I feel compassion for ANYONE who is C”V in a dysfunctional or abusive situation, even if that person is in such pain that he or she goes OTD; as long as the person deals with his or her SPECIFIC situation and does NOT defame the ENTIRE Jewish community.
If someone is molested, C”V; then the MOLESTER and those who protect him or her are evil people; NOT all Jews.
However, part of the Goodreads description of DF, that was quoted in a post, above, says:
“Her memoir, ‘Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots,’ is being published by Simon and Schuster on February 14, 2012. She is currently working on the first novel in a series about crime in the Hasidic community, that is based on real-life characters and events, and is due out from Soho Press in Autumn 2012.”
It’s bad enough that DF wrote “Unorthodox,” which defames the Hasidic community and portrays its married women as “dirty” for part of the month. (I read the Kindle edition of the book.)
It’s bad enough that she went on “The View” and further defamed the Hasidic community and the Mitzvah of Taharas HaMishpacha and portrayed Hasidic women as oppressed, ignorant, uneducated, and unaccomplished. (I watched the clip on YouTube.)
After that, she’s writing ANOTHER book? About CRIME in the Hasidic community? Not just another book, but the first in a SERIES?
In DF’s mind, are there no DECENT Hasidic people, who have done good for others? Are ALL of the Hasidim evil?
DF didn’t only go OTD; she has gone WAY too far.
(I used CAPS to emphasize certain words, because I don’t know how to underline, in a post.)