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Like you, I don’t know what to make of the recent Washington Post investigative article on Rabbi Menachem Youlus. What is one to make of someone who you’ve met from time to time over the years and have surmised is an individual of the highest ethical caliber and standards – and then read an article claiming he possibly is not? The article calls into question some of the Baltimore scribe’s longtime claims about the provenance of many of his Torah scrolls, which he says he largely unearthed or discovered throughout Central and Eastern Europe—lost, discarded holy remnants of that highly-emotional touchstone we call the Holocaust. Who would play fast and loose with anything connected to something as sacrosanct as the Shoah? Who would give the chazzers—the deniers—a scintilla of a chance to extend their feast, their orgy of lies?… read more

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There is no “confusing allegations with the truth” if Menachem Youlus profides documentation to refute these allegations. All the people to whom he promised to send documentation weeks ago are still sitting and waiting by their fax machines.

Posted by Karen on 02/12/10 at 09:23 PM

There is nothing to tell your children yet, unless it is a lesson on how to avoid the common trap of confusing allegations with truth. You and I both know that Menachem Youlus has participated in the act of Kiddush HaShem more times than we can imagine, and that is what I would emphasize at this point.

Posted by Susan Vick on 02/07/10 at 05:03 PM

Well put. We need him to come forward and address all this.

Posted by N on 02/02/10 at 05:16 PM

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