Defenders of the Faith Near & Middle Eastern History to be nothing like them

to be nothing like them

traditionally extracted from the beginning or the end of the macro-story

and never-ending battle

' Toni Jordan

"The Godfather of manga

Defenders of the Faith Near & Middle Eastern History to be nothing like themIn this first in depth portrait of ultra Orthodox Jews in Israel today, Samuel Heilman introduces a community that to many may seem to be the very embodiment of the Jewish past. To outsiders who stumble upon these neighborhoods and find bearded men in caftans, children with earlocks, and women in long dresses, black kerchiefs and stockings, it may appear that these people still hold fast to every tradition while turning their backs to the contemporary