The shadows of the machine

On the subject of mentalblog.com: The evil empire:

AP - Ivan Sekretare

Schneur Zalman of NY commenting: Are there any real chief rabbis. The position never existed in Moscow or Russia.. Rabbi Jacob Mazah was Crown rabbi not chief rabbi, Rabbis Schlieffer and Levin were rabbis of the Choral synagogue. Rabbi Fishman and Shayevitch held the same post with much less authority. Then we got chief rabbis. As Reb Chaim Yankev Widerevitz (the mesader of the responsa of the Zemach Zedek) replied when asked who made him chief rabbi of New York, he replied the sign painter.

AP - Ivan Sekretare


Reuters - Alexander Natruskin

I noticed that Olmert appears in many photographs embracing different officials. A peculiar gesture as it looks like he is holding on to people instead of hugging them, in this case it is Luzhkov, Moscow�s mayor. The abandonment of the moral ground by Lubavitch is complete. No "Who is a Jew", no territories, no democracy, no spiritual ecstasy, just around the clock worshiping of money and the ephemeral political power.