My friends, The לעז on the FR didn't start in New York about Shanghai....

What we have here is a letter from the Gaon Reb Chaim Ozer zt"l to Rav Shmuel Yitzchok Hilman Hilman of London (Chief Rabbi Herzog's shver) asking him to intercede on behalf of the 3 Million Jews living under the Soviet regime. Seems part of the issue was that people were hesitant to give or help, since people said that the Frierdiger Rebbe focuses on helping his own Chassidim. As if that's a crime. But Reb Chaim calls it a לעז - i.e. to defame him. So what was the issue back in 1929? What excuse did they have back then? The letter is part of a greater dossier (!) of letters found in the State of Israel archives.

Reb Chaim Ayzer af Datshe and interesting links

היי-יאר, איכה אויף יידיש
Another Holocaust Museum in Boro Park?
Look! A shiksa!
Move Outside the city and they'll write an article about you

Reb Moshe Chaim Schneider, o"h

Reb Moshe Chaim passed away at the age of, like, 107(!) and the levaya was Sunday in Montreal. Yehi Zichro Boruch. We attach a brief video of a visit with him in a retirement home a few years ago, as well as Yisroel Besser's fine article that appeared soon after the interview.

  R Moshe Chaim Schneider Mishpacha Article Besser by   Hirshel Tzig

Box.com Link

The Lipkin (Salanter) Family Tree

Acomprehensive family tree, courtesy of בנימין מפתח תקוה, ארה"ק

Did you know that Reb Chaim Ozer was a grandson  - via mariage - of Reb Yisroel?