Book
Holy days: the world of a Hasidic family
Summit Books • New York • Published In 1985 • Pages:
By: Harris, Lis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book, written by a staff writer for the New Yorker Magazine, presents a popularized account of Hasidic life from the standpoint of a Crown Heights Lubavitcher family -- the Konigsbergs (a pseudonymn) -- with whom Harris became closely associated in her field work. Although a good part of the text is presented in question and answer interview style, and frequently reflects family cultural values, nevertheless, there is a wealth of additional information here on the social and religious history of the Hasidim, Sabbath observances, the MIKVAH or ritual baths, religious holidays (e.g., Passover, Purim, Succoth), relations between the Satmar and Lubavitch congregations, education, weddings, and death and birth customs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Gender status
- Priesthood
- Congregations
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Journalist
- 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; Crown Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lis Harris
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85014784
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews