Legal action may be the next step in the controversy over the transfer of the Orange County town of Monroe to the neighboring Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel. (wamc.org)
Set amidst a deeply religious community of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, Potok's novel challenges us to consider the nature of vocation, and the tensions that exist between an individual's calling and his or her commitment to a particular faith community. (relevantmagazine.com)
Hasidim was the result of approximately two years spent with insular Hasidic Jewish communities in Brooklyn and the Catskills. (theicala.org)