Who Will Lead Us? – The Story of Five Hasidic Dynasties in America

"What happens to dynasties when they meet America? This is a fascinating tale of the struggles over succession that plague today's Hasidic communities. Told with a richness of detail and insider knowledge that only Samuel Heilman could muster."--Art Green, Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University

"Once again, Samuel Heilman has opened the opaque world of contemporary Hasidism to his readers. With a rare blend of historical depth and sociological breadth, he offers up five case studies that explore the fraught process of leadership transition in Hasidic courts. This is a gripping story about Hasidic Jews, but it is also about religious leadership more generally in the modern age."--David Myers, Sady and Ludwig Kahn Professor of Jewish History at UCLA