Hasidic People: A Place in the New World (Paperback)

Jerome R. Mintz (author)

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Paperback 446 Pages
Published: 18/09/1998

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Synopsis

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.

Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674381162
Number of pages: 446
Weight: 553 g
Dimensions: 235 x 152 x 28 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS

By letting [his] subject speak for itself, Mintz [allows his] readers to encounter religious belief in all its unwieldy complexity...[His] work reveals a degree of immersion in his subject that few, if any, outsiders have ever achieved. -- Alan Edelstein * Moment *
A wonderful study...At every opportunity Mintz presents verbatim quotations from Hasidim to allow their point of view to permeate the volume. -- Rabbi Norman Mark Klein * Journal of Church and State *
Readers are escorted through New York's Hasidic community...They not only meet the residents but also learn why they are there, how they live and work and pray, and discover something of their internal politics...This rich ethnography offers detailed insights into a dynamic movement and a volatile community, and its charismatic and demanding leadership. * Choice *