300,000 people live in Malmo, Sweden, 50,000 of them Muslim. 760 of them are Jews and they have 1 rabbi – a fearless Chabad Shliach.
Asaf Uni, a Israeli journalist for the Blazer magazine, has written about the ongoing tension between the Muslim and Jewish communities in the light of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
He writes: “The next morning I joined the Shachris prayer at the ancient synagogue of Malmo and a sence of home has wrapped me. The number of congregants was exactly enough for a minyan – a scenario that’s not a given in Malmo.
“The prayers were led by Rabbi Schneur Kesselman, the Chabad Shliach in this Swedish city. As the only rabbi in Malmo, he is the given target pf anger and violence of Muslims.
“Kesselman took out a cellphone and showed me a photo of an apple thrown on the street.
“They threw this on me two days ago while driving by,” he said. “Two days earlier I was walking with my children and a young Muslim walked by us and spat on the floor.
“They do this alot,” Kesselman comments. “Spitting and screaming.”
“In the last month alone, he estimated a least 6 incidents of anti Semitism. (Half of a local report about such cases in the city are about him).
“Asked about the fear, he didn’t deny that the situation has worsened in the last two years but claimed that the media exaggerated with the way things really are.
“I read that half of the Jewish community in Malmo has run away and that is not true. I think 2-3 families have left, that’s it. The community does not live here in fear.”
“A week before my visit, firecrackers blew up the windows of the synagogue; three of them broke and signs of gunpowder were left on the wall.”
we cant understand the ways of Hashem. The Rebbe is with them.
I myself live in such a place…Believe me, I’m not leaving!
you will be successful and strong!!!! keep up the good work.
the rebbes protecting them
yasher koach and hatzlacha rabba from southgate!!
i think buchrim should go down there and help the rabbi
be strong I would say to him.
but anyone could read this website, why bring it out
please Rabbi just leave those arabs are not just arabs but terrorists agree w\#9 OF COURSE REBBE IS YOU ALL OF US AND YOU BUT LEAVE LEAVE think about your family…. enough tzaros!!!!!!!
What do you have to say about the Holtzbergs, Hyd? Was the Rebbe not with them? Desperate times call for desperate measures to take place. The shliach will do what he has to do, V’nishmartem Meod Linafshotechem.
Moshiach now.
When you go with the Rebbes koichos, there is no such time, as time to leave.
even when are Emuna was tested, to pass that test means to stay focused because the truth remains the truth.
Our protection comes from a different source….
Be strong Rabbi, we are all behind you, YOU make the Rebbe proud
Shneur, i am sure your parents and the Rebbe are very proud of your family. May Hashem protect and watch over you and all the jewish people.
We daven for you and wife and kids. Al sonim velen platzen!
G-d Bless you, rabbi Rabbi Schneur Kesselman.
I wish you and your family the best.
Be safe and secure.
Boruch ben Tzvi, HaKohaine Hoffinger
it time to leave….
Stay Strong Schneur. for sure the Rebbe is with you!
all shluchim who operate in a hostile environment should buy a gun and learn how to use it because when you need the police now they are only minutes away
if any shliach needs some help/ advice on the Mather feel free to email me at nraguy144@gmail