Motka Bloi and others are, somewhat rightfully, complaining about racism and discrimination against Haredim, right now focusing on the city of Givat Shmuel that is trying to keep Haredim from nearby Bnei Braq out of its parks during the vacation period.

Fair enough. The residents of Givat Shmuel have a point, that the parks they pay tax to design and build are filled during vacations by residents of other cities who did not pay those taxes, making it difficult for the residents themselves to enjoy. Then the visitors also leave the park filthy, requiring more tax money from the residents to keep cleaning it up. They say the city of Bnei Braq should use the tax money they collect to build similar parks for its residents and provide these services on their own.

The problem is that it is a public park and everyone, even Bnei Braq, is part of the public. I think in the end the issue will end up in the courts, as it has before, and Givat Shmuel will not be allowed to block anyone from entering.

Until that point, we are getting a lot of screaming about racism and discrimination, with some even calling Givat Shmuel elders "Nazis" and other such epitaphs.

It might be an appropriate moment to point out that the Charedi community of Bnei Braq, and other places, have their own issues of discrimination. Such as, let's see a secular Jew try to buy an apartment and move into Betar or Modiin Ilit or Bnei Braq. Such as, this video report (below) on discrimination within the Haredi community when trying to register for yeshivas - with them discriminating against students of sefardi and russian descent with hurtful epitaphs of their own. Or the recent incident with the winery that was forced to move Ethiopian employees off the wine line by the Eida kashrut agency (until a public outcry pressured the owners to reverse the decision). And more and more.

Some might use the words of chazal of "כל הפוסל במומו פוסל" . I would simply say that we all have our problems and few are clean of acting with discrimination. Before calling anyone a Nazi, one might want to first look inward and evaluate of he or she is clean of such behavior.