Mystics, mavericks, and merrymakers : an intimate journey among hasidic girls /

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Follows the journeys of Hasidic teenagers as they grow up and grapple with culture, family, and religionFrom 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 Lubavitche...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Levine, Stephanie Wellen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Teenage girls > Religious life > New York (State) > New York.
Jewish teenagers > Religious life > New York (State) > New York.
Habad > Religious life > New York (State) > New York.
Teenage girls > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs.
Jewish teenagers > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs.
Habad > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs.
Adolescentes > Vie religieuse > New York (État) > New York.
Adolescents juifs > New York (État) > New York > Vie religieuse.
Habad > New York (État) > New York > Vie religieuse.
Adolescentes > New York (État) > New York > Mœurs et coutumes.
Adolescents juifs > New York (État) > New York > Mœurs et coutumes.
Habad > New York (État) > New York > Mœurs et coutumes.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Adolescence.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Teenagers.
Jewish teenagers > Religious life
Manners and customs
Religious life
Teenage girls > Religious life
Teenage girls > Social life and customs
Lubawitscher Gemeinde
Weibliche Jugend
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) > Religious life.
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Crown Heights
New York- Crown Heights
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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 : doubter and believer
  • 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.

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