Journal article
Exceptions to the Rule: Chabad-Lubavitch and the Digital Sphere
Journal of media and religion, v 13(3), pp 123-137
03 Jul 2014
Abstract
This article explores the tension between the inside and the outside in Chabad practice as represented by the digital sphere. Drawing on a close reading of Chabad Web sites, as well as archival and theoretical sources and biblical and rabbinic analysis, Chabad's relationship to media generally and the Internet specifically is explored. I find that Chabad's institutional use of the Internet is as a space to disseminate information rather than create community. The Internet is, for Chabad, a temporary space designed to bring people together in the real world rather than to create a virtual community. The Web site is designed to encourage people to seek out in-person encounters with Chabad Rabbis, whose recruitment techniques rest largely on personal charisma and interactions.
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- Title
- Exceptions to the Rule: Chabad-Lubavitch and the Digital Sphere
- Creators
- Sharrona Pearl - California University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Journal of media and religion, v 13(3), pp 123-137
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 15
- Grant note
- Annenberg School for Communication
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Africana Studies; Health Administration
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000212596200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84926174338
- Other Identifier
- 991021863127904721
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