All Who Go Do Not Return: A Memoir

Jojoleb said Round peg in a Skverer hole. [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 . Red Hook said An Enlightening Book by a Master Writer!. 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 i. Marion E. Gold said An important and thought-provoking book. 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 "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" ". , 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" ". An 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" ". , "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" ". , 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" ". 015). 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" "

Soon he begins a feverish inquiry into the tenets of his religious beliefs until, several years later, his faith unravels entirely. Now a heretic, he fears being discovered and ostracized from the only world he knows. A moving and revealing exploration of Hasidic life and one man's struggles with faith, family, and community. In All Who Go Do Not Return, Deen bravely traces his harrowing loss of faith while offering an illuminating look at a highly secretive world.. 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. Deen's first transgression - turning on the radio - is small, but his curiosity leads him to the library and, later, the Internet. 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. His marriage at 18 is arranged, and several children soon follow. Shulem Deen was raised to believe that questions are dangerous