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Kaaterskill Falls is a falls in upstate New York. The name is used as the fictional setting for a novel by Allegra Goodman about the world of orthodox Jews. This is a closed community that I certainly know nothing about. I found Goodman's story-telling to be very rich and completely engaging. I really did feel as though I could understand this community a little better. She manages to put the reader inside the mind of these people in a way that makes their everyday life very interesting.