Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch
Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch (Hebrew: מרכז לענייני חינוך, lit. Central Organization for Education) is the central educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. it was founded in 1943 by the sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, who appointed his son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who would later become the seventh Rebbe, as its chairman and director. Today Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky serves as Chairman.
Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch is the official body responsible for establishing Chabad centers across the globe.
Organizational structure
Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch has these divisions:
Central Chabad Lubavitch Library — home to 250,000 books and over 100,000 letters, artifacts and pictures
Chabad.org — an online repository of Jewish knowledge and information that attracts one million users per year
Jewish Educational Media (JEM) — the broadcast and film production division of the Lubavitch movement, founded in 1980
Jewish Learning Institute — provider of adult-education courses in hundreds of cities worldwide