Defenders of the Faith Near & Middle Eastern History Whether you try a question

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300 biographies you will find thousands of fascinating facts and figures at your fingertips

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Defenders of the Faith Near & Middle Eastern History Whether you try a questionIn this first in depth portrait of ultra Orthodox Jews in Israel today, Samuel Heilman introduces a community that to many may seem to be the very embodiment of the Jewish past. To outsiders who stumble upon these neighborhoods and find bearded men in caftans, children with earlocks, and women in long dresses, black kerchiefs and stockings, it may appear that these people still hold fast to every tradition while turning their backs to the contemporary