NEW YORK (VINnews) —The Flatbush Jewish Journal, a weekly Orthodox publication based in Brooklyn, published no less than fifty pages of obituaries in its most recent issue, a testimony to the devastating power of the coronavirus which has left the local community bereft of some of its most prestigious personalities, according to a report in The Forward.
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Several pages were devoted to the Novominsker Rebbe and the Sasregener Rebbe, heads of two Hasidic dynasties who died of coronavirus in April. Other tributes memorialized respected rabbis and yeshiva leaders, as well as Noach Dear, a Brooklyn councilman and judge.
Publisher Mordy Mehlman wrote that “we are all in mourning. We feel the pain, we feel the fear, we feel the loss that is indescribable. Many hundreds of Acheinu Bnei Yisrael (Our brothers, the children of Israel) have tragically perished in the coronavirus mageifa (plague) while many others languish alone in hospitals, their lives hanging by a thread. Thousands of widows and orphans around the world cry out in pain.”
The publication noted that “due to the enormity of the crisis,” it was unable to document every death that occurred in the past few weeks.
The Flatbush Jewish Journals “Yahrzeits and Tributes” section is normally much shorter. An issue in April 2019 contained about fifteen pages of tributes of which most marked the yahrzeit, or anniversary, of a community member’s passing, rather than a recent death.
Obituaries that commemorated men were accompanied by one or several photos. However, only one woman’s obituary included a photo. Another woman was represented by a photo of her husband. Some Orthodox publications refrain from publishing pictures of women, citing concerns for modesty.
So sad….BD”E
Heart breaking.
Worse tragedy for kall yisroel in the USA since the holocaust
Obviously, the main focus of this article is Pictures of Women.
Our heimish society was spinning out of control. Expensive crazy weddings,parties,Pesach programs etc. shul talking and youngsters because big chutzpedik to elders. Kids demanding every gadget from parents. Waste of food from simchas thrown in garabage. Disrespect on every level even at kosel with the reform women troublemakers coming every mornth.
And just to add New York and Tel Aviv turn into sodom. Heimisha people are trying to keep up with neighbors cars and houses. Heimisha women watching soap operas and discuss it lehavdil like a gemorrah
My gosh, you’re all fighting like children!
The article is about the nebech 50 pages of tzoros., and you guys are just hocking each other a kup!
Say something somber, respectful etc, or say nothing at all!
What does having pictures of women on the publication have to do with the rest of the artical