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Shulem Deen is the author of "All Who Go Do Not Return," a memoir about growing up in and then leaving one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the U.S. Shulem is the former blogger known as "Hasidic Rebel," and the founding editor of Unpious, an online journal for voices on the Hasidic fringe. His work has appeared in Salon, The Brooklyn Rail, Tablet Magazine, The Jewish Daily Forward, and elsewhere. He serves as a board member at Footsteps, a New York City-based organization that offers assistance and support to those who have left the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit his website at www.shulemdeen.com. ...more

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	All Who Go Do Not Return 4.29 avg rating — 6,340 ratings — published 2015 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A River Could Be a Tree by Angela Himsel, Shulem Deen (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.94 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sh'ma: A Jewish Path (Sh'ma Journal: Independent Thinking on Contemporary Judaism Book 42) by Shmuly M. Yanklowitz, Marci Shore, Noam Pianko really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sh'ma: The Jewish Table (Sh'ma Journal: Independent Thinking on Contemporary Judaism Book 42) by Rachel Nussbaum, Shulem Deen (Goodreads Author), Mimi Feigelson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indietro non si torna (gulliver) by Shulem Deen (Goodreads Author), Laura Guidetti (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Celui qui va vers elle ne revient pas by Shulem Deen (Goodreads Author), Karine Reignier-Guerre (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Zeal compensates for fear. A soldier is whipped into a jingoistic frenzy before battle—because how else does one withstand the fear of death? The religious zealot who shouts, beats, and kills is perhaps not the one who is secure with his faith but the one who is so fearful of the challenges, so aware of the fickleness of conviction, that he has no choice but to strengthen it with the drumbeat of mindless fanaticism.”
― Shulem Deen, All Who Go Do Not Return

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“Family hug,” I would announce as the children prepared to leave, after they were bundled into their coats and hats and mittens, and the six of us would gather near the door and squeeze together in a tight circle. “Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss,” we would all go, puckering lips against cheeks and foreheads.”
― Shulem Deen, All Who Go Do Not Return

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“When caught in a world where your very essence feels shameful, life turns into a feverish obsession with suppressing your true identity in favor of a socially accepted one.”
― Shulem Deen, All Who Go Do Not Return

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“Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible,” the theologian and thinker Reinhold Niebuhr wrote in 1944, “but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”
― Jon Meacham, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

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