Boychiks in the Hood - Travels in the Hasidic Underground

Informationen zum Autor Robert Eisenberg was educated at Columbia and Harvard. He has spent several years traveling among the world's Hasidic communities. Klappentext Boychiks in the Hood is your passport to the Hasidic "underworld" -- a destination far different from popular expectations. Join Robert Eisenberg as he hangs out with an ex-Deadhead in Antwerp, makes a pilgrimage to the grave of the revered Rebbie Nachman in the Ukraine, munches mini-bagels with Rollerblading kosher butchers in Minnesota, discovers the last remaining religious Jews in Poland, talks sex with a karate-champion-turned-rabbi in Israel, and more.Simultaneously respectful and hilarious, Boychiks in the Hood is a surprising and unforgettable journey through the world's flourishing Hasidic communities that reveals this vibrant tradition as never before. Zusammenfassung Boychiks in the Hood is your passport to the Hasidic "underworld" -- a destination far different from popular expectations. Join Robert Eisenberg as he hangs out with an ex-Deadhead in Antwerp! makes a pilgrimage to the grave of the revered Rebbie Nachman in the Ukraine! munches mini-bagels with Rollerblading kosher butchers in Minnesota! discovers the last remaining religious Jews in Poland! talks sex with a karate-champion-turned-rabbi in Israel! and more.Simultaneously respectful and hilarious! Boychiks in the Hood is a surprising and unforgettable journey through the world's flourishing Hasidic communities that reveals this vibrant tradition as never before.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Robert Eisenberg, Eisenberg Robert
• Edition: Harper Collins Usa
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 13.09.1996
• EAN: 9780062512239
• ISBN: 978-0-06-251223-9
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Catégories: Livres de conseils > Psychologie, quotidien > Couple, sexualité; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Judaïsme; Voyage > Récits de voyage > Monde, Arctique, Antarctique; TRAVEL: Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL: General, RELIGION: Judaism / History, RELIGION: Judaism / General, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Literary, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Family, JEWISH STUDIES: SOCIOLOGY, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Religious