Editing Chabad (section)

=== Influence ===
Chabad's influence among world Jewry has been far-reaching since [[World War II]]. Chabad pioneered the post-World War II [[Baal teshuva|Jewish outreach]] movement, which spread Judaism to many assimilated Jews worldwide, leading to a substantial number of {{transliteration|he|[[baalei teshuva]]}} ("returnees" to Judaism). The very first Yeshiva/Rabbinical College for such baalei teshuva, [[Hadar Hatorah]], was established by the Lubavitcher rebbe. It is reported that up to a million Jews attend Chabad services at least once a year.<ref name="Slater Page 279" /><ref name="winnipegfreepress.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/faith/story/4017869p-4630456c.html |title=Chabad Lubavitch centre set for River Heights area |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194259/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/faith/story/4017869p-4630456c.html |archive-date=27 September 2007 |date=5 August 2007 |author=Sharon Chisvin |newspaper=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to journalist [[Steven I. Weiss]], Chabad's ideology has dramatically influenced non-Hasidic Jews' outreach practices.<ref>{{cite news |last=Weiss |first=Steven I |url=http://forward.com/articles/1518/orthodox-rethinking-campus-outreach/? |title=Orthodox Rethinking Campus Outreach |work=The Jewish Daily Forward |date=January 20, 2006 |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> Because of its outreach to all Jews, including those Jews who are quite alienated from religious Jewish traditions, Chabad has been described as the one Orthodox group which evokes great affection from large segments of [[American Jews|American Jewry]].<ref>''Jewish Literacy'', Telushkin, William Morrow 2001, p. 471<!-- Error! Published 1991 and 2008, not 2001 --></ref>