My Encounter heads to South America!
After conducting over 70 interviews in their new studio in the heart of Crown Heights, the My Encounter with the Rebbe team hit the road again! This time they decided to leave the confines of North America and headed south to the largest country in the Southern Hemisphere: Brazil.
In just four days in Sao Paulo, they managed to squeeze in twelve interviews with over 25 hours of video footage!
Some highlights from the trip:
Monday: The My Encounter team arrived in Brazil Monday morning, after taking a red-eye flight from New York. Wasting no time, they headed straight to the Escola Gani Chaya Mushka girls school to interview the dean of the both the boys and girls school, Rabbi Hirsh Leib Begun. He spoke about the early years in 770 in the late 1940s when he first met the Frierdiker Rebbe!
Mrs. Devora Blumenfeld came in special from Rio De Janiero for interview
Later that night, they interviewed Mr. Sacha Kalmus in his home, where he spoke about his special relationship with the Rebbe.
Tuesday: In the morning the team interviewed Mrs. Devorah Blumenfeld, who flew in special from Rio de Janeiro to tell her stories of her late husband, the Rav of Rio, Rabbi Yerachmiel Blumenfeld with the Rebbe. She has an incredible memory!
They then made their way to the house of Henry Sobel. A noted reform rabbi, Sobel emotionally spoke about his yechidus with the Rebbe in 1980, when his mother was ill. Holding back tears, Sobel said, “The Rebbe was the greatest religious Jewish leader of our times”.
