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According to sociologists studying contemporary Jewry, the Chabad movement fits into neither the standard category of [[Haredi]] nor that of [[modern Orthodox]] among Orthodox Jews. This is due in part to the existence of the number of Chabad supporters and affiliates who are not Orthodox (dubbed by some scholars as "non-Orthodox Hasidim"), the general lack of official recognition of political and religious distinctions within Judaism, and the open relationship with non-Orthodox Jews represented by the activism of Chabad emissaries.<ref name=chuck1965>Liebman, Charles S. "Orthodoxy in American Jewish Life." The American Jewish Year Book (1965): 21–97.</ref><ref name=adam2007>Ferziger, Adam S. "Church/sect theory and American orthodoxy reconsidered."Ambivalent Jew—Charles S. Liebman in memoriam, ed. Stuart Cohen and Bernard Susser (2007): 107–124.</ref>

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In 2018, [[Marcin Wodziński]] conducted the first global estimate of worldwide Hasidism in the ''Historical Atlas of Hasidism''. Using Chabad community directories, Wodziński estimated that Chabad included 16,000–17,000 households, or 90,000–95,000 individuals, representing 13% of the total Hasidic population and ranking Chabad as the second-largest Hasidic community behind the [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)|Satmar community]].<ref name=marcinw/>

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 According to sociologists studying contemporary Jewry, the Chabad movement fits into neither the standard category of [[Haredi]] nor that of [[modern Orthodox]] among Orthodox Jews. This is due in part to the existence of the number of Chabad supporters and affiliates who are not Orthodox (dubbed by some scholars as "non-Orthodox Hasidim"), the general lack of official recognition of political and religious distinctions within Judaism, and the open relationship with non-Orthodox Jews represented by the activism of Chabad emissaries.<ref name=chuck1965>Liebman, Charles S. "Orthodoxy in American Jewish Life." The American Jewish Year Book (1965): 21–97.</ref><ref name=adam2007>Ferziger, Adam S. "Church/sect theory and American orthodoxy reconsidered."Ambivalent Jew—Charles S. Liebman in memoriam, ed. Stuart Cohen and Bernard Susser (2007): 107–124.</ref>
-===Population===
-In 2018, [[Marcin Wodziński]] conducted the first global estimate of worldwide Hasidism in the ''Historical Atlas of Hasidism''. Using Chabad community directories, Wodziński estimated that Chabad included 16,000–17,000 households, or 90,000–95,000 individuals, representing 13% of the total Hasidic population and ranking Chabad as the second-largest Hasidic community behind the [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)|Satmar community]].<ref name=marcinw/>
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