Rabbis are now "popes"

At least thats what this writer had to say to the filthy Jewish Press in this weeks "letters to the editors". Jewishpress: Can Rabbis Be Wrong? Readers Respond ‘Jewish Popes’ Kudos to Rabbi Mordechai Weiss ("Can Our Rabbis Be Wrong?" op-ed, Jan. 13) for having the courage to write what so many frum Jews are petrified to even whisper about. When did the notion ever seep into our consciousness that rabbis are somehow infallible or above criticism? As a child I always heard Orthodox Jews speak with condescension of Catholics who believed a human being like the pope could be infallible, beyond question, all seeing and all knowing, etc. And now, as a senior citizen some sixty years later, I see in the Orthodox community exactly the same phenomenon, although in our case this blasphemous elevation of mere mortals extends beyond one man to many, many rabbis. It seems that every learned or respected rabbi is now, lehavdil, a Jewish pope — not to be questioned, criticized or second-guessed, no matter the issue. Tibor Marger Jerusalem