A lot of people accuse me of only being critical of charedi society because of how the Gedolim banned my books twenty years ago. That does not appear to be true, in light of the fact that most non-charedi people in Israel feel exactly the same way about charedi society as I do. As for the ban, while it was extremely painful to endure, it ended up improving my life in many ways, and I am extremely glad that it happened.

But even more significantly, it was an enormous own goal on behalf of the Gedo...