Report card of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

The Rebbe as student in Berlin circa 1928.

I have been thinking about the Lubavitcher Rebbe's legacy, the following is my subjective take on it:
1. Grow Chabad movement: A
2. Integrate knowledge, science and philosophy into Jewish discourse: F
3. Make peace with the family of the Previous Rebbe: F
4. Encourage artistic expression within Jewish life: B
5. Encourage Baal Tshuva movement: B+
6. Discourage discrimination against Baal Tshuvas: F
7. Influence political process in Israel: C
8. Improve day school education in USA: D
9. Fight assimilation: F
10. Create jobs for the emissaries: A
11. Improve parnosa opportunities for the orthodox Jews: F
12. Force G-d�s hand in bringing the redemption: F
13. Set Crown Heights as a living example of a Jewish community: F
14. Advance Torah discourse: A
15. Leave a functional enterprise behind: C
16. Improve garbage collection on Kinston Ave.: F
17. Build new mikvah in Crown Heights: C+
18. Build new 770 or the 3rd Temple: F



faruq: I feel that your points are worded unfairly. Here are the points you graded "F" in a slightly different wording:
2. Making lots of people believe that "Torah and Science aren't opposing each other": A
3. Emerging victorious from conflicts involving the family of the Previous Rebbe: A
6. Attracting myriads of Baal Tshuvas despite discrimination: A
9. (Mobilizing thousands of Jews to) fight (against) assimilation: A
11. Improve parnosa opportunities for the orthodox Jews (mostly sheluchim): A
12. Working towards forcing G-d�s hand in bringing the redemption: A
13. Sending away the best of the ANASH on shelichus, sacrificing Crown Heights so it could not become a living example of a Jewish community: A
16. Improve garbage collection on Kingston Ave.: F (indisputable)
18. Laying a cornerstone to build new 770/the 3rd Temple: A


Te cornerstone of 770.