Mystics, mavericks, and merrymakers
Subtitle: an intimate journey among hasidic girls
By: Stephanie Wellen Levine ; foreword by Carol Gilligan.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Teenage girls -- New York (State) -- New York -- Religious life; Jewish teenagers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Religious life; Habad -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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.) -- Religious life; Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : what I sought, what I found; title: The community : a cultural and psychological tour; title: The cast; title: Esther (Estie) Gutman : wild times and holy designs; title: Rochel Lehrer : evolving, not rebelling; title: Nechama Dina (Dini) Rockoff : chutzpah and holiness; title: Chaya Jacobson : doubter and believer; title: Gittel Kassin : medicine and marriage; title: Malka (Malkie) Belfer : miniskirts and the messiah; title: Leah Ratner : mystic and maverick; title: Into the future : adulthood and insights from the hasidim.