REVIEWS and mentions

Choice, J. D. Sarna, February 2023. 
http://www.choiceconnect.org/webclipping/227819/9-eae3ucypa3xgqdnh61paaaq-6upg-mfcmj68mrlnh0tya776   ​ 

​First Things, Leah Libresco Sargeant, “In America, But Not of America,” June 7, 2022. https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2022/06/in-america-but-not-of-america

Marginalia, Jonathan Boyarin, “The Future of Hasidic Williamsburg,” May 6, 2022, https://themarginaliareview.com/the-future-of-hasidic-williamsburg/ 

The Jewish Chronicle, Dominic Green, “The Satmar Shtetl as American as Apple Pie,” April 14, 2022, https://www.thejc.com/news/world/the-satmar-shtetl-as-american-as-apple-pie-l4gANVAl7vS5ddRECMYzF?reloadTime=1650321452665 

Monsey Mevaser, Joel Petlin, “Beyond the Tweet,” April 7, 2022, 24, 105, https://view.flipdocs.com/?ID=10009972_915325 

Haaretz, Tzach Yoked, “Bnai Brak-New York,” April 6, 2022, 4-5, https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/literature/.premium-MAGAZINE-1.10721529?utm_source=App_Share&utm_medium=iOS_Native&fbclid=IwAR221pDWvkFWRYKKcbhnz1MKGwwc2XfS09MJgklKw0H6B6fPMNKw-4_RwI8 
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The Metropole (blog of the Urban History Association), Bob Carey, “Religious Separatists to Political Players,” https://themetropole.blog/2022/03/28/religious-separatists-to-political-players-a-review-of-american-shtetl-the-making-of-kiryas-joel/ 

New York Review of Books, Lis Harris, “Strangers in a Strange Land,” Feb. 24, 2022: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2022/02/24/strangers-in-a-strange-land-hasidic-brooklyn-upstate/ 

The New Yorker, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “An Extraordinary Account of a Hasidic Enclave,” February 23, 2022: https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/an-extraordinary-account-of-a-hasidic-enclave?fbclid=IwAR02y0CkCMSPoZrzw_YrAPOqr7Rhts5cMnb_vlv9tRiUAQvL4DCZxSkz0RQ 

​Forward, Joshua Shanes, “A Hasidic Village in New York is Paving the Way for a ‘White, Christian, Conservative’ America,” February 22, 2022: https://forward.com/culture/482791/how-a-hasidic-village-kiryas-joel-satmar-new-york-went-all-in-for-trump/ 

Jewish Standard, Larry Yudelson, “American Shtetl,” Feb. 16, 2022: https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/american-shtetl/ 

Los Angeles Review of Books, Zalman Rothschild, Feb. 16, 2022: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/religious-minority-status-upended-the-tale-of-a-hasidic-to

The Photo-News, Jeff Storey, “New Books Explains Kiryas Joel as Product of Jewish History and American Politics,” Feb. 14, 2022: http://www.thephoto-news.com/home/new-book-explains-kiryas-joel-as-product-of-jewish-history-and-american-politics-DM1961647

The Times of Israel, Israel Drazin, “The Unexpected Successes of Satmar Hasidim,” Feb. 10, 2022: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-unexpected-successes-of-satmar-hasidim/

Forverts (Yiddish), Mikhail Krutikov, January 31, 2022: https://forward.com/yiddish/481687/how-the-satmar-hasidim-built-a-shtetl-in-america/

Jerusalem Post, Glenn Altschuler, January 28, 2022: https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-694801 

Jewish Insider, “Five Books to Read in February”: https://jewishinsider.com/2022/02/five-books-to-read-in-february/ 
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Lauren Hakimi, “The Best Jewish TV, Movies and Books to Look Out for in 2022,” Forward. January 19, 2022: https://forward.com/culture/480763/2022-preview-jewish-tv-movies-books-mrs-maisel-fleishman-mac-miller/