Shulem Deen

Named one of "forty-two books to read before you die" by the Independent (UK)2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner 2016 Winner of the GLCA New Writers Award in NonfictionOne of Star Magazine's "Fab 5 Can't-Miss Entertainment Picks"A moving and revealing exploration of Hasidic life, and one man's struggles with faith, family, and communityShulem Deen was raised to believe that questions are dangerous. As a member of the Skverers, one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the US, he knows little about the outside world--only that it is to be shunned. His marriage at eighteen is arranged and several children soon follow. Deen's first transgression--turning on the radio--is small, but his curiosity leads him to the library, and later the Internet. Soon he begins a feverish inquiry into the tenets of his religious beliefs, until, several years later, his faith unravels entirely.Now a heretic, he fears being discovered and ostracized from the only world he knows. His relationship with his family at stake, he is forced into a life of deception, and begins a long struggle to hold on to those he loves most: his five children. In All Who Go Do Not Return, Deen bravely traces his harrowing loss of faith, while offering an illuminating look at a highly secretive world.

Una exploración conmovedora y reveladora de la vida jasídica y las luchas de un hombre con la fe, la familia y la comunidad. Shulem Deen creció creyendo que las preguntas son peligrosas. Como miembro de la comunidad skver, una de las sectas jasidicas mas aisladas de Estados Unidos, sabe poco sobre el mundo exterior, solo que hay que evitarlo. Conciertan su matrimonio a los dieciocho años y pronto le siguen varios hijos. La primera transgresion de Deen, encender la radio, es pequeña, pero su curiosidad lo lleva a la biblioteca y luego a internet. Pronto comienza una investigacion febril sobre los principios de sus creencias religiosas, hasta que, varios años despues, su fe se desmorona por completo. Ahora hereje, teme ser descubierto y excluido del unico mundo que conoce. Su relacion con su familia esta en juego, se ve obligado a una vida de engaño y comienza una larga lucha por aferrarse a quienes mas ama: sus cinco hijos. En Los que se van no regresan, Deen narra valientemente su desgarradora perdida de fe mientras ofrece una mirada esclarecedora a un mundo sumamente reservado