American Shtetl
The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York
A compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soilSettled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history-but many precedents among religious communities in the United States. This book tells the story of how this group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews has grown to become a thriving insular enclave and a powerful local government in upstate New York. While rejecting the norms of mainstream American society, Kiryas Joel has been stunningly successful in creating a world apart by using the very instruments of se…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Myers, David N.
- ISBN: 978-0-691-22643-9
- EAN: 9780691226439
- Produktnummer: 36523766
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 496 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Abbildungen: 19 b/w illus.
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Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers
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