The Rebbe's Army - 9780805241891, Sue Fishkoff, hardcover

The Rebbe's Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch by Sue Fishkoff\n\n--\n\n--\n\n\u201CExcuse me, are you Jewish?\u201D With these words, \nthe relentlessly cheerful, ideologically driven emissaries of \nChabad-Lubavitch approach perfect strangers on street corners throughout\n the world in their ongoing efforts to persuade their fellow Jews to \nlive religiously observant lives. In The Rebbe\u2019s Army, award-winning \njournalist Sue Fishkoff gives us the first behind-the-scenes look at \nthis small Brooklyn-based group of Hasidim and the extraordinary lengths\n to which they take their mission of outreach.\n\nThey seem to be \neverywhere\u2014in big cities, small towns, and suburbs throughout the United\n States, and in sixty-one countries around the world. They light giant \nChanukah menorahs in public squares, run \u201CChabad houses\u201D on college \ncampuses from Berkeley to Cambridge, give weekly bible classes in the \nCapitol basement\nin Washington, D.C., run a nonsecn