The Curious Case of Kiryas Joel: The Rise of a Village Theocracy and the Battle to Defend the Separation of Church and State

by Louis Grumet, John M. Caher, John Caher

Twenty years ago, in the middle of the night and on the last day of the legislative session, the New York State Legislature created a publicly funded school district to cater to the interests of a religious sect called the Satmar, an insular group of Hasidic Jews that objects to, among other things, female school bus drivers. The rapidly growing sect had bought land in rural Upstate New York, populated it solely with members of its faction, and created...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613735006
• ISBN13: 9781613735008
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"