![]() ![]() ![]() Yet, despite her devotion to the beliefs of her community, Leah Vincent had a spark of independence that eventually led her to leave her fundamentalist Jewish sect. Higher education was forbidden, as were personal expressions of opinions, dress, sexuality and more. As a female, the role she was being groomed for within the ultra-Orthodox Yeshivish Jewish community in Pittsburgh, PA was narrowly confined to making her future husband happy and being the mother of many children. But her life within that community was anything but free. Many who sit down to the Seder meal use Passover’s symbolism to celebrate the freedom of all people from oppression.Īuthor Leah Vincent grew up within a very devout Jewish community. The Passover holiday is being celebrated this week – a holiday meant to celebrate the freedom of the ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt. And April is poetry month we talk with poet Amy Dryansky about her new poetry volume, Grass Whistle, and about balancing being a mother and a poet. ![]() Leah Vincent talks about her memoir Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood. ![]() Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Leah Vincent Amy Dryansky ![]()
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