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| 1. |  | Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels from Beacon Press Price: $10.88 Customer Review:  I enjoyed it. And not just because my sister wrote it. For the detractors: 1) It shouldn't threaten you. Virtually every group has its defectors at one time or another (it doesn't mean that the "rebels" are renouncing Hasidism; its structure may be too rigid for them for the time being).... |
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| 2. |  | Defenders of the Faith: Inside Ultra-Orthodox Jewry from University of California Press Price: $23.35 Customer Review: Heilman is a student of Erving Goffman, and offers meticulous and insightful analyses of the haredi rituals he observes. He studies a category of Jews who insist upon their essential difference from the rest of humanity, and yet is able to communicate across these self-erected barriers. Marvelous,... |
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| 3. |  | The Rebbe's Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch from Schocken Price: $11.20 Customer Review: Sue Fishkoff, a journalist, has written a sympathetic but not sycophantic introduction to the Chabad Lubavitch Movement. She does this by describing her visits to and interactions with various Chabad families, reporting their anecdotes, and even providing some hard data. She writes so well that... |
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| 4. |  | Holy Days: The World Of The Hasidic Family from Touchstone Price: $13.30 Customer Review:  Lis Harris did for Chabad in the 80's what Sue Fishkoff has done in the early 21st century. Also excellent for information about the group, but with the typical anti-Orthodox slant (feminism, etc.). My feeling was that she didn't get much out of the whole experience, except perhaps a best-seller.... |
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| 5. |  | Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey among Hasidic Girls from NYU Press Price: $18.00 Customer Review: This was such a wonderful eye-opening book about the variety of girls in the Lubavitch community in Crown Heights. This book breaks the stereotype that says that girls from very religious families become "drone-like" or don't have their individuality. Within their very prescribed world, because of... |
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| 6. |  | Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America from Harvest Books Price: $10.20 Customer Review:  Orthodox Jews running a kosher prosessing plant on the outskirts of a small Iowa town, each group totally alien to the other as though from distant planets. A clash of cultures, of values, between the two groups, and a clash even withing the residents of tiny Postville, some of whom favor their new... |
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| 7. |  | Off the Derech: Why Observant Jews Leave Judaism; How to Respond to the Challenge from Devora Publishing Price: $10.17 Customer Review: Should be made a "required reading" for all Jewish parents, especially in the Western countries. |
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| 8. |  | The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A Novel from PublicAffairs Price: $11.65 Customer Review: If you like the work of Sandra Cisneros, then Mohja Kahf's The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf should be at the top of your reading queue. Khadra's story is one that is specifically Muslim-American, yet doesn't have to be. At the heart of a novel is a young woman trying to fit in to her surroundings,... |
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| 9. |  | Around Sarah's Table: Ten Hasidic Women Share Their Stories of Life, Faith, and Tradition from Free Press Price: $18.72 Customer Review: This book was interesting with various different stories about different women in the ultra-Othordox faith. However, many of the stories were too short for my liking, and often, they were not that interesting. It's a shame since it was a good idea just not written out that well. It's still a good... |
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| 10. |  | World Religions in America: An Introduction (3rd Edition) from Westminster John Knox Press Price: $16.47 Customer Review: The book covers all the right religions. It is short and sweet on each chapter. THere are good questions, and referal data to find additional info on the chapter's topic. Good price and quick delievery, not too expenseive... |
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| 11. | | Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels from Beacon Press Price: $10.88 Customer Review: I enjoyed it. And not just because my sister wrote it. For the detractors: 1) It shouldn't threaten you. Virtually every group has its defectors at one time or another (it doesn't mean that the "rebels" are renouncing Hasidism; its structure may be too rigid for them for the time being).... |
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| 12. | | Defenders of the Faith: Inside Ultra-Orthodox Jewry from University of California Press Price: $23.35 Customer Review: Heilman is a student of Erving Goffman, and offers meticulous and insightful analyses of the haredi rituals he observes. He studies a category of Jews who insist upon their essential difference from the rest of humanity, and yet is able to communicate across these self-erected barriers. Marvelous,... |
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| 13. | | The Rebbe's Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch from Schocken Price: $11.20 Customer Review: Sue Fishkoff, a journalist, has written a sympathetic but not sycophantic introduction to the Chabad Lubavitch Movement. She does this by describing her visits to and interactions with various Chabad families, reporting their anecdotes, and even providing some hard data. She writes so well that... |
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| 14. | | Holy Days: The World Of The Hasidic Family from Touchstone Price: $13.30 Customer Review: Lis Harris did for Chabad in the 80's what Sue Fishkoff has done in the early 21st century. Also excellent for information about the group, but with the typical anti-Orthodox slant (feminism, etc.). My feeling was that she didn't get much out of the whole experience, except perhaps a best-seller.... |
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| 15. | | Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey among Hasidic Girls from NYU Press Price: $18.00 Customer Review: This was such a wonderful eye-opening book about the variety of girls in the Lubavitch community in Crown Heights. This book breaks the stereotype that says that girls from very religious families become "drone-like" or don't have their individuality. Within their very prescribed world, because of... |
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| 16. | | Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America from Harvest Books Price: $10.20 Customer Review: Orthodox Jews running a kosher prosessing plant on the outskirts of a small Iowa town, each group totally alien to the other as though from distant planets. A clash of cultures, of values, between the two groups, and a clash even withing the residents of tiny Postville, some of whom favor their new... |
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| 17. | | Off the Derech: Why Observant Jews Leave Judaism; How to Respond to the Challenge from Devora Publishing Price: $10.17 Customer Review: Should be made a "required reading" for all Jewish parents, especially in the Western countries. |
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| 18. | | The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A Novel from PublicAffairs Price: $11.65 Customer Review: If you like the work of Sandra Cisneros, then Mohja Kahf's The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf should be at the top of your reading queue. Khadra's story is one that is specifically Muslim-American, yet doesn't have to be. At the heart of a novel is a young woman trying to fit in to her surroundings,... |
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| 19. | | Around Sarah's Table: Ten Hasidic Women Share Their Stories of Life, Faith, and Tradition from Free Press Price: $18.72 Customer Review: This book was interesting with various different stories about different women in the ultra-Othordox faith. However, many of the stories were too short for my liking, and often, they were not that interesting. It's a shame since it was a good idea just not written out that well. It's still a good... |
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| 20. | | World Religions in America: An Introduction (3rd Edition) from Westminster John Knox Press Price: $16.47 Customer Review: The book covers all the right religions. It is short and sweet on each chapter. THere are good questions, and referal data to find additional info on the chapter's topic. Good price and quick delievery, not too expenseive... |
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| 21. | | Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels from Beacon Press Price: $10.88 Customer Review: I enjoyed it. And not just because my sister wrote it. For the detractors: 1) It shouldn't threaten you. Virtually every group has its defectors at one time or another (it doesn't mean that the "rebels" are renouncing Hasidism; its structure may be too rigid for them for the time being).... |
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| 22. | | Defenders of the Faith: Inside Ultra-Orthodox Jewry from University of California Press Price: $23.35 Customer Review: Heilman is a student of Erving Goffman, and offers meticulous and insightful analyses of the haredi rituals he observes. He studies a category of Jews who insist upon their essential difference from the rest of humanity, and yet is able to communicate across these self-erected barriers. Marvelous,... |
Customer Rating: |
| 23. | | The Rebbe's Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch from Schocken Price: $11.20 Customer Review: Sue Fishkoff, a journalist, has written a sympathetic but not sycophantic introduction to the Chabad Lubavitch Movement. She does this by describing her visits to and interactions with various Chabad families, reporting their anecdotes, and even providing some hard data. She writes so well that... |
Customer Rating: |
| 24. | | Holy Days: The World Of The Hasidic Family from Touchstone Price: $13.30 Customer Review: Lis Harris did for Chabad in the 80's what Sue Fishkoff has done in the early 21st century. Also excellent for information about the group, but with the typical anti-Orthodox slant (feminism, etc.). My feeling was that she didn't get much out of the whole experience, except perhaps a best-seller.... |
Customer Rating: |
| 25. | | Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey among Hasidic Girls from NYU Press Price: $18.00 Customer Review: This was such a wonderful eye-opening book about the variety of girls in the Lubavitch community in Crown Heights. This book breaks the stereotype that says that girls from very religious families become "drone-like" or don't have their individuality. Within their very prescribed world, because of... |
Customer Rating: |
| 26. | | Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America from Harvest Books Price: $10.20 Customer Review: Orthodox Jews running a kosher prosessing plant on the outskirts of a small Iowa town, each group totally alien to the other as though from distant planets. A clash of cultures, of values, between the two groups, and a clash even withing the residents of tiny Postville, some of whom favor their new... |
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| 27. | | Off the Derech: Why Observant Jews Leave Judaism; How to Respond to the Challenge from Devora Publishing Price: $10.17 Customer Review: Should be made a "required reading" for all Jewish parents, especially in the Western countries. |
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| 28. | | The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A Novel from PublicAffairs Price: $11.65 Customer Review: If you like the work of Sandra Cisneros, then Mohja Kahf's The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf should be at the top of your reading queue. Khadra's story is one that is specifically Muslim-American, yet doesn't have to be. At the heart of a novel is a young woman trying to fit in to her surroundings,... |
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| 29. | | Around Sarah's Table: Ten Hasidic Women Share Their Stories of Life, Faith, and Tradition from Free Press Price: $18.72 Customer Review: This book was interesting with various different stories about different women in the ultra-Othordox faith. However, many of the stories were too short for my liking, and often, they were not that interesting. It's a shame since it was a good idea just not written out that well. It's still a good... |
Customer Rating: |
| 30. | | World Religions in America: An Introduction (3rd Edition) from Westminster John Knox Press Price: $16.47 Customer Review: The book covers all the right religions. It is short and sweet on each chapter. THere are good questions, and referal data to find additional info on the chapter's topic. Good price and quick delievery, not too expenseive... |
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