TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davidman,Lynn
TI  - Becoming un-orthodox: stories of ex-Hasidic Jews 
SN  - 9780199380510
AV  - BM197.6 .D38 2015eb
U1  - 296.8/32 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Orthodox Judaism
KW  - Relations
KW  - Nontraditional Jews
KW  - Ultra-Orthodox Jews
KW  - Unites States
KW  - Anecdotes
KW  - Judaïsme orthodoxe
KW  - Judaïsme réformé
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Judaism
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover -- becoming un-orthodox: stories of ex-hasidic jews -- copyright -- dediaction -- a note on terminology -- contents; Acknowledgments chapter one: the life worldsof hasidic jews -- hasidic life: the metanarrative and religious bodily practices; Overview of orthodoxy hasidic families -- narratives and embodiment -- chapter two: tears in the sacred canopy; Exposure to the secular world ehud -- sam -- abby -- secular relatives -- leah -- rutie -- non-normative families -- leah; Sarah shlomo -- abuse -- adina -- abby -- hadas -- feminist critique -- adina -- rutie -- leah
N2  - Leaving a religion is not merely a matter of losing or rejecting faith. For many, it involves dramatic changes of everyday routines and personal habits. Davidman bases her analysis on in-depth conversations with forty ex-Hasidic individuals. From these conversations emerge accounts of the great fear, angst, and sense of danger that come of leaving a highly bounded enclave community. Many of those interviewed spoke of feeling marginal in their own communities; of strain in their homes due to death, divorce, or their parents' profound religious differences; experienced sexual, physical, or verba
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