Shulem Deen is a former Skverer Hasid, and the founding editor of Unpious. His work has appeared in the The Jewish Daily Forward, Tablet, and Salon. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Named one of "forty-three books to read before you die" by the
Independent (UK)
2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner
2016 Winner of the GLCA New Writers Award in Nonfiction
One of Star Magazine's "Fab 5 Can't-Miss Entertainment
Picks""Astonishing. . . . Deen's harrowing story . . . is also an
indictment of those who are standing by and allowing it to be."
--The Washington Post"With this book Deen has laid to rest the idea
that a Hasid from New Square could never become a great writer in
English, or an articulate chronicler of his own experiences." --The
New Republic"All Who Go Do Not Return is an extraordinary memoir.
The writing is beautiful. The journey it chronicles is poignant,
relatable-and also unlike anything most readers will ever have
experienced. . . . His voice is an important one in our
generation." --ZEEK"A heartbreaking read as Deen fights to
reconcile his identity and love for his family with his loss of
faith in God. But it is also one of great courage and hope as Deen
aspires to live openly and without fear for the first time."
--Publishers Weekly"In this moving book, Deen lays bare his
difficult, muddled wrestling with his faith, the challenges it
posed to everything he thought he knew about himself, and the
hard-won redemption he eventually found." --Library Journal"A clash
of cultures made fascinating and personal." --Booklist"I understand
that even if I did visit New Square I would have no greater access
to Hasidic life than my occasional walk through Williamsburg, where
I can see but can't penetrate its appeal, or its secrets. Deen's
memoir, however, does grant me that access. It is the book's ticket
to mass appeal as well as the seat of his disquiet in its
writing.Though he writes because he has a story to tell, Deen's
work, especially in his memoir, is clearly crafted to benefit
others dealing with a wavering faith." --Tablet Magazine"Shulem
Deen has a fascinating story to tell, and he tells it with
exquisite sensitivity. All Who Go Do Not Return gives us not only
an insider's glimpse into a shrouded world few outsiders get to
see, but also a movingly told narrative of one man's struggle
toward intellectual integrity. The setting may be the world of
Hasidic Judaism, but the drama and the insights are universal."
--Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, 36 Arguments for the Existence of
God: A Work of Fiction"All Who Go Do Not Return is a deeply honest
and moving story about a man's decision to do something both so
simple and so radical - to live in accordance with his own beliefs.
Shulem Deen has written an enormously powerful and important memoir
about faith, doubt and freedom." --Tova Mirvis"On the eve of his
marriage, at eighteen, Shulem Deen knew how to slaughter an ox in
Jerusalem's ancient temple, but he knew less than most
seven-year-olds do about sex and movies and technology and
literature--about the world that lay only miles away from him.
Among the Skver Hasids, all who go do not return, but in writing
this memoir, Deen has returned, and brought us, his lucky readers,
with him. This is a heartbreaking book, and an important one, about
the consequences of being true to yourself, and about a world and a
community few of us know." --Joshua Henkin
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