Shulem Deen

“We do not accept the repentance of heretics because we do not believe them.”

— Shulem Deen

“enlightened ones do not seek God. They seek only to destroy the faith of those who do.”

— Shulem Deen

“God, too, I wrote, wishes we’d come to Him. But we humans prefer our silly playthings.”

— Shulem Deen

“When adults misbehave, I reasoned, they forfeit the right to tell children what to do.”

— Shulem Deen

“As if underneath it all, those who begrudge the godless their godlessness do so not because the godless are sinners but because…

— Shulem Deen

“He was told that it was impossible, that America was not a place for shtetls, and that his plan would surely fail.…

— Shulem Deen

“You can’t invent a historically memorable event, unless it really happened.”

— Shulem Deen

“It stung, the notion that my child belonged more to her mother than to me, but I learned to accept it.”

— Shulem Deen

“lies would be a necessity. Soon enough, my lies would become routine, the destiny of anyone in my circumstances: I was a…

— Shulem Deen

“Logic will get you nowhere if it’s faith you’re after.”

— Shulem Deen

“How is it that we attribute to God feelings such as sadness and joy and pleasure, and even want for our love,…

— Shulem Deen

“I learned that the book was Then Again, Maybe I Won’t, which, along with other books by the same author, Judy Blume,…

— Shulem Deen