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Hasidism, a movement many believed had passed its golden age, has had an extraordinary revival since it was nearly decimated in the Holocaust and repressed in the Soviet Union. Hasidic communities, now settled primarily in North America and Israel, have reversed the losses they suffered and are growing exponentially. With powerful attachments to the past, mysticism, community, tradition, and charismatic leadership, Hasidism seems the opposite of contemporary Western culture, yet it has thrived in the democratic countries and culture of the West. How? Who Will Lead Us? finds the answers to this question in the fascinating story of five contemporary Hasidic dynasties and their handling of the delicate issue of leadership and succession.
Revolving around the central figure of the rebbe, the book explores two dynasties with too few successors, two with too many successors, and one that believes their last rebbe continues to lead them even after his death. Samuel C. Heilman, recognized as a foremost expert on modern Jewish Orthodoxy, here provides outsiders with the essential guide to continuity in the Hasidic world.
Revolving around the central figure of the rebbe, the book explores two dynasties with too few successors, two with too many successors, and one that believes their last rebbe continues to lead them even after his death. Samuel C. Heilman, recognized as a foremost expert on modern Jewish Orthodoxy, here provides outsiders with the essential guide to continuity in the Hasidic world.
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Succession
in
Contemporary
Hasidism
|
25
formation,
inspired
by
messianic
hopes
and
shadowed
by
the
Holo-
caust’s
genocidal
destruction,
as
well
as
of
migration
and
a
search
for
continuity
in
new
worlds
that
many
once
believed
would
be
inimical
to
Hasidism
but
that
turned
out
to
be
quite
the
opposite.
These
are
chron-
icles
of
the
making
and
unmaking
of
men,
a
search
for
charisma,
leader-
ship,
and
struggles
for
power.
They
tell
of
families
united
and
divided,
of
death
and
resurrection,
and
of
hopes
raised
and
dashed.
They
give
substance
to
the
eternal
question
of
Hasidism:
Who
will
lead
us?
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Prologue
- 1 Succession in Contemporary Hasidism: Who Will Lead Us?
- 2 Munkács: An Oedipal Challenge
- 3 Boyan and Kopyczynitz: Running Out of Rebbes
- 4 Bobov: A Clash of Families
- 5 Satmar: Succession Charged with Conflict
- 6 ChaBaD Lubavitch: A Rebbe Who Never Dies
- Final Thoughts
- Notes
- Index