His father was arrested when Dovid was twelve due to his activities in strengthening Jewish life under Soviet repression.
[1] His father, Reb Yaakov Yosef, assisted in securing housing and medical care for the Rebbe’s parents, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak and Chana Schneerson, during their exile in Alma-Ata.
[1] In 1955, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson appointed Raskin as to the board of directors for the newly founded Lubavitch Youth Organization.
[2][3][4][5] In 1961, he became the spiritual director of the central Tomchei Temimim Yeshiva at 770 Eastern Parkway, a role he held until his passing.
[1] Raskin was also a faculty member of the United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth and was appointed to the boards of Chabad-Lubavitch's central organization including Agudas Chasidei Chabad, Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, Mahane Israel (Chabad), as well as Beth Rivkah girls school.