Feb

4 2016

Author Chaya Deitsch: Here and There: Leaving Chasidism, Keeping my Family

12:00PM - 2:00PM  

Shimon and Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center 775 Talamini Rd
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
9087256994 x201 (Phone)
908.725.9753 (Fax)
info@ssbjcc.org
http://www.ssbjcc.org

Contact Lisa Kopman
9087256994 x206 (Phone)
908.725.9753 (Fax)
info@ssbjcc.org
http://www.ssbjcc.org

$ Cost $ 5.00

As a child, Chaya Deitsch felt that she didn’t belong in the Hasidic world into which she was born. She spent her teenage years outwardly conforming to but secretly rebelling against the rules that tell you what and when to eat, how to dress, whom you can befriend and what you must believe. As she navigated the complexities of her new life, Chaya and her parents eventually came to an understanding that was based on unqualified love and a hard won but fragile form of acceptance. With honesty, sensitivity and intelligence, Chaya movingly shows us that lives lived differently do not have to be lives lived apart.

Fee:$5/Person (includes the program, a bagel “and”)