Though a large Hasidic Judaism community in Brooklyn sits just across the river from bustling Manhattan, the neighbourhood looks a century away from modern life in New York City.<\/p>\n
The way the Satmar sect dress – the round fur hat, the long black coat, the side curls and long beard – is the only knowledge most outsiders have about this closed community.<\/p>\n
In her recently published autobiography, Unorthodox, 24-year-old Deborah Feldman reveals everything she knows about the condition of women within the group and what she calls the oppression of individual freedoms of its members.<\/p>\n
Ms Feldman tells the story of her childhood in a very religious Satmar family, where even reading English books was prohibited.<\/p>\n
She claims she was forced into an arranged marriage at the age of 17 with a man she met 30 minutes prior to their wedding. She left the community at the age of 19, together with her newly born son.<\/p>\n
The book has prompted angry reaction from her former community for revealing some painful secrets. She says she now worries about her personal safety.<\/p>\n
But she still says that she is proud of her origins and that her intent was not to harm or embarrass anyone, but to open a dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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