Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Kazen, known as YY, center, envisioned a world where Jewish teachings, inspiration and information would be available everywhere.
Jewish Internet Pioneer’s Brick-and-Mortar Legacy in Baton Rouge
In the late 1980s, Rabbi Y.Y. Kazen recognized that the future lay in what would soon become the World Wide Web. This vision would lead him to found Chabad-Lubavitch of Cyberspace, also known as Chabad.org. By the time Kazen tragically passed away in 1998 at the age of 44, The New York Times hailed him as a “web pioneer.” His brainchild, Chabad.org, has been dedicated in his everlasting memory ever since.
