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Woman criticizes the burden that the Hasidic community lays on its boys

JL;DR SUMMARY Sara-Rachel Schechter critically examines the expectations placed on young boys within Hasidic communities. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityEducationPersonal DevelopmentHasidic CommunityExpectationsGender RolesReligious StudyIndividualityCommunity NormsBoys

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