Letter of Frustration

So I'm sitting here, in my 2nd story room looking out the window at the clear Crown heights night.

To say that I'm upset, i don't know if that is accurate, I'm frustrated you know, all these years, us the yeka Family we've been through a lot together. From camps to bein hashmoshos's to weddings of Yeka heads etc. we've been through the hard together the easy the happy the fun and unfortunately the not so fun, but all in all its been really really special. but you know at times like these when camp has been over for like 2 weeks and i go to yekaland looking for some inspiration some drive and all i find is the same post that we put up some week and a half ago with a couple of lousy comments?!!! this is angryfiing this is ridiculing i mean YANKI ASCHER where are you is that it? you came last year for pesach camp and ...what? i mean you couldn't spare us not even one post what is wrong with you or is it us are we not cool enough for you, is that it.....and ABRASHA; What the !@#$%!!!! is your excuse driving around in chicago like freekin Al Capone the gangsterin some spoofed up wheels you came to dnep we made a mentch out of you we turned you into who you are today and for what? so you could run away on us and not even stay for the summer? but that's fine so you didn't stay for the summer but at least come by the site and say hello. drop a post ...something! after pesach last year there were tons of posts the wine tasting committee really got involved but now what i don't understand you think that we are a roadside inn, you stop by and then you continue going? what about the boys do you care to even think about them who do they have in the world if not for you?!!! I mean REUVEIN LAIKEN, you think you are going to get off scott free why because you got engaged MAZAL TOV!!!! but why should we lose out what about your OLD FAMILY are we lost do we mean nothing to you anymore.........MICHOEL, and you? from everybody you are the devoted one! ...and what about the rest of you lousy site-visitor-counselors and staff members you know you guys should be posting right left and center you guys have absolutely no excuses i mean these guys i could understand family, jobs they are busy but you guys Shame on you i mean BEREL BRUCHSTAT whats your excuse no internet? we all know how you have no internet! KUSSY and you when did you last put up something? MEIR NEW are you still alive i dont think anyone has heard of you in the last few years what about the site MAN??!!! if the HERSHOVITCH brothers think that they are going to get off easy here they have another thing coming. i know that stavropol and.... has taken over your lives but what about us (this is also Shlichu-u-u-u-u-us) ........YOU JUST WAIT TILL MOMMY HEARS ABOUT THIS!!!! OH AKIVA,....and did i almost forget to mention how lucky we are to have you post once every while!! and then SHMULY and YOS, i mean for crying out loud, no posts!? if the roots are dead, there ain't gonna be a tree. like how else is the world supposed to know about the latest and greatest? Huh? yeah? Huh? and the rest of you guys im sorry but comments are for family members and for kids not for staff members you guys can run from us but you cant hide. either be an active participant or GET OUT!!! and you would think that we are dealing with staff from another camp like montreal or parksville (ooohhh!), here this is Yeka this is embarassing that this has to go up!!!! you remind me of the BLUUUUUUE TEAM! WE ARE MAKING A MACHOOH WE WANT TO SEE SOME LIFE!!! WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE PUTTING IN THEIR 2 CENTS!!!! WE ARE NOT PUTTING UP ANOTHER POST UNTIL SOME MORE POSTS START GO'IN UP!!! Hope y'all see the light! *this is a disclaimer for all the above written to anyone that is going to take offense to this post, we take no responsibility for this outburst by our head counselors please just take it like a man and START POSTING!!!!

18 comments:

yosef said...

ok this is what im talking about!
we are actually the ones here in ukraine w/o anyone to talk to. you know at first we didnt have ime to post then b/c of some dedicated people like dovid b we made time but then we would go on and look for responses maybe get some encouragement but the site just seemed DEAD together with all the people who used to be apart of it im not even gonna mention phone calls to us or the kids (dovid this excludes you b/c just about every night your learning parshos with them on skype)its not like we get pakages of food from yanky and encouraging phone calls from people
who care we dont even have a phone!!!
so we said the hec with it nobody cares nobody needs to know whats happening.
good shabbos!

Anonymous said...

hhhmmm, as someone whos been visiting the various eka websites throughout the past 4-5 years, seems like the yrs of glory are long gone, pesach seemed to be "ok" but fact is, no videos in TWO years, dosnt seem like u guys had any great na director in ages. yeka is a thing of the past, no longer interested in going there, yechi the other camsp

yosef said...

that is a very smart comment for s/o who is sitting from the comfort of his home while other people are having mesiras nefesh mamash to try and make a difference in the world and you dont even have the betzim to say your name!!
well b/c of critics like you we would
rather spend our time changing liefs
than waste our time making videos and
nice posts for you to look at and decide if we are good enough!!
so please keep your wisdom and opinions for yourself!
oh ya and if this is a thing of the past why are you coming to this site?!

zalmen said...

why all the hating, yeka is all about the love, haven't i proved that to you yet

zalmen said...

it would be very nice and understanding if you would kindly take this post off the website, it shows off very bad character trait for people who claim they are part of the yeka family. This is not to bash anyone personally, but to beg at you (whoever you are) to take this one down and put up something nice to say about all the names you mentioned in the one that you will and better take down!
Everyone is loved and cherished for who they are and what they have done and CONTINUE to do whether you can see it with our physical eyes or not, but they care and still do what is in their power. So please, be nice

CGIforever said...

Hey everyone, i kind of think that it's a bit obvious that this should all be taken in good nature. I don't think anyone really is insulting anyone, but rather it's friendly jabs, kind of like the days of the guestbook on the original yekatrinoslav.com
i disagree with observation, as the point is not to go out there and show off by making videos. when there were guys who could throw together a video, that was great, and now we have guys who can drop in and say an occasional hello, and that would be equally fantastic, as it's all about staying in touch and keeping the spirit alive one way or another.
i think to anyone who's been in and around, you know how much we all appreciate each other's efforts, and thus it's understood that this is nothing more than a comical inside gibberish type of thing.
please don't anybody take offense at anything herein.

Anonymous said...

RIP Yekatrineslav!! you cant revive the dead........................ get it!?

Anonymous said...

Arele,
Go have a drink.
It's on me.

Anonymous said...

with all this talk about the yeka family, it would have been nice if you'd at least mentioned the man that started it all. shame on you!

Rabbi Harari said...

I don't know how to post, any tips

Berel said...

(5:33 PM)
we have all seen this pessach that its not about all the cool video's...
and about all the... and... and... it's just about the real stuff.
YA LUBLOO KASHRUT AHA!
YS... I mean yeka NAFSIGDA!!!!!
(any tips of how to post)
(7:04 PM)

Anonymous said...

after three terms as HC, is this your best shot? just face it man, no one cares about yeka anymore. you are a total failure!!!

Berel said...

to all those that have very smart, intelligent,witty.. DUMB comments to post, IF YOU DON'T HAVE 2 INYONIM\ ESROYGIM\YAITZ... TO SAY YOUR NAME, PLEASE DON'T POST
AND JUST FACE IT YEKA 4EVER, this Pesach proved it!!!!!!!

CGIforever said...

for all those interested in posting, follow these simple steps.
1 - email yanki, telling him that you would like to.
2 - after being invited to join, sign in (top right corner) with your gmail account name.
3 - click new post, write what's on your mind, in your heart, and from your soul, play around a bit with the formatting options, perhaps add a picture or two (just click on the picture icon), or maybe even a video clip (click on the movie icon).
4 - for more advanced posting needs, embedding, editing html, please refer to akiva, yanki, or myself, or if all else fails, just google it.
Peace and love,

Anonymous said...

okay not sure how to say this.... but - the roots died years ago. don't mean to bust your buble what you (all those stillgoing) do is amazing, however its no longer the place to be not anymore. i went to pesach camp coz i wasnt accepted in the summer (the year lev chaim seewald and michoel and chaim d. were theere) that was when it was worth paying your ticet and u were guaranteed to be in th ebest camp ever!! staff were top notch. i went pesach it was very good (moshe h. mendelson etc...) but already started dwindeling. now its spoiled milk...

keep up the good work but dont wonder why ppl arent going.

i personalyl was inspired by the orignal site and the VIDEOS!!! (and i don't think i was the only one, so they werent for nothing....)

i am not writing my name bc i know i would prob. get a lot of slack and i prob. wouldnt be as open as i am now without my name...

ur all great, but dont scream about this..

remember when MAtisyahu was the "IN" thing?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? now?!?!?!?

Reuven said...

First of all, spell my name right.

Second of all, I am waiting for my pictures.

Third of all, one day you will understand :).

zalmen said...

pictures of what? seems like on that same day (one day we will understand) you might get what ever it is you are waiting for!

Anonymous said...

To Yitzy and all the other dead staff of previous years
As a newbie to the Yeka family i can say proudly that im for sure coming back... this year in Yeka Peasach 68 was a major success... I heard that in previous years the staff were more outgoing and chaosdik than this year but this year B"h there were no staff trying to kill kids or staff so drunk that the kids got a fealling that they were back in their beautiful homes where getting stoned drunk was the norm.rather this year B"h the kids were properly imbued with Yiddishkeit, Chossidishkeit and Mentchlichkeit, most kids came out happy and not scared,healthy spiritly and not indiffrent to Yiddishkeit and i could say at least for my kids that they came out with Hachlotos Tovos... as for the head staff this year. they great, they(or at least one was very organized(which is vital for a succesful camp)both were good ,helpful and kind to the kids and staff...
so for all the ex-staff of yeka, come back and see how camp got bigger(120 kids!) and better and stop remorsing about other years like little children.
or better yet dont come back b/c yeka doesnt need negitive depressed staff.
so as my bunks cheer goes
Ahvas Yisroel ho ho ho...

Yeka ROCK!!!