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Crown Heights, Brooklyn,
is a neighborhood for both
Hasidim and blacks.
biped with Lubavitch's outreach orienta-
Judaism. That desire comes, explains Rab-
tion, has led his movement to make use of
bi Yehuda Krinsky, the Rebbe's spokes-
all the world has to offer and to expand its
man, from the idea behind the sect's name.
effort to spread the word of what Judaism
"Chabad is an acronym for the Hebrew
has to offer.
words meaning wisdom, understanding
and knowledge. What that • says is that
What that has meant is using all means
once you acquire wisdom and have an un-
possible, from comic books to White
derstanding of it, you are inspired to go
House proclamations, to reach out in all
out and act on that knowledge. The in- ways possible to as many Jews as possi-
tellect affects the emotions and the emo-
ble to get them to feel and be as JeWish
tions lead to practice."
as possible.
And so, unlike other Hasidic groups
"We deal with every Jew, regardless of
which became protectionist and isolation-
background or - affiliation," said Rabbi
ist, concerned only with the holiness of
Krinsky. "We work with each Jew's qesh-
their world, Lubavitch concerned itself - • ama, soul. Sometimes it's covered with
with the holiness of the whole world, be-
layers but every person seeks to know his
lieving that "each Jew is responsible for
purpose in life. We help them find it. We
another, for we are all brothers, our souls
offer unadulterated Yiddishkeit, open to
linked together in common destiny." And
anyane to drink from as they wish. Our
While that's always been true, it has never
sole motive is to bring every Jew closer to
been more ,true than since 1950.
Yiddishkeit." •
That was the year when the sixth Luba-
Spearheading that effort and forming
vitcher rebbe died and was succeeded by
the core of the Lubavitch empire, are more
tis son-h).-law, Rabbi Schneerson, the
than 250 Chabad Houses, located wher-
great-great-great-great grandson of the
ever there is anything resembling a Jewish
founder of Chabad. Unlike his six prede-
community. Originally set up on or near
cessors and, indeed, unlike any of the reb-
college campuses to serve a student con-
bes of any of the 40 or so Hasidic courts,
stituency, the houses most recently have
Rabbi Schneerson is the only rebbe to'have
been established in suburban areas and de-
ever attended college or to have. had any
signed to meet the nee& of yonng Jewish
significant contact with secular learning.
families.
As a young man, he studied at the Univer- -
Usually, ataffed by a young couple, the
sity of Berlin and went on to receive a husband a graduate of a Lubavitch yesh-
degree in engineering from the Sorbonne iva, the Chabad HouseE3 are apen day and
in Paris. That, say his followers, has given night and offer a wide array of services, ac-
him a modern outlook and la grasp of the
ting as combination synagogues, Jewish
realities of the secular world which, corn-
community centers, Hebrew schoOls*d
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