Tel-Chai Nation

Here's a fortunate example of a Haredi news writer, the editor of Mishpacha, who's taken issue with UTJ member Yitzhak Goldknoph for his attack on religious Zionists:

Haredi journalist Aryeh Ehrlich, editor of Mishpacha magazine, sharply criticized remarks made by MK Yitzhak Goldknopf (United Torah Judaism) regarding bereavement in the religious-Zionist community in the context of the war with Hamas.

In an interview published over the weekend in the Makor Rishon newspaper, Goldknopf said:

“Their pain should remain with them, and our pain should remain with us. Don’t bring me your pain and pass it onto me. Let’s decide that everyone deals with their own package.”

In response, Ehrlich posted a scathing comment on Twitter, opening with:

"I am ashamed and humiliated by the words spoken by my representative in the Knesset. I literally bury my head in shame at such callous and un-Jewish quotes like ‘Don’t dump your pain on us’ or ‘Everyone with their own package’—such alienating remarks that go against everything our Sages taught us about the suffering of Israel, and about how when a Jew is in pain, the Divine Presence cries and says, ‘It is too heavy for My head, too heavy for My arm.’”

Ehrlich then referenced the example of Moses as the opposite model: “Even though Moses was exempt from the burden of slavery in Egypt because he was from the tribe of Levi, he still came down to witness his brothers’ suffering and to truly feel their pain.”

Another important detail in the Torah about Moses is that as the ancient Israelites were battling the Amalekites, Moses asked those on the sidelines, "would you rather sit while your brothers go to war?" And perhaps anybody with a mind like Goldknopf should join the army and prove they're not stingy to the point where they risk leaving Israel without defenders. Goldknopf should apologize.

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