Goldman, Ari

Ari Goldman, then a reporter for The New York Times, recalls several encounters that he shared with the Rebbe, as well as an unexpected telephone call shortly after one particular visit. (Late 1980s)

Twenty years ago next week, on the night of Aug. 19, 1991 – the night that Gavin Cato and Yankel Rosenbaum were killed – my editor called me at home to tell me that riots had broken out on the streets of Crown Heights.