Sun April 19th

4:00 p.m.

Topic: The rescue, relief, and resistance activities of Rabbi Zalman Schneerson and his daughter Hadassa Schneerson (Carlebach)

Event Chaired by Professor Karen Sutton, PhD

Speakers include Rebbetzin Hadassa Carlebach and Rabbi Menachem Berkowitz

This year’s program will illuminate the struggle that Rabbi Zalman Schneerson and his daughter, Hadassa, endured to secure safety and provide food, shelter, and Jewish education for more than 80 children in Vichy, France, during World War 2.

In addition, Rabbi Zalman was responsible for saving and smuggling at least another eighty-nine children and young people.

Learn a firsthand account about the challenges of resisting the Nazis and their collaborators.

Rabbi Menachem Berkowitz studied in yeshivot in Los Angeles and New York and is a researcher of the Schneerson family. He is Rebbetzin Hadassa Carlebach’s great-grandson. You can find Menachem’s work on his blog at schneersonalia.substack.com

Born Hadassa Schneerson in 1927, Rebbetzin Hadassa Carlebach assisted her father in saving 100 Jewish children during the Holocaust in Nazi occupied France. Rebbetzin Hadassa has been involved in different capacities with The Carlebach Shul for over 55 years and continues to be a source of inspiration for our chevreh and for the hundreds of high school students who she talks to every year.