The Mouthpiece of the Gedolim
A remarkable interview with Yated Neeman
Makor Rishon, Israel’s leading national-religious newspaper, just published an extroardinary interview with the editor of the Israel edition of Yated Ne’man. You can read the original article in Hebrew at this link, and you can download an English translation (lightly edited from ChatGPT) with a few interspersed comments by myself below. I have to warn you, you might find what he has to say profoundly depressing. But I think that it’s great that they publicized the worldview of the charedi leadership in detail - it helps everyone reach more informed conclusions and make better decisions.
Thank you for publicizing this interview. Anytime you think the Charedi leadership/public can't possibly sink any lower, they go ahead and do just that. What a selfish, nauseating worldview. Truly.
And now it's on record.
I find it noteworthy that Dati Leumi Roshei Yeshiva don't need spokespersons and are highly capable of rational articulation of their views on important public issues, while haredi Giants of our Generation are personally incapable of articulating their views via rational argumentation and require spokespersons.