When a kiddush Hashem does happen, let’s not sneer at it as fake news
The staffer from London’s Wembley Arena who wrote a personal e-mail to the Siyum HaShas committee had doubtless never heard of Crown Heights or Lakewood. But driven by the wildfire power of chat groups and news sites, within a few hours the Jewish world was reading her glowing assessment of religious Jews as she’d experienced it.
“There was not a single incidence of drunkenness or rowdy behavior… All the team were blown away by the amount of thank-yous that we received. I am devastated that Siyum only takes place once every seven years.”
On the kiddush Hashem scale, London’s 7,000-strong event punched well above its weight.
But then came the retraction. The same chat groups carried an apology from the organizers saying that what had been released was a “draft form that was not written by management of the Arena.”
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