Category Archives: Chabad

The Rebbe On Journalism

From Joseph Telushkin’s biography, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History: In 1972, the veteran journalist Gershon Jacobson was considering starting a new Yiddish newspaper (Der Tog Morgen Zhurnal had recently … Continue reading

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As Though He Were Human

A Lubavitcher told me he didn’t like this Joseph Telushkin’s biography, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History because “it treated the Rebbe as though he were human.”

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Why Are Lubavitchers So Happy?

From Joseph Telushkin’s biography, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History: My wife, Dvorah, often commented that whenever I spent the day researching at 770 Eastern Parkway, the generic address for … Continue reading

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FM: Senior Chabad Rebbetzin ‘Apologizes’ To Abuse Victim – But Only Under Pressure And Only Indirectly

Shmarya Rosenberg writes: Rebbetzin Pnina Feldman ‘apologized’ today to anti-child-sex-abuse activist Manny Waks, a co-founder of the anti-child-sex-abuse nonprofit organization Tzedek. But Feldman’s ‘apology’ was issued to the Australian Jewish News, not to Waks directly, and was only issued after … Continue reading

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Kosher Supervision Of America Salaries

I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2012, which listed salaries as follows: * Binyomin Lisbon: ~$320,000 * Joseph Bodenstein: ~$100,000 * Avraham Rosenfeld: $152,863

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