Shmarya Rosenberg
Shmarya Rosenberg (born Scott Rosenberg)[1] is a former Habad-Lubavitch Hasid, Baal teshuva and graduate of Hadar Hatorah,[2] who after becoming discontented with Habad's policies regarding the Jewishness of Ethiopian Jews, left the movement, and went on to operate a full time blog known as Failed Messiah.[3]
Biography
Rosenberg was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[4] Originally a secular Jew, Rosenberg joined Chabad and became a Baal teshuvah. After joining the movement, he asked Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, to move the Chabad movement to aid in the effort to rescue the Beta Israel of Ethiopia. When he found out that the Rebbe ultimately rejected his suggestion, he became disenchanted with Chabad and its Rebbe.[3] Due to his perception of alleged hypocrisy within Orthodox Judaism, he eventually created a blog [5] with the purpose of reporting on the shortcomings and hypocrisy of Orthodox Jewry in general, and Chabad in particular.[4] Because of his outspoken and often brazen disrespect of Chabad and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, he was excommunicated by Chabad of St. Paul.
Failed Messiah
Considered by some[who?] as "a Baal Loshen Hora," i.e., gossipmonger,[6] the Failed Messiah blog, which claims it has been hacked into several times,[3] serves as a news-style outlet with the motto Covering Orthodox Judaism since 2004.
Using the blog as a means of reaching a wide audience and covering the largely under-reported Haredi/Hasidic sector, Rosenberg reports as a whistle blower, uncovering and publicizing scandals relating to violence, sex abuse,[7][8] and gossip within the Orthodox Jewish community.
A frequent target of Failed Messiah is the Rubashkin family, former owners of Agriprocessors, a kosher meat-packaging factory in Postville, Iowa.[9]
References
- ^ "Shmarya Rosenberg". LukeFord. Blogspot.com. 2008-08-02.
- ^ "Shmarya Rosenberg". Kahane Forum. Kahane.org. 2008-08-02.
- ^ a b c "Shmarya Rosenberg". FailedMessiah. Shmarya Rosenberg. 2008-08-02. Cite error: The named reference "Failed Messiah" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b "Blogger Focuses on Orthodox Foibles". Jewish Daily Forward, July 24, 2008. 2008-08-02.
- ^ FailedMessiah.com
- ^ "Jewish blogger is the watchdog of the Orthodox world". Haaretz, July 31, 2008. 2004-08-04.
- ^ "Cloistered Shame in Israel". Time Magazine. Time Warner. 2008-05-28.
- ^ "Haredi Child Sex abuse described from the inside". FailedMessiah. Shmarya Rosenberg. 2008-08-02.
- ^ Failed Messiah -- Rubashkin Scandals
External links
- Failed Messiah
- Samuel G. Freedman: Muckraking Blogger Focuses on Jews. The New York Times, January 8, 2010
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