Sunday, December 2, 2012

Who is Chaim Rubin and Why Are We Targeting Him?

It is a serious thing to do: to target an individual and call for a boycott of his business. One would need quite a lot of cause to take this stand. We do.
 
 I have personally helped many heartbroken families who suffered from Chaim Rubin’s actions. I have heard stories of how their children were excluded from entering the school or yeshivah they had their heart set on — excluded for the shallowest of reasons. I know that this kind of selectivity based on social status or wealth is not uncommon and that there are a lot of bad people around who commit these crimes without a second thought. But still, one man stands out as a particularly bad example of the breed… the type that would have helped the Germans in their 'selectzia' of their fellow Jews: Chaim Rubin.

Why Boycott Grand Sterling?

When a business owner uses his power and wealth to hurt Jewish children and families, that person no longer should be supported by the very community that made him wealthy.
 
The person we speak of is: Chaim Rubin, owner of Grand Sterling at 4921 13th Avenue in Brooklyn. As a power wielding board member, Mr. Rubin has taken the Germans’ job of “selectzia” by deciding who passes his personal standards to be accepted in the Veiner mosdos in Boro Park and who does not; by determining who's good enough and who's not; by judging who’s Heimish enough and who's not. His standards, tragically, are based on money, ego and influence.