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Off the Derech: Leaving Orthodox Judaism

Off the Derech: Leaving Orthodox Judaism

Cappell, Ezra
Lang, Jessica

Paperback

Series: Suny Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture

Judaism

ISBN10: 1438477244
ISBN13: 9781438477244
Publisher: St Univ Of New York Pr
Published: Aug 1 2020
Pages: 451
Weight: 1.41
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Combines powerful first-person accounts with incisive scholarly analysis to understand the phenomenon of ultra-Orthodox Jews who leave their insular communities and venture into the wider world.

In recent years, many formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews have documented leaving their communities in published stories, films, and memoirs. This movement is often identified as off the derech (OTD), or off the path, with the idea that the path is paved by Jewish law, rituals, and practices found within their birth communities. This volume tells the powerful stories of people abandoning their religious communities and embarking on uncertain journeys toward new lives and identities within mainstream society. Off the Derech is divided into two parts: stories and analysis. The first includes original selections from contemporary American and global authors writing about their OTD experiences. The second features chapters by scholars representing such diverse fields as literature, history, sociology, psychology, anthropology, religion, and gender studies. The interdisciplinary lenses provide a range of methodologies by which readers can better understand this significant phenomenon within contemporary Jewish society.

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