In a recent trip to Israel, we interviewed Yisroel Katzover, a senior journalist who covered the IDF for several decades for numerous Israeli newspapers and media channels. Through the years, he consulted and received much advice and guidance from the Rebbe.
This interview was filmed as part of the Faithful and Fortified Series.
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Were excited to announce the launch of www.1000encounters.com.
Over the next three years, we hope to reach our goal of recording 1000 personal encounters with the Rebbe. The new site will allow you to track our progress and get involved. In addition to giving you the opportunity to support or even dedicate an interview, you can also suggest family members or friends with encounters to share.
A generous sponsor has pledged to match every dollar donated towards the project! Our goal is to obtain enough funding for 100 interviews by Gimmel Tammuz (June 15).
Time is of essence – so help us preserve these priceless testimonies before it’s too late!
Recently, our office in Israel interviewed Yaakov Peri, the head of the Shin Bet – Israel’s FBI – from 1988 to 1995.
Sitting in his living room, he told us of his hush-hush meeting with the Rebbe, and of the Rebbe’s active interest in his agency’s strategy for combating the first intifada. He then went on to discuss how the Rebbe spoke to him about the psyche of a terrorist and of the threat
of terrorism.
Although the Rebbe didn’t usually have private meetings with individuals in 1990, his was a notable exception.
It was truly one of our best interviews yet! It will be featured in one of our upcoming Faithful and Fortified videos.
An excerpt from the interview: (more…)
Whenever a My Encounter with the Rebbe alumnus passes away, we take it very personally. Each interviewee bares a part of his or her soul – sharing what usually is a most personal relationship with the camera, and ultimately thousands of others. But there’s a silver lining to the sadness – the fact that a part of them will live on through their My Encounter testimony.
This time, we got a taste that’s much worse . Lady Amelie Jakobovits, the widow of the London’s former Chief Rabbi, Lord Jakobovits passed away this past Friday, May 7th. She had taken ill on the very day we were to interview her.
Lady J. was the daughter of Rabbi Elie Munk of Ansbach, Germany. With the rise of the Nazis, Rabbi Munk was forced to leave Germany in 1937. He chose the same destination as the Rebbe did several years earlier – Paris, France. Rabbi Munk became a rabbi of a shul in Paris. His daughter, Lady J, remembered the Rebbe visiting her father on Friday nights to discuss Torah matters when the Rebbe was in Paris in the 1930s.
A few months ago, JEM released a fascinating film: Faithful and Fortified, Volume I - The Inside Story of the Rebbe’s Involvement in Israel’s Security, As Told By Its Defense and Government Leaders.
We are currently working on one of the next volumes, called Faithful and Fortified: Army Chaplains and Religious Leaders. It will feature interviews from Israel’s Rabbinical and religious leaders and their relationships to the Rebbe.
Here is a short clip of the interview we did with Rabbi Mordechai Peron, the former Chief Rabbi of the IDF from 1971-1977. The interview took place at Rabbi Peron’s house and lasted close to four hours.
It was shown at a Merkos Chanukah party.
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We are looking for people to interview! Please email your suggestion to: interviews@jemedia.org
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