Ellery Queen & Reb Minna Gourary
Schneur Zalman of NY writes:
Indeed Barry suffered from a chronic back pain. My visit to Lenox Hill hospital was in connection with surgery he had on his back. Yet the surgery was not successful and Bere was plagued with chronic back pain throughout his life.
His wife Mina Haskind Gourary was a daughter of a prominent Lubavitcher chasid Berel Chaskind. They were much in love and respected each other. In many ways the perfect couple.Mina loved music, the opera and the arts.
She was a strong woman who made a living as a financial planner and stock broker. The late Lubavitcher Rebbe called her Reb Mina. She was a close friend of Rabbi Schneerson prior to 1950. The Rebbe helped her with her school homework especially in Math and she helped him with his English. She related to me that the Rebbe was a major fan of a series of mystery novels called I believe Ellery Queen (sic) And that she traded books with the Rebbe. All this changed after 1951 when she started to date Barry in a serious manner. Her brother is Reb Shalom Chaskind of Tel Aviv. The Rebbe was not invited to their wedding and the Rebbe publicly cried about this . In 1960 a delegation of leading Anash visited Barry led by Rabbi Yosef Weinberg in the hope of bringing him back to CH and the movement. It�s unclear whether the Rebbe himself was behind this. When the rebbe had a MI in the 1970's Barry was among the family members organizing the Rebbe's health recovery team, together with his Mother. At that point Barry related to me that James G. his 2nd cousin called him and told him "you are it". Come back. James G and others were covering all their bases. Of course Barry had no interest in the rabbinate and had embarked on a secular vocation. The Gourary were financially successful and lived in a spacious home. One only can wonder if history had taken a different turn.
From the Amazon.com book description: In the "The Tragedy of Errors" the theme is one that Queen had been developing for many years: the manipulation of events in a world going mad, by people who aspire to the power of gods." Hmmm...
Ellery Queen was one of two brainchildren of the team of cousins, Fred Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. Dannay and Lee entered a writing contest, envisioning a stuffed-shirt author called Ellery Queen who solved mysteries and then wrote about them. Queen relied on his keen powers of observation and deduction, being a Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson rolled into one.
Indeed Barry suffered from a chronic back pain. My visit to Lenox Hill hospital was in connection with surgery he had on his back. Yet the surgery was not successful and Bere was plagued with chronic back pain throughout his life.
His wife Mina Haskind Gourary was a daughter of a prominent Lubavitcher chasid Berel Chaskind. They were much in love and respected each other. In many ways the perfect couple.Mina loved music, the opera and the arts.
She was a strong woman who made a living as a financial planner and stock broker. The late Lubavitcher Rebbe called her Reb Mina. She was a close friend of Rabbi Schneerson prior to 1950. The Rebbe helped her with her school homework especially in Math and she helped him with his English. She related to me that the Rebbe was a major fan of a series of mystery novels called I believe Ellery Queen (sic) And that she traded books with the Rebbe. All this changed after 1951 when she started to date Barry in a serious manner. Her brother is Reb Shalom Chaskind of Tel Aviv. The Rebbe was not invited to their wedding and the Rebbe publicly cried about this . In 1960 a delegation of leading Anash visited Barry led by Rabbi Yosef Weinberg in the hope of bringing him back to CH and the movement. It�s unclear whether the Rebbe himself was behind this. When the rebbe had a MI in the 1970's Barry was among the family members organizing the Rebbe's health recovery team, together with his Mother. At that point Barry related to me that James G. his 2nd cousin called him and told him "you are it". Come back. James G and others were covering all their bases. Of course Barry had no interest in the rabbinate and had embarked on a secular vocation. The Gourary were financially successful and lived in a spacious home. One only can wonder if history had taken a different turn.
From the Amazon.com book description: In the "The Tragedy of Errors" the theme is one that Queen had been developing for many years: the manipulation of events in a world going mad, by people who aspire to the power of gods." Hmmm...
Ellery Queen was one of two brainchildren of the team of cousins, Fred Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. Dannay and Lee entered a writing contest, envisioning a stuffed-shirt author called Ellery Queen who solved mysteries and then wrote about them. Queen relied on his keen powers of observation and deduction, being a Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson rolled into one.
posted by Tzemach Atlas at 9:25 AM
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