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Article Dans Une Revue The Jewish Journal of Sociology Année : 1978

Fieldwork Methods and the Sociology of Jews : Case Studies of Hassidic Communities

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The fieldwork method of studying Hassidic groups is that of urban ethnography: the group and its individual members always exist within wider entities. This is soon apparent when one attempts to establish contact. It is certainly true that the Belzer, like most Hassidic communities --whether ofAntwerp or of Montreal-- wish to remain as much as possible a closed group; but in fact, this is never the case. Apart from a small number whose occupation keeps them at the heart of the community --such as the melamed or teacher in their own school-- the others arc engaged in a trade or profession which is part of a much wider socio-economic network, even if the range of the occupation is itself somewhat limited. The research worker must be aware orthe influence which the exercise of a 'lay' profession may have on religious behaviour. Such wieler research is essential.
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halshs-00445796 , version 1 (12-01-2010)

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Jacques Gutwirth. Fieldwork Methods and the Sociology of Jews : Case Studies of Hassidic Communities. The Jewish Journal of Sociology, 1978, 20 (1), pp.49-58. ⟨halshs-00445796⟩

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