A clash of cultures made fascinating and personal. The final section, where he tries to navigate the modern world, seems slighted and may leave readers with questions about how he managed, though the anguish of slowly losing his five children to their community is forcefully recounted. Deen’s story is weighted toward the time of his life when he still lived as an ultra-Orthodox Jew, and he has little good to say about the experience. All Who Go Do Not Return is a moving look back at the roots of Deens journey from die-hard tradition to modernity. And when he tries to find answers by turning on a radio, or a computer, or by visiting a library, the insider will soon become the outsider. In a society where it’s a given that all questions have answers in religious writings, a man who still has questions is looked at askance. Still, he chose to join the Skverers, one of the stricter sects, and, as expected, he married at 18, having only met his wife for a few moments before his betrothal. Perhaps that unconventionality was passed down to him because he always had a rebellious streak. ITW with Shulem Deen : All who go do not return BloomingYou 1.65K subscribers Subscribe 6.
Deens first transgressionturning on the radiois small. The setting may be the world of Hasidic Judaism, but the. All Who Go Do Not Return gives us not only an insiders glimpse into a shrouded world few outsiders get to see, but also a movingly told narrative of one mans struggle toward intellectual integrity.
Without sarcasm or affected humor, the tone. 'Shulem Deen has a fascinating story to tell, and he tells it with exquisite sensitivity. His marriage at eighteen is arranged and several children soon follow. 4: Excerpt from Shulem Deen, All Who Go Do Not Return: A Memoir, 2015, and excerpt from PBS documentary, 1997. As a member of the Skverers, one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the US, he knows little about the outside worldonly that it is to be shunned. Deen grew up in the Hasidic world, though he learned later that his parents had spent their youth as hippies. Shulem Deen was raised to believe that questions are dangerous.
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