Shmarya Rosenberg

Shmarya Rosenberg (Born Scott Rosenberg cite web|url=http://protocols.blogspot.com/2004_05_09_protocols_archive.html|title=Shmarya Rosenberg|date=2008-08-2|work=LukeFord|publisher=Blogspot.com] ) is a former Habad-Lubavitch Hasid, Baal teshuva and graduate of Hadar Hatorahcite web|url=http://forum.kahane.org/index.php?topic=2392.0;wap2|title=Shmarya Rosenberg|date=2008-08-2|work=Kahane Forum|publisher=Kahane.org] , who after becoming discontented with its policies regarding a dispute over the Jewishness of Ethiopian Jews cite web|url=http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/about.html|title=Shmarya Rosenberg|date=2008-08-2|work=FailedMessiah|publisher=Shmarya Rosenberg] , left the movement, and went on to operate a full time blog known as "Failed Messiah".

Biography

Called by some as "the watchdog of the Orthodox world" cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1006280.html|title=Jewish blogger is the watchdog of the Orthodox world|date=2004-08-4|work=haaretz|work=Haaretz, July 31, 2008] , Shmarya Rosenberg born in Saint Paul, Minnesota.cite web|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/13848/|title=Blogger Focuses on Orthodox Foibles|date=2008-08-2|work=By Anthony Weiss|work=Jewish Daily Forward, July 24, 2008] Originally a secular Jew, Rosenberg joined Chabad and became a Baal teshuvah. Soon after joining the movement, he requested that Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson together with Chabad aid in the effort to rescue the small endangered Black Jewish community of Ethiopia. In response to Chabad's refusal to acknowledge Beta Israel's Jewish identity, Rosenberg created a blog [ [http://www.FailedMessiah.com FailedMessiah.com] ] with the purpose of reporting on the "shortcomings" and "hypocrisy" of Orthodox Jewry.. Because of his actions, he was excommunicated by the Chabad movement.cite web|url=http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/about.html|title=Shmarya Rosenberg|date=2008-08-2|work=FailedMessiah|publisher=Shmarya Rosenberg] .

Failed Messiah

The Failed Messiah blog, which has been hacked into several times, cite web|url=http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2004/08/just_a_note.html|title=Just a note|date=2004-08-4|work=Shmarya Rosenburg|publisher=failedmessiah.com] 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 self-appointed whistle blower of sorts, uncovering and publicizing scandals relating to violence] , sex abuse, cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1809880,00.html|title=Cloistered Shame in Israel|date=2008-05-28|work=Time Magazine|publisher=Time Warner] cite web|url=http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2008/04/haredi-child-se.html|title=Haredi Child Sex abuse described from the inside|date=2008-08-2|work=FailedMessiah|publisher=Shmarya Rosenberg] and gossip within the Orthodox Jewish community.

A frequent target of Failed Messiah is the Rubashkin family, owners of Agriprocessors, a kosher meatpacker in Postville, Iowa. [http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/rubashkin.html Failed Messiah -- Rubashkin Scandals ] Due to the nature of the blog and his refusal to censor it in any way, Rosenberg is considered extremely unpopular in many Orthodox circles. cite web|url=http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/about.html|title=Shmarya Rosenberg|date=2008-08-2|work=FailedMessiah|publisher=Shmarya Rosenberg]

References

External links

* [http://www.FailedMessiah.com Failed Messiah]