Southern California Communities to Mark Rebbe's Yahrzeit

(lubavitch.com) Chabad of Orange County invites friends and supporters to an evening exploring the unique relationship between the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Israel’s Leaders.

The evning, honoring the 15th yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of blessed memory, will feature Yehuda Avner.

Avner, a senior advisor to Prime Ministers Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzchak Rabin, Menachem Begin & Shimon Peres, and  served as the Israeli Ambassador to Australia and Ireland, enjoyed considerable personal correspondence with the Rebbe..

As liaison between Israel’s leaders and the Rebbe, Ambassador Avner escorted Prime Ministers Yitzchak Rabin, Menachem Begin and Israeli President Zalman Shazar to their private meetings with the Rebbe.

The event is sponsored by Chabad-Lubavitch of Orange County, which opened its first center in Long Beach CA in 1969. Today, more than 15 centers serve thousands on a year-round basis with schools, summer camps and Chabad centers.