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Title: an excellent elementary guide....
Review: for someone who does not know that much about Chabad. Fishkoff covers all the basics: the origins of Chabad, their Messianic flirtations, the source of their growth.However, I do wish Fishkoff had covered some nuts and bolts issues in a bit more depth. For example, how does Chabad decide where to build new centers? For example, why Little Rock but not Baton Rouge? (Though to be fair, Fishkoff does tell a story of two 21 year olds visiting a Chicago suburb and deciding to raise money on their own for market research surveys; however, she does not make it clear how typical this is).
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