Unchosen
by Winston, HellaEdition: 1st
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2006-11-15
Publisher(s): Beacon Press
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Summary
A surprising and controversial exploration of Hasidic Jews struggling to live within their restrictive communities-and, in some cases, to carve out a new life beyond them . . .When Hella Winston began talking with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn for her doctoral dissertation in sociology, she was surprised to be covertly introduced to Hasidim unhappy with their highly restrictive way of life and sometimes desperately struggling to escape it. Unchosen tells the stories of these "rebel" Hasidim, serious questioners who long for greater personal and intellectual freedom than their communities allow. In her new Preface, Winston discusses the passionate reactions the book has elicited among Hasidim and non-Hasidim alike.Named one of Publishers Weekly's Ten Best Religion Books of 2005.
Author Biography
Hella Winston is pursuing her Ph.D. in sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She lives in New York City.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | vii | ||
| Chapter One: Changing Trains | 1 | (18) | |
| Chapter Two: Wigged Out | 19 | (18) | |
| Chapter Three: Floating | 37 | (12) | |
| Chapter Four: From the Outskirts | 49 | (12) | |
| Chapter Five: Coming and Going | 61 | (10) | |
| Chapter Six: Building a Different Kind of Chabad House | 71 | (16) | |
| Chapter Seven: Becoming a Rock Star | 87 | (14) | |
| Chapter Eight: Second Acts | 101 | (16) | |
| Chapter Nine: Dancing at Two Weddings | 117 | (16) | |
| Chapter Ten: A Cautionary Tale | 133 | (14) | |
| Chapter Eleven: L'Chaim | 147 | (18) | |
| Conclusion | 165 | (7) | |
| Afterword | 172 | (5) | |
| Glossary | 177 | (6) | |
| Acknowledgments | 183 | (2) | |
| Notes | 185 |
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