Rabbi Menachem Altein
Job title
Director at MIT Chabad
Department
Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life
I Can Help With Jewish life, culture, wisdom and practice
Menachem Altein directs MIT Chabad and has been serving the MIT community since 2014.
Beginning Talmudic and Chassidic philosophy studies at the age of 10, Menachem was educated at Yeshivas in Chicago, England and Israel before receiving a Bachelor of Religious Studies at Rabbinical college of America in NJ.
With 11 siblings running Chabad centers across the globe, in Alaska, Bogota and Johannesburg, Menachem and his wife Mussy are passionate about providing a warm home for the students and community at MIT.
Menachem’s favorite saying: “Every Jew is family isn’t just a motto, it’s a way of life!”