{"product_id":"f-9005","title":"The Lower East Side","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"0\"\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cbig\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cradle of American\u003cbr\u003eChasidism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/big\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican chasidism is often thought to have begun only in the\u003cbr\u003eearly 1940s, with the arrival of the great rebbes who came to\u003cbr\u003eAmerica as refugees and Holocaust survivors. According to\u003cbr\u003ethe conventional narrative, the earlier chasidim who settled\u003cbr\u003ein the New World were unable to withstand the forces of\u003cbr\u003eAmericanization and played little role in shaping the American\u003cbr\u003echasidism that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book tells a different story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on years of original research and a wealth of overlooked\u003cbr\u003earchival sources, Dov Bergman reconstructs the forgotten world\u003cbr\u003eof New York's Lower East Side, where American chasidism first\u003cbr\u003etook root decades before the Holocaust. Through remarkable\u003cbr\u003epersonalities, pioneering religious leaders, vibrant congregations,\u003cbr\u003eand forgotten institutions, Bergman uncovers how an immigrant\u003cbr\u003eneighborhood became the cradle of American chasidism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichly illustrated with rare photographs on nearly every page,\u003cbr\u003ethis book brings a lost world vividly to life and offers a fresh\u003cbr\u003eperspective on one of the most important - and least understood\u003cbr\u003e- chapters in American Jewish history\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:white\"\u003eCopyright Judaicaplaza\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"12\" style=\"display:none\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003etable{border-collapse:collapse}td{background-color:#efefef;font-weight:bold;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;border-style:solid;border-width:1px}th{font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;border-style:solid;border-width:1px}\u003c\/style\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSku:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"font-weight:bold;text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"1\"\u003eF-9005\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"font-weight:bold;text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"2\"\u003eDov Bergman, PH.D.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIsbn 13:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"font-weight:bold;text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"5\"\u003e9798234160584\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIsbn 10:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"font-weight:bold;text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"6\"\u003e8234160583\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"font-weight:bold;text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"7\"\u003e225\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSize:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"font-weight:bold;text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"8\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\"\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBinding:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"font-weight:bold;text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"9\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDate:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"font-weight:bold;text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"10\"\u003e8\/19\/2026\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"font-weight:bold;text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"11\"\u003eFeldheim Publishers\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Dov Bergman, PH.D.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046581158087,"sku":"F-9005","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3625\/8657\/files\/F-9005.jpg?v=1787707200","url":"https:\/\/judaicaplaza.com\/products\/f-9005","provider":"Judaica Plaza","version":"1.0","type":"link"}