A Tale of Hasidism in the Kingdom of Poland
by
Menashe Unger
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2015
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...