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Half a century after Hasidism blossomed in Eastern Europe, its members were making deep inroads into the institutional structure of Polish Jewish communities, but some devotees believed that the movement had drifted away from its revolutionary ideals. Menashe Unger's A Fire Burns in Kotsk dramatizes this moment of division among Polish Hasidim in this historical account.

A Fire Burns in Kotsk A Tale of Hasidism in the Kingdom of Poland

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    A Paperback by Menashe Unger, Jonathan Boyarin, Glenn Dynner

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      Publisher: Wayne State University Press
      Publication Date: 4/30/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780814338131, 978-0814338131
      ISBN10: 0814338135
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      Half a century after Hasidism blossomed in Eastern Europe, its members were making deep inroads into the institutional structure of Polish Jewish communities, but some devotees believed that the movement had drifted away from its revolutionary ideals. Menashe Unger's A Fire Burns in Kotsk dramatizes this moment of division among Polish Hasidim in this historical account.

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