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

Main Author: Levine, Stephanie Wellen.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, c2003.
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 > Social life and customs. > New York (State) > New York
Jewish teenagers > Social life and customs. > New York (State) > New York
Habad > Social life and customs. > New York (State)
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) > Religious life. > New York
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10280032
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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