{"id":15798,"date":"2010-01-08T13:56:37","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T21:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=15798"},"modified":"2010-01-08T14:45:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T22:45:16","slug":"failed-messiah-profiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=15798","title":{"rendered":"Failed Messiah Profiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/09\/us\/09religion.html\">Samuel G. Freedman writes in the New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nLeaders of the Chabad movement declined to speak on the record about Mr. Rosenberg, but in general, they say he has exaggerated the degree of messianism in the movement and that he is driven to settle scores. Even they, though, acknowledge he has gotten some embarrassing things right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel G. 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