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Zalman’s Library - Sound No. 20

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Sound No. 19 - Sholem Aleichem: WWIII

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Sound No. 18 - The Book of American Lamentations

On this day and this podcast we talk about the fate of American Jewry, Chabad, and Diabetes. אונטער דײַנע ווײַסע שטערן שטרעק צו מיר דײַן װײַסע האַנט. מײַנע װערטער זײַנען

Sound No. 17 - Sholem Aleichem: Zalman vs. Mendel Schneerson - Lubavitch, the Vehicle of Modernity

Sholem Aleichem and I find ourselves, this early Friday afternoon, in New England towns in a neighboring states. It’s a beautiful, sunny, brisk, spring day. I can hear th

Sound No. 16 - Sholem Aleichem: Alienation

“In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.” - Nicolas Gomez D

Подкаст № 15 - Прерванный Cон РАШАБA

Карл Маркс: “Гегель где-то отмечает, что все великие всемирно-исторические события и личности появляются, так сказать, дважды. Он забыл прибавить: первый раз в виде траге

Sound No. 14 - Sholem Aleichem: Why there is no new Chabad Rebbe?

This is a companion podcast to these posts: * Post No. 6 - Boruch Sholem and Gesia Schneerson - Kaddish and Adagio. * Шнеерсоны в России - Schneersons in Russia. G

Sound No. 13 - How Chabad, Satmar, etc. Hack the System

This is a quick take as a way of introduction for a broader podcast with Sholem Aleichem. We hope to record this longer podcast tomorrow. But this will set up some themes

Sound No. 12 – מיהו יהודי and the Jerusalem Council

The most influential and consequential meeting in human history occurred in Jerusalem c. 48 CE, around 15-20 years after the resurrection of the Mashiyach. It is sometime

Sound No. 11 - The Watershed Moment that Changed Chabad Forever

On the subject of Sound No. 10 - Bad Blood of the Chabad Rebbe. The fundraising fraction did not take over Chabad in 1994, in fact, they took over and permanently held

Sound No. 10 - Bad Blood of the Chabad Rebbe

Nechama Dinah, Bere and Chana Gourary, perhaps Rayatz himself, Rav Rivkin, Rashag, Zalman Schneerson, all these names have one thing in common, they are family members or

Sound No. 9 - Why we are not Welcomed in Chabad Community

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Sound No. 8 - Sholem Aleichem: Ukrainians and Jews

On the subject of Tablet: Wendy Lower’s ‘The Ravine’ looks at a photograph that many refuse to face. UPDATE: There have been plenty of pogroms that were not Ukrainian, o

Sound No. 7 - Sholem Aleichem: The Counterclaims of Barry S. Gourary

“Soup after the meal” This was part of a longer podcast, cut & paste here... On the subject of Sound No. 1 - Sholem Aleichem: The Will to Power of Barry Gourary and So

Sound No. 6 - Sholem Aleichem: The Eclipse of the Schneerson Family

This is a new mentalblog, please forward to your friends who might be interested in our conversations. Speaking of PR, we are pressing to understand and unearth the two

Sound No. 5 - Sholem Aleichem: HR Department of Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Note No. 1: I (Tzemach) haven't been inside this world for a long time. When I listen back to the podcast, I discover that I mixed or misspoke some names, perhaps even fa

Sound No. 3 - Sholem Aleichem: On Cultural Memory

Update 1: The name of the author of the book about Rayatz in Warsaw is not Briggs, it is Bryan Mark Rigg. Chatcha Feign was not killed in Warsaw, he and Yehuda Eber were

Sound No. 2 - Sholem Aleichem: Ramash, Take no Prisoners Alexander Suvorov and Education of Barry Gourary

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Sound No. 1 - Sholem Aleichem: The Will to Power of Barry Gourary

Ramash governed as if Rayatz never died. He called Rayatz the Nosi of our generation and deferred all the brochos to him (azkir al hazion), literally bringing all the cor