The pious ones

By Berger, Joseph

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

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"--