(RNS) On any given day, people will make a pilgrimage to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s grave. A young couple might pray for his blessing before their marriage. A rabbi might hope for ...

From a spartan basement synagogue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson became the spiritual leader to tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews across the globe, a man whose ...

NEW YORK — The Lubavitch grand rabbi, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, designated no successor in a brief will that bequeathed a modest estate consisting of books, manuscripts, artwork and household ...

The synagogue in New York's Brooklyn borough is closely tied with Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson's enduring influence in global Judaism and beyond in the three decades since his death ...

Thousands of Jews from around the globe packed a Queens cemetery Wednesday night to mark the 15th anniversary of the death of iconic Rabbi Menachem Schneerson. Schneerson, the head rabbi or rebbe ...

(RNS) — The tunnel’s discovery was just the latest in a 30-year clash among factions of the Hasidic group led by the late Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who died 30 years ago. (RNS ...

Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who died in 1994 at the age of 92, was the charismatic leader of a worldwide cult of personality that he expanded into a global phenomenon. One of the challenges that ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Local officials from around the Southern Tier gathered at Binghamton City Hall to honor the life and legacy of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, to celebrate ...

The honoree, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was a prominent Hasidic rabbi, was born in 1902 in what is now Ukraine. He became the Rebbe in 1951 and led the Chabad movement until his death in 1994.

Thousands of Jews across Ukraine participated last week in public events to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Organized by ...

Joseph Telushkin, the author of “Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History,” said Schneerson became the seventh Rebbe, or spiritual ...

down the street from the house, at 1304 President St., where Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson — also known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe — lived with his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson.