The Rabbi Who Defied Stalin and Revolutionized American Judaism...

Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, led resistance to Soviet Communist efforts to suppress Judaism, enduring imprisonment and a death sentence before escaping to the United States. A new biography details how he prioritized Jewish education and outreach to unaffiliated Jews.

After arriving in America, Schneersohn supported rescue efforts during the Holocaust and encouraged Chabad followers to engage with Israeli society and serve in its defense forces after 1948, shaping the movement's later international role.