ISBN:
9780520277236
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 318 pages
,
Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2017
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Heilman, Samuel C., author Who will lead us?
DDC:
296.8/332
Keywords:
Hasidism
;
Leadership Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Hasidism
;
Leadership
;
USA
;
Chassidim
;
Führung
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"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
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
