Frankfurter of Ami Magazine continues with his lies!

 

Yitzy (the liar) Frankfurter

Yitzy Frankfurter has once again proven that he’s not just misinformed—he’s deliberately misleading.

 In this week’s issue, he interviews Rav Yosef “Chevroni,” and yes, I’m putting “Chevroni” in quotes because that’s not his real name. It’s a branding gimmick. His actual name is Epstein, and he’s not a Rosh Yeshiva in the traditional sense—he’s a fundraiser with a title.

Frankfurter, in his usual manipulative style, frames a question designed to stir panic, suggesting that the Israeli government is plotting to shut down yeshivos. He writes:

“We are both talmidim of Rav Dovid Soloveitchik, zt”l... He summoned me to Eretz Yisrael to do something about the danger of giyus... He told me he did not have menuchas hanefesh... I wanted to say they would never be able to close down such a makom kadosh. But then I stopped myself because I knew what he had experienced in Europe…”

Really? Who exactly is threatening to close down yeshivos? What government official has made such a declaration? This is pure fiction—emotional manipulation dressed up as concern.

And then the “Rosh Yeshiva” responds by comparing today’s situation to the gezeiras hagiyus in Lita—where Jewish boys were forcibly conscripted into the goyishe army. That’s the comparison? Enlisting in a Jewish army to defend Eretz Yisrael is the same as being dragged into the czar’s military machine?

This isn’t just absurd—it’s offensive. It insults the intelligence of anyone who understands history, and it cheapens the sacrifices of those who actually lived through real persecution.

These people aren’t just out of touch—they’re actively distorting reality. And the Jewish public deserves better than fear-mongering and revisionist drama.

And now for the kicker—the most absurd comparison of all: this guy actually equates the U.S. draft during the Vietnam War with the IDF draft in Israel. Seriously?

Let’s break this down. The United States was fighting a war 6,000 miles away, in a country that posed zero threat to the American mainland. Vietnam was not launching rockets at New York or threatening to wipe Washington off the map. At the time, the U.S. had a population of over 200 million and deployed around 500,000 troops to Southeast Asia. With that kind of demographic cushion, it could afford to exempt 10,000 yeshiva students without compromising national security.

Now contrast that with Israel—a tiny country surrounded by hostile neighbors, fighting a war for its very survival. Every soldier counts. Every able-bodied citizen is part of the national defense. The IDF isn’t some far-off expeditionary force—it’s the shield standing between Israeli families and existential threats.

So to compare the two situations is not just intellectually dishonest—it’s dangerously foolish. It’s the kind of argument that collapses under the weight of its own absurdity.