A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg

by Michael Casper and Nathaniel Deutsch

Book Overview

The epic story of Hasidic Williamsburg, from the decline of New York to the gentrification of Brooklyn

"A rich chronicle of the Satmar Hasidic community in Williamsburg. . . . This expert account enlightens."--Publishers Weekly

"One of the most creative and iconoclastic works to have been written about Jews in the United States."--Eliyahu Stern, Yale University

The Hasidic community in the Williamsburg...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300231091
• ISBN13: 9780300231090
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.4"