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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018"
"Hasidism . . . is a tremendous work of research."
---Shalom Auslander, Times Literary Supplement"
Hasidism: A New History . . . is a monumental scholarly achievement and a great contribution to the understanding of one of the most important movements in Jewish life in the modern period."
---Moshe Halbertal, New York Review of Books"For this remarkably well-researched and expansive history of Hasidism, a team of scholars has collaborated to produce an intelligent and eminently readable exploration of a branch of Judaism that has made an extraordinary mark on Jewish life. . . . This effort is rich with detail and insight, and captures the vibrancy and innovation of a thriving, multifaceted movement. It belongs on the bookshelf of any serious student of Jewish history." * Publishers Weekly *
"The book is notable for smashing various well-worn myths about Hasidism, and presenting new insights that place the movement at the center of European Jewish history, a major shaper of that history rather than a marginal aberration."
---Sue Fishkoff, Jweekly"These eight modern sages managed to produce a fascinating book that embodies their collective wisdom and style in a seamless and highly illuminating work of authorship. This, too, strikes me as something of a miracle."
---Jonathan Kirsch, Jewish Journal"Enormously informative, monumental volume."
---George Prochnik, Los Angeles Review of Books"Likely to be the definitive work on Judaism’s equivalent of charismatic Protestantism."
---Marvin Olasky, World
