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A fire burns in Kotsk: a tale of Hasidism in the kingdom of Poland

Unger, MenasheDynner, Glenn(Foreword by)Boyarin, Jonathan(Translated by)
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Half a century after Hasidism blossomed in Eastern Europe, its members were making deep inroads into the institutional structure of Polish Jewish communities, but some devotees believed that the movement had drifted away from its revolutionary ideals.

Menashe Unger's 'A Fire Burns in Kotsk' dramatises this moment of division among Polish Hasidim.

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Wayne State University Press
0814338143 / 9780814338148
eBook (Adobe Pdf, EPUB)
16/02/2015
English
184 pages
Copy: 20%; print: 20%
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