In a historic discovery, a telegram written by the Rebbe to President Eisenhower following the 1956 terrorist attack in Kfar Chabad has been discovered.

On April 11, 1956, Arab terrorists opened fire on a Kfar Chabad School during maariv, killing five young students and their instructor. We bring you a previously unpublished telegram written by the Rebbe to President Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 16 – five days later.

The telegram has been published by Rebbe Responsa courtesy of Rabbi Yosef Kramer.

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THE PRESIDENT
THE WHITE HOUSE

THE COLD BLOODED MASSACRE OF JEWISH CHILDREN AT PRAYER IN CHABAD
VILLAGE IN HOLY LAND MUST AROUSE EVERY DECENT HUMAN BEING.

IN NAME OF HUMANITY AND ESPECIALLY IN NAME OF AMERICAN AND WORLD
CHABAD MOVEMENT AND CHABAD CONGREGATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF WHICH
WHICH I HAVE [THE] HONOR TO BE SPIRITUAL LEADER, INCLUDING CHABAD
MOVEMENT AND RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE HOLY LAND, I
APPEAL TO YOU FROM DEPTH OF SORROWFUL HEART TO DO ALL YOU CAN AND
EXERT YOUR GREAT INFLUENCE THAT EFFECTIVE MEASURES BE TAKEN
IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT REPETITION OF SUCH HORRORS AND SAFEGUARD THE
SACRED INSTITUTIONS IN THE HOLY LAND.

RABBI MENACHEM SCHNEERSON PRESIDENT AGUDAS CHASIDEI CHABAD
770 EASTERN PARKWAY BROOKLYN NY