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Author:

Fader, Ayala, 1964-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xvii, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Jewish girls--New York--New York--Conduct of life.
Jewish religious education of girls--New York.--New York.
Jewish women--New York--New York--Conduct of life.
Hasidim--New York--New York--Conduct of life.
Women in Judaism.
Borough Park (New York, N.Y.)--Religious life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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

ISBN:

0691139172 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780691139173 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691139164 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691139166 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)289070718

LCCN:

2008053073

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)