Mitzvah girls : bringing up the next generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn / Ayala Fader.

Author/creator Fader, Ayala, 1964-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinceton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Description1 online resource (xvii, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.)
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;1666295
Subjects
Hasidim--New York (State). --New York. --Conduct of life.
Jewish girls--New York (State). --New York. --Conduct of life.
Jewish religious education of girls--New York (State). --New York.
Jewish women--New York (State). --New York. --Conduct of life.
Women in Judaism.
Borough Park (New York, N.Y.)--Religious life.

Contents Notes on Yiddish and transcription conventions -- Introduction -- Fitting in -- Defiance -- Making English Jewish -- With it, not modern -- Ticket to Eden -- Becoming Hasidic wives.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.