Career
Rabbi Klass received Smicha (Rabbinical Ordination) from Yeshiva Torah Vodaas. Prior to starting The Jewish Press, he was a co-publisher of The Brooklyn Daily(now defunct). He used his newspaper to support both what should seem obvious (Torah, Israel, Jewish Civil Rights) and a range of causes that were not getting much publicity, from the Igud Harabbonim (Rabbinical Alliance of America) to matters dealing with honoring the power of Bais Din.
He and Rabbi Meir Kahane, whom he hired, broke this barrier, the latter also expanding upon this in the books he authored.
Interestingly, some have attempted to even extend AYLOR by having "O" stand for "Ordained.". The point made by Rabbi Klass is that information in the column is to educate, not to provide an absolute ruling.
