Grossman is a sixth generation Jerusalemite, born in 1946. A dramatic turning point in his life occurred in 1968 when he decided to move to the Lower Galilee town of Migdal Ha'Emek to provide the socio-humanitarian aid sorely needed there. Grossman became a steady and frequent visitor at the town's discothèques and pubs, engaging the young clientele in dialogues. Slowly but surely the tough exteriors began to peel away and there began to surface the gentle side of the members of the new generation searching for their true identity.
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| - Grossman is a sixth generation Jerusalemite, born in 1946. A dramatic turning point in his life occurred in 1968 when he decided to move to the Lower Galilee town of Migdal Ha'Emek to provide the socio-humanitarian aid sorely needed there. Grossman became a steady and frequent visitor at the town's discothèques and pubs, engaging the young clientele in dialogues. Slowly but surely the tough exteriors began to peel away and there began to surface the gentle side of the members of the new generation searching for their true identity.
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| - Grossman is a sixth generation Jerusalemite, born in 1946. A dramatic turning point in his life occurred in 1968 when he decided to move to the Lower Galilee town of Migdal Ha'Emek to provide the socio-humanitarian aid sorely needed there. Migdal Ha'Emek had been established in 1953 as a development town designed to accommodate part of the great influx of Jewish immigrants from the North African countries. The town's population grew in size much faster than the evolving socio-economic and educational infrastructure. The resulting shortage of jobs and lack of sufficient school facilities and teachers had a devastating effect on the inhabitants. Migdal Ha'Emek quickly became known as one of the prime centers of criminal activity in Israel. Grossman's arrival on the scene was without fanfare. He had no welcoming committee and no mandate from the people or from the administration. He also had no budget nor staff or even an office. He joined in the conversations of idle youth hanging out on the street corners and, after gaining their confidence, began organizing private classes for them. But he knew that to get to the core of the problem, he would have to tackle it at its roots. Grossman became a steady and frequent visitor at the town's discothèques and pubs, engaging the young clientele in dialogues. Slowly but surely the tough exteriors began to peel away and there began to surface the gentle side of the members of the new generation searching for their true identity. The painstaking work was beginning to meet with significant achievements and public recognition. Grossman's reputation as "The Disco Rabbi" had been firmly set in the minds of the general public in all of Israel who received regular reports from the communications media. He began visiting prisoners in Israel's jails giving them words of encouragement and providing them with young Rabbi's to teach them the beauty of the Torah way of life. Though official statistics showed that criminal activity began a downtrend in Migdal Ha'Emek, the town's residents didn't need statistics to show them how much the situation had improved. The cleaned-up atmosphere helped entice entrepreneurs to set up factories in the town's industrial zone and the unemployed regained their pride as jobs became available.
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