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Let’s Talk Pew: 6 Responses

Ahead of the Kinus Hashluchim, COLlive asked 6 leading figures for their responses to the Pew Study about American Jewry. Full Story

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lipsker has best line
October 27, 2013 10:53 pm

“The fact that we will survive eternally is unquestionable but whether each of our Family will be part of that is up to us.”
I agree that we should stop hocking a chainik about how it excludes Chabad.

the rebbe knew this all along....
October 27, 2013 8:42 pm

that is why the rebbe felt the urgency so so long ago and inspired so many shluchim to go out with self sacrifice…

our shluchim can take this message back home and feel reinspired and recommitted to making a difference to save klall yisroel one neshama at a time…

Rabbi Krinsky
October 27, 2013 1:53 pm

יאריך ימים על ממלכתו מתוך בריאות הנכונה

WOW!
October 27, 2013 1:28 pm

R’ Greenberg is spot on. This is the Rebbe’s message to the world. I’m a bit surprised at the umbrage Chabad has taken to the methodology used in the survey. Even if Chabad has touched 300k Jewish souls (and each one is a universe for itself), it does not move the needle in a significant way for what the research is trying to measure. We come across as imbeciles when we try to make the Pew report about Chabad. Just look at how quickly and easily R’ Eliezri’s arguments were rebutted by Pew itself. And Rabbi Elizeri is one of… Read more »

Well said
October 27, 2013 10:26 am

Reb Dov hit the nail on the head, it’s no wonder that Chabad has him at Stanford!

Rising
October 27, 2013 1:19 am

Rabbi Greenberg,
Thank you very much for your response, it inspired me.
There are many reactions to the report.
Some seem like studies in there own right…
I appreciate you taking this opportunity to encourage your brothers and sisters to do mitzvot and strengthen Am Yisroel.

invite those responsible for the pew report to kinnus
October 27, 2013 12:56 am
That was unexpected
October 26, 2013 11:07 pm

Rabbi Greenberg — That was unexpected! You found the Rebbe’s optimistic and practical message in a gloomy report. The Jewish world needs to know this!

That's profound!
October 26, 2013 11:00 pm

R’ Dov, that’s a profound way of looking at it and I especially liked the “Small mitzvot contain the seeds of greatness, they bear the fruits of happiness and they nourish the tree of life for our people.”

Ariel
October 26, 2013 10:08 pm

This really touched a nerve.

yitzy s
October 26, 2013 9:40 pm

right on #1

to #1
October 26, 2013 9:10 pm

Interesting to see the quality of the responses.

Yossy H
October 26, 2013 9:01 pm

Nice to see Chabad Of Coconut Creek represented…

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