Organizations Filed Purposes:
GATHER, PRESERVE, RESEARCH, TRANSLATE AND CURATE EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL VIDEO, AUDIO AND PHOTOGRAPHY, RELEASING THESE ARCHIVAL TREASURES TO THE WORLD THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. OUR MOST PROMINENT SUBJECT IS THE REBBE, RABBI MENACHEM M. SCHNEERSON, OF RIGHTEOUS MEMORY.
PRESERVATION. THE LIVING ARCHIVE IS A MOVING IMAGE, AUDIO, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE DOCUMENTING A FASCINATING SEGMENT IN THE UNITED STATES' MODERN HISTORY. IT CONTAINS PRIMARY DOCUMENTATION ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THE CHABAD-LUBAVITCH MOVEMENT IN MODERN TIMES, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE REBBE, RABBI MENACHEM M. SCHNEERSON OF RIGHTEOUS MEMORY. DUE TO THE DEGRADATION OF MAGNETIC MEDIA, THE RICH TREASURE-TROVE OF IMAGE AND SOUND SPANNING EIGHT DECADES IS IN DANGER OF DESTRUCTION. THE LIVING ARCHIVE GATHERS, RESTORES, PRESERVES, CATALOGS, AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO THESE PRICELESS HISTORIC RECORDS.
ORAL HISTORY. THE IMPACT OF THE REBBE OF RIGHTEOUS MEMORY ON WORLD JEWRY WAS VAST AND FAR-REACHING. WHILE HIS WRITINGS AND TALKS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN HUNDREDS OF PUBLISHED VOLUMES, HE INFLUENCED INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES LARGELY THROUGH PRIVATE MEETINGS. THE MY ENCOUNTER WITH THE REBBE PROJECT AIMS TO DOCUMENT THE STORIES OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THROUGH WHOM THE REBBE IMPACTED THE LARGER WORLD, THEREBY PRESERVING THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE REBBE'S LIFE AND THE HISTORY OF THE CHABAD-LUBAVITCH MOVEMENT IN THE PAST 100 YEARS. THROUGH RECORDING AND SHARING THESE TESTIMONIES, INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES CAN LEARN FROM THE REBBE'S EXAMPLE HOW TO BETTER THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
FILMS, VIDEOS AND BOOKS. JEM RESEARCHES, TRANSLATES, PRODUCES AND RELEASES DOZENS OF HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL FILMS AND VIDEOS EVERY YEAR. LIVING TORAH, OUR FLAGSHIP RELEASE, IS A WEEKLY VIDEO MAGAZINE VIEWED PUBLICLY BY SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE EACH WEEK IN ENGLISH, YIDDISH, FRENCH, SPANISH, RUSSIAN, PORTUGUESE AND HUNGARIAN. JEM'S ALSO HAS A ROBUST SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, AND ITS EDUCATIONAL VIDEO AND PRINT RELEASES ARE SEEN BY MILLIONS EVERY YEAR.AS WELL, JEM'S RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT ASSISTS SCHOLARS,FILMMAKERS, AND COMMUNITIES TO ACCESS AND UTILIZE ITS ARCHIVAL MATERIALS FOR STUDY, INSPIRATION, AND USE IN FILM AND TELEVISION.IN ADDITION, JEM SERVES AUTHORS, FILMMAKERS, JOURNALISTS, AND MANY OTHERS RESEARCH AND MATERIALS. IN ADDITION, JEM ASSISTS AND COLLABORATES WITH MANY OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Elkanah Shmotkin | PRESIDENT | 60 | $90,000 |
| Alex Ellinson | TREASURER | 40 | $23,320 |
| Uri Laber | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Chaim Shaul Brook | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Joseph Friedman | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| David Krinsky | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD | 0 | $0 |
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