Hune E. Margulies (Columbia University)

Submitted: Sun, 14 May 1995 17:44:24 -0400 (EDT)

Hune E. Margulies 
Doctoral Candidate 
Columbia University,
Dept. of Urban Planning
Avery Hall, 4th Floor_
New York, NY 10017           
USA 

Phones: 718-549-8255 (Home)
        212-845-3513 (Columbia)
FAX:    718-549-2425
Email:  Hune@columbia.edud
        hm64@columbia.edu
 I research the Hasidic community in metropolitan New York and the city
of Jerusalem. In particular I examine the spatial culture of the Hasidic
polity, and the ethical implications of policies aimed at preserving the
territorial integrity of separate ethnic groups. I argue that the Hasidic
polity ought to be viewed as the urban equivalent of intentional
communities. In particular, territorial policies, the politics of
difference and multi-culturalism, come to the fore in the study of the
Hasidic society. In light of the continuum ethnicity-culture-territory,
ethical issues of great import emerge in the field of urbanism.