A controversial exploration of the lives of Hasidic Jews who struggle against their tradition finds many Hasidim in New York who are restless and chaffing against the restrictions of their lifestyle.

Product Description: Hasidic Williamsburg recounts the dramatic emergence of this unique community in the face of major crises. It is the story of the loyalty of its members to their rebbes and their teachings and to the milieu they created in an old Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York...read more