Frontmatter

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. prologue: Approaching Kiryas Joel 1
6. Part I: The past and present of the shtetl
7. Chapter 1: Life in the Shtetl 27
8. Chapter 2: Satmar in Europe 82
9. Chapter 3: Satmar in America: From Shtetl to Village 115
10. Part III: Law and religion in the village and beyond
11. Chapter 4: Not in America? 165
12. Chapter 5: Only in America! 222
13. Chapter 6: The Law of the Land (Is the Law) 277
14. Part III: Conflict, competition, and the future of Kiryas Joel
15. Chapter 7 “Two Kings Serving the Same Crown” 337
16. Epilogue Leaving Kiryas Joel 376
17. Notes 397
18. Glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish Terms 445
19. List of Personalities 449
20. Index 455