Friday, February 27th, 2009...1:58 am
Upd:New Lipa Ban
“Litvishe Roshei Yeshiva in America Refuse to Sign Ban Against Concerts”
Breaking! Fanatics Attempt End Run Around Gedolim; Publish New Lipa Ban(Text) From the DM investigative news desk… Asher Friedman who runs the charity Nechomas Yisroel and Yitzchak Stern from Williamsburg, having failed to convince the rabbonim to ban this year’s Lipa Schmeltzer concert, “The Event Live,” scheduled for this Sunday, are once again attempting to cause its cancellation at the last minute. Word is that ads have appeared in today’s Yiddish papers, “Der Blatt” and “Der Yid”, announcing a ban on the concert, signed by school principals. This represents an attempt at an end run around the Gedolim who signed last year’s ban, but were clearly not going to back one on this year’s event. This is a developing story… More as it comes in… BlogInDM.com
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