Editing Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (section)

== 1929: First visit to the United States ==
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Following his trip to the Holy Land, he turned his attention to the United States, arriving in Manhattan on 17 September 1929 (12 [[Elul]] 5689) on the French passenger liner [[SS France (1910)|S.S. France]].<ref>[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]], [https://www.newspapers.com/image/58266318/?terms=6%2C000%2Bdue%2Btoday 17 September 1929, p. 8]; ''[[The Forward|Forward]]'', 18 September 1929, pp. 1, 12.</ref> Schneersohn was greeted by some 600 people, with security provided by over 100 New York City police officers.<ref>''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'', [https://www.newspapers.com/image/58266306/ 17 September 1929, p.2].</ref> "May the Almighty bless this great country that has been a refuge for our Jewish people," he said at his arrival.<ref name="18 September 1929, p.18">''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'', [https://www.newspapers.com/image/58266423/ 18 September 1929, p.18].</ref> The purpose of his visit was to assess the educational and religious state of American Jewry, and raise awareness of the plight of Soviet Jews.<ref name="18 September 1929, p.18"/> Hailed as "one of the greatest Jews of our age,"<ref>Joint statement of the [[Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada]] and of the Rabbinical Board of New York, cited in ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'', [https://www.newspapers.com/image/58266423/ 18 September 1929, p. 18].</ref> he was honored at a 28 October banquet in Manhattan by Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jewish leaders.<ref>''Jewish Daily Bulletin'', [http://www.jta.org/1929/10/28/archive/to-honor-famous-chassidic-rabbi-tonight 28 October 1929, p. 3].</ref>

While in the United States, Schneersohn also traveled (among places other than New York) to [[Philadelphia]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Geberer, Yehuda & Safier, Dovi|title=Life, Liberty & The Lubavitcher Rebbe|date=20 January 2021|url=https://mishpacha.com/life-liberty-and-the-lubavitcher-rebbe/}}</ref><ref>[[Jewish Exponent]], 20 December 1929; ''Philadelphia City News'', 27 December 1929.</ref> [[Baltimore]],<ref>[[Baltimore Sun]], 13 January 1930.</ref> Detroit,<ref>[[Detroit Jewish News]], 18 April 1930, p. 6.</ref> [[Boston]],<ref>''Jewish Daily Bulletin'', [http://www.jta.org/1930/06/15/archive/boston-jewry-to-play-host-to-lubawitscher-rebbe 15 June 1930, p. 2].</ref> and Chicago.<ref>''The Sentinel'' (Chicago), 14 February 1930, p.[5].</ref> On 10 July, he met President [[Herbert Hoover]] at the White House.<ref>''The Sentinel'' (Chicago), 25 July 1930, p. 11.</ref> As the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate, Hoover had lobbied for his release.<ref name="wer"/> Lubavitch followers in America begged their Rebbe to leave Russia and stay in America, but Schneersohn declined, saying that America was an [[Irreligion|irreligious]] place where even rabbis [[Shaving in Judaism|shaved off their beards]]. He left the United States to return to [[Riga]], [[Latvia]], on 17 July 1930.<ref>''Jewish Daily Bulletin'', [http://www.jta.org/1930/07/18/archive/lubawitscher-rebbe-sails-for-home-as-thousands-see-him-off 18 July 1930, p. 4].</ref>

From 1934 until the early part of [[World War II]], he lived in [[Warsaw]], Poland.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}