Past Chabad leaders have lost their lives while defying the Russian government to serve local Jews. Painting today's rabbis as collaborators is beyond insulting
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Though I do not consider myself a member of the Chabad movement per se, I have a strong connection to the Chabad branch in Kazakhstan, where the movement has deep roots.
When Rabbi Levy Yitzchak, father of the last Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel, was arrested by the NKVD (predecessor of the KGB) and exiled, he was sent to Kazakhstan. His devoted wife, Chana, though not officially exiled by the authorities, followed him. Together, they lived for years in abject poverty, far away from their children and other relatives.