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===Safed===
 
===Safed===
 
===Hebron===
 
===Hebron===
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Cohen writes:
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:In the nineteenth century, Hebron was the center of Chabad Hasidism in the Holy Land. Most of the members of the sect who lived in Palestine were in Hebron, and they constituted a majority of the city’s Ashkenazi Jewish population. That had not always been the case.
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:As the Hasidic movement became consolidated in Eastern Europe in the second half of the eighteenth century, small numbers of its devotees began arriving in the Holy Land. In 1777 several of the movement’s leaders arrived there, with a number of followers and hangers-on. Numbering about 200 in all, they settled in the Galilee and established the Hasidic community in the Land of Israel. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Chabad found itself in conflict with the rest of the Hasidic community for both religious and financial reasons. As a result, some fifteen Chabad families left Safed in the Galilee and settled in Hebron alongside the Sephardi community, which had arrived and integrated itself into the city following the Spanish expulsion in 1492 (Yaari 1960). This took place while the founder and leader of the Chabad movement, [[Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi]], author of the philosophical and mystical work ''[[Tanya]]'', was still alive. In the generation that followed, his son and successor, Dov-Ber, known as the Mittler (middle) Rebbe, sent more of his followers to Hebron, and in 1845 his daughter, [[Menuha Rachel Slonim]], arrived and came to be known as the “mother of the Ashkenazi Yishuv in Hebron.” Chabad had become the largest Ashkenazi community in the city. And, as in Europe, it stood at the forefront of the fight against Zionism.<ref>Cohen, Hillel, ''1929: Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict''. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2015. p. 137.</ref>
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However, its relationship with Zionism was complex and became more so.
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:To advance the fight against Zionism and maskilim —the advocates of Jewish enlightenment inspired by the secularizing and rational trends in Western European culture —the admor of Chabad ordered, on the eve of World War I, the establishment of a Chabad yeshiva in Hebron —in Hebron and not in Jerusalem (Ratzabi 1996, 84; Landau 1985). The yeshiva opened its doors in 1912 in a building known as the [[Beit Romano|Romano House]], after the wealthy Turkish-Jewish family that had built it forty years previously. The family had come on hard times and put the property up for sale. Competition for the house was intense —interested buyers included the house’s Arab neighbors, Christian missionaries, and the Alliance Française, which wanted to open a modern school there. But the Chabad community beat the others and celebrated its victory over the gentiles and, in particular, over Zionist and secular Jewish influence. This brings us back to our core question: if the Jewish community in Hebron opposed Zionism, why were the Arabs so upset?<ref>Cohen, Hillel, ''1929: Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict''. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2015. p. 138.</ref>
  
 
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===Yitzhar===
 
===Yitzhar===
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:[[Itzhak Ginzburg]] is the head of [[Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva]] in [[Yitzhar]], the most extreme rabbinical institution in the West Bank. Officially Ginzburg is a Chabad rabbi, however, most of his followers are known as the “hill dwellers,” young adults of a unique spiritual agenda that combines an ascetic and tough  lifestyle with neo-Chassidic tendencies.<ref> Inbari, M. (2012). Messianic religious Zionism confronts Israeli territorial compromises. Cambridge University Press. P. 118.</ref>
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:Rabbi [[Yitzhak Shapira]], who was detained for questioning by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) in connection with the burning of a mosque in Yasuf, a village near Nablus, is head of the [[Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva]] in [[Yitzhar]], and is a disciple of Rabbi [[Yitzhak Ginsberg]], who lives in [[Kfar Chabad]].
 
:Rabbi [[Yitzhak Shapira]], who was detained for questioning by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) in connection with the burning of a mosque in Yasuf, a village near Nablus, is head of the [[Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva]] in [[Yitzhar]], and is a disciple of Rabbi [[Yitzhak Ginsberg]], who lives in [[Kfar Chabad]].
  
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:Some of the guidelines mentioned at the back of the book in a section entitled "Conclusions - Chapter Five: The Killing of Gentiles in War," include the following: "There is a reason to kill babies [on the enemy side] even if they have not transgressed the seven [[Noahide Laws]] [to believe in God, not to commit idolatry, murder, theft or adultery, to set up a legal system, and not to tear a limb from a live animal] because of the future danger they may present, since it is assumed that they will grow up to be evil like their parents."<ref>https://www.jpost.com/home/shapiras-distinction-between-jewish-gentile-blood-167053</ref>
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:Some of the guidelines mentioned at the back of the book in a section entitled "Conclusions - Chapter Five: The Killing of Gentiles in War," include the following: "There is a reason to kill babies [on the enemy side] even if they have not transgressed the seven [[Noahide Laws]] [to believe in God, not to commit idolatry, murder, theft or adultery, to set up a legal system, and not to tear a limb from a live animal] because of the future danger they may present, since it is assumed that they will grow up to be evil like their parents."<ref>Matthew Wagner [https://www.jpost.com/home/shapiras-distinction-between-jewish-gentile-blood-167053 Shapira's distinction between Jewish, gentile blood: Shapira, who grew up in Kedumim, learned in religious-Zionist yeshivot, first in Merkaz Harav's High School and later in Merkaz Harav's yeshiva for older students]. ''Jerusalem Post''. JANUARY 28, 2010 04:36</ref>
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===Kahanism in Palestine===
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Leading up to the 2009 elections, the [[Jewish National Front]] (known as [[Hayil]] after its Hebrew acronym), headed by a long-time [[Kach and Kahane Chai|Kach]] party activist [[Baruch Marzel]], allied with [[Eretz Yisrael Shelanu]], a new party founded by Chabad Rabbi [[Shalom Dov Wolpo]]. The joint list ran as part of the [[National Union]], with [[Michael Ben-Ari]], its representative, taking the fourth spot on the alliance's list. The National Union won four seats, allowing Ben-Ari to enter the Knesset.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=841|title=Knesset Member, Michael Ben Ari|website=knesset.gov.il|access-date=4 July 2017|archive-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235740/http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=841|url-status=live}}</ref>
  
 
===In the UK===
 
===In the UK===
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===In Ukraine===
 
===In Ukraine===
  
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===In Russia===
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A JTA report in 2008 states<ref>https://www.jta.org/archive/the-mayor-of-moscow-recognized-the-president-of</ref>:
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:The mayor of Moscow recognized the president of a Chabad-led umbrella group for his efforts developing the city. [[Alexander Boroda]], the head of the [[Federation of Jewish Communities]], developed a sprawling complex in the Marina Roscha district that includes the largest synagogue and Jewish community center in Eastern Europe, a medical and charity center, and an educational complex. Plans call for a Museum of Tolerance in the district dedicated to Jewish history with a focus on Russia.
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:Mayor [[Yury Luzhkov]] noted Boroda’s “great contribution to the development of the construction industry in Moscow and many years of dedicated work,” according to the federation’s Web site. Luzhkov has deep connections to the booming real estate and development industries of Moscow. His wife, [[Yelena Baturina]], Russia’s only female billionaire, heads one of the largest construction companies in the capital. Real estate analysts say it is nearly impossible to gain ground for any major development project without the city government’s blessing.
  
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Baturina features at 160 in the [[Sunday Times Rich List 2022]] with a reported wealth of £1.133 billion.
  
 
===Involvement in fake antisemitic attacks===
 
===Involvement in fake antisemitic attacks===
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*[[Shlomo Slonim]] (1928-2014) was the grandson of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Slonim and son of Eliezer Dan Slonim. Shlomo Slonim went on to join the [[Irgun|Irgun Tzvai Leumi]], the [[Haganah]], and the [[Israel Defense Forces]]. He worked for [[Bank Leumi]] for almost 50 years,
 
*[[Shlomo Slonim]] (1928-2014) was the grandson of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Slonim and son of Eliezer Dan Slonim. Shlomo Slonim went on to join the [[Irgun|Irgun Tzvai Leumi]], the [[Haganah]], and the [[Israel Defense Forces]]. He worked for [[Bank Leumi]] for almost 50 years,
  
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====Shluchim====
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*[[Yitzchok Schochet]]
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==Global presence==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Country !! No. of branches
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of USA || 1274
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Israel || 663
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of France || 176
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Canada || 116
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Russia || 93
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Australia || 66
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of England || 65
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Ukraine || 52
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Argentina || 51
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Brazil || 43
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of South Africa || 22
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Germany || 20
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Italy || 17
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Netherlands || 15
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Caribbean || 15
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Austria || 14
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of China || 13
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Kazakhstan || 11
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Switzerland || 8
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Thailand || 8
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Mexico || 7
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Belarus || 6
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Hungary || 6
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Morocco || 6
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Spain || 6
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Uzbekistan || 6
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Panama || 6
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Belgium || 5
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Greece || 4
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Japan || 4
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Cyprus || 4
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Colombia || 4
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Crimea || 3
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Scotland || 3
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Sweden || 3
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Azerbaijan || 3
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Vietnam || 3
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Bulgaria || 2
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Georgia || 2
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Lithuania || 2
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Poland || 2
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Romania || 2
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Slovakia || 2
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| Chabad Lubavitch of India || 2
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Nepal || 2
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| Chabad Lubavitch of New Zealand || 2
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Nigeria || 2
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Chile || 2
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Peru || 2
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Venezuela || 2
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Croatia || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Czech Republic || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Denmark || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Estonia || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Finland || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Iceland || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Ireland || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Latvia || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Luxembourg || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Malta || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Moldova || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Monaco || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Montenegro || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Norway || 1
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Portugal || 1
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Serbia || 1
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Cambodia || 1
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Korea || 1
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Kyrgyzstan || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Laos || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Singapore || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Taiwan || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Armenia || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of North Cyprus || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of New Caledonia || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Angola || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Congo || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Ghana || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Ivory Coast || 1
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Mauritius || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Rwanda || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Tunisia || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Uganda || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Costa Rica || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Ecuador || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Guatemala || 1
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|-
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Paraguay || 1
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| Chabad Lubavitch of Uruguay || 1
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| Total || 2885
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|}
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
 
*https://newvoices.org/2008/09/23/0001-4/
 
*https://newvoices.org/2008/09/23/0001-4/
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*1988 documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFSVAueBY9U
 
*1988 documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFSVAueBY9U
 
*Reviewed by Allan C. Brownfeld https://www.wrmea.org/000-march/book-review-jewish-fundamentalism-in-israel.html
 
*Reviewed by Allan C. Brownfeld https://www.wrmea.org/000-march/book-review-jewish-fundamentalism-in-israel.html
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====See also====
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*[[Jewish Educational Media]]
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*[[Chabad-Lubavitch UK]]
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===Books and articles===
 
===Books and articles===
 
*Berger, David  ''The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference'' The Littmann Library of Jewish Civilization. 2001, Pages 195.
 
*Berger, David  ''The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference'' The Littmann Library of Jewish Civilization. 2001, Pages 195.
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*Dein, S. (2001). What really happens when prophecy fails: The case of Lubavitch. Sociology of religion, 62(3), 383-401.
 
*Dein, S. (2001). What really happens when prophecy fails: The case of Lubavitch. Sociology of religion, 62(3), 383-401.
 
*Dein, S., & Dawson, L. L. (2008). The ‘Scandal’of the Lubavitch Rebbe: Messianism as a response to failed prophecy. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 23(2), 163-180.
 
*Dein, S., & Dawson, L. L. (2008). The ‘Scandal’of the Lubavitch Rebbe: Messianism as a response to failed prophecy. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 23(2), 163-180.
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*Ehrlich, A. M. (2004). [https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/8121805/habadfundraising-libre.pdf?1390854244=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DThe_Messiah_of_Brooklyn_understanding_Lu.pdf&Expires=1653231545&Signature=TH04wSsMnnN5wu9f31fSXwq7iYhr8sMo278gXZda6Knd0JevkiK-iUOW6x3KHtiQ9gwIx~pf8ceQ2s~M74Ju4MfeLxnibro5ZmhuR7DXIy~abv~svUD0zNK31b7rZbVxW7Xr2FJa5apc2Edf16KAB9WTKtd~3Io83VguqzbSpB4fpLR46iIaCM4xWBEQwH7uNNPDtofxcYAULDGVpD~facRFR~bPBA9Y8lHl6B~LsdNe~2qu42PSxtOP-Cm~mrk5Odrmn~kIWs3MoeHQxwZ8hNLMuM2PiNew86dohUMyR-iyOvQHUW88SpEcMUtlKQGTFST2CG0oWjRcYiPoYCz8OQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA The Messiah of Brooklyn: understanding Lubavitch hasidism past and present] (Vol. 3). KTAV Publishing House, Inc..
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*Ehrlich, A. M. (2004). [https://archive.org/details/messiahofbrookly0000ehrl/page/n9/mode/2up The Messiah of Brooklyn: understanding Lubavitch hasidism past and present] (Vol. 3). KTAV Publishing House, Inc..
 
*Elior, R. (1998). The Lubavitch Messianic Resurgence: The Historical and Mystical Background 1939-1996. In Toward the Millennium (pp. 383-408). Brill.
 
*Elior, R. (1998). The Lubavitch Messianic Resurgence: The Historical and Mystical Background 1939-1996. In Toward the Millennium (pp. 383-408). Brill.
 
*Etkes, I. (2014). ''Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady: The Origins of Chabad Hasidism.'' Brandeis University Press.
 
*Etkes, I. (2014). ''Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady: The Origins of Chabad Hasidism.'' Brandeis University Press.
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*Hirschhorn, S. Y. (2017). City on a hilltop: The participation of Jewish-American immigrants within the Israeli settler movement, 1967–1987.Harvard University Press.
 
*Hirschhorn, S. Y. (2017). City on a hilltop: The participation of Jewish-American immigrants within the Israeli settler movement, 1967–1987.Harvard University Press.
 
*Limonic, L. (2021). [https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/the-role-of-transnational-actors-in-the-growth-of-chabad-lubavitch-U9mPgCEbUV?utm_campaign=pluginGoogleScholarDownload&utm_source=pluginGoogleScholar&utm_medium=plugin The Role of Transnational Actors in the Growth of Chabad-Lubavitch among Argentine Jews]. Contemporary Jewry, 41(4), 843-857.
 
*Limonic, L. (2021). [https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/the-role-of-transnational-actors-in-the-growth-of-chabad-lubavitch-U9mPgCEbUV?utm_campaign=pluginGoogleScholarDownload&utm_source=pluginGoogleScholar&utm_medium=plugin The Role of Transnational Actors in the Growth of Chabad-Lubavitch among Argentine Jews]. Contemporary Jewry, 41(4), 843-857.
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*Meadvin, G. B. M. (2021). [https://repository.yu.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.12202/6630/Meadvin%20OA%20Chabad%20Jan%202021Thesis%20Final.pdf?sequence=3 The Counterculture to Chabad Lubavitch: The Search for Truth] (Doctoral dissertation) Yeshiva University, January.
 
*Mezvinsky, N., & Kolb, J. (2013). Eyes Upon the Land: Chabad Lubavitch on Israel. ''Religious Studies and Theology'', 32(1), 7-21.
 
*Mezvinsky, N., & Kolb, J. (2013). Eyes Upon the Land: Chabad Lubavitch on Israel. ''Religious Studies and Theology'', 32(1), 7-21.
 
*Pace, E. [https://www.scielo.br/j/ha/a/NTSpvNMvm3pzDRc5BRfk4kN/?lang=en&format=html Extreme messianism: the Chabad movement and the impasse of the charisma]  ''Horiz. antropol.'' 13 (27) • June 2007 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-71832007000100003   
 
*Pace, E. [https://www.scielo.br/j/ha/a/NTSpvNMvm3pzDRc5BRfk4kN/?lang=en&format=html Extreme messianism: the Chabad movement and the impasse of the charisma]  ''Horiz. antropol.'' 13 (27) • June 2007 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-71832007000100003   
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*Russ, S. M. (1981). [https://www.proquest.com/openview/27304874bf7dfa32a3bf5bd589dbe45c/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y The'Zionist Hooligans': The Jewish Defense League]. City University of New York.
 
*Russ, S. M. (1981). [https://www.proquest.com/openview/27304874bf7dfa32a3bf5bd589dbe45c/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y The'Zionist Hooligans': The Jewish Defense League]. City University of New York.
 
*Satherley, T. (2014). [http://www.manchesterjewishstudies.org/storage/melilah/2013/5.pdf ‘The Simple Jew’: The ‘Price Tag’Phenomenon, Vigilantism, and Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh’s Political Kabbalah]. ''Melilah: Manchester Journal of Jewish Studies'' (1759-1953), 10(1), 57-91.
 
*Satherley, T. (2014). [http://www.manchesterjewishstudies.org/storage/melilah/2013/5.pdf ‘The Simple Jew’: The ‘Price Tag’Phenomenon, Vigilantism, and Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh’s Political Kabbalah]. ''Melilah: Manchester Journal of Jewish Studies'' (1759-1953), 10(1), 57-91.
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*Satherley, T. D. (2015) [https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/bitstreams/3c9806ac-f394-58db-a4f7-f17d94b5e82a/download Unity and opposites in Israel’s settler movement: Rabbi Tzvi Yisrael Tau & Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh] Submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, August, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
 
*Shahak, I. and Norton Mezvinsky ''Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel'' London: Pluto Press,1999, 176 pp.
 
*Shahak, I. and Norton Mezvinsky ''Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel'' London: Pluto Press,1999, 176 pp.
 
*Tworek, W. (2017). [https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/75592074/2017_BetweenhagiographyandhistoriographyChabadscholarso_retrieved_2018_01_13_-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1653233301&Signature=L8hmcBPx3JQmAvPFpqdRFxKnvIj5OKeVJliQVlvISz23StVNSx3RySfJ5LBQZ857A9YwObaA0ovvwmL3SCLav2J7cRu1ACnAQpO2glW9oBxjg9LYF3-3sydHXy3NH6WUiBEnSJEcsLXI7rktEMWC~WxfR8q80Vkg9hsciTcMfPrGT2l5cgYA0jieubjgeR16pPBH93yv5cVFsBPm4iRKlO6BuICAmdSEeD88EQ09A5NbxNLRNPef9oRXmE-d-npXleJTLgllCi6PmYwKo6Frrdx4gbT450NLENKmFrW9IjfApDl~fhqmZwoC3vyK8YoJ1JUGZW2QHdB-J2fh35iyCQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA Between hagiography and historiography: Chabad, scholars of Hasidism, and the case of the portrait of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady]. ''East European Jewish Affairs'', 47(1), 3-27.
 
*Tworek, W. (2017). [https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/75592074/2017_BetweenhagiographyandhistoriographyChabadscholarso_retrieved_2018_01_13_-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1653233301&Signature=L8hmcBPx3JQmAvPFpqdRFxKnvIj5OKeVJliQVlvISz23StVNSx3RySfJ5LBQZ857A9YwObaA0ovvwmL3SCLav2J7cRu1ACnAQpO2glW9oBxjg9LYF3-3sydHXy3NH6WUiBEnSJEcsLXI7rktEMWC~WxfR8q80Vkg9hsciTcMfPrGT2l5cgYA0jieubjgeR16pPBH93yv5cVFsBPm4iRKlO6BuICAmdSEeD88EQ09A5NbxNLRNPef9oRXmE-d-npXleJTLgllCi6PmYwKo6Frrdx4gbT450NLENKmFrW9IjfApDl~fhqmZwoC3vyK8YoJ1JUGZW2QHdB-J2fh35iyCQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA Between hagiography and historiography: Chabad, scholars of Hasidism, and the case of the portrait of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady]. ''East European Jewish Affairs'', 47(1), 3-27.
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==Notes==
 
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Kahane

Crown Heights - 1991

In 1991, a car accompanying Schneerson's motorcade accidentally struck two Guyanese-American children while attempting to catch up to Schneerson's vehicle. One of the children was killed. The incident triggered the Crown Heights riot.

In Palestine

Safed

Hebron

Cohen writes:

In the nineteenth century, Hebron was the center of Chabad Hasidism in the Holy Land. Most of the members of the sect who lived in Palestine were in Hebron, and they constituted a majority of the city’s Ashkenazi Jewish population. That had not always been the case.
As the Hasidic movement became consolidated in Eastern Europe in the second half of the eighteenth century, small numbers of its devotees began arriving in the Holy Land. In 1777 several of the movement’s leaders arrived there, with a number of followers and hangers-on. Numbering about 200 in all, they settled in the Galilee and established the Hasidic community in the Land of Israel. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Chabad found itself in conflict with the rest of the Hasidic community for both religious and financial reasons. As a result, some fifteen Chabad families left Safed in the Galilee and settled in Hebron alongside the Sephardi community, which had arrived and integrated itself into the city following the Spanish expulsion in 1492 (Yaari 1960). This took place while the founder and leader of the Chabad movement, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, author of the philosophical and mystical work Tanya, was still alive. In the generation that followed, his son and successor, Dov-Ber, known as the Mittler (middle) Rebbe, sent more of his followers to Hebron, and in 1845 his daughter, Menuha Rachel Slonim, arrived and came to be known as the “mother of the Ashkenazi Yishuv in Hebron.” Chabad had become the largest Ashkenazi community in the city. And, as in Europe, it stood at the forefront of the fight against Zionism.[1]

However, its relationship with Zionism was complex and became more so.

To advance the fight against Zionism and maskilim —the advocates of Jewish enlightenment inspired by the secularizing and rational trends in Western European culture —the admor of Chabad ordered, on the eve of World War I, the establishment of a Chabad yeshiva in Hebron —in Hebron and not in Jerusalem (Ratzabi 1996, 84; Landau 1985). The yeshiva opened its doors in 1912 in a building known as the Romano House, after the wealthy Turkish-Jewish family that had built it forty years previously. The family had come on hard times and put the property up for sale. Competition for the house was intense —interested buyers included the house’s Arab neighbors, Christian missionaries, and the Alliance Française, which wanted to open a modern school there. But the Chabad community beat the others and celebrated its victory over the gentiles and, in particular, over Zionist and secular Jewish influence. This brings us back to our core question: if the Jewish community in Hebron opposed Zionism, why were the Arabs so upset?[2]

The Hebron 'massacre'

According to Heilman and Friedman:

When Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak returned in August 1929, he was convinced that Palestine was not going to work out as a place to locate a Temimim yeshiva, since Arab riots had broken out in Hebron on August 23 and 24 in which nearly seventy Jews, among whom were students of the newly established Slobodka Yeshiva in Hebron, were murdered—all this shortly after he had visited this city of the forefathers... Indeed, there were some suggestions that the Lubavitcher rebbe’s visit to Hebron may have been a precipitating factor in the subsequent rioting there... There is no hard evidence that the riots were in reaction to the visit. However, the fact that Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak managed to enter holy places inside the mosque over the burial cave of the patriarchs, which at the time were off-limits for Jewish visitors, and thus jar the status quo in the place would surely have antagonized Muslim zealots in Hebron. The 1929 Arab rioters claimed that their actions were precipitated by what they saw as Jewish efforts to disturb the delicate status quo around holy places in the Holy Land.[3][4]

Schneerson 'departed the Holy Land on Thursday, August 22', a day before violence erupted.[5]

Kfar Chabad

Yitzhar

Itzhak Ginzburg is the head of Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in Yitzhar, the most extreme rabbinical institution in the West Bank. Officially Ginzburg is a Chabad rabbi, however, most of his followers are known as the “hill dwellers,” young adults of a unique spiritual agenda that combines an ascetic and tough lifestyle with neo-Chassidic tendencies.[6]
Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, who was detained for questioning by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) in connection with the burning of a mosque in Yasuf, a village near Nablus, is head of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in Yitzhar, and is a disciple of Rabbi Yitzhak Ginsberg, who lives in Kfar Chabad.
Some of the guidelines mentioned at the back of the book in a section entitled "Conclusions - Chapter Five: The Killing of Gentiles in War," include the following: "There is a reason to kill babies [on the enemy side] even if they have not transgressed the seven Noahide Laws [to believe in God, not to commit idolatry, murder, theft or adultery, to set up a legal system, and not to tear a limb from a live animal] because of the future danger they may present, since it is assumed that they will grow up to be evil like their parents."[7]

Kahanism in Palestine

Leading up to the 2009 elections, the Jewish National Front (known as Hayil after its Hebrew acronym), headed by a long-time Kach party activist Baruch Marzel, allied with Eretz Yisrael Shelanu, a new party founded by Chabad Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo. The joint list ran as part of the National Union, with Michael Ben-Ari, its representative, taking the fourth spot on the alliance's list. The National Union won four seats, allowing Ben-Ari to enter the Knesset.[8]

In the UK

See Chabad-Lubavitch UK

In Ukraine

In Russia

A JTA report in 2008 states[9]:

The mayor of Moscow recognized the president of a Chabad-led umbrella group for his efforts developing the city. Alexander Boroda, the head of the Federation of Jewish Communities, developed a sprawling complex in the Marina Roscha district that includes the largest synagogue and Jewish community center in Eastern Europe, a medical and charity center, and an educational complex. Plans call for a Museum of Tolerance in the district dedicated to Jewish history with a focus on Russia.
Mayor Yury Luzhkov noted Boroda’s “great contribution to the development of the construction industry in Moscow and many years of dedicated work,” according to the federation’s Web site. Luzhkov has deep connections to the booming real estate and development industries of Moscow. His wife, Yelena Baturina, Russia’s only female billionaire, heads one of the largest construction companies in the capital. Real estate analysts say it is nearly impossible to gain ground for any major development project without the city government’s blessing.

Baturina features at 160 in the Sunday Times Rich List 2022 with a reported wealth of £1.133 billion.

Involvement in fake antisemitic attacks

Winnipeg

A CBC report, from October 2020, stated that the Chabad community in Los Angeles provided support to a Jewish couple who faked an antisemitic attack on their cafe in Winnipeg, Canada. In April 2019, the Cafe had allegedly been vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti the night before Passover but 6 days later the Police said that they "believed the whole event was staged and the family members were charged." Records of the trial show that the Cafe had mounting financial pressure but the couple who owned the Cafe denied staging the crime. The defence said that the family had since lost their business and home and were "ostracized in Winnipeg in general and within the Jewish community as well." The family remained in America due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [10]

People

Rebbes

Hebron

Shluchim

Global presence

Country No. of branches
Chabad Lubavitch of USA 1274
Chabad Lubavitch of Israel 663
Chabad Lubavitch of France 176
Chabad Lubavitch of Canada 116
Chabad Lubavitch of Russia 93
Chabad Lubavitch of Australia 66
Chabad Lubavitch of England 65
Chabad Lubavitch of Ukraine 52
Chabad Lubavitch of Argentina 51
Chabad Lubavitch of Brazil 43
Chabad Lubavitch of South Africa 22
Chabad Lubavitch of Germany 20
Chabad Lubavitch of Italy 17
Chabad Lubavitch of Netherlands 15
Chabad Lubavitch of Caribbean 15
Chabad Lubavitch of Austria 14
Chabad Lubavitch of China 13
Chabad Lubavitch of Kazakhstan 11
Chabad Lubavitch of Switzerland 8
Chabad Lubavitch of Thailand 8
Chabad Lubavitch of Mexico 7
Chabad Lubavitch of Belarus 6
Chabad Lubavitch of Hungary 6
Chabad Lubavitch of Morocco 6
Chabad Lubavitch of Spain 6
Chabad Lubavitch of Uzbekistan 6
Chabad Lubavitch of Panama 6
Chabad Lubavitch of Belgium 5
Chabad Lubavitch of Greece 4
Chabad Lubavitch of Japan 4
Chabad Lubavitch of Cyprus 4
Chabad Lubavitch of Colombia 4
Chabad Lubavitch of Crimea 3
Chabad Lubavitch of Scotland 3
Chabad Lubavitch of Sweden 3
Chabad Lubavitch of Azerbaijan 3
Chabad Lubavitch of Vietnam 3
Chabad Lubavitch of Bulgaria 2
Chabad Lubavitch of Georgia 2
Chabad Lubavitch of Lithuania 2
Chabad Lubavitch of Poland 2
Chabad Lubavitch of Romania 2
Chabad Lubavitch of Slovakia 2
Chabad Lubavitch of India 2
Chabad Lubavitch of Nepal 2
Chabad Lubavitch of New Zealand 2
Chabad Lubavitch of Nigeria 2
Chabad Lubavitch of Chile 2
Chabad Lubavitch of Peru 2
Chabad Lubavitch of Venezuela 2
Chabad Lubavitch of Croatia 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Czech Republic 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Denmark 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Estonia 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Finland 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Iceland 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Ireland 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Latvia 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Luxembourg 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Malta 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Moldova 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Monaco 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Montenegro 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Norway 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Portugal 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Serbia 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Cambodia 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Korea 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Kyrgyzstan 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Laos 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Singapore 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Taiwan 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Armenia 1
Chabad Lubavitch of North Cyprus 1
Chabad Lubavitch of New Caledonia 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Angola 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Congo 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Ghana 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Ivory Coast 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Mauritius 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Rwanda 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Tunisia 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Uganda 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Costa Rica 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Ecuador 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Guatemala 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Paraguay 1
Chabad Lubavitch of Uruguay 1
Total 2885

Resources

See also

Books and articles

Notes

  1. ↑ Cohen, Hillel, 1929: Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2015. p. 137.
  2. ↑ Cohen, Hillel, 1929: Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2015. p. 138.
  3. ↑ Heilman, S., & Friedman, M. (2010). The Rebbe: the life and afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Princeton University Press. p. 108.
  4. ↑ The latter claims are supported by the following sources: Letter to Judge Gad Frumkin, who had accompanied Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak in Palestine, in Gad Frumkin, The Way of the Judge in Jerusalem (Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1955), 308–11. Ehud Ein-Gal, “Ten Days before the Massacre,” Haaretz Musaf, August 20, 2004.
  5. ↑ Chabad, Cause and Effect.
  6. ↑ Inbari, M. (2012). Messianic religious Zionism confronts Israeli territorial compromises. Cambridge University Press. P. 118.
  7. ↑ Matthew Wagner Shapira's distinction between Jewish, gentile blood: Shapira, who grew up in Kedumim, learned in religious-Zionist yeshivot, first in Merkaz Harav's High School and later in Merkaz Harav's yeshiva for older students. Jerusalem Post. JANUARY 28, 2010 04:36
  8. ↑ Knesset Member, Michael Ben Ari.
  9. ↑ https://www.jta.org/archive/the-mayor-of-moscow-recognized-the-president-of
  10. ↑ Kelly Geraldine Malone, Warrant issued for Winnipeg family charged with staging hate crime at café, CBC, 6 October 2020, archived on 11 April 2021
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