Mystics, mavericks, and merrymakers : an intimate journey among hasidic girls / Stephanie Wellen Levine ; foreword by Carol Gilligan.
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TextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, ©2003.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780814752401
- 0814752403
- 9780814753446
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- 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
- Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- Religious life
- 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.) -- 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
- New York (State) -- New York
- New York (State) -- New York -- Crown Heights
- Lubawitscher Gemeinde
- Weibliche Jugend
- New York- Crown Heights
- 305.235/2/09747 22
- 305.235097471 21
- HQ798 .L49 2003
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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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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 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 Lubavitch community of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, participating in the rhythms of Hasidic girlhood. Drawing on many intimate hours among Hasidim and over 30 in-depth interviews, Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers offers rich portraits of individual Hasidic young women and how they deal with the conflicts between the regimented society in which they live and the pull of mainstream American life. This superbly crafted book offers intimate stories from Hasidic teenagers' lives, providing an intriguing twist to a universal theme: the struggle to grow up and define who we are within the context of culture, family, and life-driving beliefs.
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