Hasidic People

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Hasidic People is written by Jerome R. Mintz and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674041097 (ISBN 10) and 9780674041097 (ISBN 13).

In this engrossing social history of the New York Hasidic community based on extensive interviews, observation, newspaper files, and court records, Jerome Mintz combines historical study with tenacious investigation to provide a vivid account of social and religious dynamics. Hasidic People takes the reader from the various neighborhood settlements through years of growth to today’s tragic incidents and conflicts. In an engaging style, rich with personal insight, Mintz invites us into this old world within the new, a way of life at once foreign and yet intrinsic to the American experience.