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New Trends in the Study of Haredi Culture and Society L. Casey Chosewood and a university's announcement thatWho are Haredim? And why are they the source of both increasing attention and continuing misunderstanding? New Trends in the Study of Haredi Culture and Society draws on the innovative research of leading scholars from a variety of disciplines including history, religious studies, demography, linguistics, and geography to trace the growing prominence of Haredi (often called ultra Orthodox) Jews in Jewish life. Haredi Jews are committed to preserving a