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Chassidic community behavior

Anthropological quarterly • Washington • Published In 1964 • Pages: 138-148

By: Rubin, Israel.

Abstract

This document, based on a 1960-1961 field study of the Satmar Hasidim of Brooklyn, N.Y., presents a brief historical sketch of the circumstances that gave rise to Hasidim in Eastern Europe in the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries, and then turns to an analysis of '…two behavior clusters that seem to have characterized practically all Chassidic [Hasidic] communities of the last two centuries, though with minor variations in actual form and relative emphasis ' (p. 139). These behavior patterns are discussed in detail in the text as a clue to the lasting viability and wide appeal of the Hasidic movement.

HRAF PubDate

1996

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

article

Evaluation

Creator Type

Sociologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1995

Field Date

1960-61

Coverage Date

variable

Coverage Place

Satmar; Brooklyn, New York, N.Y., United States

Notes

Israel Rubin

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148)

LCCN

32029126

LCSH

Jews