Thanks to a generous grant from Dovid and Malkie Smetana, in honor of Yud-Alef Nissan, the Rebbe’s 110th birthday, JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe team has built a studio to conduct interviews about the Rebbe’s interactions with individuals.
Since the studio was set up last week, interviews have been occurring around the clock, night and day. The Smetanas, another anonymous donor, and the My Encounter team were moved to take this step due to the pressing need to interview thousands of people – in particular “the older generation”– about their encounters and stories with the Rebbe before they are lost forever. The new studio allows them to conduct many more interviews now at shorter advance notice, and lower cost.
Their focus now is to interview local people living in the Crown Heights area or in the greater NY metropolitan area who they can bring into the studio. Sometimes, it’s a race against time.
You can help! You know someone that had an interesting experience or encounter with the Rebbe. Whether it is a parent, grandparent, an uncle, aunt, neighbor, business associates, or a cab driver. Let them know of it, so they can share it to the world!
To support the project through the dollar-per-interview campaign, email My Encounter’s director at: [email protected].
Let’s hope that JEM will interview Rabbi Y.L. Groner.
Contact [email protected] for any questions.
Dovid and Malkie Smetana are truly amazing people and real Chasidim of the Rebbe with tremendous Ahavas Yisroel. They help out so many causes in such a generous way and do it with a smile making the ones they are helping feel good about it.
As a recipient of their generosity, we truly appreciate how much they do for so many causes and to help so many people that are near and dear to the Rebbe. There is so much to learn from their Chesed and Ahavas Yisroel.
it looks great who built it?
love u bubby:)
l1)ike number one, whats the fee?
2)what if someone from out of town is cuming in?
If you know someone who should be interviewd, whom do you call?
This is such great news!!!!!!!!!!!
go buuby and zaidy deitsch!
That is such good news. Now we could hear inspirational words by people who had close encounters with the Rebbe.
Thanks all who are involved.
i was told there is a charge to interview, lots of families dont have the funds to afford this and we are missing out on the interviews