Unchosen: The Hidden Lives Of Hasidic Rebels

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This volume tells the story of "rebel" Hasidim, serious questioners who long for greater personal and intellectual freedom than their communities allow. In so doing, it forces a reexamination of the history of these communities. 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. @lt;i@gt;Unchosen@lt;/i@gt; 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.@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;Named one of @lt;i@gt;Publishers Weekly@lt;/i@gt;'s Ten Best Religion Books of 2005.

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