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Rebbe commemorated at White House
JTA
A commemoration of the passing of the Lubavitch rebbe will culminate in a White House briefing.
Leaders of both parties in Congress, as well as top Bush administration officials, are attending the two-day tribute to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who died June 12, 1994.
The theme is education, and speakers include Elie Wiesel; U.S. Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff; and Australia’s defense minister. Chertoff and Joshua Bolten, the White House chief of staff, who are both Jewish, will attend the White House briefing Wednesday morning.
About 30 diplomats joined Lubavitch emissaries to their countries at the events. Thousands of people also are expected to gather at the rebbe’s grave in New York on the anniversary of his death.
Yanki
Yasher koach gadol to Rabbis Avrohom and Levi Shemtov. I am attending the event in DC and it is a real kiddush Lubavitch!