Living Torah Archives

The youth rebellion of the 60s saw an explosion of counterculture movements fighting the status quo across the Western world. As many wrote off the radicalism of their children, the Rebbe embraced their passion, arguing that it all stemmed from a thirst for good.

After calling for revolution at an anti- Vietnam War rally, Larry Caroline lost his position as a philosophy professor at the University of Texas, and his academic career. After making his journey to Judaism and reporting the events to the Rebbe almost a decade later, he was encouraged to remain a radical.