After describing what a good-hearted soul Mr. Balkany is, Harry goes on to lambast for what he calls 'following in the lead of the Spinka Rebbe'.
What Mr. Maryles fails to mention, however, is that this mad has quite a sordid history.
Milton is the sweetest guy you’ll ever meet. He is a guy who can charm your socks off.Exactly! And he has done it many in the past. To yungeleit just after their chasunah with the meager saving they had, to name one type of crime. But the list goes on.
I'm not in the business of spreading these stories, so if you're interested, Google is you're friend. But one again, Harry is exploiting a story for his own cause.
Balkany is a criminal with a terrible history. Don't think for a second that the money he was trying to extort was for any mosdos. Don't, equate him with Spinka. There's no comparison whatsoever.
And knowing this man; for legal reasons, all of the above is pure satire, untrue, whatever...
Update: Listen to the interview on Zev Brenner here.
Amazing how he keeps on self-congratulating himself on his shiurim, chessed, ect., when it has little to do with the case other that trying to control the conversation. Genius.
He also claims that he never visited VIN but that 95% of the comments on his story were positive. Ahem. Anyone knows that online, especially at VIN, what kinds of responses these stories get. Unless you pay. Duh.
Notice how he claims that he didn't do anything wrong 8 years ago, but he threw them a 'bone' to quite them. Ahem again.
And he doesn't let Zev get in any word edgewise. Smart; or stupid. Depending on you're perspective, that is.
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I think you nailed this one. Yep. Balkany is an old fashioned con artist whose neighborhood happens to be the orthodox world. The scandal is that others go along with him and allow him to maintain his status.
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