Career
He served as chairman of the Lubavitch Youth Organization for over 50 years. Rabbi Raskin was born in Babruysk, Belarus in 1927. In 1955, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson appointed Raskin as to the board of directors for the newly founded Lubavitch Youth Organization.
Raskin was later appointed as chairman, a position he held until his death on May 10, 2011.
The Lubavitch Youth Organization dedicated a Sefer Torah in Raskin"s memory.