Of Mice and Hasidic Men: Reb Shayele as Populist Patron Saint.
This article focuses on an emergent, transnational Hasidic revival movement centered around the Kerestirer Rebbe, Yeshaya Steiner (Shayele), a Hungarian miracle worker who lived in Hungary from 1851 to 1925. His iconic portrait is commonly associated with mystical protection against the infestation...
| Published in: | Jewish Quarterly Review Vol. 115; no. 1; pp. 99 - 136 |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
Winter2025
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