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Mystics, mavericks, and merrymakers : an intimate journey among Hasidic girls
Title:
Mystics, mavericks, and merrymakers : an intimate journey among Hasidic girls
Author:
Levine, Stephanie Wellen.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : New York University Press, [2003]

©2003
Physical Description:
xiv, 255 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
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 : 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.
ISBN:
9780814751923
Format :
Book