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Jewish Leaders

Hasidic Rebel has an interesting post in which he states in part:

"Unfortunately, the Chasidic communities are filled with corrupt leaders and so-called activists. Many of these are self-appointed to communal positions because of personal wealth or pedigree, and often hold the masses in their vise-like grip, by being in control of social services and communal institutions. Government officials find it convenient to deal with these figures as liaisons to the Charedi community, naively thinking that these men have only the interests of their bretheren in mind, but that is not always the case. Moneys meant for needy are often pocketed by those in charge, or it is prioritized to go to cronies and relatives, and only then if there's any left does it go to those truly in need."

An excellent point about the manner in which politicians deal with the chasidic community. Indeed, the problems referred to by HR apply throughout the Orthodox community, and to some extent to the secular Jewish community, in which various irrelevant organizations claim to represent a consensus of American Jewry with regard to a wide variety of issues such as Israel, abortion rights, etc.

posted on 6/19/2003