![]() 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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