Shlomo Cunin

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Rabbi Cunin, third (visible) on right, with a delegation representing the "American Friends of Lubavitch", presents a menorah to president Ronald Reagan, White House, 1984.

Baruch Shlomo Eliyahu Cunin, (Hebrew ברוך שלמה אליהו קונין), (Shlomo Cunin), a Hasidic Rabbi, associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Cunin is the director of Chabad-Lubavitch of California, and Chabad activities on the West Coast of the United States.^[1]

Activities

In 1965, he was appointed by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Chabad rebbe, as a Shliach. Both Cunin and Rabbi Menachem Shmuel David Raichik, built a network of Chabad Houses throughout California and Nevada.

Chabad of California's mission is to reach out to others with acts of goodness and kindness. West coast Chabad is a community-based nonprofit organization whose efforts are rooted in traditional Jewish values—and many of its programs help the needy regardless of background or belief.^[2]^[3]

West Coast Chabad

Rabbi Cunin, sent by the Rebbe, began West Coast Chabad in 1967; Chabad now runs the largest network of nonsectarian educational and social services under Jewish auspices on the West Coast.

West Coast Chabad Lubavitch is division of Chabad-Lubavitch, one of the largest religious Jewish organizations in the world. Chabad embraces a philosophy of study, meditation, and social outreach. Combining religious study with proactive community involvement, Chabad's growing array of educational and social services programs has made it a dynamic force in modern Jewish life.^[3]

Involvement with Chabad of Russia

Cunin is a member of Agudas Chasidei Chabad of Russia. He is involved in a recovery effort to reclaim ownership of a portion of the Chabad library, controlled by the Russian government.^[4]

Family

Shlomo Cunin's brother, Rabbi Pinchas Cunin (d. 2011), was a rabbi in the Crown Heights Chabad community.^[5]

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References

v t e Chabad

Rebbes	Shneur Zalman of Liadi Dovber Schneuri Menachem Mendel Schneersohn Shmuel Schneersohn Sholom Dovber Schneersohn Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn Menachem Mendel Schneerson

History	770 Eastern Parkway 19 Kislev Ohel Chabad library 11 Nissan Brooklyn Bridge shooting 3 Tammuz

Organizations	Agudas Chasidei Chabad Chabad on Campus Chabad.org Children's Museum Colel Chabad Gan Israel Jewish Relief Agency JLI Kehot Publication Society Lubavitch Youth Organization Machneh Israel Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch NCFJE Ohr Avner Sheloh Tzivos Hashem

Notable figures	Adin Steinsaltz Chana Schneerson Chaya M. Schneerson Chaim M. A. Hodakov Dovid Raskin Herman Branover Levi Yitzchak Schneerson Leib Groner Nissan Neminov Shemaryahu Gurary Simon Jacobson Yehuda Krinsky Zalman M. HaYitzchaki

Community rabbis	Avraham Osdoba Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi Moshe D. Gutnick Yaakov Schwei Yosef Heller Yosef Braun

Notable emissaries	Abraham Shemtov Berel Lazar Menachem S. D. Raichik Shlomo Cunin

Notable Mashpiim	Hillel Paritcher Manis Friedman Yehuda Chitrik Yoel Kahn Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson

Communities	Crown Heights Kfar Chabad Lyubavichi

Texts	Tanya Shulchan Aruch HaRav Tehillat Hashem Maamarim Hayom Yom Likkutei Sichos Igrot Kodesh

Schools	Bais Chana Bais Rivka Beth Rivkah Hadar Hatorah Lubavitch Senior Girls' School Machon Chana Mayanot Ohel Chana Oholei Torah Ohr Avner Rabbinical College Tomchei Temimim Yeshivah College Yeshivah Gedolah

Outreach	Mitzvah campaigns Chabad house Chabad on Campus Mitzvah tank Noahide laws Public menorah Shluchim

Terminology	Chitas Mashpia Meiniach Farbrengen Nusach Ari Choizer Chabadnitze

Controversies	Chabad messianism Library controversy

Chabad offshoots	Strashelye Kopust Liadi Niezhin Avrutch Malachim

Persondata
Name	Cunin, Shlomo
Alternative names	Baruch Shlomo Cunin
Short description	American rabbi
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