All In The Family
Paul Shaviv has a fascinating post on Sir Isaiah Berlin and Slifkin-gate.
It seems that Sir Isaiah, Yehudi Menuhin and the 7th Lubavitcher rebbe were all equal Schneerson cousins and the rebbe's wife, Chaya Mushka (and daughter of the 6th rebbe, Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn) used to travel to London to see Sir Isaiah's mother and attend the theater with her.
By the way, Sir Isaiah – an infrequent synagogue attendee – inherited from his mother the tefillin of the Alter Rebbe, Shneur Zalman of Liady the founder of the Chabad dynasty. It was not uncommon for Lubavitch hasidim to make a pilgrimage of sorts to Sit Isaiah's home just to catch a glimpse of them.
Does anyone know where they are kept today?
Shmarya - wrong Rebbe! Sir Isaiah was speaking of the SEVENTH Rebbe, Menachem Mendel z'l, although he was obviously also related to the Sixth Rebbe. And Chaye Mushka was visiting London not as a young woman, but as the Rebbetzin ..... She was an intensely private person who did not take part in Chabad life, and was hardly known or mentioned until after her death.
Posted by: Paul | January 30, 2005 at 01:51 PM
If you are asking, who is Isaiah Berlin? The answer is here:
http://dovbear.blogspot.com/2005/01/two-bits-on-berlin.html
Posted by: DovBear | January 30, 2005 at 07:40 PM