JEM: Five Amazing Stories of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and College Students

A high school senior, uncertain about whether to go to Yeshiva or college, goes to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson for advice.

Dr. Susan Handelman is Professor of English Literature at Bar Ilan University in Israel. Trying to decide on a topic for her doctoral thesis, she decided to ask the Rebbe’s opinion.

When academic and artist, Mel Alexenberg, was considering giving up his position at New York’s Columbia University and relocating to Israel, he and his wife were looking to do something out of the box. As it turned out, the Rebbe had just the idea.

During a private audience a college student turned to the Rebbe and asked “what is your job description”?

In 1962, Dr. Yaacov Hanoka was a physics student at Pennsylvania State University. After a group of rabbinic students visited his campus for Shabbos, he was intrigued to learn more about Judaism. His Hillel rabbi arranged a private audience for him with the Rebbe.

0:00 A high school senior, uncertain about whether to go to Yeshiva or college, goes to the Rebbe for advice.
0:59 The Rebbe’s surprising advice on getting a PHD
3:59 Why I Left Columbia University and Started a College in Israel
10:45 When students asked the Lubavitcher Rebbe: “What is your job description”?
14:14 The Rebbe’s campaign to bring Jewish college students back to their roots

Watch full-length videos of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson: https://go.jem.tv/YT (microdonation)