Book

A people apart: Hasidism in America

Dutton • New York • Published In 1970 • Pages:

By: Garvin, Philip, Cohen, Arthur Allen.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Although a major portion of this work consists of a photographic essay dealing with the various Hasidic groups in the eastern United States (e.g.,Lubavitch, Satmar, and Bobover), the introductory text by Arthur A. Cohen entitled 'An Essay in Praise of Hasidim' (pp. 13-32), provides an excellent survey of the cultural history of the Hasidim, and some of the basic theological constructs of their religion. Cohen describes the origins of the Hasidic movement in Europe, the rise of modern Hasidim, its teachings, practices, and philosophy, and the development of the movement in the United States. The photographs taken by Garvin in 1967-1970, depict a full year's worth of Hasidic life '…including all the holy days, the life of the winter and the summer, the schools and camps, the businesses and the vacation places' (p. 10).

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Descriptive somatology

Normal garb

Theological systems

Congregations

Religious denominations

Organized ceremonial

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

Book

Evaluation

Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Artisan

Photographer

Sociologist

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

1967-1970

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)

Crown Heights, Boro Park, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y., United States

NotesAdditional notes

Photos. by Philip Garvin. Text by Arthur A. Cohen

Includes bibliographical references

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

70122798

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Jews