AGUDACOLYPSE: Timing is not everything, but it is a statement about how unimportant Assisted Suicide in NY is on the Aguda Totem pole.

 Rabbosai,

Note the irony of this latest bout of Aguda fundraising, prominently featuring the "CEO" of Assisted Suicide in NJ, now Assemblyman Avi Schnall (D).  It is Schnall, performing as the Aguda lobbyist in NJ, who in early 2018 single-handedly ensured that R. Heshie Hirth didn't restrain the single vote in the Assembly (Passaic's own then-freshman Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese) to push Assisted Suicide over the threshold, as evident from the recording we publicized at the time Schnall initially ran for his current seat in the NJ Assembly.

Now, just as NY faces a looming specter of passage of similar Assisted Suicide/ Stealth Euthanasia legislation early this week [unless the oncoming snowstorm BE"H disrupts their evil designs] - Aguda's Schnall issues this fundraiser.

This diversionary schnorr hits Klal Yisroel just when attention and money is desperately needed to save countless lives -- by rallying enough opposition to pressure two key state senators and four key Assemblymen to switch to voting NO [on the Chapter Amendments (S8835/ A9515) - the "safeguards improvement" bill which would enable Gov. Hochul to sign the Assisted Suicide bill the legislature passed on June 9, '25, S138/A136].

And this - as Aguda has lately been eerily silent in combating the Assisted Suicide bill, leaving the heavy lifting to those far less endowed with resources needed to combat the Cannibal Lobby.

בס"ד

מוצ"ש בא תשפו

January '25, '26

AGUDACOLYPSE: Timing is not everything, but it is a statement about how unimportant Assisted Suicide in NY is on the Aguda Totem pole.

Rabbosai,

Note the irony of this latest bout of Aguda fundraising, prominently featuring the "CEO" of Assisted Suicide in NJ, now Assemblyman Avi Schnall (D).  It is Schnall, performing as the Aguda lobbyist in NJ, who in early 2018 single-handedly ensured that R. Heshie Hirth didn't restrain the single vote in the Assembly (Passaic's own then-freshman Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese) to push Assisted Suicide over the threshold, as evident from the recording we publicized at the time Schnall initially ran for his current seat in the NJ Assembly.

Now, just as NY faces a looming specter of passage of similar Assisted Suicide/ Stealth Euthanasia legislation early this week [unless the oncoming snowstorm BE"H disrupts their evil designs] - Aguda's Schnall issues this fundraiser.

This diversionary schnorr hits Klal Yisroel just when attention and money is desperately needed to save countless lives -- by rallying enough opposition to pressure two key state senators and four key Assemblymen to switch to voting NO [on the Chapter Amendments (S8835/ A9515) - the "safeguards improvement" bill which would enable Gov. Hochul to sign the Assisted Suicide bill the legislature passed on June 9, '25, S138/A136].

And this - as Aguda has lately been eerily silent in combating the Assisted Suicide bill, leaving the heavy lifting to those far less endowed with resources needed to combat the Cannibal Lobby.

Moreover, it's one thing to leave the heavy lifting to others.  However, to actively cause the tzibbur to move on - by insinuating that it's over (as Aguda did in their defeatist and deceptive Press Release in wake of the announcement of Gov. Hochul on Chanuka, Dec. 17, '25), and to distract attention with their PR (as they do here, and as they did in their self-adulatory promotional of Jan. 20, '26 - see further*), as if this crisis is altogether not an issue to us, is unforgivable.

And Schnall appears front and center... right where he belongs.

כל המיצר לישראל נעשה ראש...

וע' יחזקאל לד - כפשוטו ממש.

NSL

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* Here's the NY State segment of the Aguda promotional of Jan. 20th:

Fair Use - all emphasis added by me - NSL

"Agudath Israel Welcomes Governor Hochul’s State of the State as Legislative Session Begins

Agudath Israel of America applauds several positive priorities for our community outlined by Governor Kathy Hochul today at her 2026 State of the State address.  

The governor’s proposal to significantly expand childcare to include statewide Universal Pre-K, grow 3-K (childcare for 3-year-olds) support, and offer free childcare for 2-year-olds in conjunction with New York City, will be most helpful to our growing families. 

Agudath Israel has long advocated for programs to assist parents with childcare and notes Governor Hochul and the legislature’s landmark boost to the Empire State child tax credit last year, a priority for Agudah and its constituents.  

The Agudah also thanks Governor Hochul for supporting legislation introduced by Senator Sam Sutton and Assemblymember Micah Lasher to protect houses of worship from the type of protests and intimidation that has, sadly, been occurring around our shuls. The proposal would make it a crime to intimidate or interfere with someone seeking to enter a house of worship, and would introduce a buffer zone within which two or more individuals may not protest. Our shuls cannot be allowed to devolve into political flashpoints for opportunistic antisemites.  

The Agudah will be advocating for the fruition of these and many other priorities as the legislative session begins, including protecting the rights of parents with special needs in nonpublic schools; enhancing security for our schools; ensuring our yeshivas are fully reimbursed for mandated services; and other measures to protect our constituents and combat antisemitism.  

Agudath Israel looks forward to working with both the governor and the legislature to enact these legislative priorities. "

NSL: Note blatant absence of looming Assisted Suicide legislation... unless it is somehow alluded to via remez of a Gematria or Asmachta herein ...