The Rebbe's army : inside the world of Chabad-Lubavitch / Sue Fishkoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fishkoff, Sue.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Habad--United States.

Habad.

Hasidism--United States.

Hasidism.

Judaism--United States--History--20th century.

Judaism.

United States.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Schocken Books, [2005]

Summary:

Journalist Fishkoff spent a year interviewing Lubavitch emissaries from Anchorage to Miami to give us the first behind-the-scenes look at this Brooklyn-based group of Hasidim and the extraordinary lengths to which they take their mission of outreach. They seem to be everywhere--in big cities, small towns, and suburbs in sixty-one countries. They have built a billion-dollar international empire, with their own news service, publishing house, and hundreds of Websites. Who are these people? How successful are they in making Jews more observant? What influence does their late Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson (who some thought was the Messiah), continue to have on his followers?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-333) and index.

ISBN:

0805211381

9780805211382

OCLC:

60959980