The Making of Hasidic Williamsburg

Men pass the Shmura Matzos bakery in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, Tuesday, April 7, 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic in New York.

A new book tells the complicated history of the Satmar Hasidic Jewish community in Williamsburg. Nathaniel Deutsch, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, joins us to discuss his new book A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg.

 

This segment is guest-hosted by Matt Katz.