A Plea for Moderation in Yiddishkeit

Fine essay by Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz, originally published in the Jewish Press, responding to the now-famous computer stomping video. 

The radical views like those espoused by [the computer-smashing Rosh Yeshiva] and illustrated by his actions are stomping on far more than a single laptop. Such views threaten to trample the future - and Yiddishkeit - of the families who follow them.

Extremism might turn out a few kanna'im, but it will turn off many more kids and adolescents.