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.
This text, winner of the 1993 National Jewish Book Award in Folklore and Anthropology, provides a social history of the Jewish community in New York. Based on interviews, observation, newspaper files and court records, it examines social and religious dynamics.
