March 2: “American Shtetl:” an evening with the authors
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We’re thrilled to partner with Watchung Booksellers for this Evening with the Authors virtual event discussing “American Shtetl.” This conversation will take place on Wednesday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT.
Settled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history—but many precedents among religious communities in the United States. This book tells the story of how this group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews has grown to become a thriving insular enclave and a powerful local government in upstate New York. While rejecting the norms of mainstream American society, Kiryas Joel has been stunningly successful in creating a world apart by using the very instruments of secular political and legal power that it disavows.
Timely and accessible, American Shtetl unravels the strands of cultural and legal conflict that gave rise to one of the most vibrant religious communities in America, and reveals a way of life shaped by both self-segregation and unwitting assimilation.
Join authors Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers in conversation with Forward editor-in-chief Jodi Rudoren.
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