Shulem Lemmer! Zanvil Weinberger!
All live, all on the same stage.
The program was simple:
Convince billionaires that funding yeshiva stipends is more urgent than, say, armor for IDF jeeps.
The irony writes itself:
In Jerusalem: Charedi soldier, kippah on head, rifle in hand, saving Jewish lives.
In Mitzpe Ramon: Charedi donors, hats off, wallets open, saving the all-you-can-eat dessert buffet.
Documents show KOH now operates as the unofficial welfare ministry for draft-age yeshiva students.
Forget the old envelope under the table; now it’s Excel sheets, signed declarations, and direct bank transfers. It’s not a charity — it’s PayPal for non-service.
And who’s bankrolling it?
The Karfunkels, Rubie Schron, Mirilashvili, Safra, Louie Scheiner, Khezrie, Isaac Rokowsky, Wolfson — titans of finance and real estate. Men who can build skyscrapers, run banks, and buy media channels…
but apparently can’t buy a clue that maybe, just maybe, soldiers also need support.
Of course, defenders of the system argue that “Torah protects.” Fine. No one disputes the spiritual power of Torah. But at Ramot Junction, A Charedi soldier tackled the terrorist in uniform, with a gun on a Monday.
And here’s the cosmic joke:
The IDF already provides Charedi tracks — kosher food, modesty rules, rabbis on call.
And Lo and Behold, the soldier who fought in Jerusalem didn’t lose his Yiddishkeit. He became the living definition of Ahavat Yisrael.
Meanwhile, donors sipping wine in Mitzpe Ramon toast “Torah protection” while mothers in Jerusalem toast their sons with bitter tears.
The choice for these philanthropists is simple:
Keep bankrolling permanent draft-dodging,
or
redirect that largesse toward frameworks that unify rather than divide.
Fund Torah and service.
Convince billionaires that funding yeshiva stipends is more urgent than, say, armor for IDF jeeps.
The irony writes itself:
In Jerusalem: Charedi soldier, kippah on head, rifle in hand, saving Jewish lives.
In Mitzpe Ramon: Charedi donors, hats off, wallets open, saving the all-you-can-eat dessert buffet.
Documents show KOH now operates as the unofficial welfare ministry for draft-age yeshiva students.
Forget the old envelope under the table; now it’s Excel sheets, signed declarations, and direct bank transfers. It’s not a charity — it’s PayPal for non-service.
And who’s bankrolling it?
The Karfunkels, Rubie Schron, Mirilashvili, Safra, Louie Scheiner, Khezrie, Isaac Rokowsky, Wolfson — titans of finance and real estate. Men who can build skyscrapers, run banks, and buy media channels…
but apparently can’t buy a clue that maybe, just maybe, soldiers also need support.
Of course, defenders of the system argue that “Torah protects.” Fine. No one disputes the spiritual power of Torah. But at Ramot Junction, A Charedi soldier tackled the terrorist in uniform, with a gun on a Monday.
And here’s the cosmic joke:
The IDF already provides Charedi tracks — kosher food, modesty rules, rabbis on call.
And Lo and Behold, the soldier who fought in Jerusalem didn’t lose his Yiddishkeit. He became the living definition of Ahavat Yisrael.
Meanwhile, donors sipping wine in Mitzpe Ramon toast “Torah protection” while mothers in Jerusalem toast their sons with bitter tears.
The choice for these philanthropists is simple:
Keep bankrolling permanent draft-dodging,
or
redirect that largesse toward frameworks that unify rather than divide.
Fund Torah and service.
Fund stipends for reservists’ families.
Fund therapy for traumatized kids. Fund actual love of Israel.
Because Jerusalem already showed us the image that matters:
a Charedi soldier, running toward bullets, not buffets.
Because Jerusalem already showed us the image that matters:
a Charedi soldier, running toward bullets, not buffets.
8 comments:
Meanwhile Chareidi new sources report that it was an avreich that stopped the terrorists, but he was assisted by an off duty soldier.
הנני מוחה מחאה נמרצת על כך ששמו של ברוך Jeremias הושמט מרשימת הזוללים וסובאים. הוא אחד מן החבורה ממש.
Boruch Hashem, there are people who care about Torah. If you care about soldiers , why don't you make a fundraising extravaganza for them?
4:55
Everyone cares about Torah, but few Torah Learners care about the Soldiers!
And they should all be drafted and you are a liar, because you are not a female, even though I see that you identify as one now, and you are not a mother because a male has no uterus! No mother of a soldier would write the utter nonsense that you just wrote!
DIN is even more dishonest than previously known! As DIN is aware, the Jerusalem shindig is heavily represented by many modern rich dudes whom he conveniently doesn’t name. They certainly throw funds in the direction of the soldiers but ALSO want to support FULL TIME LOMDEI TORAH. DIN’s perverse fantasy of shlepping the horrevers away from their Gemaras to the IMMODEST seviva in IDF is going to go up in big smoke that will make the Qatar villa atmosphere look like a little puff fin a tzigarettl. Today’s major event is also drowning out DIN’s anti-yeshivos propaganda blitz which must be making him stir crazy!
Kiryas Yoilie Uganda
I see that you didn't read the article! I mentioned all except for Jeremias!
I happen to know the donors very very well, one I learned with in Yeshiva with and one is a good friend of mine ..today ..hayoim! I attended all his simchos!
No one is "shlepping the horrevers away from their Gemaras " we are all learning, and the IDF has battalions that have great "sevivas "
Proof? is the guy who shot the Terrorists, he is an IDF soldier and a "Ben Torah"
All your "yeshiva reid" doesn't cover your half-truths and whole lies!
After today's successful Zionist event, we are going to put on our gartels and say "Hinenie Mezuman" to actively start drafting the "leidegeiers" and take away all their benefits!
How do you know that your 'dream donors' listed as: The Karfunkels, Rubie Schron, Mirilashvili, Safra, Louie Scheiner, Khezrie, Isaac Rokowsky, Wolfson, do not donate to the same millions to Tzaha'l causes ??
You see one side of the coin and you ignore the other side so you that can publish your 'EXTRA, EXTRA, EXTRA SCREAMING HEADLINES.
Keep up the 'good' work especially now two weeks before you hadin.
9:55
The "yom hadin" applies to you too, so stop with your half-truths and all lies!
instead of shooting off your mouth with dumb mouth go read the article that I so brilliantly wrote.
now lets read a final psak of the Rambam:
כל המשים על ליבו שיעסוק בתורה ולא יעשה מלאכה ויתפרנס מן הצדקה הרי זה חילול את השם וביזה את התורה וכיבה מאור הדת וגרם רעה לעצמו ונטל חייו מן עולם הבא
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