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I was surprised how absorbing I found this. I knew nothing of the Satmar Chasidim or their founder, Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, so while I was reading it, I assumed everything was fiction. Since finishing it, I've discovered that the setting and several crucial events which begin the story and are discussed later by some of the characters are historically accurate. But what makes the work fascinating is the (presumably relatively accurate) view inside the Satmar sect. Many of their beliefs are far fr
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