![]() ![]() His doubts grow in long discussions with fellow Skverer Chezky Blum, who teaches – out of town – classes in rational belief. Ideas he’s accepted as absolute truths – such as creation – become dubious. When his wife Gitty becomes pregnant, they realize that neither knows how a baby gets out.įor Deen, one transgression leads to another: public libraries, encyclopedias, the internet, even television. ![]() Founded in the 1950s by the grand rebbe of Skver, Yankev Yosef Twersky, and supposedly intended to be named New Skver, this “American shtetl” is a place of strict social codes and limited general education into which Deen provides a peek.įor example, he is taught that “it is improper to call your wife by her name” - guidance he is careful to follow. We do not share data with third party vendors.īut buying a tape player for his children and his eventual, inquisitive use of its radio begins his exposure to a world avoided in New Square, N.Y., a Hasidic haven 30 miles north of New York City. Get Washington Jewish Week Digital Magazine by email and never miss our top stories ![]()
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