From Barnes & NobleTo Chabad-Lubavitch believers, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994) was not simply a rebbe, he was the Rebbe. This authoritative 664-page biography by rabbi and historian Joseph Telushkin (Hillel; Jewish Literacy) traces Schneerson's extraordinary life from his birth and childhood as a rabbi's son in the Ukraine to his building a major worldwide religious movement from his modest headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Telushkin's achievement is not limited to his fluent presentation of the Rebbe's wide-ranging travels and activities; he also imparts a clear sense of his teachings and philosophy. A major work for Jews and all those interested in Judaism.
Publishers Weekly05/12/2014
Telushkin (Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History) gives an engaging account of the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe from his seemingly unlikely beginnings in engineering in Berlin and Paris, and his reluctant acceptance of the title, up to his later years when many followers came to believe he was the Messiah.
