Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey among Hasidic Girls
by Stephanie Wellen Levine
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From 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 show more of Orthodox Judaism, they maintain sharp gender-role distinctions. Levine spent a year living in the Lub show lessTags
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A recently saw Trembling Before G-d, and this is an interesting complement/counterpoint to that. Levine found an amazing group of unique, diverse, self-confident girls in the Lubavitch community in Crown Height, Brooklyn.
Many very interesting chapters!!
She understood what it's all about.
Read this book!!!
She understood what it's all about.
Read this book!!!
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Stephanie Wellen Levine teaches at Tufts University.
Common Knowledge
- Important places
- Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Sociology, General Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies
- DDC/MDS
- 305.235 — Society, Government, and Culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Age groups Young people up to 20 Adolescents
- LCC
- HQ798 .L49 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home Youth. Adolescents. Teenagers
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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