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

Author/creator Levine, Stephanie Wellen
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxiv, 255 pages ; 24 cm
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.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index.
LCCN 2003014983
ISBN081475192X (cloth : alk. paper)