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Who will lead us? : the story of five Hasidic dynasties in America / Samuel Heilman

Heilman, Samuel C., 1946- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] [©2017]

xvii, 318 pages : Illustrationen

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

1706

Erscheint auch als: Heilman, Samuel C., author : Who will lead us?. - Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] (Online-Ausgabe)

978-0-520-27723-6 ( : cloth : alk. paper)

978-0-520-96648-2 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe)

2016046899

491086180

OCoLC: 992542880     

LB 46610      Ähnliche Literatur

BM198.2

296.8/332

Basisklassifikation: 15.87 (USA) <Geschichte> ; 15.96 (Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes außerhalb des Staates Israel)

*USA ; Chassidim ; Führung ; Geschichte     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Hasidism ; Leadership -- Religious aspects -- Judaism

Hasidism ; Leadership

"Hasidism, a movement many believed had passed its golden age, has had an extraordinary revival since its near decimation in the Holocaust and Soviet communism. These Hasidim, now settled primarily in North America and Israel have reversed the losses they suffered and rebuilt their communities. The once unimaginable is today routine. Hasidism is alive and growing. How? "Who Will Lead Us?" is the story of five contemporary Hasidic dynasties and how they have handled the delicate issue of leadership and succession. It explores two groups with too few successors, two with too many successors, and one that claims there is no need for a successor, as they claim their leader never died"--Provided by publisher

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Succession in contemporary Hasidism : who will lead us? -- Munkács : a Oedipal challenge -- Boyan and Kopyczynitz : running out of rebbes -- Bobov : a clash of families -- Satmar : succession charged with conflict -- ChaBaD Lubavitch : a rebbe who never dies -- Final thoughts