"Gedolim" Going too Far...

It seems Mordechai Ben David (MBD) has cancelled two concerts he had scheduled in Eretz Yisrael based on the ban a couple of weeks ago because his own Rebbe, the Gerrer Rebbe, signed the ban as well. Interesting. MBD is probably the Gerrer Rebbe's most famous Chassid, and now the Gerrer Rebbe is taking away a large portion of MBD's livelihood. What happened to the decades before this during which MBD did perform, both in Eretz Yisrael and abroad, to separate seating audiences (MBD's policy, by the way, was to NEVER perform to a mixed seating audience)? I'm sorry, but this is going too far. Of course, the "Gedolim" don't seem to care about going too far and taking away people's parnassah, do they? So sad... Of course, it kind of makes me lose respect for MBD for being such a sheep who says "Meh."

And, don't miss this fascinating post by Rabbi Maryles over at Emes Ve-Emunah.