The Light of Learning: Hasidism in Poland on the Eve of the Holocaust

ISBN-13: 9780197670637 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 312 str.

Glenn (Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor of Judaic Studies

Recenzje

A paradigm shift in the study of Hasidism, Polish Jewry, and gender. Dynner offers a gracious and nuanced reading of modern Hasidic revival and resistance, one that humanizes the movement and deepens our understanding of Jewish modernity. This is a masterpiece of historical writing."

O autorze

Glenn Dynner is the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor of Judaic Studies at Fairfield University, editor of the journal Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, and a recent Guggenheim Fellow. He is author of Men of Silk: The Hasidic Conquest of Polish Jewish Society (OUP, 2006), and Yankel's Tavern: Jews, Liquor, and Life in the Kingdom of Poland (OUP, 2013).