Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America -- Stephen G. Bloom, Paperback

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Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America -- Stephen G. Bloom, PaperbackIn 1987, a group of Lubavitchers, one of the most orthodox and zealous of the Jewish sects, opened a kosher slaughterhouse just outside tiny Postville, Iowa (pop. 1,465). When the business became a worldwide success, Postville found itself both revived and divided. The town's initial welcome of the Jews turned into confusion, dismay, and even disgust. By 1997, the town had engineered a vote on what everyone agreed was actually a referendum: whether or

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