Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the leader of the Brooklyn-based Lubavitch movement who died a year ago at age 92, will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington tomorrow.

When Rabbi Schneerson died in 1994, his passing drew great crowds and sparked an emotion in the streets of Brooklyn. A generation later, the Rebbe may be even more influential.

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 counsel… ...

The Rebbe Smiles: Russian-born Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson sits behind several microphones on a table while his audience watches, New York, 1970s. Image by Getty Images ...

NEW YORK — To tens of thousands of Lubavitcher Jews around the world, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was more than their “rebbe,” their teacher. They believed he could be the messiah. They ...

Up to 25,000 Chabad-Lubavitch Jews are expected to gather in Cambria Heights this weekend to pay tribute at the grave of their leader, the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson. The rebbe died June 12 ...

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 ...

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the charismatic head of the Lubavitch chasidic movement, died 10 years ago this week, leaving both followers and observers wondering about the future of the ...

Menachem Mendel Schneerson: Becoming the Messiah Ezra Glinter. Yale Univ, $28 (312p) ISBN 978-0-300-22262-3 ...

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Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the grand rabbi of the Lubavitch Hasidim, was taken to the intensive care unit of a Manhattan hospital early yesterday after suffering seizures at his Brooklyn home.