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Author Telushkin, Joseph, 1948-

Title Rebbe : the life and teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the most influential Rabbi in modern history / Joseph Telushkin.

Publication Info. New York : Harperwave an imprint of HaperCollins Publishers, [2014]

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Location Call No. Status
 GDL Central Library Non-Fiction    92 Schneerson,M TEL    Available
Edition First edition.
Description xviii, 617 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes index.
Contents Leadership of the Rebbe -- On being a Rebbe -- Seven virtues -- Life lessons according to the Rebbe -- Uniting the Jews: the Rebbe's approach to a fractured people -- Judaism confronts modernity: controversial views of the Rebbe -- The Rebbe and his family -- "It is the books that were victorious" -- The world of Messianism -- Leadership after life -- The life Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Summary The inspiring story of the prominent yet deeply modest leader who rebuilt a dwindling post-holocaust community into the most influential Jewish organization in the world, the late Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Subject Schneerson, Menachem Mendel, 1902-1994
Rabbis -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
Hasidim -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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ISBN 9780062318985
0062318985

 
    
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