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Twenty years after rebbe’s death, has Chabad changed?

2014-07-02

By: Federation

On: July 2, 2014

In: The Jewish World

By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News NEW YORK (JTA) — What does a fervent religious movement do after the death of its singular leader? That was the existential question the Chabad-Lubavitch movement faced 20 years ago this week when its charismatic rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, died with no heir. AmidContinue Reading

Are you heading in the right direction?

2014-02-14

By: Federation

On: February 14, 2014

In: Rabbi's Turn

Rabbi Berry Farkash, Chabad of the Central Cascades It was a spring evening in the mid-’60s; a group of young students from NYU came for a private audience with the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson. The group was mostly young boys and girls from secular homes who wantedContinue Reading