Inside the Synagogue of the Munkacz Hasidic movement in Boro Park, you will find no mention of their previous leader, Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinowicz. His books are never studied, his name is never mentioned, and his ideology is censored. Who was this Holocaust survivor and what made him so controversial? Come learn about his life, legacy, and Torah.

Shabbos Kestenbaum is a Harvard graduate student researching the intersections of contemporary Jewish life and public policy. Originally from the Bronx, Shabbos spent two years studying Religious philosophy, Talmudic law, and Jewish ethics at Yeshiva Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem, Israel. Shabbos has spent the last few months immersed in Ukrainian refugee relief work centered in Krakow and Lviv and the resurgence of Jewish life in Poland.