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Dovid Margolin

Dovid Margolin is an associate editor at Chabad.org, where he writes on Jewish life with a particular interest in Russian Jewish history. His work has appeared in The Weekly Standard and Mosaic.

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    The Hasidic Rebbe Who Helped Defeat Napoleon

    Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi stood up to the secular French revolutionary, lighting a flame of resistance that still burns today

    byDovid Margolin
  • Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg
    Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg
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    Ten Years After Mumbai

    Today marks 10 years since the brutal murder of Chabad emissaries Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg, their four Jewish guests, and 158 other victims of the Mumbai terror attack

    byDovid Margolin
  • A visitor stands at the gravesite of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson June 30, 2014 at the Old Montefiore Cemetery in the Queens borough of New York.
    A visitor stands at the gravesite of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson June 30, 2014 at the Old Montefiore Cemetery in the Queens borough of New York.
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    On the Anniversary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Passing, a Lesson in Changing the World

    It starts with learning to ask the questions that truly matter

    byDovid Margolin
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    Passover Among German Metalheads

    When a hotel-booking snafu kicked two Chabad rabbis out of their room on Pesach, they found themselves approached by a Bavarian metal band in town for the Satanic Stomp festival. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

    byDovid Margolin
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