Dr. David Berger, head of the Jewish Studies department at Yeshiva College of Yeshiva University, has been given another public stage for his attacks on Chabad-Lubavitch philosophy.
Berger, a rabbi, is the author of “The Rebbe the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference” and “The Jewish Christian Debate in the High Middle Ages- A Critical Edition of the Nizzahon Vetus.”
(The book is filled with numerous other errors and fallacies, too many to deal with here. Least among these are the careless inaccuracies, ” Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet commented in the past.)
The Center for Jewish History’s YIVO will be featuring this evening, March 3 at 7:00pm, a lecture of Berger titled “The Lubavitcher Rebbe as Messiah: Turning Point in Judaism?”
“Lubavitch Hasidism has generated the most successful messianic movement in Jewish history since the seventeenth century,” reads the lecture description.
“Belief in the Rebbe’s Messiahship after his death and even formulations that flirt—or more than flirt—with affirmations of his divinity have raised the specter to some observers of a fundamental transformation of Judaism, while others have argued that this is a passing development of little moment.”
Berger is said to examine “how this movement arose, how powerful or widespread it is, and how likely it is to affect the Jewish religion.”
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you dont realise that berger’s attack is against the whole lubaviych amd meshichism is another excuse. he came about 25 – 30 yrs ago out against kubavitch and the rebbe in connection with mivtzoim especially neshek. so when you say he is right you are playing with fire
or Majesky, or GReenberg, or Levi GOrelick, or Yossi Jacobson, or Heck any bochur in Oholie Torah,
this man is a joke, does not have his facts straight, any yukel who goes to this YIVO event has too much time on his hands.
Perhaps he can preach to Chaim Piekarsky, and Shimmy Duetsch
Our Rabbonim need to break the messianc baloney.
please (please) crwal out of your box or even bean that you are living in, please.
yes berger is an OUTSIDER and who likes outsiders telling us what to do (nobody does)
however, please crwl out of your bean and realize that we have a serious problem in our midst.
We have very harsh comments and opinions about Dr Berger. But don’t the Meshiachistin have exactly those same opinions about the rest of Chabad.
And should we be surprised that an outsider would criticize and disapprove of Chabad as a whole, when he sees that this is the movement that brought about the Meshiachisten.
BS”D Berger is an emasculated mouse, Chabad is a pride of lions. Let the mouse squeak into the wind, as lions we don’t need to chase and hunt mice. A cat or a trap will get him in due time if he does not do tshuva for his loshon horo, disrespect for tzaddikim, and spreading machloikes. He reminds me of the Neturei Karta wannabes who just do what they do for attention and a bissel tryfe gelt (cf Lipa: a bissel tryfe gelt, in machloikes af der velt, Berger is a little clown who ought to play with FELT). IIRC… Read more »
He is a Wacko, He is a Wacko… (T.T.T.O. I am an apple:)
if he had to go to YIVO it means that doesn’t have a poidum at another normal place. when is the last time you heard of an event there?
what the …. are you talking about? have something against tzfatim? speak up…
POOR MR. BERGER. HAS SUCH A LOW SELF IMAGE THAT HE HAS TO KNOCK LUBAVITCH AS HIS SCAPEGOAT TO COVER IT UP! THE MAN DOESN’T HAVE EVEN A HINT OF THE MESIRAS NEFESH FOR A FELLOW JEW, DUE TO THEIR DEVOTION TO THE REBBE AND HIS IDEALS, YET HAS THE AUDACITY TO OPEN HIS MOUTH AGAINST PEOPLE WHO HAVE LITERALLY AND STILL DO GIVE UP EVERYTHING (UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN THEIR LIVES) SIMPLY TO DO THE REBBE’S BIDDING TODAY, NEARLY FIFTEEN YEARS SINCE THE DAY BERGER WOULD LIKE US TO THINK IT WAS ALL OVER. ALL I COULD SAY IS MAY HASHEM… Read more »
What is YIVO? Aren’t they the organization that is dedicated to resurrecting secular “Yiddish Kulture”?
why do you want to know the time? did they ask you help set up the three folding chairs?
I personally tried calling many of Anash of CH to attend, to reply to hid comments, and nobody is home! Where the Shtoltz for Lubavitch?
תרוממנה קרנות צדיק
and the sefatim are dancing in 770, who cares?
What time is call for?
I”YH there will be a low turnout.