Resources
Books
Can the Rebbe Be Moshiach? Proofs from Gemara, Midrash and Rambam That the Rebbe Cannot Be Moshiach – By Gil Student.
The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference – By David Berger.
Attack On Lubavitch - A Response – By Chaim Dalfin.
The Messiah Problem: Berger, the Angel and the Scandal of Reckless Indiscrimination – By Chaim Rapoport.
Articles
Announcing the Redemption – An excerpt from a lecture given by the Rebbe on the topic of Jewish leaders announcing the imminence of the redemption.
The Resurrected Rebbe – Commentary Magazine, September 2001, by David Berger.
The Fragility of Religious Doctrine: Accounting for Orthodox Acquiescence in the Belief of a Second Coming – Modern Judaism, May 2002, by David Berger.
Salvation or Destruction? The Meaning and Consequences of Lubavitch Messianism – Shofar, Summer 2002, by Benny Kraut.
A Messianism That Some Call Heresy – The Jerusalem Post, October 19, 2001, by Jacob Neusner.
Decade after rebbe, Chabad alive and well – The Jerusalem Post, June 20, 2004, by Abigail Radoszkowicz.
The Spiritual Leader – The Star Ledger, June 20, 2004, by Jeff Diamant.
Judaism's Thriving Concern – The L.A. Times, June 22, 2004, by William Lobdell.
Five Years After Death, Messiah Question Divides Lubavitchers – Washington Post, June 20, 1999, by Liz Leyden.
The Professor, Messiah, & Scandal of Calumnies – Shmais.com, December 22, 2001, by J. Immanuel Schochet.
Hadassah Apologizes to Chabad-Lubavitch – Shmais.com, November 19, 2002, letter from Bonnie Lipton.
Chabad and Messianism – Hadassah Magazine, November 2002, by Adam Dickter.
Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik on the Rebbe as Moshiach – Forward, December 2 and December 23, 1994. Articles by Lucette Lagnado and Ahron Soloveitchik. Page prepared by Gil Student.
A Fine Messiah – Forward, September 7, 2001, by Andrew Silow-Carroll.
A Historian's Polemic Against 'The Madness of False Messianism' – Forward, October 19, 2001, by Allan Nadler.
Attack on Chabad Is Called Unredeemable – Forward, January 18, 2002, by Yori Yanover.
Berger and Lubavitch: Inventing a Scholarly Scandal? – Forward, February 1, 2002. Includes a letter by David Berger.
Messiah Is on the Menu, And a Deli Is in a Pickle – Forward, May 24, 2002, by Nacha Cattan.
A Place All Their Own in the Jewish Kaleidoscope – Forward, June 6, 2003, by Joseph Berger.
The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Journalistic Ineptitude – Forward, June 18, 2004, by Steven I. Weiss.
On False Messianism – YU Commentator, December 11, 2001, by Stephen M. Tolany.
The Rebbe and Moshiach: Let's Set the Record Straight – YU Commentator, December 11, 2001, by Shmuel Pollen.
Chabad Club Lecture Spurs Messianist Controversy – YU Commentator, December 11, 2001, by Steven I. Weiss.
The Lubavitcher Debate – YU Observer, December 18, 2001, by Tamar Ellman.
Cleaning Up the Messianism – YU Commentator, February 28, 2002, by Chananya Weissman.
Lubavitch Messianism Revisted – YU Commentator, May 7, 2002, by Shmuel Pollen.
Responding to the Unthinkable – By Boruch Clinton.
G-d Centered or Rebbe/Messiah Centered – Jewish Observer, March 1998, by Rabbi Chaim Dov Keller.
The Messiah Controversy – The Canadian Jewish News, January 17, 2002, by Martin Lockshin
Messiah Controversy Correspondence – The Canadian Jewish News, January 31, 2002.
Lockshin Responds to Critics – The Canadian Jewish News, February 7, 2002, by Martin Lockshin.
Moshiach Now? Lubavitchers Speak – Intermountain Jewish News, December 14, 2001, By Chris Leppek.
The Splintering of Chabad (pdf) – Jewish Action, Fall 2002, by Zalman I. Posner.
Debating Messianism (pdf) – Jewish Action, Spring 2003. Includes letters from Gil Student, David Berger, and Zalman Posner.
1,000 Orthodox Rabbis Reject Claim Rebbe Was Messiah – Jewish Telegraphic Agency, June 21, 1996, by Debra Nussbaum Cohen.
On False Messianism, Idolatry and Lubavitch – Ha'aretz, January 11, 1998, by David Berger.
The Prophet of God – Ha'aretz, January 15, 1998, by Gedalyahu Axelrod.
Remembering the Lubavitcher rebbe – Ha'aretz, June 21, 2004, by Daniel Ben Simon.
BC Minute with David Berger – Brooklyn College Magazine, Spring 2002.
Rescuing the Identity of the Messiah – An article excerpted from Berger's book.
Will the Rebbe Return? – Moment Magazine, February 2002, by Jack Riemer.
Irresponsible Slander – Moment Magazine, 2002. A letter from radio talk show host Dennis Prager in response to the above article.
Messiah Fervor For Rebbe Denounced – The Jewish Week, March 6, 1997, by Jonathan Mark.
Messiah Complex – The Jewish Week, December 22, 2001, by Eric J. Greenberg.
Against All Odds – The Jewish Week, June 18, 2004, by Jonathan Mark.
The Rebbe, 10 Years Later – The Jewish Week, June 18, 2004. Editorial.
Messianic Excess – The Jewish Week, June 25, 2004, by David Berger.
The Rebbe Live – First Things, December 1995, by Sanford Pinsker.
The Rebbe, The Messiah, and the Heresy Hunter – First Things, May 2003, by David Singer.
Response to David Singer – OrthodoxyToday.org, February 2004, by David Berger.
Waiting for the Messiah of Eastern Parkway – New York Times Magazine, September 21, 2003, by Jonathan Mahler.
A Different Spirit – By Manis Friedman, a mainstream Lubavitcher who believes that the Rebbe is not Moshiach.
Praying At Gravesites – Not about Lubavitch, but it provides a perspective on something that has always been an essential practice of Chasidim. By Yrachmiel Tilles.
Halachic Ruling – The famed ruling, with "over 150 signatories," declaring that the Rebbe is legally a prophet and has prophesied that he will be Moshiach. The signatories seem to neglect the fact that if someone prophesies that so and so will not die on Tuesday, and to all appearances so and so dies on Tuesday, the prophecy does not override the physical evidence and the man is taken out to be stoned to death as a false prophet (as the judges can only follow the evidence presented before them). The ruling effectively affirms the myth that the Rebbe prophesied that he would be Moshiach, unwittingly ruling that he is a false prophet worthy of capital punishment.
Kol Koreh Against Meshichistim (pdf) – A group of prominent Anti-Meshichist rabbis call upon the Meshichistim to cease their provocative behavior. The poster speaks against the deification of a human being while adding that precedent for such terminolgy in classical Judaism was not meant to deify. Despite this hostile and divisive implication, no reason is given to assume that those citing these passages as precedent had anything ulterior in mind. The poster also states the Anti position that the Rebbe expressed displeasure towards the preoccupation of identifying him as Moshiach (apparently meaning outside of Lubavitch), but has no comment on the identification itself. (Hebrew and English)
Sites
MoshiachTalk.com – A site claiming to prove that the Rebbe cannot be Moshiach.
Countdown to Moshiach – A detailed work explaining the Meshichist position by one of the Meshichist leaders, Rabbi Shmuel Butman.
A Good Resolution About Moshiach – An early attempt by a Crown Heights Lubavitcher to explain the kefira position. This is an article that appeared on the internet about a year after the Rebbe passed away. It is a nice effort to explain the different sources, but much of the analysis is erronious.
Moshiach Scandal – A site by the author of A Good Resolution About Moshiach containing additional articles supporting the kefira position.
Yudel Krinsky King Moshiach – A parody of the Lubavitch rationale for the Rebbe's messiahship, this site sardonically "proves" that Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky is Moshiach.
Beis Moshiach Magazine – A weekly Meshichist publication.
Chabad.info – A Meshichist news bulletin.
770 Live – Includes a link to live streaming video from the Rebbe's synagogue at 770 Eastern Parkway.
Research Institute on Moshiach and the Sciences
Jews for Mendel – No explanation necessary. It is a shame though that the brilliant creator of this site is too cowardly to reveal his identity; he should flaunt it with pride.