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Chassidic recruitment and the local context

Urban anthropologyPublished In 1978 • Pages: 373-383

By: Singer, Merrill.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Recent studies in urban anthropology recognize the increasing importance of contextual reference in research. In another paper Mitchell and Plotnicov explored the relationship between Lubavitcher Hasidic proselytizing in Pittsburgh and a broad range of cultural, geographic, and temporal contexts. In this article Singer focuses on the Los Angeles, California branch of the Lubavitcher movement, and attempts to demonstrate how important just one of those contexts can be with regard to Hasidic behavior and community response (p. 373).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Missions
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
North American Hasidic Jews
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1996
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1995
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
variable
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Lubavitch; Los Angeles, Calif., United States
NotesAdditional notes
Merrill Singer
Includes bibliographical references (p. 382-383)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
72627521
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Jews