“he never saw Heaven with a telescope.” The afterlife and other topics were posed to the Rebbe by a group of eager college students. The Avn...

“Rebbe, please explain the existence of G-d.” Over the years the Rebbe fielded many queries from youth who challenged Jewish belief in the f...

"Rebbe, my non-Jewish girlfriend and I are thinking of getting married" Assimilation was and still is one of the most challenging ...

Over the years the Rebbe dealt attentively with “at-risk” individuals who questioned their faith and wandered off the path. The Avner Instit...

The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was born Friday, April 18, 1902 (11 Nissan 5662) in the Ukrainian town of Mikolaiv. Over ...

It was December 1957, and Naftali Dulitzky, a wealthy Tel Aviv businessman, was asked by the Rebbe to donate a very large sum for the fledgl...

October 1973. On Yom Kippur Egypt launched a sudden attack on Israel, which by the skin of its teeth pushed back the enemy force and potenti...

October 22, 1976. A U.S. Army chaplain, about to become a father, asks: should he leave his job, which might conflict...

As Purim approaches, the Avner Institute would like to present a moving encounter that took place at a Purim Farbrengen in the early 1970s, ...

The year was 1930. Soviet Jewry lay under threat of its very existence. Six months earlier the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schne...

Is “Jewish meditation” really the way to attract seekers and combat the allure of cults? Or is that itself a danger? Dr. Yehuda Landes was a...

In 1956 the first delegation of rabbis traveled to the Soviet Union, a trip widely covered by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and other Jewi...

Over the last two weeks the news in the Middle East, particularly Egypt, has left many wondering, “What is in store for Israel?” How does th...

To the Rebbe, outreach was not limited to Jews. He frequently spoke of teaching people of all backgrounds, and many non-Jews were helped by ...