New Trends in the Study of Haredi Culture and Society

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David N. Myers is Distinguished Professor of History and holds the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he serves as the director of the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy. He also directs the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate. He is the author or editor of more than fifteen books in the field of Jewish history, including, with Nomi M. Stolzenberg, American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York, which was awarded the 2022 National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish studies.

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Who are Haredim? And why are they the source of both increasing attention and continuing misunderstanding? This book draws on the research of scholars from various disciplines-including history, religious studies, demography, linguistics, and geography-to trace the growing prominence of Haredi (often called ultra-Orthodox) Jews in Jewish life.