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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Stolzenberg, Nomi M. (1961-....)
Myers, David N. (1960-....)
Titre(s) : American shtetl [Texte imprimé] : the making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic village in upstate New York / Nomi M. Stolzenberg, David N. Myers
Publication : Princeton (N.J.) ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiii-477 pages) : illustrations, cartes ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"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."--Jacket
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic village in upstate New York
Sujet(s) : Teitelbaum, Joel (1887-1979)
Hassidim de Satmar -- Histoire
Kiryas Joel (N.Y., États-Unis) -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
296.833 20973 (23e éd.) = Hassidisme - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691199771 (rel.). - ISBN 0691199779
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb467977062
Notice n° :
FRBNF46797706
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Prologue :. Approaching Kiryas Joel -- ; Part I :. The past and present of the shtetl.
; Life in the shtetl -- ; Satmar in Europe -- ; Satmar in America : from shtetl to
village -- ; Part II :. Law and religion in the village and beyond. ; Not in America?
-- ; Only in America! -- ; The law of the land (is the law) -- ; Part III :. Conflict,
competition, and the future of Kiryas Joel. ; "Two kings serving the same crown" :
the great schism in Kiryas Joel and beyond -- ; Epilogue :. Leaving Kiryas Joel.
