Distant Sisters: The Women I Left Behind

One who left Ultra-Orthodox Jewish life gives an insider look at the women she left behind in this book that is more relevant today than ever. Rotem interviews dozens of haredi women about such topics as marriage and divorce, children, "superwomanism, " the rejection of books, mothers and daughters, menopause, mikveh (ritual bath) laws, the gap between men and women, and new attitudes regarding materialism.