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Author

Levine, Stephanie Wellen.

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

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New York : New York University Press, c2003.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xiv, 254 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Teenage girls -- Religious life -- New York (State) -- New York.
	Jewish teenagers -- Religious life -- New York (State) -- New York.
	Habad -- Religious life -- New York (State) -- New York.
	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.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	081475192X (cloth : alk. paper)