A memoir – Published in the United States by Graywolf Press – 2015. “A moving and revealing exploration of Hasidic life, and one man’s struggles with faith, family, and community.” In my opinion, it is a topnotch book! Super well written report about religion and life in an environment that was unknown to me. 5 stars!!!
“I respect it, but I do not agree with it. Those words would embody what I saw as my father’s ability to stand by his principles while acknowledging that others lived by different ones, their convictions as strong as his own. Those words provided a counterbalance to the more prevalent view expressed by my teachers and others, of utter contempt for everything but our own worldview. And so I couldn’t help but wonder: Who was right, my father or my teachers? Were we allowed to respect others, or were we obligated to vilify all who believed differently? My father seemed to embrace the former, and my teachers the latter. Which, then, was I to accept?”
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