Menachem Friedman
Menachem Friedman (
Haredi
Judaism.
Biography
Friedman was born and raised in Bnei Brak, British Mandate of Palestine to Jewish parents. Before entering the academic world, Menachem Friedman was a student at Yishuv Hehadash yeshiva in Tel Aviv.[1]
Academic career
Friedman's interest in the
Lubavicher rebbe led to the publication of a book co-authored with Samuel Heilman: "The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson".[2] Many of their conclusions, as well as their methodology and research, were criticized by Chaim Rapoport - - in "The Afterlife of Scholarship – A Critical Review of 'The Rebbe' by Samuel Heilman and Menachem Friedman". Friedman was also criticised for not disclosing that he had served as an expert witness against the rebbe in a lawsuit involving ownership of the Chabad library, which invited suspicion of bias.,[3]
whereas Rapaport is a rabbi closely associated with the Lubavicher sect.
Published works
- Society and Religion: The Non-Zionist Orthodoxy in Eretz-Israel, 1918–1936. Jerusalem, Yad Ben-Zvi, 1st edition, 1978; 2nd edition, 1982. (Hebrew).
- Growth and Segregation – The Ultra-Orthodox Community of Jerusalem, (with J. Shilhav), The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Jerusalem 1986 (Hebrew).
- The Haredi Ultra-Orthodox Society: Sources Trends and Processes, The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Jerusalem 1991 (Hebrew).
- Society in a Crisis of Legitimization – The Ashkenazi Old Yishuv – 1900–1917, Mosad Byalik & The Israeli Academy of Science 2001, (Hebrew).
- Haredi Violence in Contemporary Israeli Society, P. Medding (ed.), Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Vol. 18, 2002, pp. 186–197.
- Haredim and Palestinians in Jerusalem, M.J. Bereger and O. Ahimeir (eds.), Jerusalem, a City and its Future, Syracuse University Press, 2002, pp. 235–254.
- The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson (with S. Heilman), Princeton University Press, Princeton 2010 (English).
References
- ^ Messiah flesh and blood, Haaretz
- ^ One brother became secular, the other was mentally ill, Haaretz
- ^ Patricia Cohen, NY Times, June 14, 2010.
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