Who Will Lead Us?
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Who Will Lead Us?

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Who Will Lead Us?

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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 therebbe, the book explores two dynasties with too few successors, two with too many successors, and one that believes their lastrebbecontinues 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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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780520966482
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Jewish Theology
Succession 
in 
Contemporary 
Hasidism 
| 
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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

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. Prologue
  5. 1 Succession in Contemporary Hasidism: Who Will Lead Us?
  6. 2 Munkács: An Oedipal Challenge
  7. 3 Boyan and Kopyczynitz: Running Out of Rebbes
  8. 4 Bobov: A Clash of Families
  9. 5 Satmar: Succession Charged with Conflict
  10. 6 ChaBaD Lubavitch: A Rebbe Who Never Dies
  11. Final Thoughts
  12. Notes
  13. Index