**A moving and revealing exploration of ultra-Orthodox Judaism and one man's loss of faith ** Shulem Deen grew up in a strict Hasidic community, where religious law dictates daily life, interaction with outsiders is discouraged, and a boy's education focuses on the Torah and the Talmud. His marr
All Who Go Do Not Return
โ Scribed by Deen, Shulem
- Book ID
- 108966118
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 262 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781555977054
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โฆ Synopsis
A moving and revealing exploration of ultra-Orthodox Judaism and one man's loss of faithShulem Deen was raised to believe that questions are dangerous. As a member of the Skverers, one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the US, he knows little about the outside world--only that it is to be shunned. His marriage at eighteen is arranged and several children soon follow. Deen's first transgression--turning on the radio--is small, but his curiosity leads him to the library, and later the Internet. Soon he begins a feverish inquiry into the tenets of his religious beliefs, until, several years later, his faith unravels entirely. Now a heretic, he fears being discovered and ostracized from the only world he knows. His relationship with his family at stake, he is forced into a life of deception, and begins a long struggle to hold on to those he loves most: his five children. In All Who Go Do Not Return, Deen bravely traces his harrowing loss of faith, while offering an illuminating look at a highly secretive world.
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