Strategic advisor and publicist, Barla Crombie, one of the initiators of the crowdfunding campaign for former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was interviewed last week for an article by Amir Gera, which aired on the program 'This Week with Redemption' on 'Kan 11' - about the behind-the-scenes of the crowdfunding campaign.
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However, the editor of the article decided to point out that Berle, a member of a Chabad family, "was named after Berle Katznelson.".
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The one who was quick to respond to this was his brother, Itzik Crombie, an activist in the field of Haredi employment and a resident of Kfar Chabad, who tweeted on his Twitter account: "My parents were capable of making many mistakes, naming my brother after Berl Katzenelson is not one of them.".
There are many mistakes my parents could have made, naming my brother after Berl Katzenelson is not one of them. pic.twitter.com/THoJJ7h7zP
— Yitzik Crombie (@YitzikCrombie) January 22, 2022
Berel Katznelson, a native of the Hasidic town of Bobruisk, was one of the most prominent leaders of the labor movement in Israel, a thinker, journalist, editor, and founder of the Histadrut institutions. Many members of the Katznelson family lived in Bobruisk, and in previous generations quite a few of them were Chabad Hasidim. Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, the wife of President Zalman Shazar, who was born in Bobruisk, was also a member of the great tribe.
