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Welcome to the\u00a0Histories of Orthodoxy Partnership (HOP)<\/strong>, a collaborative digital humanities project that brings together leading institutions and scholars to explore the rich and complex history of ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic communities. Despite the challenges of studying a community whose records were often lost or destroyed during the upheavals of the 20th century, HOP seeks to preserve and share this important heritage with a wider audience.<\/p>\n

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Our project connects resources from three key repositories of Orthodox culture: the\u00a0Bais Yaakov Project\u00a0at the University of Toronto, which focuses on the ultra-Orthodox girls\u2019 school system; the\u00a0Digital Hasidism Project\u00a0at the University of Wroclaw, which documents the rise and spread of Hasidism; and the\u00a0Hasidic Stories Project\u00a0at the Open University of Israel, which examines a vast collection of Hasidic tales. By integrating these diverse collections, HOP offers a unique platform for collaborative research and public engagement.<\/p>\n

Through our searchable digital platform, users can access a vast corpus of maps, archival documents, publications, letters, images, and more. This resource will allow scholars to ask and explore big questions about the social structures, cultural practices, and historical transformations of Orthodox communities before and after the Holocaust. It will also enable the public to engage with this history in new ways, breaking down stereotypes and deepening the understanding of a group often perceived as insular and unchanging.\u00a0<\/p>\n

HOP is committed to addressing the unique challenges of researching Orthodox history, including the loss of materials, language barriers, and the fragmented nature of archives. By using cutting-edge digital tools like social network analysis (SNA), computational analysis, and historical mapping, our project will bridge these gaps and open new pathways for research. We aim to integrate the often segregated study of Orthodox men and women, explore the cultural dimensions of Orthodox life, and provide a platform where scholars, students, and the general public can connect and collaborate.<\/p>\n

Join us in preserving, exploring, and sharing the history of Orthodox Jewry. Through public conferences, academic publications, and an accessible digital platform, HOP is bringing this vibrant past to light, ensuring that it remains a part of our collective historical understanding.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO CREDITS (from top): Agnieszka Traczewska; Uri Orlev; Dikla Yogev; Historical Atlas of Hasidism<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Bais Yaakov Project University of Toronto Focuses on the ultra-Orthodoxgirls\u2019 school system Digital Hasidism Project University of Wroclaw Documents the rise and spread of Hasidism Hasidic Stories Project Open University of Israel Examines a vast collection of Hasidic tales Welcome to the\u00a0Histories of Orthodoxy Partnership (HOP), a collaborative digital humanities project that brings together […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":true,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-9","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hop.religion.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hop.religion.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hop.religion.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hop.religion.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hop.religion.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":89,"href":"https:\/\/hop.religion.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334,"href":"https:\/\/hop.religion.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hop.religion.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hop.religion.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}