La lucha de un hombre con la fe, la familia y la comunidad en la secta judía jasídica
A moving and revealing exploration of Hasidic life and one man's struggles with faith, family and community. Shulem Deen grew up believing that questions are dangerous. As a member of the Skver community, one of America's most isolated Hasidic sects, he knows little about the outside world, only to be avoided. They married at the age of eighteen and soon followed by several children. Deen's first transgression, turning on the radio, is small, but his curiosity leads him to the library and then to the internet. He soon begins a feverish investigation into the tenets of his religious beliefs, until, several years later, his faith completely crumbles. Now a heretic, he fears being discovered and excluded from the only world he knows. His relationship with his family is 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 c...read more
