Things You Don't Want to Know About Lubavitch...

Today I received an email from CHABAD.ORG to my recent post. 

They wrote:

Dear Peter, I was reading your blog and I thought that you may like to read this-to shed some light your way. May the wisdom of the Rebbe of righteous memory open up your heart to the truth and may this year be a year of personal growth and closeness to HaShem-and a Happy and Healthy year- be well, Ahavah

Ahavah

Apparently, Chabad.Org has its’ own social media folks who search the internet for negative publicity. The best response that they have to criticism of cronyism, deception and fraud is; “May the wisdom of the Rebbe of righteous memory open up your heart to the truth”.

Christian evangelists use similar language when criticized for offering false hope and the promise of miracles. “May the faith of Christ free you of your cynicism.” As someone who has spent his life examining humanities relationship with God, I feel confident stating  that faith in God and Torah should lead us to behavior that reflects upstanding moral integrity.

Let me catch you up on the latest antics of our friends at Lubavitch Chabad. MJI (Michigan Jewish Institute) the Lubavitch College which has failed the test of accreditation and is now threatened with losing its ability to register students for Federal Aid was back on the front pages of “The Forward”.

This past week ‘The Forward’ reported that when they “interviewed MJI’s Director of Academic Administration, Dov Stein… he offered contradictory information about MJI’s student enrollment. Initially, Stein said MJI had about 3,000 students. Later, he revised that figure down to about 2,000 students.”

In addition, investigations by ‘The Forward’ revealed that 99% of the students at MJI receive Federal funding which is only available to US citizens. All of the students were secured while in Israel at orthodox Seminaries. The United States Department of Education has now invested $25 million in MJI since 2008 but few if any students have graduated from the school.

This year the school has received $8.6 million dollars. This is not free money. If MJI fails to obtain accreditation from the "Appalachian Regional Commission" student may be obligated to refund the money to the Government.

So what did Lubavitch do with the $33 million they pocketed? They built “The Shul” which houses MJI and they are about to build “a new 16,000 square foot headquarters — even though almost no students ever set foot on campus” according to ‘The Forward’.

As I see it, this conduct is not consistent with Torah values. Nor, do I believe, are these actions consistent with ‘The Rebbe’s’ values as professed during his life time. This is stealing. It is comparable to  physicians who take  Medicare money for procedures billed but not performed. These are educators billing for student education and classes that have not been provided. Shame on you Lubavitch and shame on the Jewish Community for not having acted sooner to stop these abuses.

Read more: http://forward.com/articles/170106/chabad-college-in-michigan-gets-building-go-ahead/?p=all#ixzz2gM87eMZW