Background
Margolese was born in Manchester, England, in 1972, the great-granddaughter of the former Chief Rabbi of Tehran, Iran.
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Faranak Margolese
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She graduated from Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles, received a Bachelor in philosophy from Stern College and a Master of Fine Arts in nonfiction creative writing from Columbia University in New New York
Career
She was raised in Los Angeles, California, to Persian immigrant parents in a traditional Sephardi home. From 1995 to 1997, she was an adjunct professor teaching expository writing at Yeshiva University and Queens College. Origin She spent five years doing research, conducting interviews and setting up an online survey with people who had left their Orthodox way of life.
She also interviewed rabbis, educators, therapists and program directors.
Summary (A Jewish term that means “off the path”) explores the phenomenon of Jews raised in Orthodox households who choose to leave that lifestyle as adults, examining their reasons for doing so and offering preventative measures for the Jewish community to take. Margolese writes that “there is no greater challenge facing the Jewish world today.” Praise.
