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Mar 21, 2024 · Stolzenberg and Myers document how this group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews has grown to become a thriving insular enclave and a powerful local government in upstate New York.
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Feb 23, 2022 · A new book, “American Shtetl,” charts how a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews created a separatist territory in upstate New York.
KIRYAS JOEL, N.Y. (AP) — A quickly crowding Hasidic Jewish village that is working to expand its boundaries faces opposition from neighbors who fear more urban-style development by the insular community could overrun their slice of suburbia.
Feb 27, 2022 · American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York tells the story of how a group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews grew to become a thriving insular enclave and a powerful local government. In this presentation, Nomi Stolzenberg and David Myers will explore the community’s guiding religious, social, and economic ...
Feb 24, 2022 · Two recent books investigate the canny mastery of housing politics that has allowed the Hasidic Satmar sect to build thriving, isolated communities in Brooklyn and upstate New York. February 24, 2022 issue. Alex Webb/Magnum Photos. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 2017. Reviewed: by Nathaniel Deutsch and Michael Casper.
This book tells the story of how this group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews has grown to become a thriving insular enclave and a powerful local government in upstate New York.
Jan 19, 2022 · Stolzenberg is a scholar of American law and Myers is a scholar of modern Jewish history. Together, they offer an insightful, compelling, and timely view of daily life in Kiryas Joel and all its religious, cultural, economic, and political implications.
