Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Becoming the Messiah
$35.98
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
3 April 2025
Summary
The life and thought of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, one of the most influential—and controversial—rabbis in modern Judaism
“Accessible, informed, and balanced… . The author manages to tread on fragile ground with aplomb… . An exceptional tool for understanding.“—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
The Chabad-Lubavitch movement, one of the world’s best-known Hasidic groups, is driven by the belief that we are on the verge of the messianic age. The man most…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300222623 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0300222629 |
| Author: | Ezra Glinter |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 3 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 146mm |
| Series: | Jewish Lives |
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Critics Review
Canadian Jewish Literary Awards winner, sponsored by York University–Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies
“In his account of the life and career of one of the most influential Jews of the twentieth century, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Ezra Glinter strikes an exquisite balance between appreciating Schneerson’s profound impact on the Jewish world and recognizing his human fallibility.”—Daniel Matt, author of Becoming Elijah
“A concise and insightful account of the most consequential figure in postwar Jewish life.”—Rabbi David Wolpe, author of David: The Divided Heart
About The Author
Ezra Glinter
Ezra Glinter is the senior staff writer and editor at the Yiddish Book Center. He is the editor of Have I Got a Story for You, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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