Book
Hasidic Williamsburg: a contemporary American Hasidic community
Jason Aronson Inc. • Northvale, N.j. • Published In 1995 • Pages:
By: Kranzler, George.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work presents an account of the dramatic emergence of the Hasidic community of Williamsburg in the face of major crises. It describes '…the loyalty of its members to their Rebbes and their teachings, and to the milieu they created in an old Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York' (dust jacket). This document presents Kranzler's finding after a decade of research into the survival and life-styles of this community. Essentially it is an update of Kranzler's previous work entitled WILLIAMSBURG; A JEWISH COMMUNITY IN TRANSITION (1961) in which he describes the decline of the community and the threat to its survival. HASIDIC WILLIAMSBURG, which covers the period of 1961-1990, describes the desperate struggles carried on by its religious leaders -- particularly the Rebbe of Satmar -- to stem the progressive disintegration of the Hasidic neighborhood. This they attempted to accomplish by providing the necessary resources for the survival of the community in the face of persistent poverty and other major problems, as well as developing specific programs that would help to secure the future of Williamsburg.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Status, role, and prestige
- Priesthood
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Elementary education
- Liberal arts education
- 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.
- 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
- 1961 - 1990
- 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)
- Satmar; Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- George Kranzler
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94012972
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews