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Connecting in Copenhagen: Rabbi Yitzi & Rochel Loewenthal

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"They were simply not really familiar with what Chabad was. And they had a crisis meeting. “What are we going to do about this crisis that Chabad has moved to town, and they want to snatch all our young people and turn them into very religious Jews?” It was somewhat humorous, although a little bit difficult. " - Rabbi Yitzi Loewenthal

“Intermarriage was, like, 98 point something. You know, the statistics were that the community is over within 10 years. The numbers were not looking so good.  " - Rebbetzin Rochel Loewenthal

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El Rabino of Cabo: Rabbi Benny & Sonia Hershcovich

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"Two, three months in, we had our foot halfway out the door already. You know, ‘This was a mistake." - Rabbi Benny Hershcovich

“In the first years, we questioned whether we should stay, like, probably every two hours. But it was one particular Shabbos where I was so done. I was done. I had two little kids, and I was done. " - Rebbetzin Sonia Hershcovich

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The Outpost In Oklahoma: Rabbi Yehuda & Etel Weg

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"I don't know what Tulsa is going to look like in 10 or 20 years from now, but I will be here and I will serve the needs of the community as they change." - Rabbi Yehuda Weg

“Mashiach isn't here. It's not the end of the story. We have work to do. Baruch Hashem, we're given a lot of opportunities." - Rebbetzin Etel Weg

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From Karlin to Wellesley: Rabbi Moshe Bleich

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Wellesley is a town that didn't have a Shabbos observant Jew since the six days of Creation. Since Adam and Eve, there had never been an observant Jew in Wellesley. But, that being said, if 80 years ago, they said, 'Is there a minyan of Shomer Shabbos in Lakewood, that would have been new also. Someone's got to make this happen." - Rabbi Moshe Bleich

“And then, almost as an afterthought, as we're walking by, the Rebbe gives, like, a half turn in my direction with my father and me. And he says, "Aun a Chossid by undzer oych." Which, literal translation, "And a Chassid by us as well."

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Black, Jewish and Proud: How Rabbi Yossi Kulek Promotes Inclusion 

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“I told my mother, ‘I'm ashamed. I'm ashamed to be Black. I look in the mirror and I ask G-d, “Why me? Why do I have to look this way? Why do I have to be Black?’” - Rabbi Yossi Kulek

“I instilled in my children that if there's anyone that's ever had an issue with them, it's because they have a problem. You're not the problem.” - Rebbetzin Dalia Kulek

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Putting “Hospitality” in “Hospital”: Rabbis Dovid, Shloime & Rebbetzin Chana Greene

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“Everybody is looking for their miracle to take place when they come to Rochester.  People come there to experience healing. And I'm going to help those around me heal.” - Rabbi Shloime Greene

“It's intertwined. That's the beauty. The local and visiting community is one. It's one community. It's not, "Oh, okay. This is the part of our Shlichus that's hospital-centered. And then when I go to my preschool and make a curriculum that's community centered." It's really all intertwined." - Rebbetzin Chana Greene

"I was in a dark place. It was very dark, and it got darker in time. But every time I saw him, he made me feel a lot better." - Oz Eliezer

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The Myrtle Beach Makeover: Rabbi Doron & Leah Aizenman

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"You should go to a place that has no other Shluchim." And the first place that came to mind was Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. So I wrote to the Rebbe that I have that contact in Myrtle Beach, and may I pursue it? And the Rebbe said, "V'sanyano b'zeh." Which means, "Go ahead and look into that direction." - Rabbi Doron Aizenman

“I got a job in the financial district in Manhattan, but I was not satisfied. I still wanted very much to be part of the Rebbe's work." - Rebbetzin Leah Aizenman

"Rabbi Doron and Morah Leah, they came here when they were very young. And to see what they build … everything is changing and growing... It's, like, who's gonna think that this is gonna be, like, this good." - Ana Mosche

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Creating Jewish Ambassadors in the KKK’s Backyard: Rabbi Levi & Chaish Mentz

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"I asked, ‘Hey, what's Jewish life like up here?’ And she laughed. She's like, ‘There's nothing. I am the only Jew that lives here.’" - Rabbi Levi Mentz

“You need to understand, this is Forsyth County eight years ago. It was like putting a Jewish colony on Mars. ‘We're going to have a synagogue in Forsyth County?’” - Jeremy Lefkovits

"Our house was a two-and-a-half mile walk to shul. So that was one of the biggest marketing gigs, was my husband walking to shul every week, doing 5 miles of walking on a Shabbos. A lot of people were like, "Oh, we saw you walking!” And that was how they learned that there was something going on over here." - Rebbetzin Chaish Mentz

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The Black Fedora in the Cowboy State: Rabbi Zalman & Raizy Mendelsohn

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"I knew that Jackson Hole, being a tiny little town, would be somewhat overwhelming for Raizy to consider moving here full time...And she said, 'This place is beautiful, but can we perhaps consider other opportunities?'" - Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn

"I felt suffocated and I said, “When I look to my right, there’s a mountain, and I look to my left, there’s a mountain. And I look in front, there’s a mountain. I look behind, there’s a mountain." - Rebbetzin Raizy Mendelsohn

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A Sub-Saharan Brit Milah: Rabbi Moshe & Yocheved Raskin

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"What’s the chance … that two people will come in the time of quarantine to Uganda, and one of them is a mohel? It's a major hasgacha pratit. I have a lady, she has a baby. And we need to make a bris." - Rabbi Moshe Raskin

"And we're schmoozing, and I'm telling him, "I'm a shochet. If you need anything, I'm happy to do some slaughtering for you while I'm here. And I brought with me my Shechita knife." And I mentioned in passing that I'm a mohel." - Dr. Ari Greenspan 

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