Deborah Feldman’s memoir UNORTHODOX, detailing her Satmar Hasidic upbringing and how she eventually broke from it a few years ago, was no stranger to controversy even before its February 14 publication date. Close-knit communities are almost never happy about having their customs aired to a larger public, especially by someone, like Feldman, whose book details many grievances she had with her onetime way of life. Prominent appearances on “The View” and a feature article in the New York Post likely exacerbated matters. But post-publication a number of serious charges have emerged as to whether UNORTHODOX stretched the truth on multiple […]
