Sharing the Rebbe with the World
In recent weeks, staff at JEM received a call from Rabbi Chaim Shaul Brook of Lahak Hanachos. Efforts to transcribe the Farbrengen of Yud Shevat 5736 ran into an issue when it was discovered that the tape of the Farbrengen was missing a few words in the middle of a Sicha. Does JEM have the … Continue reading Missing audio discovered: The Rebbe’s “United Nations Resolution.”
Behind the scenes look at publishing high-quality audio of the Rebbe’s Farbrengens In an office 2 floors above Eastern Parkway, a carefully maintained reel-to-reel machine hums gently as hours of audio are transferred to digital form. From the archives of Rabbi Sholom Yisroel Hodakov, meticulously preserved audio reels containing decades worth of audio of the … Continue reading The authentic Yud Tes Kislev experience – Accessible as ever
Newly acquired audio of the Rebbe receiving mayor of New York John Lindsay in Yechidus in 1969.
One place for all 11 Nissan content, and 120 full Farbrengen videos. JEM's ever growing content hub, constantly updated with new produced and raw media, has now been expanded in honor of Yud Alef Nissan. The Yud Alef Nissan launcher page offers a one stop location for all Yud Alef Nissan with the Rebbe content … Continue reading JEM’s content launcher massive Yud Alef Nissan expansion.
Newly restored Purim audio highlights the Rebbe's response to a speech by Prime Minister David Ben Gurion.
Five audio recordings uncover a new Purim with the Rebbe experience. Rabbi Ahron Goldstein שיחי’, Ann Arbor, MI. Rabbis Berel Baumgarten of Argentina, Leibel Raskin of Morocco, Dovid Raskin of New York. What do these four Chassidim have in common? Recently uncovered by JEM’s Ashreinu team, each of these four individuals recorded or had in … Continue reading A Behind the Scenes look at producing clear audio of a 1960s Farbrengen
Ahead of Connection Point's launch in over 30 schools, over 100 boxes of exciting prizes arrived at JEM's offices today. Everyone pitched in to help unload, sort and unpack.
Herman Wouk, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of several bestsellers, passed away at 103. Mr. Wouk, an observant Jew, had several interactions with the Rebbe. In 1972, he conveyed President Nixon’s blessings on the occasion of the Rebbe’s seventieth birthday, and his visit to the Rebbe in the winter of 1975 is recorded on video. As well, the Rebbe corresponded with him in writing, taking an active interest in his work.
The Ashreinu team is now in the finishing stages of restoring the recording of the Rebbe’s historic farbrengen of Purim 5718 (1958).
Tomorrow, the 25 the day of Adar, marks the 118th birthday of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, wife of the Rebbe.