Entries from September 2004

September 29, 2004

A Stark Comparison

On the Responsibility to Save Lives
". . . [W]hen children suffer, and we know about them, we are always responsible for what is happening to them. To feed one child and to give hope to one parent is already to raise our voice against despair, against hunger, against injustice, inequality and humiliation."
Elie Wiesel
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September 28, 2004

Leave It All To God The Rebbe?

As you read this piece by Hillel Halkin, recall that the theology written about here is the theology of Chabad, with perhaps one important exception — Chabad leaves it all to the Rebbe:
Yo’eli didn’t try to argue with that. He couldn’t because he had no arguments. He still had his grin, though. He said, “Your [...]

September 28, 2004

Leave It All To God The Rebbe?

As you read this piece by Hillel Halkin, recall that the theology written about here is the theology of Chabad, with perhaps one important exception — Chabad leaves it all to the Rebbe:
Yo’eli didn’t try to argue with that. He couldn’t because he had no arguments. He still had his grin, though. He said, “Your [...]

September 28, 2004

Leave It All To God The Rebbe?

As you read this piece by Hillel Halkin, recall that the theology written about here is the theology of Chabad, with perhaps one important exception — Chabad leaves it all to the Rebbe:
Yo’eli didn’t try to argue with that. He couldn’t because he had no arguments. He still had his grin, though. He said, “Your [...]

September 28, 2004

Leave It All To God The Rebbe?

As you read this piece by Hillel Halkin, recall that the theology written about here is the theology of Chabad, with perhaps one important exception — Chabad leaves it all to the Rebbe:
Yo’eli didn’t try to argue with that. He couldn’t because he had no arguments. He still had his grin, though. He said, “Your [...]

September 27, 2004

1943 & 1983: A Comparison

In 1943, the Union of Grand Rabbis and Agudas HaRabbonim issued the following plea calling on all rabbis to attend the Rabbis March on Washington. In part, it reads:
The Union of Grand Rabbis, as well as the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, appeals to support the action of the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People [...]

September 27, 2004

1943 & 1983: A Comparison

In 1943, the Union of Grand Rabbis and Agudas HaRabbonim issued the following plea calling on all rabbis to attend the Rabbis March on Washington. In part, it reads:
The Union of Grand Rabbis, as well as the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, appeals to support the action of the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People [...]

September 27, 2004

1943 & 1983: A Comparison

In 1943, the Union of Grand Rabbis and Agudas HaRabbonim issued the following plea calling on all rabbis to attend the Rabbis March on Washington. In part, it reads:
The Union of Grand Rabbis, as well as the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, appeals to support the action of the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People [...]

September 27, 2004

1943 & 1983: A Comparison

In 1943, the Union of Grand Rabbis and Agudas HaRabbonim issued the following plea calling on all rabbis to attend the Rabbis March on Washington. In part, it reads:
The Union of Grand Rabbis, as well as the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, appeals to support the action of the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People [...]

September 27, 2004

1943 & 1983: A Comparison

In 1943, the Union of Grand Rabbis and Agudas HaRabbonim issued the following plea calling on all rabbis to attend the Rabbis March on Washington. In part, it reads:
The Union of Grand Rabbis, as well as the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, appeals to support the action of the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People [...]

September 25, 2004

Embezzlement In Vina?

According to the Forward, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is now saying that it
shifted its funding to the Jewish Community of Lithuania and away from Chabad because of financial problems with [Chabad Rabbi Sholom Ber] Krinsky . . .

September 24, 2004

UPDATE: 1943 Rabbis’ March on Washington

The David S. Wyman Institute has posted an exhibit about the Rabbis’ March on Washington. It seems that the Rashag was the Freidiker Rebbe’s delegate and that a very young Nissin Mindel accompanied the Rashag.
Update: The S.Z. Gourary on the list is not Shmaryahu Gourary (a.k.a. The Rashag), the son-in-law of the Freidiker Rebbe. It [...]

September 23, 2004

The Rebbe’s Letter on the Rescue of Ethiopian Jews

Do Not Waste Energy On Any Work Which Is Not Connected With Fulfilling The Mission Of Lubavitch
By the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson
As published in Kfar Chabad Magazine, Volume 1079, 5 Shevat 5764 (January 28, 2004) Page 35.

September 23, 2004

Chabad Thuggery and Dirty Tricks

Here’s a revealing article on Chabad thuggery and dirty tricks used to silence whistleblowers and critics.
Do you donate money to Chabad? Do you pray in a Chabad synangogue? Is your rabbi a Chabadnik?
Perhaps it’s time to reevaluate your affiliations.