Hasidic Williamsburg : a contemporary American Hasidic community /
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| Author / Creator: | Kranzler, George, 1916- |
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| Imprint: | Northvale, N.J. : Jason Aronson, 1995. |
| Description: | xvi, 331 p. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1683293 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Residential Patterns: The Jewish Triangle. The Study Area: The Jewish Triangle. The Public Housing Projects. Ethnic Minorities. The Hasidic Community
- 2. The Economic Revitalization of the Hasidic Community of Williamsburg: The Spirit of Enterprise
- 3. Patterns of Education: Jewish Education with a Future. Differences between the Hasidic Schools and the Orthodox Nonhasidic Day Schools and Yeshivot. Teachers and Administrators. Special Education. Adult Education. Public and Parochial Schools in Williamsburg
- 4. The Structure of the Family: No Generation Gap. Rav: The Case History of an American Hasidic Family
- 5. Social Structure and Community Leadership. Status Symbols. Social Mobility
- 6. New Patterns of the Synagogue. The Role of the Rabbi. Types of Services. Customs and Mores. The Role of Women in the Synagogue. Ashkenazic Synagogues in the New Williamsburg
- 7. The Women of Hasidic Williamsburg. Methodological Note. Family Patterns. The Divorced and Widowed. The Single Women
- 8. Patterns of Political Activism: The Dynamics of a New Spirit. The Spirit of Political Activism. The Political Structure. Jewish Political and Interhasidic Activism. Interhasidic Relations
- 9. Patterns of Social Welfare: The Spirit of a Community. Social Welfare Programs in the Hasidic Community of Williamsburg. Appendix A: The Voice of Williamsburg: Mass Media in a Hasidic Community
- Appendix B: The Saint and Sage of Williamsburg: The Satmar Rebbe.