Excellent and inspiring writing by Shulem Deen! "Many of us ex-Haredim are those very 6-year-old children like my son, lied to for our own protection, now grown up and aware of the many and varied fictions we were fed. Intentionally or not, those who claimed to speak in the name of God or tradition had betrayed the trust we placed in them. They distorted truths, claimed to know the word of God when they had no authority to do so. They distorted essential laws with excessive restrictions, emphasizing its letter over its spirit; they distorted tradition by falsely claiming that what is now has always been; they have distorted history, even, rewriting past events and recasting historical figures to align with current ideologies." zeek.forward/articles/117822/
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:08:25 +0000
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