“Rabbi Stolper was a man who cared about every single Yid— not for who they were, but for the fact that they were Yidden”
As a chassidish woman from Williams-burg, I was surprised to read Yonoson Rosenblum referring to us as “readers from unimagined places.” “Unimagined places” in my opinion would be somewhere like Thailand or maybe Saudi Arabia.
Why would Williamsburg be “unimagined”? Is Williamsburg so exotic? There are so few frum English weekly magazines, so of course we would read Mishpacha! As long as it’s frum enough for a person’s standards, the magazine doesn’t have to be chassidish. And I must say, I personally am a big fan of Rabbi Rosenblum’s articles in particular, and look forward to reading them every week.
Regarding his suggestion that chassidim and Litvaks learn about each other, I would look forward to something like this. I find that there is so little intermingling between the two groups, as if we have minimal commonalities. Back in the old days in Europe, there was probably even less interaction between the two groups, since we tended to live in different countries. But I feel it’s high time that we unite more and work together for common goals.
We see it happening with some major organizations, such as Agudah working with chassidish and litvish schools for mutual interests. But I would love to see us working together between one common man and the other.
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