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Levine says this surreptitious glimpse into the Lubavitch girl’s thoughts, so much like that of any teenage girl in mainstream America, pierced through the stereotype of the meek Hasidic girl that prevails in many minds. How much of a personality can these girls develop within the confined roles that their religion structures for them? This sort of question—one that Levine herself heard many times from her own professors and colleagues—fuels the stereotype, and Levine says her observation led her to believe it was misconstrued...
Trading Harvard’s ivy-coated walls for Brooklyn graffiti, Levine spent a year living within the Crown Heights Lubavitch community, intent to familiarize herself with the girls’ thoughts, desires and aspirations. Her findings have now been amassed into her first book, Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey Among Hasidic Girls. Combining Levine’s personal thoughts and experiences with chapters that focus on the lives of seven particular girls, the book thrives on anecdotes, commentary, humor and drama...
...majority of the girls Levine studied were enrolled in the Lubavitch high school, Bais Rivka, and Levine says the school’s principal was initially wary of her presence, fearing it would influence the girls. Levine was, however, granted permission to attend seminary classes, which form part of a two-year educational program that follows after high school...
...through a phone call from my wife as Caroline and I were driving to the A&P, that something had happened at the Trade Center. My daughter and I walked from the parking lot and got a preliminary sense of the magnitude. One of the orthodox Jews from Chabad Lubavitch in nearby Bedford Hills was standing outside the supermarket, talking to anyone who walked near about "these people" who did "such insane things." It was an extraordinary encounter on a serene, placid day. In the check-out line, minutes later, every woman buying groceries was comparing notes and knowledge with...
...sing sectarian anthems and fling pub darts at each other. This is bad for ratings. So instead of determining teams geographically (New York, L.A., Orlando), I suggest organizing teams along ethnic, religious, political and tribal lines. There should be a Bloods team. A Crips team. A Lubavitch Hasidim team. Aryan Nations, Khmer Rouge, Hutu, Tutsi, Royal Ulster Constabulary, Jews for Jesus, Hizballah. Now you've got some fierce rivalries going--off the field and on. You try tackling a 275-lb. running back with 25 kg of Semtex plastic explosive packed into his shoulder pads...