All Who Go Do Not Return
A Memoir
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, 2015.
Format: Book
Description: 310 pages ; 21 cm
Shulem 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.
Subjects:
Deen, Shulem.
Skvira Hasidim -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Jewish heretics -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Deen, Shulem.
Skvira Hasidim -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Jewish heretics -- New York (State) -- Biography.
ISBN:
1555977057
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Deen, Shulem | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-308).