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* The founder of Chabad also instituted various other [[Halakha|halachic]] rulings, including the use of stainless steel knives for the slaughter of animals before human consumption, which are now universally accepted in all sects of Judaism.

== ~~In the arts~~ ==

== The Arts ==

~~===~~ Art ~~===~~

* '''Art''' – Notable Chabad artists include Hendel Lieberman and Zalman Kleinman who painted a number of scenes depicting Chabad Chasidic life, including ceremonies, study and prayer. Chabad artist Michoel Muchnik has painted scenes of the Mitzvah Campaigns. Artist and shaliach Yitzchok Moully has adapted silkscreen techniques, bright colours and Jewish and Chasidic images to create a form of "Chasidic Pop Art".<ref>'Under the Black Hat' Pop Art in Jerusalem Focuses on Chassidim – Rabbi Yitzchok Moully brings spiritual and emotional depth to a new exhibit. chabad.org.</ref>

Chabad ~~Hasidic~~ artists Hendel Lieberman and Zalman Kleinman ~~have~~ painted a number of scenes depicting Chabad Chasidic life, including ceremonies, study and prayer. Chabad artist Michoel Muchnik has painted scenes of the Mitzvah Campaigns.~~<ref name="Maya Balakirsky Katz 2010"/>~~ Artist and shaliach [[Yitzchok Moully]] has adapted silkscreen techniques, bright colours and Jewish and Chasidic images to create a form of "Chasidic Pop Art".<ref>'Under the Black Hat' Pop Art in Jerusalem Focuses on Chassidim – Rabbi Yitzchok Moully brings spiritual and emotional depth to a new exhibit. chabad.org.</ref>

* '''Music''' – Notable Chabad singers include Avraham Fried and Benny Friedman who included recordings of traditional Chabad songs in their music albums. Bluegrass artist Andy Statman has also recorded Chabad niggunim. Reggae artist Matisyahu included portions of Chabad niggunim and lyrics with Chabad philosophical themes in some of his songs.

** Non-observant musical productions that focus on Chabad include a 2022 Israeli musical ''HaChabadnikim'' which follows two young men from [[Kfar Chabad]] who go to Tel Aviv.<ref>"HaChabadnikim." ''cameri.co.il''. Accessed 12 Nov. 2023.</ref>

~~===~~ Music ~~===~~

* '''Literature''' – Chabad poet Zvi Yair (Rabbi Zvi Meir Steinmetz) authored poems on Chabad Chassidus topics including [[Ratzo VaShuv (Running and Returning)|Ratzo VaShuv]] (spiritual yearning). Chabad poet Yehoshua November has published books of poetry with Chasidic themes.<ref>"Yehoshua November". Chabad.org.</ref>

~~Vocalists~~ Avraham Fried and Benny Friedman ~~have~~ included recordings of traditional Chabad songs on their albums ~~of contemporary Orthodox Jewish music~~. Bluegrass artist Andy Statman has also recorded Chabad [[niggunim]]. Reggae artist Matisyahu included portions of Chabad niggunim and lyrics with Chabad philosophical themes in some of his songs. In 2022~~, an~~ Israeli ~~theatrical company produced a Chabad-themed~~ musical ''HaChabadnikim'' which follows two young men from [[Kfar Chabad]] who go to ~~live in~~ Tel Aviv~~. The musical runs for 140 minutes~~.<ref>"HaChabadnikim." ''cameri.co.il''. Accessed 12 Nov. 2023.</ref>

** Non-observant writings include a Yiddish novel by Dr Fishl Schneersohn, a psychiatrist, pedagogical theorist, and descendant of the Alter Rebbe, who authored ''Chaim Gravitzer: The Tale of the Downfallen One from the World of Chabad''. The novel explores the spiritual struggle of a Chabad Hasid who doubts his faith and finally finds peace in doing charitable work.<ref>Chaim Gravitzer (The Tale of the Downfallen One): From the World of Chabad. ingeveb.org.</ref>

American Jewish novelist Chaim Potok authored a work ''My Name is Asher Lev'' in which a Chasidic teen struggles between his artistic passions and the norms of the community. The "Ladover" community is a thinly veiled reference to the Lubavitcher community in [[Crown Heights]].<ref>Hirsch Succeeds with Theatrical Production of 'My Name is Asher Lev'. 29 August 2012. Atlanta Jewish Times.</ref><ref>Cochrum, Alan Morris. CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: JACOB FIGURES AND THEMES IN THE NOVELS OF CHAIM POTOK. Accessed 22 October 2023. ResearchCommons.</ref>

~~===~~ Literature ~~===~~

~~In the late 1930s,~~ Dr Fishl Schneersohn, a psychiatrist, pedagogical theorist, and descendant of the ~~founder of Chabad~~ authored ~~a Yiddish novel titled~~ ''Chaim Gravitzer: The Tale of the Downfallen One from the World of Chabad''. The novel explores the spiritual struggle of a Chabad Hasid who doubts his faith and finally finds peace in doing charitable work.<ref>Chaim Gravitzer (The Tale of the Downfallen One): From the World of Chabad. ingeveb.org.</ref> ~~Chabad poet Zvi Yair authored poems on Chabad philosophical topics including {{Lang|he|Ratzo V'Shov}} (spiritual yearning).~~

~~Novelist~~ Chaim Potok authored a work ''My Name is Asher Lev'' in which a Chasidic teen struggles between his artistic passions and the norms of the community. The "Ladover" community is a thinly veiled reference to the Lubavitcher community in [[Crown Heights]].<ref>~~[|url=atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/hirsch-succeeds-with-theatrical-production-of-my-name-is-asher-lev/|title=~~Hirsch Succeeds with Theatrical Production of 'My Name is Asher Lev'~~|date=~~29 August 2012}}</ref><ref>~~[ |last=~~Cochrum ~~|first=~~Alan Morris ~~|title=~~CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: JACOB FIGURES AND THEMES IN THE NOVELS OF CHAIM POTOK ~~|url=rc~~.~~library.uta.edu/uta-ir/bitstream/handle/10106/5378/Cochrum_uta_2502M_10893.pdf?sequence=1 |access-date=~~22 October 2023 ~~|website=~~ResearchCommons~~}}</ref>~~

The American Jewish writer and publisher, Clifford Meth, wrote a short science fiction story depicting the future followers of the "70th Rebbe" of Chabad and their outreach efforts on an alien planet called Tau Ceti IV. The story is told through the eyes of a young extraterrestrial yeshiva student.<ref>[ | url=mycomicshop.com/search?TID=325901 | title=Aardwolf (1994) comic books}}</ref><ref>[|url=comicsbulletin.com/main/sites/default/files/meth/116414408594091.htm|title=Comics Bulletin - Clifford Meth: Meth Addict - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Library.</ref>

===Film and television===

The Chabad-Lubavitch community has been the subject of a number of documentary films. These films include:

The Chabad-Lubavitch community has been the subject of a number of documentary films produced by others. These films include:

* ''Chassidism - the Joyful path to G-d'' : A 1966 documentary of Chabad Chassidim in Kfar Chabad, Israel. This film was directed and narrated by Koby Jaeger.<ref>Sunday, February 6, 2011 A moving picture is worth many thousands of words. Eli Rubin.</ref>

* ''Religious America: Lubavitch'' – a 28-minute, 1974 PBS documentary series episode focusing on a day in the life of a Lubavitcher man.<ref name="PBS hasid"/>

* ''The Spark'' – a 28-minute film, produced in 1974, providing an overview of the Lubavitch and [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)|Satmar]] of New York.<ref name="PBS hasid"> Documentary Films about Hasidism. PBS. [web.archive.org/web/20150503052544/pbs.org/alifeapart/res_film.html/ Archived May 3, 2015]</ref> The film was directed by [[Mel Epstein]].<ref name=NYmag80s>[|url=books.google.com/books?id=QOcCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA176|title= Movies: Theater Guide |magazine=New York|date=September 15, 1986|page=176|via=Google Books}}</ref>

* ''[[The Return: A Hasidic Experience]]'' – a 1979 documentary film on Jews who joined the Chabad movement, directed by Yisrael Lifshutz and Barry Ralbag.<ref>[|url=thejewishreview.org/articles/?id=168|title=An Interview with the Slopeover Rebbe|website=thejewishreview.org}}</ref><ref>[|url=jta.org/1981/04/29/archive/the-return-a-hassidic-experience-a-documentary-focusing|title=News Brief – Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=29 April 1981}}</ref><ref>[|title=The Return: a Hassidic experience|date=June 18, 2020|oclc=50902286}}</ref><ref name=NYmag80s/>

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* ''[[Kathmandu (TV series)|Kathmandu]]'' – a 2012 television series aired on Israeli television based on the lives of the Chabad emissaries in Kathmandu, Nepal.<ref>[|url=newvoices.org/2012/12/05/zany-heartfelt-kathmandu-evokes-the-soul-of-jewish-culture-in-nepal/|title=Zany, Heartfelt 'Kathmandu' Evokes the Soul of Jewish Culture in Nepal|date=December 5, 2012}}</ref>

* ''[[Project 2x1]]'' – a 30 min, 2013 documentary on the Chabad Hasidim and [[West Indian]] residents of Crown Heights, using [[Google Glass]] in place of conventional camera techniques<ref name="patch">[ |url=prospectheights.patch.com/groups/arts-and-entertainment/p/crown-heights-google-glass-doc-premieres-next-month |last=Hampton |first=Matthew |title=Crown Heights 'Google Glass' Doc Premieres Next Month |work=Prospect Heights Patch |date=November 26, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>[ |url=psfk.com/2013/10/google-glass-documentary-crown-heights.html/ |archive-url=archive.today/20131219031938/psfk.com/2013/10/google-glass-documentary-crown-heights.html/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |last=Piras |first=Lara |title=Google Glass Filmed Documentary Goes Where Normal Camera Crews Can't. |publisher=psfk.com |date=October 9, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Gotham">[ |url=gothamist.com/2013/10/07/crown_heights_documentary_shot_on_g.php |last=Evans |first=Lauren |title=Intrepid 20-Somethings Examine Crown Heights Through Google Glass |publisher=Gothamist |date=October 7, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=web.archive.org/web/20141225022808/gothamist.com/2013/10/07/crown_heights_documentary_shot_on_g.php |archive-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref><ref name="DNA glass">[ |url=dnainfo.com/new-york/20131007/crown-heights/crown-heights-documentary-shot-completely-with-google-glass |last=Sharp |first=Sonja |title=Crown Heights Documentary Claims to be First Ever Shot With Google Glass |publisher=DNAInfo |date=October 7, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2015 |url-status=dead [web.archive.org/web/20141104174025/dnainfo.com/new-york/20131007/crown-heights/crown-heights-documentary-shot-completely-with-google-glass. Archived November 4, 2014].</ref>

* ''Outback Rabbis'' – (2018) 50 min television segment by Australian TV network, SBS, covering the regional and rural Australia (RARA) program of Chabad. Directed by Danny Ben-Moshe. Featured on the SBS "Untold Australia" series.

* ''[[The Rabbi Goes West]]'' – a 2019 documentary on a Chabad rabbi who moves to Montana.<ref>[|url=jfi.org/watch-online/jfi-on-demand/rabbi-goes-west-the|title=Rabbi Goes West, The|website=jfi.org}}</ref>

* ''Guns and Moses'' – a 2024 film produced by Salvador Litvak and Nina Litvak. The film portrays Rabbi Mo (played by Mark Feuerstein), a Chabad emissary, and his wife, Rebbetzin Hindy (played by Alona Tal), whose community is targeted by a white supremacist who shoots and kills a congregant. Rabbi Mo later trains in the use of firearms and seeks to find the killer. The film was released to Jewish film festivals in 2024.<ref>[jewishjournal.com/cover_story/372432/guns-and-moses-the-heroic-hasid/ "Guns and Moses: The Heroic Hasid"]. ''Jewish Journal''. Accessed 22 June 2024.</ref> The film's original title was ''Man in the Long Black Coat''.<ref>[variety.com/2022/film/actors/mark-feuerstein-neal-mcdonough-among-leads-announced-for-man-in-the-long-black-coat-upcoming-western-exclusive-1235461546/ Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Dermot Mulroney, Christopher Lloyd Starring in ‘Man in the Long Black Coat’ (EXCLUSIVE)]. ''Variety''. Accessed 22 June 2024.</ref>

~~====Other television====~~

* ''Religious America: Lubavitch'' – a 28-minute, 1974 PBS documentary series episode focusing on a day in the life of a Lubavitcher man.<ref name="PBS hasid"/>

* ''Outback Rabbis'' – (2018) 50 min television segment by Australian TV network, SBS, covering the regional and rural Australia (RARA) program of Chabad. Directed by Danny Ben-Moshe. Featured on the SBS "Untold Australia" series.

== References ==

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 * The founder of Chabad also instituted various other [[Halakha|halachic]] rulings, including the use of stainless steel knives for the slaughter of animals before human consumption, which are now universally accepted in all sects of Judaism.
-== In the arts ==
+== The Arts ==
-=== Art ===
+* '''Art''' – Notable Chabad artists include Hendel Lieberman and Zalman Kleinman who painted a number of scenes depicting Chabad Chasidic life, including ceremonies, study and prayer. Chabad artist Michoel Muchnik has painted scenes of the Mitzvah Campaigns. Artist and shaliach Yitzchok Moully has adapted silkscreen techniques, bright colours and Jewish and Chasidic images to create a form of "Chasidic Pop Art".<ref>'Under the Black Hat' Pop Art in Jerusalem Focuses on Chassidim – Rabbi Yitzchok Moully brings spiritual and emotional depth to a new exhibit. chabad.org.</ref>
-Chabad Hasidic artists Hendel Lieberman and Zalman Kleinman have painted a number of scenes depicting Chabad Chasidic life, including ceremonies, study and prayer. Chabad artist Michoel Muchnik has painted scenes of the Mitzvah Campaigns.<ref name="Maya Balakirsky Katz 2010"/> Artist and shaliach [[Yitzchok Moully]] has adapted silkscreen techniques, bright colours and Jewish and Chasidic images to create a form of "Chasidic Pop Art".<ref>'Under the Black Hat' Pop Art in Jerusalem Focuses on Chassidim – Rabbi Yitzchok Moully brings spiritual and emotional depth to a new exhibit. chabad.org.</ref>
+* '''Music''' – Notable Chabad singers include Avraham Fried and Benny Friedman who included recordings of traditional Chabad songs in their music albums. Bluegrass artist Andy Statman has also recorded Chabad niggunim. Reggae artist Matisyahu included portions of Chabad niggunim and lyrics with Chabad philosophical themes in some of his songs.
+** Non-observant musical productions that focus on Chabad include a 2022 Israeli musical ''HaChabadnikim'' which follows two young men from [[Kfar Chabad]] who go to Tel Aviv.<ref>"HaChabadnikim." ''cameri.co.il''. Accessed 12 Nov. 2023.</ref>
-=== Music ===
+* '''Literature''' – Chabad poet Zvi Yair (Rabbi Zvi Meir Steinmetz) authored poems on Chabad Chassidus topics including [[Ratzo VaShuv (Running and Returning)|Ratzo VaShuv]] (spiritual yearning). Chabad poet Yehoshua November has published books of poetry with Chasidic themes.<ref>"Yehoshua November". Chabad.org.</ref>
-Vocalists Avraham Fried and Benny Friedman have included recordings of traditional Chabad songs on their albums of contemporary Orthodox Jewish music. Bluegrass artist Andy Statman has also recorded Chabad [[niggunim]]. Reggae artist Matisyahu included portions of Chabad niggunim and lyrics with Chabad philosophical themes in some of his songs. In 2022, an Israeli theatrical company produced a Chabad-themed musical ''HaChabadnikim'' which follows two young men from [[Kfar Chabad]] who go to live in Tel Aviv. The musical runs for 140 minutes.<ref>"HaChabadnikim." ''cameri.co.il''. Accessed 12 Nov. 2023.</ref>
+** Non-observant writings include a Yiddish novel by Dr Fishl Schneersohn, a psychiatrist, pedagogical theorist, and descendant of the Alter Rebbe, who authored ''Chaim Gravitzer: The Tale of the Downfallen One from the World of Chabad''. The novel explores the spiritual struggle of a Chabad Hasid who doubts his faith and finally finds peace in doing charitable work.<ref>Chaim Gravitzer (The Tale of the Downfallen One): From the World of Chabad. ingeveb.org.</ref>
+American Jewish novelist Chaim Potok authored a work ''My Name is Asher Lev'' in which a Chasidic teen struggles between his artistic passions and the norms of the community. The "Ladover" community is a thinly veiled reference to the Lubavitcher community in [[Crown Heights]].<ref>Hirsch Succeeds with Theatrical Production of 'My Name is Asher Lev'. 29 August 2012. Atlanta Jewish Times.</ref><ref>Cochrum, Alan Morris. CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: JACOB FIGURES AND THEMES IN THE NOVELS OF CHAIM POTOK. Accessed 22 October 2023. ResearchCommons.</ref>
-=== Literature ===
-In the late 1930s, Dr Fishl Schneersohn, a psychiatrist, pedagogical theorist, and descendant of the founder of Chabad authored a Yiddish novel titled ''Chaim Gravitzer: The Tale of the Downfallen One from the World of Chabad''. The novel explores the spiritual struggle of a Chabad Hasid who doubts his faith and finally finds peace in doing charitable work.<ref>Chaim Gravitzer (The Tale of the Downfallen One): From the World of Chabad. ingeveb.org.</ref> Chabad poet Zvi Yair authored poems on Chabad philosophical topics including {{Lang|he|Ratzo V'Shov}} (spiritual yearning).
-Novelist Chaim Potok authored a work ''My Name is Asher Lev'' in which a Chasidic teen struggles between his artistic passions and the norms of the community. The "Ladover" community is a thinly veiled reference to the Lubavitcher community in [[Crown Heights]].<ref>[|url=atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/hirsch-succeeds-with-theatrical-production-of-my-name-is-asher-lev/|title=Hirsch Succeeds with Theatrical Production of 'My Name is Asher Lev'|date=29 August 2012}}</ref><ref>[ |last=Cochrum |first=Alan Morris |title=CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: JACOB FIGURES AND THEMES IN THE NOVELS OF CHAIM POTOK |url=rc.library.uta.edu/uta-ir/bitstream/handle/10106/5378/Cochrum_uta_2502M_10893.pdf?sequence=1 |access-date=22 October 2023 |website=ResearchCommons}}</ref>
-The American Jewish writer and publisher, Clifford Meth, wrote a short science fiction story depicting the future followers of the "70th Rebbe" of Chabad and their outreach efforts on an alien planet called Tau Ceti IV. The story is told through the eyes of a young extraterrestrial yeshiva student.<ref>[ | url=mycomicshop.com/search?TID=325901 | title=Aardwolf (1994) comic books}}</ref><ref>[|url=comicsbulletin.com/main/sites/default/files/meth/116414408594091.htm|title=Comics Bulletin - Clifford Meth: Meth Addict - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Library.</ref>
 ===Film and television===
-The Chabad-Lubavitch community has been the subject of a number of documentary films. These films include:
+The Chabad-Lubavitch community has been the subject of a number of documentary films produced by others. These films include:
 * ''Chassidism - the Joyful path to G-d'' : A 1966 documentary of Chabad Chassidim in Kfar Chabad, Israel. This film was directed and narrated by Koby Jaeger.<ref>Sunday, February 6, 2011 A moving picture is worth many thousands of words. Eli Rubin.</ref>
+* ''Religious America: Lubavitch'' – a 28-minute, 1974 PBS documentary series episode focusing on a day in the life of a Lubavitcher man.<ref name="PBS hasid"/>
 * ''The Spark'' – a 28-minute film, produced in 1974, providing an overview of the Lubavitch and [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)|Satmar]] of New York.<ref name="PBS hasid"> Documentary Films about Hasidism. PBS. [web.archive.org/web/20150503052544/pbs.org/alifeapart/res_film.html/ Archived May 3, 2015]</ref> The film was directed by [[Mel Epstein]].<ref name=NYmag80s>[|url=books.google.com/books?id=QOcCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA176|title= Movies: Theater Guide |magazine=New York|date=September 15, 1986|page=176|via=Google Books}}</ref>
 * ''[[The Return: A Hasidic Experience]]'' – a 1979 documentary film on Jews who joined the Chabad movement, directed by Yisrael Lifshutz and Barry Ralbag.<ref>[|url=thejewishreview.org/articles/?id=168|title=An Interview with the Slopeover Rebbe|website=thejewishreview.org}}</ref><ref>[|url=jta.org/1981/04/29/archive/the-return-a-hassidic-experience-a-documentary-focusing|title=News Brief – Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=29 April 1981}}</ref><ref>[|title=The Return: a Hassidic experience|date=June 18, 2020|oclc=50902286}}</ref><ref name=NYmag80s/>
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 * ''[[Kathmandu (TV series)|Kathmandu]]'' – a 2012 television series aired on Israeli television based on the lives of the Chabad emissaries in Kathmandu, Nepal.<ref>[|url=newvoices.org/2012/12/05/zany-heartfelt-kathmandu-evokes-the-soul-of-jewish-culture-in-nepal/|title=Zany, Heartfelt 'Kathmandu' Evokes the Soul of Jewish Culture in Nepal|date=December 5, 2012}}</ref>
 * ''[[Project 2x1]]'' – a 30&nbsp;min, 2013 documentary on the Chabad Hasidim and [[West Indian]] residents of Crown Heights, using [[Google Glass]] in place of conventional camera techniques<ref name="patch">[ |url=prospectheights.patch.com/groups/arts-and-entertainment/p/crown-heights-google-glass-doc-premieres-next-month |last=Hampton |first=Matthew |title=Crown Heights 'Google Glass' Doc Premieres Next Month |work=Prospect Heights Patch |date=November 26, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>[ |url=psfk.com/2013/10/google-glass-documentary-crown-heights.html/ |archive-url=archive.today/20131219031938/psfk.com/2013/10/google-glass-documentary-crown-heights.html/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |last=Piras |first=Lara |title=Google Glass Filmed Documentary Goes Where Normal Camera Crews Can't. |publisher=psfk.com |date=October 9, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Gotham">[ |url=gothamist.com/2013/10/07/crown_heights_documentary_shot_on_g.php |last=Evans |first=Lauren |title=Intrepid 20-Somethings Examine Crown Heights Through Google Glass |publisher=Gothamist |date=October 7, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=web.archive.org/web/20141225022808/gothamist.com/2013/10/07/crown_heights_documentary_shot_on_g.php |archive-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref><ref name="DNA glass">[ |url=dnainfo.com/new-york/20131007/crown-heights/crown-heights-documentary-shot-completely-with-google-glass |last=Sharp |first=Sonja |title=Crown Heights Documentary Claims to be First Ever Shot With Google Glass |publisher=DNAInfo |date=October 7, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2015 |url-status=dead [web.archive.org/web/20141104174025/dnainfo.com/new-york/20131007/crown-heights/crown-heights-documentary-shot-completely-with-google-glass. Archived November 4, 2014].</ref>
+* ''Outback Rabbis'' – (2018) 50 min television segment by Australian TV network, SBS, covering the regional and rural Australia (RARA) program of Chabad. Directed by Danny Ben-Moshe. Featured on the SBS "Untold Australia" series.
 * ''[[The Rabbi Goes West]]'' – a 2019 documentary on a Chabad rabbi who moves to Montana.<ref>[|url=jfi.org/watch-online/jfi-on-demand/rabbi-goes-west-the|title=Rabbi Goes West, The|website=jfi.org}}</ref>
 * ''Guns and Moses'' – a 2024 film produced by Salvador Litvak and Nina Litvak. The film portrays Rabbi Mo (played by Mark Feuerstein), a Chabad emissary, and his wife, Rebbetzin Hindy (played by Alona Tal), whose community is targeted by a white supremacist who shoots and kills a congregant. Rabbi Mo later trains in the use of firearms and seeks to find the killer. The film was released to Jewish film festivals in 2024.<ref>[jewishjournal.com/cover_story/372432/guns-and-moses-the-heroic-hasid/ "Guns and Moses: The Heroic Hasid"]. ''Jewish Journal''. Accessed 22 June 2024.</ref> The film's original title was ''Man in the Long Black Coat''.<ref>[variety.com/2022/film/actors/mark-feuerstein-neal-mcdonough-among-leads-announced-for-man-in-the-long-black-coat-upcoming-western-exclusive-1235461546/ Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Dermot Mulroney, Christopher Lloyd Starring in ‘Man in the Long Black Coat’ (EXCLUSIVE)]. ''Variety''. Accessed 22 June 2024.</ref>
-====Other television====
-* ''Religious America: Lubavitch'' – a 28-minute, 1974 PBS documentary series episode focusing on a day in the life of a Lubavitcher man.<ref name="PBS hasid"/>
-* ''Outback Rabbis'' – (2018) 50 min television segment by Australian TV network, SBS, covering the regional and rural Australia (RARA) program of Chabad. Directed by Danny Ben-Moshe. Featured on the SBS "Untold Australia" series.
 == References ==