[Avodah] Reading Newspapers and Other secular Literature on Shabbos

[Harry Maryles]

On Oct 28, 2018, at 12:09 PM, Prof. Levine via Avodah <avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
> I have been told that R. Baruch Epstein was not known for the
> accurateness of his writings. The person who told me this claimed that
> RYBS said this.
> 
> In any event see
> http://traditionarchive.org/news/originals/Volume%2035/No.%201/Rayna%20Batya%20and.pdf 

FWIW RAS strongly defended the Mekor Baruch and was highly critical of
its critics. He referred to Them basically as midgets compared to R'
Baruch Halevi Epstein. Of which the author of this Tradition article
would Certainly qualify.

HM