A Fire Burns in Kotsk by Menashe Unger

A Fire Burns in Kotsk by Menashe Unger

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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 dramatizes this moment of division among Polish Hasidim in this historical account.

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A Fire Burns in Kotsk by Menashe Unger

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 dramatizes this moment of division among Polish Hasidim in this historical account.
Jonathan Boyarin is the Mann Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at Cornell University, USA and the author of Jewish Families and Mornings at the Stanton Street Shul.
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ISBN 13 9780814338131
ISBN 10 0814338135
Title A Fire Burns in Kotsk
Author Menashe Unger
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Wayne State University Press
Year published 2015-02-28
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.