
Obituary: Philip Wexler, 79, Scholar Chronicled the Rebbe’s Social Vision
Philip Wexler, a renowned professor and sociologist who devoted his long career to studying the role of education and spiritual practices in the construction of identity, and whose final work— Social Vision: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Transformative Paradigm for the World—detailed and reassessed the social dimensions of the Rebbe’s vision and legacy, passed away on March 25 (Nissan 3).