What particularly got me to write this report was a recent article in The Jerusalem Post by Marvin Schick, one who has a massive chip on his shoulder, may he be blessed (his soul needs it). An article which criticizes Chabad, ridicules, its traditions and accuses its Shluchim of permitting synagogue regulars to drive to Shul on Shabbos, and while I would expect an article to at the very least have facts, this once contains none. I didn't find anything of truth in the article and I feel pure hatred against Chabad in reading his article. He very nicely complains of how Chabad is growing too quick while other outreach organizations cannot keep up to it. The truth is, he is absolutely correct and sad for him because they will never catch up. I will paraphrase what I've heard from a rabbi of Ohr Same'ach: "We will never get anywhere close to Chabad and I don't know how they do it, I have to pay rabbi's to do a 9 to 5 job while in Chabad they leave on Shlichus not knowing if they will ever earn a penny".
Religious Intolerance?
This Chanukah Chabad enjoyed the most positive press it ever received, and this seems to irritate some other religious groups as well as freelance rag writers. Several organizations and newsletters have recently published Chanukah photo galleries with pictures of Chabad Menorah Lightings but would not dare give any credit or even a mention of Chabad. One such example; the Five Towns Newspaper in its photo gallery of Chanukah has a description for every one of their pictures. The big Menorah – with no description. Why?
What particularly got me to write this report was a recent article in The Jerusalem Post by Marvin Schick, one who has a massive chip on his shoulder, may he be blessed (his soul needs it). An article which criticizes Chabad, ridicules, its traditions and accuses its Shluchim of permitting synagogue regulars to drive to Shul on Shabbos, and while I would expect an article to at the very least have facts, this once contains none. I didn’t find anything of truth in the article and I feel pure hatred against Chabad in reading his article. He very nicely complains of how Chabad is growing too quick while other outreach organizations cannot keep up to it. The truth is, he is absolutely correct and sad for him because they will never catch up. I will paraphrase what I’ve heard from a rabbi of Ohr Same’ach: “We will never get anywhere close to Chabad and I don’t know how they do it, I have to pay rabbi’s to do a 9 to 5 job while in Chabad they leave on Shlichus not knowing if they will ever earn a penny”.
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