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New York Post reporter Yoav Gonen launched a bitterly vicious assault on the life and legacy of HaRav Ovadia Yosef, only hours after his passing. As world Jewry grieves for a great spiritual leader and Torah giant the New York Post behaves in a horribly shameful manner. Via @yoevgonen

As we join the entire Jewish nation in mourning the loss of HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef, a truly Gadol HaDor (Torah giant of our generation), we were beyond outraged when we read The New York Post of Tuesday, October 8th. The blaring headline of their article pretty much sums it up. “Goy Very, What a Putz!” it was called and it condemned Democratic mayoral candidate Bill deBlasio for tweeting his praise of HaRav Ovadia’s life and legacy. It appears that one Yoav Gonen, an ostensible New York Post writer decided to take deBlasio to task for not vetting HaRav Ovadia’s record before taking to the social media sites. Always seeking out some salacious and blatantly spurious gossip to pedal, it seems like the Post really out did themselves this time when they allowed Gonen to fulminate over his inherent antipathy towards HaRav Ovadia.

One doesn’t have to be a genious to realize that Gonen (if that is his real name) is most probably a disaffected Israeli who wants to use the death of one of the greatest Torah sages of our lifetime as a chance to spew forth his venom and lies.  As with anyone who is a skilled propagandist will tell you, it is not the truth that matters but how you distort it and take it out of context.

Gonen used his bully platform to besmirch the stellar reputation of HaRav Ovadia by accusing him in the most ribald of ways, of embodying every evil under the sun. According to the blather that Gonen tries to pass off as journalism, he concludes that the great sage was a racist who castigated in the harshest terms all non-Jews and even Jews who died during the Holocaust.

Gonen fails to mention that HaRav Ovadia was the single most unifying  rabbinic force not only in Israel but throughout the world.  His closest friends included the left-wing Israeli President Shimon Peres who stood by his bed side during his final hours and even Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who sent his heartfelt and genuine condolences.  HaRav Ovadia followers included his very own Jews of Sephardic origin, atheists, Chassidic Jews and just about everyone in between. His whole life represented an avatar of kindness and compassion; of the highest levels of Torah scholarship, of courageous leadership during challenging times and above all an abiding love for all of humanity.

The New York Post owes its readers an apology for this effrontery and for viciously and fraudently assailing the legacy of Rav Ovadia Yosef.

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