Posts Tagged: rebbe
Washington Bipartisanship When it Comes to the Rebbe
JNS.org – In a city gripped by deep political polarization, Washington experienced a sudden outburst of bipartisanship last week, if perhaps only for a moment. In...
Sociology and the Rebbe
Social Vision: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Transformative Paradigm for the World by Philip Wexler (with Eli Rubin and Michael Wexler). In an extraordinary passage by the 19th...
Exploring the Rebbe in the Social Realm
Social Vision: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Transformative Paradigm for the World by Philip Wexler (with Eli Rubin and Michael Wexler). There is no shortage of books that...
The Rebbe to the World
Few men are able to shape the world in death as they did in life. To do so is to subsume your existence to a...
Walking Among the Ruins of Hitler’s Europe on the Day of the Rebbe’s Passing
Today, the third of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, marks the 23rd anniversary of the passing of my teacher, mentor and guiding light: Rabbi Menachem...
The Rebbe Represented the Best of Religion
The past few years have been tough on religion. Muslim radicals have made a mockery of their faith. The Catholic Church is still reeling from...
A Holistic Look at the Rebbe’s Life and Career (REVIEW)
Did you know that in the entire Bible, only one birthday is mentioned and it is that of Pharaoh? And did you know that according...
A Human Portrait of the Rebbe (REVIEW)
Turning Judaism Outward: A biography of the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, by Chaim Miller (New York: Kol Menachem Press, 2014). For the benefit of the uninitiated,...
New Book On the Chabad Rebbe: A Guide to Becoming a Better Person (REVIEW)
The new biography, "Rebbe: The Life And Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, The Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History" is inspiring for people of all...
20 Years After Rebbe’s Death, Jewish Movements Increasingly Emulate Chabad
JNS.org - Many questions surrounded the future of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidism after the death of its seventh and final leader—"the Rebbe," Rabbi...
Remembering the Rebbe (REVIEW)
On Tuesday, June 14, 1994, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz walked into my classroom, visibly shaken; I was in the 9th grade. I will never forget that...
Video of Apple-Tossing Rebbe Becomes Viral Hit (VIDEO)
To mark the conclusion of the Jewish holiday season, certain sects of the Chassidic Jewish community partake in a unique tradition wherein they gather around...
The Dynamism of Chabad Franchises
The Chabad (Lubavitch) Chasidic movement is one of the phenomena of our time. It originated in Eastern Europe. Its transplantation to the USA in...
Chabad 2.0: The Shluchim Conference Must Focus on a Chabad Quantum Leap
The annual gathering of Chabad's global emissaries, the Kinus Hashluchim, elicits a paradox. Here is an organization that is truly international, operating even more...
