Librescu, Liviu

One year ago, on April 16, 2007, amidst horror and heartbreak of the Virginia Tech Massacre, the courage of one man who gave his life to save his students awed and inspired people all over the world.

On the Hebrew calendar, last Shabbat marked the one year anniversary of the death of Virginia Tech professor Liviu Librescu, who saved his class by blocking his lecture hall’s door with his body as a gunman riddled it with bullets. His colleagues, family ...

When words are seemingly inadequate in expressing feelings, Jewish tradition gives us a sentence which contains a threefold message of consolation.

The new Librescu Chabad Jewish Student Center is named after slain Professor Liviu Librescu, who sacrificed his life so that his students could escape a gunman's rampage.