Chabad of Laramie

Rabbi Yaakov and Malkie Raskin found Wyoming’s second Chabad Jewish Center, serving the Jewish communities in Laramie and Cheyenne as well as Jewish students and faculty at UW

Rabbi Yaakov and Malkie Raskin have moved to Laramie to found Wyoming's second Chabad Jewish Center, this one serving the southeast Wyoming Jewish community.

For more than 70 years, Chabad representatives have visited Laramie — sent by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. When Rabbi Zalman and Raizy Mendelsohn established the Chabad Jewish Center of Wyoming in 2007, they began to make the six-plus-hour drive from Jackson Hole to visit Laramie and Cheyenne several times a year, developing friendships with many Jewish community members, who often expressed how meaningful it would be to establish a full-time Chabad presence in southeast Wyoming.

“After more than 70 years of Chabad visits and connection with Larmie’s Jewish community, we’re excited to welcome Rabbi Yaakov and Malky Raskin to found the city’s first Chabad Jewish center,” said Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn. “It’s heartening to hear how much the city’s modest, but proud Jewish community looks forward to welcoming them.”

From JewishLaramie.com