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Author Levine, Stephanie Wellen, author

Title Mystics, mavericks, and merrymakers : an intimate journey among hasidic girls / Stephanie Wellen Levine ; foreword by Carol Gilligan.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2003]
copyright 2003

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.235 LEV    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 254 pages ; 25 cm.
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 : 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject 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.
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.
ISBN 081475192X (cloth : alk. paper)
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