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...behalf of the educational arm of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement, I wish to clarify that the movement's sole representatives to the city of Cambridge, Mass., including the campuses of Harvard and MIT, are Rabbi Hirsch and Mrs. Elkie Zarchi. They are the only ones authorized to act on behalf of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in the city...
...gratified that in the five months since the Zarchis began their activities in Cambridge, their efforts have been met with the enthusiasm of students and faculty alike. We trust that the unauthorized use of the Chabad-Lubavitch name will not obscure the positive contributions of Chabad of Cambridge under the Zarchis' leadership. RABBI YEHUDA KRINSKY Brooklyn...
...writer is a spokesperson for the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement...
...Orthodox Jews Violate Campus Policy With Posters" (News, Feb. 19) was both unbalanced and offensive. The story played on popular stereotypes of Orthodox Jews, stereotypes as common within the Jewish community as they are outside of it. In particular, the tone of the article suggested that Orthodox Jews and Chabad Jews in particular are intolerant of the level of observance of other Jews, and that they are ethnocentric and exclusive. The only statements to the contrary were buried in the last paragraph of the article...
While at some point in the future the Jewish community of undergrads, Orthodox and non-Orthodox, may consider associating with Chabad, at present no such affiliation exists. And while Hillel values outreach as an important objective, neither Orthodox undergrads nor individuals in the Jewish community as a whole would violate University policy to achieve that goal. MICHAEL M. ROSEN '99-'98 Chair, Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel...