American shtetl : the making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic village in upstate New York
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Author
Contributors
Myers, David N., author.
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.
Status
Nyack Library - Adult Nonfiction
344.7307 STO
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344.7307 STO
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Jews -- New York (State) -- Kiryas Joel -- Politics and government.
Kiryas Joel (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
Kiryas Joel (N.Y.) -- History -- 21st century.
Kiryas Joel (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Satmar Hasidim -- New York (State) -- Kiryas Joel -- History.
Shtetls.
Teitelbaum, Joel -- https://isni.org/isni/0000000119521189.
Kiryas Joel (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
Kiryas Joel (N.Y.) -- History -- 21st century.
Kiryas Joel (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Satmar Hasidim -- New York (State) -- Kiryas Joel -- History.
Shtetls.
Teitelbaum, Joel -- https://isni.org/isni/0000000119521189.
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Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
Settled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history-but many precedents among religious communities in the United States. 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. While rejecting the norms of mainstream American society, Kiryas Joel has been stunningly successful in creating a world apart by using the very instruments of secular political and legal power that it disavows. Nomi Stolzenberg and David Myers paint a richly textured portrait of daily life in Kiryas Joel, exploring the community's guiding religious, social, and economic norms. They delve into the roots of Satmar Hasidism and its charismatic founder, Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, following his journey from nineteenth-century Hungary to post-World War II Brooklyn, where he dreamed of founding an ideal Jewish town modeled on the shtetls of eastern Europe. Stolzenberg and Myers chart the rise of Kiryas Joel as an official municipality with its own elected local government. They show how constant legal and political battles defined and even bolstered the community, whose very success has coincided with the rise of political conservatism and multiculturalism in American society over the past forty years.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Stolzenberg, N. M., & Myers, D. N. (2022). American shtetl: the making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic village in upstate New York . Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stolzenberg, Nomi M. and David N., Myers. 2022. American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York. Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stolzenberg, Nomi M. and David N., Myers. American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York Princeton University Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Stolzenberg, Nomi M.,, and David N. Myers. American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York Princeton University Press, 2022.
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