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The Hasidim of North Americaessay 1995 • Belcove-Shalin, Janet S.
North American Hasidic Jews • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
In this article, Belcove-Shalin notes that in the past two decades (ca. 1960-1980s), ethnographic studies of Hasidic life in North America have definitely reached a take-off point, and although the yield so far has been comparatively small, yet the w...Introductionessay 1995 • Belcove-Shalin, Janet S.
North American Hasidic Jews • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This article, which serves as an introduction to the book NEW WORLD HASIDIM: ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF HASIDIC JEWS IN AMERICA, presents a brief, general survey of the Hasidim, including data on the Hasidic way of life, their cultural history, their es...Home in exileessay 1995 • Belcove-Shalin, Janet S.
North American Hasidic Jews • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This article explores the Jewish quest for home, illustrated here by the transplantation of a Hasidic community from the Old World to the New. The focus of Belcove-Shalin's discussion is the Hasidic community of Boro Park, Brooklyn, N.Y., '…with spec...