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About the Rebbe
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory (1902-1994), the seventh leader in the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty, is considered to have been the most phenomenal Jewish personality of modern times. To hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of sympathizers and admirers around the world, he was — and still is, despite his passing — "the Rebbe," undoubtedly the one individual, more than any other, singularly responsible for stirring the conscience and spiritual awakening of world Jewry.
Born in the Ukrainian-Russian town of Nikolaev in 1902, the Rebbe spent his childhood in pogrom-ridden Czarist Russia, the 20's battling the Stalinist attempt to eradicate Jewish life in the Soviet Empire, the 30's in Berlin and Paris. In 1941 he escaped Nazi-occupied Europe and settled in New York, where for the next 50 years he transformed the very fabric of Jewish life in every corner of the globe.
The Rebbe studied science at the university level from 1928-1932 in Berlin, and from 1934-1938 in Paris, and in his words "I have tried to follow scientific developments in certain areas ever since".
About the Author
Compiler
Daniel Friedmann, P.Eng., M.A.Sc., a Readers' Favorite International Book Award Winner, studies the origin of the universe and life on Earth. He is CEO and Chairman of Carbon Engineering, a company dedicated to removing CO2 from the air to mitigate climate change. He was the President and CEO of a global communications and information company until May 2016. His work on reconciling the biblical account with scientific observation using his "biblical clock" formula has been reported in conferences, newspapers, and magazines, as well as on television and radio programs. He is the author of several books on Torah and science.