All Who Go Do Not Return: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (931 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01C4PSZAA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Round peg in a Skverer hole" according to Jojoleb. [SPOILER ALERT: I found it difficult to write this review without discussing some of the major aspects and events of the book. I don't think that these are exactly spoilers: we know from the jacket cover and picture of the now clean-shaven author that he ends up leaving a Chassidic sect and the book opens with the author and his family getting ousted from the New Square community. I refer to most specific events in general terms but, even so, I just wanted to give readers the heads up.]Shulem. "An Enlightening Book by a Master Writer!" according to Red Hook. This is the book for all who live around Hasidim and want to know more about them.Shulem Deen, in this captivating book manages to capture the inner life of the secluded group in a way no contemporary has done. Of course, if you don’t live in NY and you have never wondered what these people are up to, it is still a very informative book. It tells you the story of a small group of holocaust survivors who have bred so successfully that they now double in size every 17 years! They aren&rsq. "An important and thought-provoking book" according to Marion E. Gold. As I was drafting my review of Shulem Deen's memoir - I was looking for one phrase that would explain how deeply his words had reached me. Then I read Deen's Op-Ed about the tragedy of Faigy Mayer's suicide (forward.com/opinion/July 2An important and thought-provoking book Marion E. Gold As I was drafting my review of Shulem Deen's memoir - I was looking for one phrase that would explain how deeply his words had reached me. Then I read Deen's Op-Ed about the tragedy of Faigy Mayer's suicide (forward.com/opinion/July 24, 2015). In this poignant piece, it was Deem who gave me the words: "What is it that drives so many in our community to despairWe must extend a hand to the person on the ledge. We must offer a home to those who are homeless" "All Who Go Do Not Return" is not onl. , 2015). In this poignant piece, it was Deem who gave me the words: "What is it that drives so many in our community to despairWe must extend a hand to the person on the ledge. We must offer a home to those who are homeless" "All Who Go Do Not Return" is not onl
Soon he begins a feverish inquiry into the tenets of his religious beliefs until, several years later, his faith unravels entirely. 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. 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 18 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. A moving and revealing exploration of Hasidic life and one man's struggles with faith, family, and community. In All Who Go Do Not Retu