5/27/2023 0 Comments Unorthodox the scandalous![]() She details the rules, the rituals, everything she hated about it, but also she isn’t afraid to talk about what she did find comforting and happy about growing up in this life. ![]() While the book did have a few pitfalls for me, overall it was well worth my time and very interesting.įeldman spends the vast majority of her memoir describing for the reader what life was like for her growing up in a Hasidic Jewish family. I definitely hung on to Feldman’s every word, anxious to learn more and more about this religion that I have difficulty comprehending, and excited to find out when, why, and how she would finally get out of this world. For the most part, that was absolutely the case. ![]() I am fascinated with religion of all kinds, and I am the most fascinated by religions I can’t quite wrap my brain around, so I knew that Unorthodox would be an incredibly interesting read for me. When she found herself in an arranged marriage as a teenager, in a life she couldn’t imagine being trapped in forever, Deborah decided that enough was enough and she made the decision to drastically change her life. Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldmanĭeborah Feldman grew up in the ultra-conservative Satmar sect of Hasidic Judiasm, and as such her entire life was scripted and dictated by rules – what she could wear, eat, read, and who she could and couldn’t interact with on a daily basis. ![]()
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