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eHRAF World Cultures
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Hasidim are Jews who observe Orthodox law so meticulously that they are set apart from most other Orthodox Jews. Hasidim are divided into a number of sects and communities, each organized around a particular religious leader. The Lubavitcher and Satmar groups are the largest sects and they are located primarily in Brooklyn, New York. There is also a communtiy of Hasidim in Montreal, Quebec. This file contains 34 documents and includes information on several of the sects and on communities in the United States and in the Montreal area. There is a strong focus on Hasidim in Brooklyn, New York, primarily of the Lubavitcher and Satmar sects. The time period covered is from ca. 1950-1990
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Culture summary: Jews, Hasidim - 1996 -- - Hasidic people: a place in the new world - Jerome R. Mintz - 1992 -- - Growing up Hasidic: education and socialization in the Bobover Hasidic community - Robert Mark Kamen - 1985 -- - The Hasidic community of Williamsburg - Solomon Poll - 1962 -- - Chassidic recruitment and the local context - Merrill Singer - 1978 -- - Satmar: an island in the city - Israel Rubin - 1972 -- - Life in a religious community: the Lubavitcher chassidim in Montreal - William Shaffir - 1974 -- - Separation from the mainstream in Canada: the Hasidic community of Tash - William Shaffir - 1993 -- - Legends of the Hasidim: an introduction to Hasidic culture and oral tradition in the New World - Jerome R. Mintz - 1968 -- - Drama on a table: the Bobover Hasidim PIREMSHPIYL - Shifra Epstein - 1987 --
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- The face of faith: an American Hassidic community - by George Kranzler ; photos by Irving I. Herzberg - 1972 -- - Hasidic Williamsburg: a contemporary American Hasidic community - George Kranzler - 1995 -- - The women of Williamsburg: a contemporary American Hasidic community - Gershon Kranzler - 1993 -- - Shifting patterns of ethnic identification among the Hasidim - Sydelle Brooks Levy - 1975 -- - The Hasidim of Brooklyn: a photo essay - Yale Strom - 1993 -- - The Hasidim of North America: a review of the literature - Janet S. Belcove-Shalin - 1995 -- - Equality does not mean sameness: the role of women within the Lubavitcher marriage - Philip Baldinger - 1990 -- - Strategies for strength: women and personal empowerment in Lubavitcher Hasidim - Gita Srinivasan - 1990 -- - Introduction: new world Hasidim - Janet S. Belcove-Shalin - 1995 -- - Boundaries and self-presentation among the Hasidim: a study in identity maintenance - William Shaffir - 1995 --
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- The language of the heart: music in Lubavitcher life - Ellen Koskoff - 1995 -- - Varieties of fundamentalist experience: Lubavitch Hasidic and fundamentalist Christian approaches to contemporary life - Lynn Davidman and Janet Stocks - 1995 -- - Engendering orthodoxy: newly orthodox women and Hasidism - Debra R. Kaufman - 1995 -- - Agents or victims of religious ideology: approaches to locating Hasidic women in feminist studies - Bonnie Morris - 1995 -- - The economic revitalization of the Hasidic community of Williamsburg - George Kranzler - 1995 -- - Home in exile: Hasidim in the new world - Janet S. Belcove-Shalin - 1995 -- - The Bobover Hasidim PIREMSHPIYL: from folk drama for Purim to a ritual of transcending the holocaust - Shifra Epstein - 1995 -- - The charismatic leader of the Hasidic community: the ZADDIQ, the REBBE - Solomon Poll - 1995 -- - Law and custom in Hasidim - by Aaron Wertheim ; translated by Shmuel Himelstein. - 1992 --
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- The Hasidic anthology: tales and teachings of the Hasidim - Translated from the Hebrew, Yiddish, and German Selected, Compiled and Arranged by Louis I. Newman in collaboration with Samuel Spitz - 1963 -- - The structure of a Hassidic community in Montreal - Jacques Gutwirth - 1972 -- - Hassidic Jews and Quebec politics - William Shaffir - 1983 -- - Chassidic community behavior - Israel Rubin - 1964 -- - Bilingualism and dialect mixture among Lubavitcher Hasidic children - George Jochnowitz - 1968 -- - A people apart: Hasidism in America - Photos. by Philip Garvin. Text by Arthur A. Cohen - 1970 -- - Performance of precepts/precepts of performance: Hasidic celebrations of Purim in Brooklyn - Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett - 1990 -- - Holy days: the world of a Hasidic family - Lis Harris - 1985
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Chassidim
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Author information:
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara 1942-
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