The pious ones

By Berger, Joseph

Subjects: Social conditions, Jews, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, United states, ethnic relations, New york (n.y.), social conditions, Jews, united states, social life and customs, Hasidim, Social life and customs, Religious, Ethnic relations

Description: "As the population of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the United States increases to record proportions after near-extinction during the Holocaust, award-winning New York Times journalist and author Joseph Berger takes us inside the notoriously insular world of the Hasidim to explore their origins, beliefs, and struggles--and the social and political implications of their expanding presence in America"--