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Deborah Feldman

Deborah Feldman
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Deborah Feldman

Deborah Feldman was raised in the Satmar Hasidic community in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York. She attends Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City with her son.

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    1. Deborah Feldman discusses her memoir UNORTHODOX
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Unorthodox will be released on October 02, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Oct 02, 2012
Unorthodox is now available in Trade Paperback
Oct 02, 2012
Unorthodox will be released on February 14, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 14, 2012
Unorthodox is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 14, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Unorthodox
Jan 12, 2012

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World News Network, April 9, 2013
...Nov 2011 views: 31 el rey jesus atlanta 7:45 The View, Rejection of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn. Deborah Feldman Book Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of my Hasidic Roots. Book on Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn... published: 14 Feb 2012 author: ...
Dundalk Patch, March 5, 2013
...Changed America Forever by Bill O’Reilly (94) 7. Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman (92) 8. Behind The Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo (91) 9. Wild: From...
News Register, January 8, 2013
...library, I ordered another book that fit this genre, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman. I was really looking forward to this one, probably more than any other book I ordered all year (local library card holders...
Jersey Journal, December 27, 2012
...club has chosen to discuss a variety of books, including both fiction and nonfiction. Past books have included Deborah Feldman’s “Unorthodox,” a memoir about Hasidic Judaism; Adriana Trigiani’s popular historical novel “The Shoemaker’s...
Ardmore-Merion, December 23, 2012
...Lower Merion and Narberth library patrons in 2012 gravitated toward a variety of books: biographies and autobiographies, romances and thrillers. Narberth librarian Janine Waters told Patch the four most popular books/book series there for this past...
Florida Times-Union, December 21, 2012
...life. It is a fascinating portrayal of the South in the 1960s. The other selection is “Unorthodox” by Deborah Feldman. This is the story of a young woman raised in a strict Hasidic community in New York. As a reform Jew, this was a very foreign...
Fair Lawn Patch, December 21, 2012
...10:30am.  Join the Sisterhood for bagels and spreads and interesting conversations about the book Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman. Unorthodox is a memoir about a woman feeling stifled by the strict Hasidic Jewish Community in Brooklyn where she grew up...
OpEdNews.com, January 15, 2013
...s): Equal; Marriage; Oppression; Religion; Women, Add Tags Add to My Group(s) In her 2011 book, Unorthodox, Deborah Feldman writes about growing up in the nineties and the early years of this century in a Satmar community in Williamsburg, a rundown...
Dayton Business Journal, January 9, 2013
...managed, multi-specialty group. “We are thrilled to have Dr. Mezoff rejoin Dayton Children’s in this role,” said Deborah Feldman, Dayton Children’s president and CEO. “He is a well respected physician leader with tremendous energy and vision...
News Register, January 8, 2013
...library, I ordered another book that fit this genre, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman. I was really looking forward to this one, probably more than any other book I ordered all year (local library card holders...
Highland Park News, December 28, 2012
...lead a poetry discussion. No advance reading is required. Jan. 9, 10 a.m.: Discussion of Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman. Jan. 10, 7 p.m.: Patrick Cannon discusses and signs Louis Sullivan: Creating a New American Architecture. Jan. 15, 10 a.m.: Discussion...
Glencoe News.com, December 28, 2012
...lead a poetry discussion. No advance reading is required. Jan. 9, 10 a.m.: Discussion of Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman. Jan. 10, 7 p.m.: Patrick Cannon discusses and signs Louis Sullivan: Creating a New American Architecture. Jan. 15, 10 a.m.: Discussion...
Jersey Journal, December 27, 2012
...club has chosen to discuss a variety of books, including both fiction and nonfiction. Past books have included Deborah Feldman’s “Unorthodox,” a memoir about Hasidic Judaism; Adriana Trigiani’s popular historical novel “The Shoemaker’s...
Narberth-Bala Cynwyd Patch, December 23, 2012
...Lower Merion and Narberth library patrons in 2012 gravitated toward a variety of books: biographies and autobiographies, romances and thrillers. Narberth librarian Janine Waters told Patch the four most popular books/book series there for this past...