A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg Deutsch Nathaniel
A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg Deutsch Nathaniel The epic story of Satmar Hasidic Williamsburg, from the decline of New York to the gentrification…
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A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg Deutsch Nathaniel
The epic story of Satmar Hasidic Williamsburg, from the decline of New York to the gentrification of Brooklyn "Groundbreaking. . . . But to understand how political prowess and real-estate know-how shaped the group's current iteration in Brooklyn, it would be wise to start with this outstanding book."--Laura E. To fully understand Satmar, of course, one has to be born into it.
Less known is how the community survived in one of the toughest parts of New York City during an era of steep decline, only to later resist and also participate in the unprecedented gentrification of the neighborhood.Nathaniel Deutsch and Michael Casper unravel the Adkins, LA Review of BooksThe Hasidic community in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn is famously one of the most separatist, intensely religious, and politically savvy groups of people in the entire United States.