hasidic judaism

Ear­li­er this week, Leah Lax wrote about Glo­ria Steinem named her book. The author of Uncov­ered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Final­ly Came Home, she has been blog­ging…

Ear­li­er this week, Leah Lax wrote about the lone­li­ness of leav­ing Hasidut and cop­ing with com­ing home to the world of her child­hood. She is blog­ging here all week as…

Leah Lax joined the Hasidic com­mu­ni­ty when she was six­teen years old, leav­ing thir­ty years lat­er and com­ing out as a les­bian. She shares her expe­ri­ence in her…

Shulem Deen is the author of the recent­ly pub­lished mem­oir All Who Go Do Not Return (Gray­wolf Press). JBC Staff: I think that some­times the way in which…

The Jew­ish Book Coun­cil is delight­ed to pub­lish a con­tin­u­ing blog series in part­ner­ship with Ask Big Ques­tions, an ini­tia­tive out of Hil­lel Inter­na­tion­al…

Ear­li­er this week, Shulem Deen wrote about ​“New Hap­py And World­ly Hasidim.” He is the author of All Who Go Do Not Return, a mem­oir about grow­ing up in and then…

Shulem Deen is the author of All Who Go Do Not Return, a mem­oir about grow­ing up in and then leav­ing the Hasidic Jew­ish world. He will be blog­ging here all week for…