Sep 3, 2018

Rabbi posts video condemning Flatbushgirl

Rabbi Yehuda Levin, who made quite a stir a few years back when he spoke out about alternative lifestyles and homosexuality - and over time on many other topics, is upset that "FlatbusGirl",  Adina Miles, is running for political office as District Seat under the Democrat Party.

Here is a clip made by Rabbi Levin speaking out against Adina Miles..




I admit that I too have been surprised, not with her running for office but that years ago with her antics she was not strongly condemned or anything like that. Perhaps personally within her community she suffered some backlash, as in interviews she says she has, but it seems publicly she has been largely ignored by the establishment. Perhaps it speaks to the strength of the Jewish community in the USA that their leaders do not feel the need to speak out and condemn every person who does not toe the line.

I would point out that the antics Miles is criticized for by Levin are relatively old. She has changed her style in recent years. A few years ago she was making funny and crazy videos of her antics and publishing them everywhere online, but more recently, in the past year or two, she has been showing herself as having matured - videos of chessed, of discussion, of motivation and almost no videos of the antics she used to post. I guess Rabbi Levin does not recognize that people can change and mature and only sees her the way she was a few years ago.

I have no idea if she is worthy of the seat she is running for, and I am not endorsing her for office (as if she needs or wants my endorsement or that it might even help her if I offered it or hurt her if I didn't). She does seem like a thoughtful person and as someone who tries to help others, especially using her platform (that she spent years building) to do so, but more than that I do not know much about her or her capabilities.




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8 comments:

  1. JSSeptember 04, 2018 5:08 PM

    Yehuda Levin is a fringe attention seeker. If you are looking for reaction from "leaders" and the "establishment", this is not it.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 04, 2018 6:54 PM

    "running for political office as District Seat under the Democrat Party."

    I live in New York, but I have no idea what "District Seat" means. Do you know?

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    1. MiMedinat HaYamSeptember 06, 2018 11:20 PM

      District Leader. Every party has two -- one male, one female (start bagatz against it) in each district. An entrée for bigger and better things.

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  3. Cohen YSeptember 05, 2018 6:39 PM

    Flatbush has a poor score on
    moral Values

    enough to give indigestion
    She is a hedonist in all but name

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  4. Rabbi LevinSeptember 09, 2018 4:25 AM

    This is"fringe"!!was forwarded ur post. Thank for letting ur audience judge directly by featuring my video
    If u see her recent stuff and Instagram posts onlbtq agenda and dialogue with them, it's all current events. I.e. y can't women blow Shofar " patriarchal" men who speak about tznius. I consider her an ambitious role model danger who pledged to run for hogher office. Thank again for airing this" fringe" view( maybe it's my tzitzis??) Hope I consider ur openmindedness in airing TRADITIONAIST views on other issues. See my Fri video on r mirwiss homosexual agenda curriculum. A kvcs" t to u ,URS and ur audience. Yl

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 09, 2018 5:27 AM

    Adina Miles is a caring person who really wants to protect the underdog and the disenfranchised. Rabbi Levin is trying desperately to become relevant again after disappearing from the public scene for nearly ten years and he thinks that he found his magic pill to stardom by attacking this frum mother of 2 relentlessly and hasn't been able to declare anything redeeming about her even though there's so much she does to help others in her community. Rabbi Levin readily resorts to name calling and person bashing and makes it very hard to respect him or his methods. He's a fringe Rabbi who seems to be alone in his public condemnation of Adina Miles and instead of realizing that's because she's not a threat, and she's not very different than so many others just like her. The reason Rabbi Levin is alone is because no other Rabbi is trying to gain publicity for themself at the expense of attacking and publicly shaming another jew. I'm saddened greatly by this lack of true Torah leadership and guidance.

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    1. Cohen YSeptember 09, 2018 1:32 PM



      Today of all days?!
      Rather than adhere to a message,
      prefer instead to knockout the messenger ?!

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  6. Rabbi LevinSeptember 09, 2018 9:03 AM


    I don't know how to forward u my" fringe" op ed re this subject featured in the current Jewish press online/paper entitled Flatbush girl : leader or misleading. Perhaps u would consider featuring it for reasons of info as well as my insights/ definition of tznius. Thank 4 ur consideration. Your humble servant, klal yisroels " fringe" pinchas and residentPin cushion , back from the crypt( parody to help advance my detracto powerfull reasoned intellectual arguments re my detailed contentions) ylevin. Again kvc" t to all especially my vaunted interlocutors. H loves u how could I do less?!!

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