Description
Book SynopsisRevolving around the central figure of the rebbe, this book explores two families with too few successors, two with too many successors, and one that believes their last rebbe continues to lead them even after his death.
Trade Review"One might expect to find these riveting succession stories-of the rebbes of the Munkacs, Boyan and Kopyczynitz, Bobover, Satmar, and Chabad Lubavitch dynasties-in a TV mini-series rather than in a work of sociology and history. While fueled by an enormous amount of research, they read more like page turners where the obsession is not sex, but succession." Moment
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Prologue
1 Succession in Contemporary Hasidism: Who Will Lead Us?
2 Munkács: An Oedipal Challenge
3 Boyan and Kopyczynitz: Running Out of Rebbes
4 Bobov: A Clash of Families
5 Satmar: Succession Charged with Conflict
6 ChaBaD Lubavitch: A Rebbe Who Never Dies
Final Thoughts
Notes
Index
