Title Unorthodox : the scandalous rejection of my Hasidic roots / Deborah Feldman

Published New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Contents Intro; A Note from the Author; Dedication; Prologue; Chapter 1: In Search of My Secret Power; Chapter 2: The Age of My Innocence; Chapter 3: The Dawning of Knowledge; Chapter 4: The Inferiority of My Connections; Chapter 5: Possessed of a Purpose; Chapter 6: Not Worth Fighting For; Chapter 7: Costly Ambitions; Chapter 8: Justice Prevails; Chapter 9: Up in Arms; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Reading Group Guide; About the Author; Copyright Summary Traces the author's upbringing in a Hasidic community in Brooklyn, describing the strict rules that governed her life, arranged marriage at the age of seventeen, and the birth of her son, which led to her plan to leave and forge her own path in life Notes Electronic book Subject Feldman, Deborah, 1986- SUBJECT Feldman, Deborah, 1986- fast Feldman, Deborah 1986- gnd Feldman, Deborah, 1986- sears Subject Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography Hasidim -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography Hasidim -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions Hasidim Hasidim -- Social conditions Jews Religion Satmar Chassidismus Jews -- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography. Hasidism -- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography. SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- Religion Subject New York (State) -- New York Brooklyn, NY New York (N.Y.) -- Religion. Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781439187029 1439187029

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