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New Chabad Reps Join Lauder Business School Faculty

Vienna, Austrai

June 17, 2008

(lubavitch.com) Rabbi (Dr.) Michael & Yael Kigel (Toronto) are newly installed Chabad Shluchim to the Lauder Business School in Vienna, Austria. The position is underwritten by a grant from the Rohr family. Dr. Kigel serves as the Rohr Chair of Jewish Studies and heads the school’s Jewish Leadership Program. In this capacity, Kigel will be developing curriculum and teaching classes, catering to the school’s unique multicultural needs.

The Lauder Business School is a Lauder Foundation institute operated by Chabad Shluchim to Vienna, Rabbi Jacob Biderman and Rabbi Shaya Boas.

The LBS is an EU accredited university of applied sciences and offers BA & MA degrees. (Visit www.lbs.ac.at).

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