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Category Archives: Chabad
Who’s The Rabbi Sholom Kalmanson Who Gave Such A Stemwinder About The Rebbe?
Here’s an article about the speech with a link to the video. Who is this Rabbi Sholom Kalmanson? He appears to be the head of Chabad of Southern Ohio. From chabad.org: Rabbi Sholom B. Kalmanson, Ex. VP, Chabad of Southern Ohio … Continue reading
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Chabadniks Celebrate Rebbe’s 106th Birthday
Satmarer Chasid emails: Last night the Chabadsker Meshichisten made a "Birthday Party" for their Rebbe’s (in his grave since 5754) 106th birthday! The arrogant Lubavitcher Shliach, and Askan, Rabbi Sholom Kalmonson, Shliach in Cincinnati Ohio, speaks at the Yud … Continue reading
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Tagged america today, askan, birthday party, chutzpah, cincinnati ohio, eastern parkway, farbrengen, lubavitch rebbe, lubavitcher, nbsp, nissan, rabbi, yud
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Chabad Vs. Modern Orthodox
I spent my Shabbat evenly divided between Chabad and the Modern Orthodox. Friday night dinner was with Chabad. It was a big raucous informal table. As Dennis Prager says, it seems like all Chabad shlichim (emissaries) are funny and all … Continue reading
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Chabad Hosts Sabbath Celebration At UC Santa Barbara
Nader Heidari writes for the DailyNexus.com: Under sunny skies, UCSB Chabad hosted the 5th Annual West Coast Shabbaton this past weekend, attracting over 500 Jewish students for beach barbeques, sailing trips and prayer services. Chabad, an off-campus organization, hosted the … Continue reading
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In Bronx School, Culture Shock, Then Revival
Elissa Gootman writes for the New York Times: Junior High School 22, in the South Bronx, had run through six principals in just over two years when Shimon Waronker was named the seventh. On his first visit, in October 2004, … Continue reading
Charges Dismissed Against Chabad Messianist
From Chabad.info so you know it’s true: On the night of Kinus Hashluchim, Rosh Chodesh Kislev, 5767, a unprovoked violent pogrom was perpetrated in Lubavitch World headquarters – 770 Eastern Parkway. The violence, which was publicized on many media outlets, … Continue reading
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‘Chabad Is The Wallmart Of Judaism’
Friends tell me that when Chabad moves into a small Jewish community, they suck up the available funds (Jews prefer to give to Jews who look like authentic Jews), weaken existing communities, but often fail to create communities of their … Continue reading
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Chabad Moves Into Downtown Los Angeles
They’ve set up on Seventh and Broadway. Second Floor. Moshe Greenwald is the man in charge. [email protected] An Iranian shul moved into downtown last year.
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Chabad Embraces Conspiracy Theorist Barry Chamish
Steven Plaut writes: …I find it regrettable to see one group of Chabadniks promoting the infantile conspiracy "theories" of UFO "investigator" Barry Chamish. This Chabad web site is devoting space to Chamish and the latter’s talk before a couple dozen … Continue reading
Chabad Online Since 1988
I first heard about the wonders of the online world in 1985 from talkshow Rush Limbaugh in Sacramento. But I didn’t send my first email until 1993, and didn’t buy my first real computer until July 1997 (an hour after … Continue reading