B"H
At the moment, I am quite sick of the "Emmanuel Case" where Slonimer Chassidim fight for their daughters not to study with any Sephardi girls in class. Every day there is another news but basically there is no news. Or has there been another news in the meantime ?
Yesterday the Supreme Court decided that nine of twenty - two Slonimer mothers have to go to jail.
The two Israeli haredi radio stations, "
Radio Kol Chai" and "
Kol Ba'Ramah" report differently on the case. "Radio Kol Chai" is Ashkenazi and you can surely imagine what they say. "Kol Ba'Ramah, on the other hand, has a Sephardi touch and already claimed that the Ashkenazim need to calm down and not to behave too arrogant.
What I noticed at both channels is that the journalists have their own opinion and as soon as something is not according to their mindset, it is wrong. Even when Haredim speak up.
Just recently one of the channels interviewed a haredi Knesset member favouring the demand that Haredim should go to work. I forgot which haredi politician it was but he said: "Lets be honest: Not every Haredi has the talent to study. Only a small percentage turn out to be Talmidim Chachamim and the rest should go to work".
The radio reporter almost jumped upon the roof.
In the past few weeks, however, we only hear about the Emmanuel case and hardly anything else. Last night I didn't even bother to listen. Never mind secular radio channels and their mostly left - wing orientation. Nevertheless, look at the haredi radio stations and their strict mindset. I can only recommend listening here and there and somehow forming your own opinion.
