{"product_id":"unchosen-paperback-by-hella-winston","title":"Unchosen Paperback by Hella Winston","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eBeacon Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2006-11-15)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e216\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780807036273\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e290.3\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e22.86 x 15.49 x 1.52\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of Hasidic Jews struggling to live within  their restrictive communities—and, in some cases, to carve out a new  life beyond them \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen 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. \u003ci\u003eUnchosen\u003c\/i\u003e tells the  stories of these “rebel” Hasidim, serious questioners who long for  greater personal and intellectual freedom than their communities allow. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe meets is Malky Schwartz, who grew up in a Lubavith sect in Brooklyn, and started Footsteps, Inc., an organization that helps ultra-Orthodox Jews who are considering or have already left their community. There is Yossi, a young man who, though deeply attached to the Hasidic  culture in which he was raised, longed for a life with fewer  restrictions and more tolerance. Yossi's efforts at making such a life,  however, were being severely hampered by his fourth grade English and  math skills, his profound ignorance of the ways of the outside world,  and the looming threat that pursuing his desires would almost certainly  lead to rejection by his family and friends. Then she met Dini, a young  wife and mother whose decision to deviate even slightly from Hasidic  standards of modesty led to threatening phone calls from anonymous men,  warning her that she needed to watch the way she was dressing if she  wanted to remain a part of the community. Someone else introduced  Winston to Steinmetz, a closet bibliophile worked in a small Judaica  store in his community and spent his days off anxiously evading  discovery in the library of the Conservative Jewish Theological  Seminary, whose shelves contain non-Hasidic books he is forbidden to  read but nonetheless devours, often several at a sitting. There were  others still who had actually made the wrenching decision to leave their  communities altogether. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn her new Preface, Winston discusses the passionate reactions the book  has elicited among Hasidim and non-Hasidim alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Ten Best Religion Books of 2005.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention in the 2012 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eHella Winston is pursuing her Ph.D. in sociology at the Graduate Center for the City University of New York. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554900103329,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780807036273","price":25.65,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780807036273.jpg?v=1781778395","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/unchosen-paperback-by-hella-winston","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}