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Historical Atlas of the Hasidim by Marcin Wodziński

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16th Street, NYC, New York City

Historical Atlas of Hasidism is the very first cartographic reference book on one of the modern era's most vibrant and important mystical movements. Featuring seventy-four large-format maps and a wealth of illustrations, charts, and tables, this one-of-a-kind atlas charts Hasidism's emergence and expansion; its dynasties, courts, and prayer houses; its spread to the New World; the crisis of the two world…

Mystic, teacher, troublemaker: Shimon Engel and the challenges of Hasidic yeshiva education in interwar Poland

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16th Street, NYC, New York City

Max Weinreich Fellowship Lecture in Polish Jewish Studies Prior to the interwar period, yeshivas were virtually unknown among Polish Hasidim, who preferred a less formal educational paradigm centered on a shtibl (a small house of study). Following the First World War and an increase in secularization, however, the shtiblekh emptied out and Hasidic yeshivas were designed as an emergency measure to retain the young…