Thread by @ShlomoFelber

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Starting a thread on comments and reactions in the Hasidic media to the @nytimes piece by @elizashapiro and @brianmrosenthal.

"The two main writers were unfortunately of Jewish descent, a Schapiro - their education writer who for years hasn't been hiding her venom against yeshivas - and a Rosenthal."

--Satmar newspaper "Der Yid"

Der Yid is very excited that the @nytimes article set Satmar as the leader that sets the tone for other schools. They see it as confirming their superiority over other Hasidic groups.

The NYT article "complains that [yeshivas] censor books from immoral things - without explaining why this is supposed to be a problem."
--Der Yid

(Apparently the Times was supposed to explain that the word "girl" is not immoral, and why it is a problem to erase it.)

"The statement by @NYCMayor was stongly welcomed, in which he boldly responded to questions saying that he doesn't care what the @nytimes says."

--Der Yid

"The Satmar Rebbe [rabbi Zalman] announced, we will never cooperate! ... we are ready to go to prison."

--Der Yid

Der Blatt, the newspaper of the competing Aroni Satmar faction, is even crazier than Der Yid in general and in regards to #YeshivaGate. So much of it isn't even translatable.

I'll leave one piece here from the editorial.