Jews Must Face "Dark Side" of Judaism

He discovered more about Judaism and the causes of anti-Semitism than he wanted to know. His conclusion from “Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America” published in 2000:

“Initially I had gone to Postville to learn from the Hasidim [Orthodox Jews], to share with them a sense of identity and belonging. Instead, what the Postville Hasidim ultimately offered me was a glimpse of the dark side of my own faith, a look at Jewish extremists whose behavior not only made the Postville locals wince, but made me wince, too.”

“I didn’t want to partake in Hasidim’s vision that called on Jews to unite against the goyim and assimilation. The world, even in Iowa, was too bountiful to base my likes and dislikes solely on religion. The word Hasid …literally means ‘the pious one,’ but the Postville Hasidim..were anything but pious. You couldn’t become casual friends with them…They required total submission to their schema of right and wrong, Jew vs. Christian — or you were the enemy.” (291)

In other words, if you’re a Jew but don’t buy their insane hatred, then you’re no better than the goyim. Unfortunately, their attitude typifies organized Jewry as a whole. 

ROCKY RIDE

The influx of hundreds of Orthodox Jewish families into a tiny (pop. 1465) Christian farming community in northeast Iowa was rocky from the start. Yes the Jews had a seemingly wholesome family life and pious appearance. But they wanted nothing to do with their Christian neighbors. They were there to make money and the non-Jews, (goyim) whether Postville merchants or migrant workers, were barely distinct from the cattle on their assembly line.

Finally the meatpacking plant, Agriprocessors, filed for bankruptcy in Oct. 2008 after the owner Sholom Rubashkin was arrested for defrauding a bank regarding a $35 million loan. This after the State of Iowa levied $10 million in fines for 9000 violations involving illegal wage deductions and child labor. Then, in June, the company was accused of forging documents for illegal aliens. Four hundred hapless laborers from Guatemala to Palau were arrested and jailed.

Rubashkin.jpgWhen the plant closed, hundreds of workers were left destitute while turkeys languished unfed in trailers outside the plant gates. The town struggled to regain its footing, probably relieved to be rid of this mixed blessing.

In August, a delegation of distinguished rabbis and communal functionaries spent three hours touring the plant, met briefly with local Christian clergy and social activists, and gave the operation a clean bill of health. They found no evidence to suggest that “someone should not buy things from Agriprocessors.”

“A three-hour tour could not uncover the extensive, “egregious” child labor violations that the Iowa state labor commissioner reported… just five days after the rabbis left town. The labor commissioner said he had “never seen anything like it” in his 30 years in the field…” the Jewish Daily Forward wrote in an Editorial August 7. 

“Three hours wouldn’t turn up the voluminous evidence of abuse gathered by the Forward when we first broke the Agriprocessors story two years ago. We found compelling indications of sexual harassment, shorted wages, favoritism and bribery in work assignments, inadequate safety training and horrific work accidents in the place we called a ‘Kosher Jungle.'”

IN DENIAL

This editorial suggests that the rabbis were ignoring the precepts of the “Babylonian Talmud.” This reflects the naivety of assimilated Jews about the true nature of the Talmud, which is the central document of Judaism.  The Talmud regards Gentiles as cattle and preaches hatred against Christians.

This is confirmed by the behavior of the Postville Hasidim. Stephen Bloom was put under the tutelage of one “Lazar”, a “model Lubavitcher, a mensch as well as a tzaddik” (wise man.)

“I am a racist,” Lazar told Bloom right off the bat. The Jews have persisted throughout history because “we are better and smarter.” (192)

“Wherever we go, we don’t adapt to the place or the people, Lazar preached…”It’s always been like that and always will be like that. It’s the place and the people who have to adapt to us.” 

Bloom reflected: “Lazar’s comment underscored the Hasidim’s contempt for non-Jews, which wasn’t limited to Postville gentiles but to all Christians…Hasidim like Lazar have a total disinterest in anything or anyone who isn’t Jewish…The Hasidim were waging a cultural holy war…Their world was Jew vs. non-Jew…If you didn’t agree, you were at fault, part of the problem. You were paving the way for the ultimate destruction of the Jews, the world’s Chosen People. There was no room for compromise…no room for anything but total and complete submission.” (196-198)

This extends to business, which is a form of aggression against gentiles.  “I don’t feel like a Jew unless I bargain,” Lazar told him. “A Jew has to feel he got something for the absolute lowest price or he feels rotten.”  After reaching a deal with a Gentile, the Hasid boasted of not keeping the terms or taking his time to pay.

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