“I learned that the book was Then Again, Maybe I Won’t, which, along with other books by the same author, Judy Blume, was seen as transgressive even by non-Hasidic standards and was banned from schools and libraries across the country.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“We do not accept the repentance of heretics because we do not believe them.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“enlightened ones do not seek God. They seek only to destroy the faith of those who do.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“God, too, I wrote, wishes we’d come to Him. But we humans prefer our silly playthings.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“When adults misbehave, I reasoned, they forfeit the right to tell children what to do.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“As if underneath it all, those who begrudge the godless their godlessness do so not because the godless are sinners but because sinners have… — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“He was told that it was impossible, that America was not a place for shtetls, and that his plan would surely fail. It almost… — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“You can’t invent a historically memorable event, unless it really happened.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“It stung, the notion that my child belonged more to her mother than to me, but I learned to accept it.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“lies would be a necessity. Soon enough, my lies would become routine, the destiny of anyone in my circumstances: I was a heretic among… — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“How is it that we attribute to God feelings such as sadness and joy and pleasure, and even want for our love, when one… — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“I learned that the book was Then Again, Maybe I Won’t, which, along with other books by the same author, Judy Blume, was seen… — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
