It's not clear if this was some kind of inside joke. As far as I remember he was not of German extraction, so it wasn't some kind of retracing his roots ambition. And AH ימ"ש was only in power for like 4 months at that time. Source
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Monday, June 30, 2014
A young Max Gifter had dreams of becoming the Chief Rabbi of the Hitler Government...
I kid you not. See for yourselves!
It's not clear if this was some kind of inside joke. As far as I remember he was not of German extraction, so it wasn't some kind of retracing his roots ambition. And AH ימ"ש was only in power for like 4 months at that time. Source
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It's not clear if this was some kind of inside joke. As far as I remember he was not of German extraction, so it wasn't some kind of retracing his roots ambition. And AH ימ"ש was only in power for like 4 months at that time. Source
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"It's not clear if this was some kind of inside joke."
ReplyDeleteמי שיש מוח בקדקדו מבין זה. און איינער וואס, כלומר, לערנט דא"ח פארשטייט עס ניט????
What do you expect? He had a Lubavitcher melamed in Baltimore, no?
ReplyDeletei don't know if this explains the ambition but see page 15 ("Who's Who" of the class)
ReplyDeletederech agav, this past week I was thinking of R'Gifter when remembering where I was gimmel tamuz תשנ״ד - telshe wickliffe.
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ReplyDeletewhat can I say? I never had a yearbook, so I don't know how these things work.
sorry
VERY interesting."Muttel" was his nickname as you see.Interesting that already at the time his hobby was Talmud.Love these fascinating historical tidbits
ReplyDeleteSeems Mordechai Gabriel (first picture) really was serious about his ambition :)
ReplyDeletehttp://m.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=&pid=162223785&referrer=0&preview=True
What was the Rebbe's first name, when he went to college all those years? Was it really Mendel that he signed on his papers?
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