Mike Tabor, 79, visited the Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in 1970 when he was invited by the World Union of Students to perform at its conference in Philadelphia.

And, when Rabbi Shmuel Lew the Chabad emissary in London heard that Mike would be passing through New York City, he arranged an audience with the Rebbe.

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