The pious ones : the world of Hasidim and their battles with America /

The pious ones : the world of Hasidim and their battles with America /

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Author / Creator:Berger, Joseph, 1945- author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:New York : Harper Perennial, [2014]
Description:370 pages ; 21 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.
Hasidim -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
Hasidim -- Social conditions.
Ethnic relations.
Hasidim -- Social conditions.
Jews -- Social life and customs.
New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations.
New York (State) -- New York.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10092440
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ISBN:9780062123343
0062123343 (paperback)
9780062123350 (electronic)
0062123351 (electronic)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"As the population of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the United States increases to record proportions after near-extinction during the Holocaust, award-winning New York Times journalist and author Joseph Berger takes us inside the notoriously insular world of the Hasidim to explore their origins, beliefs, and struggles--and the social and political implications of their expanding presence in America"--

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