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.
