Chabad Leadership Formation Menachem Mendel Schneerson from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson Lu
Chabad Leadership Formation Menachem Mendel Schneerson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson Lubavitcher Rebbe Lubavitcher Rebbe Synagogue 770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY Began 10 Shevat 5711 / January 17, 1951 Predecessor Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn Personal details Born April 5, 1902 OS (11 Nissan 5662)[1] Died June 12, 1994 NS (3 Tammuz 5754) (aged 92[2]) Buried Queens, New York, USA Dynasty Chabad Lubavitch Parents Levi Yitzchak Schneerson Chana Yanovski Schneerson Spouse Chaya Mushka Schneerson Semicha Rogatchover Gaon America and leadership[edit] Escape from EuropeIn 1941, Schneerson escaped from Europe on the Serpa Pinto, which embarked from Lisbon, Portugal. It was one of the last boats to cross the Atlantic before the U-boat blockade began,[33] and joined his father-in- law, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. Seeking to contribute to the war effort, he went to work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, drawing wiring for the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63),[34][35] and other classified military work.[36] Rise in AmericaIn 1942, his father-in-law appointed him director of the Chabad movement's newly-founded central organizations, placing him at the helm of building the movement's Jewish educational, social services, and publishing networks across the United States, Israel, Africa, Europe and Australia. However, Schneerson kept a low public profile within the movement. He would speak publicly only once a month, delivering talks to his father-in-law's followers.[12] During the 1940s, Schneerson became a naturalized US citizen. For many years to come, he would speak about America's special place in the world, and would argue that the bedrock of the United States' power and uniqueness came from its foundational values, which were, according to Schneerson, '"E pluribus unum'—from many one", and "In God we trust."[37] In 1949, his father-in-law would become a U.S.
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