Hasid
Friday, September 26, 2003
Some Books About the Hasidic People
Breslover Hasidism bibliography. Go to: www.faqs.org/faqs/judaism/reading-lists/chasidism/section-5.html.
Dalfin, Chaim. To be Chasidic - A Contemporary Guide. 1996. ISBN: 1-56821-905-9.
Eisenberg, Robert. Boychiks in the Hood: Travels in the Hasidic Underground (San Francisco: Harpers, 1995). Availability limited. Try through Amazon.com or similar online book service. Here is a portion of a review on Amazon.com: "Boychiks in the Hood is your passport to the Hasidic "underworld" -- a destination far different from popular expectations. Join Robert Eisenberg as he hangs out with an ex-Deadhead in Antwerp, makes a pilgrimage to the grave of the revered Rebbie Nachman in the Ukraine, munches mini-bagels with Rollerblading kosher butchers in Minnesota, discovers the last remaining religious Jews in Poland...and more."
Finkel, Avraham Yaakov. Contemporary Sages: The Great Chasidic Masters of the Twentieth Century. 1994. ISBN 1-568211-55-4. This book looks at 37 Hasidic Rebbes from the twentieth century, including the late Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. According to one review, this book gives "the only selection of Satmar teachings available in English, giving some sense of the forcefulness of the Rebbe's words and of the religious underpinnings of Satmar's controversial opposition to Zionism."
Gurary, Noson. Chasidism - Its Development, Theology and Practice. ISBN: 0-7057-5960-8.
Harris. Lis. Holy Days: The World of a Hasidic Family. New York: Summit Books, 1985. This book is about life with a family of Lubavitchers in Brooklyn.
Kranzler, George. Hasidic Williamsburg - A Contemporary American Hasidic Community. ISBN: 1-56821-242-9.
Mayer, Egon. From Suburb to Shtetl: The Jews of Boro Park. Temple University Press, 1979. ISBN: 0-87722-161-8.
Mintz, Jerome R. Hasidic People: A Place in the New World. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1992. Paperback edition, 1994. Has gone through at least 3 printings.
Poll, Solomon. The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg: A Study in the Sociology of Religion. ISBN: 0-8052-0209-9.
Rabinowicz, Tzvi. The Encyclopedia of Hasidism. 1996. ISBN: 1-56821-123-6.
_____________. Hasidism in Israel: A History of the Hasidic Movement and its Masters in the Holy Land. Jason Aronson, Inc., Northvale, NJ and Jerusalem, 2000. 317 pages. (Comment: Dr. Rabinowicz is a descendant of "famous hasidic families in Poland" according to the cover. He has written many other works on Hasidism, including, The World of Hasidism, Hasidism and the State of Israel, A World Apart, and others.
Satmar Hasidim. www.satmar.com used to have a number of interesting articles on the Satmar, but they have been discontinued at this site. Copy and paste the following website into your browser for an interesting bibliography on Satmar Hasidisim: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/judaism/reading-lists/chasidism/section-4.html. See also the reference in this Bibliography to Avraham Finkel's book, Contemporary Sages...
