Becoming Un-Orthodox: Stories of Ex-Hasidic Jews

by Lynn Davidman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199380503
• ISBN13: 9780199380503
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"