Title Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers : an Intimate Journey among Hasidic Girls

Published New York : NYU Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (269 pages) Contents Acknowledgments; Foreword by Carol Gilligan; Introduction: What I Sought, What I Found; The Community: A Cultural and Psychological Tour; The Cast; Esther (Estie) Gutman: Wild Times and Holy Designs; Rochel Lehrer: Evolving, Not Rebelling; Nechama Dina (Dini) Rockoff: Chutzpah and Holiness; Chaya Jacobson: Strip Clubs and Soul-Searching; Gittel Kassin: Medicine and Marriage; Malka (Malkie) Belfer: Miniskirts and the Messiah; Leah Ratner: Mystic and Maverick; Into the Future: Adulthood and Insights from the Hasidim; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author Summary From the ardently religious young woman who longs for the life of a male scholar to the young rebel who visits a strip club, smokes pot, and agonizes over her loss of faith to the proud Lubavitcher with a desire for a high-powered career, Stephanie Wellen Levine provides a rare glimpse into the inner worlds and daily lives of these Hasidic girls. Lubavitcher Hasidim are famous for their efforts to inspire secular Jews to become more observant and for their messianic fervor. Strict followers of Orthodox Judaism, they maintain sharp gender-role distinctions. Levine spent a year living in the Lub Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Habad -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs Jewish teenagers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs Teenage girls -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs Habad -- Religious life -- New York (State) -- New York Jewish teenagers -- Religious life -- New York (State) -- New York Teenage girls -- Religious life -- New York (State) -- New York Jewish teenagers -- Religious life. Manners and customs. Religious life. Teenage girls -- Religious life. Teenage girls -- Social life and customs. SUBJECT Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- Religious life Subject New York (State) -- New York. New York (State) -- New York -- Crown Heights. Form Electronic book Author Gilligan, Carol ISBN 9780814753446 0814753442

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