Postville A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America

Name: Postville A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America
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ISBN: 9780156013369

ISBN-10: 0156013363

ISBN-13: 9780156013369

Edition: 2000

Authors: Stephen G. Bloom

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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 referendum: 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…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/10/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Stephen G. Bloom is an award-winning journalist and has been a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, the San Jose Mercury News, and other major newspapers. He now teaches journalism at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, where he lives with his wife and son.