Thursday, October 11, 2012

Does this work?


I have always been interested in different religions, particularly the radicals of each religion, and often found myself searching YouTube and Google to find out more information.  Last year, I learned about the story of Deborah Feldman, and realized that I could not look at the other religions until I really knew about my own. Deborah Feldman is a young woman who left her Satmar roots in hopes of a better life in the "real" world.  I read her tell-all account, Unorthodox, and was surprised to learn so much about my own people.  This Satmar Judaism, though founded on the same basis as my own Modern Orthodoxy, seemed foreign to me. I would love to learn more of the difference in roles of women in the different sects of Judaism and young women see the way a young woman of my age would view the world after living for 17 years in an Ultra-Orthodox home in contrast to my living in a Modern-Orthodox home. 

I am not sure if this idea is too narrow in its scope and am concerned that I would not be able to have a "tangible" project to go alongside my research and research paper. Help! 

1 comment:

  1. I love this idea. I think it's great. Absolutely go for it!

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