Article: The Messiah of Brooklyn.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Jewish Sect in Israel Expects Messiah Soon; Some Say He ...
The Washington Post;  March 31, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... the last four years, the Brooklyn-based leader of the ultra ... brick duplicate of his urban Brooklyn headquarters that already ... arrival in Israel of the Messiah who will redeem Judaism and the world. The Messiah, the rebbe's followers ...

Article: BROOKLYN RABBI PRESSURED TO DECLARE HIMSELF ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 30, 1993 ;     697 words ... ... For years, members of the Brooklyn-based Lubavitcher movement ... could be the long-awaited Messiah. A few even believe that Schneerson ... has proclaimed himself the Messiah. Official spokesmen of the ... talking up Schneerson as the Messiah, putting up billboards with ...

Article: A Historian's Polemic Against 'The Madness of False Messianism': ...
Forward;  October 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... belief in a false messiah. Yet as Rabbi David Berger, a Brooklyn College professor ... The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal ... County coroner in Brooklyn, died in 1994 ... Moshiakh" (King-Messiah); they extol him ...

Article: Schneerson's Followers Cope With Void of Failed Expectations; ...
The Washington Post;  June 19, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... cavernous hall in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Men in black coats, lapels torn ... rabbi, who many had believed was the Messiah who would lead them to redemption ... inside the group's headquarters in Brooklyn, rabbis spoke of moving on and continuing ...

Transcript: Lubavitchers Await Coming of Messiah
NPR All Things Considered;  February 1, 1993 ;     621 words ... ... the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. The Lubavitchers are orthodox ... who believe the coming of the Messiah is imminent. Many followers ... would himself be crowned the Messiah last night, but, as Jon Kalish ... believe that the rebbe is the Messiah and will declare himself soon ...

Article: Students Drive Home a Messiah Message
Chicago Sun-Times;  March 25, 1993 ;     566 words ... ... seminary students from Brooklyn still beam as they tell their tale of the coming messiah (Moshiach) and the ... Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn in late February. The ... understanding of the messiah. The caravan heads ... schedule to put it back in Brooklyn on April 2 - Schneerson ...

Article: Messiah Is on the Menu, And a Deli Is in a Pickle
Forward;  May 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... for Melech HaMoshiach, King Messiah. The controversy highlights ... Menachem Schneerson is the messiah. Fueled by a recent book attacking ... which he referred repeatedly to Brooklyn College professor David Berger's book "The Rebbe, the Messiah and the Scandal of Orthodox ...