CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF LOUISIANA
Chabad Lubavitch of Louisiana is a non-profit affiliate of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Nearly 35 years ago, the leader of the Chabad movement, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Rebbe, sent Rabbi Zelig and Bluma Rivkin as his shluchim (emissaries) to New orleans, Louisiana for the purpose of seeing to the spiritual and material needs of Louisiana Jews. 

Chabad of Louisiana began working out of the Chabad House it established in Uptown New Orleans near the Tulane University campus in Fall of 1975. Since then Chabad has since developed into a multi-faceted organization, serving the community through the many educational, social and religious programs that are offered. Chabad's activities are directed by five "Shluchim couples," Rabbi Zelig and Bluma Rivkin, Dr. David and Nechama Kaufmann, Rabbi Yossie and Chanie Nemes, Rabbi Mendel and Malkie Rivkin and Rabbi Yochanan and Sarah Rivkin.

Chabad of Louisiana headquarters, located at 7037 Freret St., serves as a Synagogue as well as a center for adult education, children's programs and Jewish social events. Information about our many programs and activities is accessible throughout the website. Chabad's brand new Mikvah is housed in a new free standing facility behind the Chabad House. A major overhaul and renovation of Chabad House is underway. Services and activities are being held at a temporary location, 1216 Broadway.

The Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center, serving Tulane, Loyola and UNO universities, is located next door at 7033 Freret St. and includes a sanctuary, student lounge, kitchen, library and study rooms, as well as a large activity room.

In 1990, Chabad of Louisiana opened a branch in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans. The Gerson Katz Chabad Center of Metairie thus came to be designed and built as a cutting edge multi-functional facility.

Chabad of Louisiana's other presence is its full-time, fully accredited Jewish day school, Torah Academy, which provides the only Torah true Jewish and secular education for children from pre-K through the 8th grade in the Greater New Orleans Area.