mendy’s father and i attended grammar school together. A religious zionist orthodox school in chicago. his parents were frum, ehrlich people very devoted to the mizrachi/religious zionist movement. i have no idea how he (and a brother, i think) ended up in chabad but i will tell you that he is a very outspoken, but not communily accepted, voice. The mainstream chabad has fought their growth and organizations very forcefully. He is a part of the ‘moshiach center’, the only one of the chabad minyanim that the community boys have been told by their rabbeim that they are not to participate in. A kind hearted soul but seemingly very misguided.
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