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In 1987, a group of Lubavitchers, one of the most orthodox and zealous of the Jewish sects, opened a kosher slaughterhouse just outside tiny Postville, Iowa (pop. 1,465). When the business became a worldwide success, Postville found itself both revived and divided. The town's initial welcome of the Jews turned into confusion, dismay, and even disgust. By 1997, the town had engineered a vote on what everyone agreed was actually a whether or not these Jews should stay.The quiet, restrained Iowans were astonished at these brash, assertive Hasidic Jews, who ignored the unwritten laws of Iowa behavior in almost every respect. The Lubavitchers, on the other hand, could not compromise with the world of Postville; their religion and their tradition quite literally forbade it. Were the Iowans prejudiced, or were the Lubavitchers simply unbearable?Award-winning journalist Stephen G. Bloom found himself with a bird's-eye view of this battle and gained a new perspective on questions that haunt America nationwide. What makes a community? How does one accept new and powerfully different traditions? Is money more important than history? In the dramatic and often poignant stories of the people of Postville - Jew and gentile, puzzled and puzzling, unyielding and unstoppable - lies a great swath of America today.
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Postville, Stephen G. Bloom
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- Pubblicato
- 2000
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- Titolo
- Postville
- Sottotitolo
- A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America - Updated With a New Afterword
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Stephen G. Bloom
- Editore
- Mariner Books
- Pubblicato
- 2000
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0156013363
- ISBN13
- 9780156013369
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienze sociali, Tema stórico, Prosa storica, Religione, Tematica giuridica, Politica, USA, Storia Militare, Guerre, Forze armate, Letteratura Americana, Sociologia, Femminismo, Giornalismo e Pubblicistica, Storia locale, Antropologia, Ebrei, Storia del mondo, America, Storia degli Stati Uniti, Teorie Politiche, Cultura, Razza, Razzismo, Letteratura ebraica, Polizia, Giudaismo, Giustizia sociale, Padre, Insegnante,professori, Guerra Civile, Studi accademici, Storia sociale, Veleni, avvelenamenti, Giustizia, Esercito, Diritto penale, Battaglie, Immigrazione, Discriminazione, Stato, Giustizia penale, Relazioni etniche
- Descrizione
- In 1987, a group of Lubavitchers, one of the most orthodox and zealous of the Jewish sects, opened a kosher slaughterhouse just outside tiny Postville, Iowa (pop. 1,465). When the business became a worldwide success, Postville found itself both revived and divided. The town's initial welcome of the Jews turned into confusion, dismay, and even disgust. By 1997, the town had engineered a vote on what everyone agreed was actually a whether or not these Jews should stay.The quiet, restrained Iowans were astonished at these brash, assertive Hasidic Jews, who ignored the unwritten laws of Iowa behavior in almost every respect. The Lubavitchers, on the other hand, could not compromise with the world of Postville; their religion and their tradition quite literally forbade it. Were the Iowans prejudiced, or were the Lubavitchers simply unbearable?Award-winning journalist Stephen G. Bloom found himself with a bird's-eye view of this battle and gained a new perspective on questions that haunt America nationwide. What makes a community? How does one accept new and powerfully different traditions? Is money more important than history? In the dramatic and often poignant stories of the people of Postville - Jew and gentile, puzzled and puzzling, unyielding and unstoppable - lies a great swath of America today.