Hasidic People: A Place in the New World
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0674381165
ISBN 13
9780674381162
Category
NON-FICTION
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Publication Year
1994
Publisher
Pages
446
Subject
Hasidim-New York-Social Life and Customs; Jews-New York-Social Life and Custom; New York-Social Life and Customs; Satmar Hasidim
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Abstract
In this engrossing social history of the New York Hasidic community based on extensive interviews, observation, newspaper files, and court records, Jerome Mintz combines historical study with tenacious investigation to provide a vivid account of social and religious dynamics. Hasidic People takes the reader from the various neighborhood settlements through years of growth to today’s tragic incidents and conflicts. In an engaging style, rich with personal insight, Mintz invites us into this old world within the new, a way of life at once foreign and yet intrinsic to the American experience.
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