Kissing Girls on Shabbat by Sara Glass

Please join me as we learn about NY Hasidic Judaism and one woman's escape. I've been wanting to learn more about the Hasidic community and other high demand religions (LDS, JW, Amish, etc.). I saw an interview of Sara on a podcast called Cults to Consciousness. To listen to her YouTube interview, go here.

From Amazon:

Growing up in the Hasidic community of Brooklyn’s Borough Park, Sara Glass knew one painful truth: what was expected of her and what she desperately wanted were impossibly opposed. Tormented by her attraction to women and trapped in a loveless arranged marriage, she ultimately could not conform to her religious upbringing and eventually made the difficult decision to walk away from the world she knew.

Sara’s journey to self-acceptance began with the battle for a divorce and custody of her children, an act that left her on the verge of estrangement from her family and community. Controlled by the fear of losing everything, she forced herself to remain loyal to the compulsory heteronormativity baked into Hasidic Judaism and married again. But after suffering profound loss and a shocking sexual assault, Sara decided to finally be completely true to herself.