6th BOROUGH: Missionary Passions; Chabad chasidism is booming. It's changing the Jewish community. It's also changing chasidism.

From: The New York Jewish Week | Date: July 2, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

6th BOROUGH: Missionary Passions; Chabad chasidism is booming. It's changing the Jewish community. It's also changing chasidism.

J.J. Goldberg is author of "Jewish Power: Inside the Jewish Establishment."

Five years after his death, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson seems to be influencing more people than he ever did in life. But not in ways he might have expected.

It's ironic, perhaps. Pundits were sure Lubavitcher rebbe's demise in June 1994 would lead to the disintegration of the chasidic movement he led for nearly a half-century. Instead, the movement has experienced an explosive burst of ...

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