Mystics, mavericks, and merrymakers [electronic resource] : an intimate journey among hasidic girls / Stephanie Wellen Levine ; foreword by Carol Gilligan.
By: Levine, Stephanie Wellen.
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BookPublisher: New York : New York University Press, c2003Description: xiv, 254 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): 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 | Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- Religious life | Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.235/2/09747 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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