One of the greatest religious biographies ever written. The library of agudas chassidei chabad is a research library owned by agudas chasidei chabad. How one of hitlers soldiers saved the lubavitcher rebbe bryan mark rigg, author, paula e. The rebbes army is a fascinating account of the chabad movement and its emissaries. There are some things about chabadlubavitch that wont appeal to everyone. Schneerson, the most influential rabbi in modern history is a biography of rabbi menachem mendel schneerson authored by joseph telushkin and published in 2014 critical reception. A life spent as an officer in the soviet army has left him numb to ritual. She deftly tackles chabads political influence, their duel shtetlwordly existence, funding sources, admirers, detractors, and of course the rebbe as moshiach issue.
When chabad rabbi chaim zaklos and his wife, aidel, moved to vacaville in 2009, they didnt know if their mission to reach out to jews in the area would succeed. The lights were dimmed in the grand ballroom at the brooklyn marriott, but two things were still visiblea sea of black coats and hats crowded. New on the bookshelf theres lots of new books on the market this. Its content had been collected by the chabadlubavitch rebbes. But in the book of exodus as the israelites are about to leave egypt after the plagues struck down their egyptian oppressorsthey are called g.
Fishkoff intimately chronicles the life and work of the husbandandwife emissaries of the late rebbe. It was at the end of 430 years, and it was on this very day that all of g. Jon voight the rebbes army is an accurate, detailed portrait of the outreach efforts of chabad, which has become a major movement in american judaism. If an answer from the rebbe comes, ill be ready to go, he thought as he checked in. Five new books for endofsummer reading news chabad. Proud to be in the rebbes army chabad of the trivalley. In the rebbes army, awardwinning journalist sue fishkoff gives us the first behindthescenes look at this small brooklynbased group of hasidim and the. The rebbes army in the shomron on the annual fundraising. The rebbes army in the shomron on the annual fundraising day. Today they are held in a special bookcase in the chabad library. Cohen nervously called lubavitch headquarters several times.
When i was a soldier in the israeli army, he continued, i remember when. A fascinating, comprehensive, and unbiased examination of chabadlubavich. It is an ori ginal interpretation, but one too colored by the authors need to dull the vilna gaons hostility. In the rebbes army, awardwinning journalist sue fishkoff gives us the first with these words, the relentlessly cheerful, ideologically driven emissaries of chabadlubavitch approach perfect strangers on street corners throughout the world in their ongoing efforts to persuade their fellow jews to live religiously observant lives. Despite their concerns, one of the first things they did was buy burial plots at a nearby jewish cemetery. While other passengers relaxed in the departure lobby, mr.
A tall narrow bookshelf to the left of the reception desk doesnt garner much attention. But although he doesnt say it, the eli jah ben solomon he portrays, with the help of the documents, is also weak of character, naive and isolated. The rebbes army is an accurate, detailed portrait of the outreach efforts of chabad, which has become a major movement in american judaism. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the rebbes approach was how. Fishkoff travels the world meeting shlichim chabad emmissaries who literally bring judaism to the jews, wherever they might be. In this enlightening biography, joseph telushkin offers a captivating portrait of the late rabbi menachem mendel schneerson, a towering figure who saw beyond conventional boundaries to turn his movement, chabadlubavitch, into one of the most dynamic and widespread organizations ever seen in. Its only the titles in the adult literature section that seem incongruous. The rebbe created an army of emissaries and sent them with a oneway ticket. The excessive veneration of the rebbe, the unwillingness to read literature other than ultraconservative jewish literature, the separation of men and women in the synagogue, the lack of openness to the existence of a palestinian state, the reluctance of chabadniks to recognize noorthodox forms of judaism, etc.
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