Hasidic People: A Place in the New World

by Jerome R. Mintz

Book Overview

Extreme piety, joyous intensity, and a unique social organization have distinguished the Hasidim from other Orthodox Jews since the latter half of the 18th century. After World War II, survivors of the once thriving Hasidic communities of Eastern Europe began to settle in New York.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674381157
• ISBN13: 9780674381155
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.5"