The leader of Neturei Karta in the United States, Moshe Dov Ber Beck, finally died Baruch Hashem on Thursday night. He was 87. It was not a moment too soon.
Beck was a fixture at every anti-Israel event in the Tri-State area for years, easily recognizable as he wore a Yerushalmi bekesha every day. He was not related to the famous New York Ranger, Barry "Bubba" Beck [a man of PEACE!!] although the latter was a lot more popular among the Jews. The latter Beck could be identified b/c of his Ranger uniform and his fist in opposing player's face.
Beck [Moishe Dov - not Bubba] was born in Budapest, Hungary. His early childhood was spent hiding with his brother from Nazi persecution until 1945, when Soviet troops took Budapest. In 1948, he migrated to Bnei Brak, Israel, where he began yeshiva studies. In 1959, he married, and at that time joined Neturei Karta, leaving Vizhnitz of which he had formerly been a part. He left Israel in 1970 because, he claimed, of his strong opposition to Zionism, and has since lived in Monsey, New York, where he spent his time as a vehement anti-Zionist activist. The REAL REASON he left is b/c Eretz Yisrael vomited him out.
Beck, along with other terrorist-supporting Jews such as Yisroel Dovid Weiss, disguise themselves as Orthodox Jews and have literally kissed and hugged the most notorious anti-Semites of the globe. Beck travelled to Iran in 2006 with a group of his supporters to attend the Holocaust Denial conference, which was held by then Iranian-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who frequently called for Israel to be wiped off the map.
In fact Mr Weiss told Ahmadinejad that he was “a light to the nations”, and that he was “exemplary” in his recognition of what Zionism really is and his warmth for Judaism.
He was buried in Monsey 12 feet under and not 6 feet under b/c "deep down" he was a good guy.
