Moshe Kotlarsky
Moshe J. Kotlarsky is an Orthodox Hasidic rabbi and vice chairman of the Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement which oversees 4,000 religious and educational institutions worldwide.[1] He also directs development for the global network of Shluchim (emissaries) and chairs Chabad on Campus and the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute.
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[edit] Biography
He is the son of Rabbi Tzvi Yosef (Hershel) Kotlarsky (d. 2008), a native of Otvosk, Poland[2] who spent the war years in Shanghai.[3] The elder Rabbi Kotlarsky was a member of the administration of Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim, the main Lubavitch yeshiva in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, for over 40 years.[2]
He married the sister of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kazen (1954–1998), a Chabad pioneer of using internet and email technology to spread Jewish knowledge.[4]
[edit] Activities
Rabbi Kotlarsky is one of the public faces of Chabad, visiting heads of state,[5][6] opening new Chabad Houses worldwide,[7] and giving statements to the press.[8] He was the Chabad spokesman who announced to the world the murder of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg by terrorists at the Mumbai Chabad House,[9] and delivered an impassioned eulogy at their funerals.[10]
Since 1984 he has arranged the Kinus Hashluchim, the international conference of Chabad emissaries which takes place in New York each fall.[11] At the conference, over 4,000 emissaries and their families participate in workshops, social events, a shared Shabbat and a banquet.[12]
[edit] Family
His son, Mendy, is director of JNet, a Chabad phone study program which partners Jews in learning,[13] and an organizer of other technological services available to shluchim.[14]
[edit] Honors
In 2008 Kotlarsky was named to the Forward 50.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Forward 50, 2008". The Jewish Daily Forward. 2008. http://www.forward.com/forward-50-2008/#religion. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Rabbi Tzvi Yosef Kotlarsky OBM". shturem.org. 8 December 2008. http://www.shturem.org/index.php?section=news&id=31993. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "Center Revives Shanghai's Jewish History". The Scribe. 2005. http://www.dangoor.com/issue78/articles/78059.htm. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ Zaklikowski, Dovid (2008). "Pioneer of the Jewish Internet Had a Passion for People". chabad.org. http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/783328/jewish/Pioneer-of-the-Jewish-Internet.htm. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ Levi Julian, Hana (30 December 2010). "Chabad Rabbis Beef Up Jewish Presence in Debrecen". Arutz Sheva. hineni.com. http://www.hineni.com/index2.asp?id=1392255. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "Dusseldorf, Germany – German State Parliament Welcomes First Rabbinical Delegation". vosizneias.com. 13 January 2011. http://www.vosizneias.com/73413/2011/01/13/dusseldorf-germany-german-state-parliament-welcomes-first-rabbinical-delegation/. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "Chabad Center Opens in Berlin". Jewish Week. 6 September 2007. http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/33330/shorts-world/. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ Levi Julian, Hana (28 January 2011). "Chabad Gathering Shatters Stereotypes of Chassidic Women". Arutz Sheva. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142001. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ Robbins, Liz; Healy, Jack (28 November 2008). "Brooklyn Couple Killed in Attacks". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/nyregion/28chabad-2.html. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "Jewish mother killed in Mumbai attacks 'was pregnant'... and her son, 2, may have been beaten by militants". Daily Mail. 2 December 2008. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1091318/Jewish-mother-killed-Mumbai-attacks-pregnant--son-2-beaten-militants.html. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "PHOTOS & VIDEOS: More Than 4,000 Chabad Shluchim Gather For Annual Convention". Yeshiva World News. 8 November 2010. http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=74868. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ Bensoussan, Barbara (3 November 2010). "Colossal Convergence". Mishpacha. http://www.mishpacha.com/Browse/Article/300/Colossal-Converge. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ Margolis, N. (7 September 2007). "Long Distance Partners". lubavitch.com. http://www.shturem.org/index.php?mod=print§ion=news&id=18653. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ Lakein, Dvora (15 February 2009). "Hitting the Books: Shluchim Take Their Study to the Web". lubavitch.org. http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2025510/Hitting-the-Books-Shluchim-Take-Their-Study-to-the-Web.html. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
