Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 11: Focusing on Aspects and Experiences of Religion

Book Overview

Addressing various aspects of Jewish life and religion, particularly in the last two centuries, this book examines different aspects of the Hasidic tradition; present-day contacts between Bobower Hasidism in New York and Bobowa in Poland; and how a rabbi trained in the Lithuanian tradition adapted to the very different conditions of the United States. The modifications of Jewish religious tradition practiced in the modern pre-war synagogues in Warsaw,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 187477434X
• ISBN13: 9781874774341
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"