All Who Go Do Not Return: A Memoir (Paperback)

from LivelyLady

A young, married Hasidic jew is expelled from his community. This is his account of his life and how he got to that crossroads. It continues with life after. There was a lot in the culture about which I know nothing, but even taking that into account, this is a fantastic book.

from MartinBodek

In my humble opinion (though the data is likely available if I look for it), the lion's share of "OTD" (an offensive phrase; all "D"s are individual paths) non-fiction memoirs are written by women, and fiction by men. If true, I'll leave it to sociologists to explain why this is so.For now we'll ...

from lawrence

I just finished this extraordinary book. I find it is written with great insight into both his own thoughts as well as those of the community he left/was expelled. The detailed progression of this thoughts from observance to atheist is believable and compelling. This is not a story about waking u...

from raizel

This book was recommended to me by a friend and I read it soon after reading I am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits, a novel about a different ultra-Orthodox sect and two women, one who stays and one who leaves; Ms. Markovits left the Satmars to avoid an arranged marriage. SPOILERS: Mr. Deen was an ou...

from froxgirl

Shulem Deen gives us a solid view behind the curtain of the life of a Hassidic Jewish man, but leaves the other side of the equation blank. Most non-Jewish readers will be totally mystified by the rigorously cruel restrictions placed on the lives of boys who live to study and are forced into marr...