To Jude
I didn’t say that Lubavich was the first to do Kiruv. I simply asked Neville CB to elaborate on his statement that Kiruv originated from the Yeshivah world. As for your statement that Chabad disavows those BT’s who choose mainstream Judaism you’re absolutely right as this story will demonstrate. About ten years ago an old man in the shul I was attending passed away on a Friday. On Shabbos, I saw a nonobservant friend talking on the phone with the deceased’s daughter helping her make the funeral arrangements. Sunday night I came to that Shul and was told that I missed a beautiful service since the deceased’s grandson spoke and he was a Rabbi. I was baffled so I spoke to the Shul’s Chabad Rabbi. He explained that the Niftar had two daughters, one the Mechallel Shabbos, and the other who had become frum through Chabad. The Chabad couple sent their son to YU where he got Smicha. I told the Rabbi how wonderful that was and he gave me a dirty look and then he mumbled something under his breath. I immediately understood his intent. As far as he was concerned the Chabad couple should sit shivah for their son for abandoning their faith.