Tuvia Tenenbom, son and grandson of ultra-Orthodox rabbis, left the fold while a very young man. Decades later he came back, living for over a year in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, arguably the most insular ultra-Orthodox community anywhere in the world. Tenenbom, a bestselling author of many books, wanted to know how the ultra-Orthodox culture and way of life had changed, if it had, and how restrictive it is these days.
To answer these questions, and many others, he became one of them again, doing what they do: praying with them at synagogues and studying with them at yeshivas, eating with them, singing with them, joining them for Shabbat meals, driving with them to the graves of their holy rabbis, chatting with their spiritual leaders, and all the while speaking Yiddish. In time he gained their trust, people opened to him, and their world of faith revealed itself in all its fascination and contradictions.
In conversation with veteran journalist and editor Steve Linde, he discussed his experiences in Mea Shearim, and his new book based on those experiences, as well as what he learned there about Jewish unity in these turbulent times.
The book is available from Amazon at a.co/d/7qYbdKI.
Tuvia Tenenbom is a bestselling author, journalist, dramatist, and the founder of the Jewish Theater of New York. Tuvia studied for his doctorate in English literature at St. John's University, earned his MFA in Playwriting at CUNY-Brooklyn, BS in mathematics and computer science at Touro, and finished his rabbinical studies in Jerusalem. He also studied Christianity and Islam in Israel and New York as well as journalism, acting, theater, and finance (at NYU).
Steve Linde is editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Report, a position he has held since 2017. He previously served as editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post for five years, and as a broadcaster at Kol Yisrael's English News. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, Steve grew up in Durban, South Africa, and has graduate degrees in sociology and journalism. He made aliyah in 1988, served in the IDF Artillery Corps, and lives in Jerusalem.
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