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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...
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Israel Bookshop Publications
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[2022]
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English
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"Rav Yoel Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe, was a holy person even as a child. As he grew, his greatness in Torah and his careful observance of all the mitzvos became even more apparent. In time, he became the leader of thousands of chassidim, and many incredible stories are told about him. His miraculous escape during the Holocaust, and the way he helped reestablish the Satmar chassidus afterward, this time on American shore, is an amazing story. In...
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