This 25 minute video of a New York City television broadcast consists of an interview with author Deborah Feldman, who left Satmar Hasidic Orthodox Judaism for a life of freedom, supported at first by the proceeds from her exposé Unorthodox.Two segments of the video a
A Judaic woman flees misogyny and mind control_____________________One Hasidic Housewife's Inspiring — and Unusual — Journey to College and BeyondBy Frimet GoldbergerJewish Daily Forward | January 9, 2014= Excerpt =...I was born in Kiryas Joel, the exponentially growing epicenter for Satmar Hasidim in upstate New York. I attended the village’s only girls school through 11th grade, which is when Satmar girls graduate and begin preparations for their betrothal.
