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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sue Fishkoff |
| ISBN: | 0805241892 9780805241891 |
| OCLC Number: | 50004380 |
| Description: | 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. From Brooklyn to Your Living Room: Cornering the Jewish Outreach Market 9 -- 2. We've Got Boca Covered!: Chabad Hits South Florida 33 -- 3. Taking it to the Streets: Mitzvah Tanks, Tefillin, and Talking to Strangers 46 -- 4. The Rebbe: The Enigma of Menachem Mendel Schneerson 66 -- 5. Torah and Chicken Soup: Chabad on Campus 88 -- 6. New Kids on the Block: Chabad Moves into Your Town 107 -- 7. The Frozen Chosen: Looking for Gold in Alaska 133 -- 8. Holy Dip: Mikvah Makes a Comeback 148 -- 9. Show Me the Money: Raising Funds and Influencing People 160 -- 10. Friends in High Places: Washington, D.C. 184 -- 11. Lonesome Cowboys: Salt Lake City, Portland, and a Seder in Bangkok 201 -- 12. From Granola to God: The Ba'alei Teshuvah 221 -- 13. God's Little Soldiers: Educating the Next Generation 239 -- 14. We Want Moshiach Now!: Dealing with the Rebbe's Death 261 -- 15. Chanukah, O Chanukah: The Flap over Public Menorahs 285 -- 16. Addicts, Inmates, and Other Jews: Serving the Underserved 301. |
| Responsibility: | Sue Fishkoff. |
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Abstract:
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?
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