FALL
1980 - 5741
• Establishment of Tzivos
Hashem Activities Fall 1980 - 5741The Lubavitcher Rebbe,
Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson encourages Jewish children
to enlist in Tzivos Hashem. Enrollment pours in from
many countries. Registration is recorded in pencil on
cards
• The Tzivos Hashem emblem is designed under the
scrutiny of the Rebbe
• Soldiers go up in Rank
• The Rebbe hosts Rallies for Tzivos Hashem
• Children begin learning twelve Torah passages
selected by the Rebbe
1981 - 5741
• Youth Groups
• Tzivos Hashem Choir
Adopted the theme song ‘We Want Moshiach Now’
• Tzivos Hashem enrollment reaches 60,000 boys
and girls
1982 - 5742
• The Moshiach Times Magazine
• The comic character the Shpy is created for
Tzivos Hashem
• Pesach Experience
• Tzivos Hashem Radio Show
• Rallies with the Rebbe
1983 - 5743
• Registration reaches
100,000 in North America and 250,000 children worldwide.
• Tzivos Hashem Newsletter
• Lag B’Omer Parade
• Sukkos Experience
1984 - 5744
• Tzivos Hashem Pen-Pal Program Dail-a-Jewish
Story
• Tzivos Hashem visits schools presenting a Matza
baking program
• Schools tour the Matza Bakery
• Tzivos Hashem visits children in hospitals
• Tzivos Hashem records soldiers’ rank in
a computerized database
1985 - 5745
• The Matza Ball Race
• ‘Jewish Heroes’ and ‘Good
News’ columns in Newsletter
• The Moshiach Times is published in Italian
• Traveling Tzivos Hashem Programs visit schools,
camps, Y’s and youth groups
1986 - 5746
• The Wonderful World of Shabbos
• After school tutoring programs
• Child’s Hotline
• The Summer Experience
• The Tzivos Hashem Bookstore
• The Dreidel House
1987 - 5747
• Sergeant Shmulke appears
in the Tzivos Hashem Newsletter
• Tzivos Hashem Summer Camp
• Tours with entertainer Moshe Yess
1988 - 5748
• ‘We Want Moshiach
Now’ bumper stickers
• Tzivos Hashem rooms
• Project Identity: Canarsie
• The Jewish Birthday Club
• HaChai Publications is founded to honor the
memory of the Rebbe’s wife Rebitzen Chaya Mushka
• The Jewish Expo opens in the Javits Convention
Cntr.
1989 - 5749
• The first Shomer Shabbos baseball team
• A big brother/big sister program named ‘Achim’
• The Shpy records a cassette tape
1990 - 5750
• Jewish Chaplaincy Program
for Boy Scouts of America
• ‘Step Up’ Bar Mitzvah program
1991 - 5751 Ten Years of Tzivos Hashem
• The Jewish Family Expo exhibited in Moscow and
Paris
• Enrollment in Tzivos Hashem exceeds 300,000
children
• Dial a Jewish Story becomes internationally
syndicated
• Shomer Shabbos Little League expanded to four
teams
1992 - 5752
• Animated Chanukah windows
on Fifth Avenue
• Chanukah House
• The International Jewish Camp Scholarship Fund
1993 - 5753
• Jewish Craft Workshops
• The Jewish Children’s Fund
• The Jewish Expo takes semi-permanent residency
in the Yale building
• Plans begin for The Jewish Children’s
Museum
• Youth Clubs in Russia
• Project Keep Warm
1994 - 5754
• National Rambam Contest
• Yeshivas Erev
• Educational publications translated into six
languages
1995 - 5755
• Israeli, and Russian children join the Shomer
Shabbos Little League
• www.tzivos-hashem.org
In former Soviet Union:
• Summer camp
• Winter camp
• Pesach camp
• Russian language newsletter
1996 - 5756
• Torah Knowledge contest
in Russia Winner of Russian contest visit New York
• Project Second Chance
• Video production of ‘Professor Pellah’s
Place’
1997 - 5757
• Plans for orphanages in Russia
• Land purchased and cleared for The Jewish Children’s
Museum
• Jewish Craft Workshops tour Israel
• HaChai Publishers produces its 50th book
1998 - 5758
• The Esther and William Benenson Home for Jewish
Boys in Ukraine
• The Esther and William Benenson Home for Jewish
Girls in Ukraine
• The Marcia Wilf and Ira Yavarkovsky Jewish Children’s
Clinic in Ukraine
• The Bat Mitzvah Club
• Staffweek for boys
• Tzivos Hashem Craft Workshops Tour Russia
• The 100th Issue of The Moshiach Times magazine
1999- 5759
• Gwathmey Siegel Architects Associates to design
The Jewish Children’s Museum
• Douglas/Gallagher to design exhibits for The
Jewish Children’s Museum
• Ground breaking ceremony for The Jewish Children’s
Museum
• HaChai publication wins prestigious children’s
book award
• Food Pantry in Ukraine
• Craft Workshops in India
2000 - 5760
• The Joseph Papp Children’s Humanitarian
Fund
• Chayolei Bais Dovid Clubs for Kids
• Bat Mitzvah Club operates in 100 cities
• 15th Youth Club opens in the former Soviet Union
• Staffweek for girls
• Jewish Theme Series
• Winter Camp
• www.jewishkidsonline.com features animated Chanuka
website
• Building in Zaparoshe, Ukraine purchased for
medical center
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