The Rebbe Discusses the Future of American Judaism

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The Rebbe: American Jewry's Historical Mission
A journalist's conversation with Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in the mid-1950's
By Asher Penn
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"American youth is like unsown land waiting to be worked," said the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who was chosen to lead the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Hassidic movement after the 1950 passing of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, of righteous memory. "The youth can be compared to a blank piece of paper."

The Rebbe explained that the 20th century American Jewish soul is ripe and open to Judaism in an unprecedented way. He showed that America filled all the requirements for becoming a Jewish spiritual haven, and thought it possible for American born Jews to be the next spiritual leaders and scholars for world Jewry.

The Rebbe added, "By Divine Providence a new home for Jewish teachings and Judaism was prepared in America at the same time that the flames engulfed our great fortresses across the Atlantic.

"The Jews in America need to recognize the historical Divine mission that G‑d placed in their hands at a time when the Jewish nation is fighting for its survival. The greatest concentration of the best of Jewry is in America. Thus we need to lead the smaller Jewish communities in other countries and continents, even in the Land of Israel which needs to lean on America for economical and spiritual help."

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