Kissing Girls on Shabbat - Chapter Chat with Autho at the JCC

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"I'm a queer woman who left my marriage in the Hasidic community." - Dr. Sara Glass 

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A moving coming of age memorial in the vein of Unorthodox and Educate, about one long woman's desperate attempt to protect her children while also embracing her queer identity. 

"Kissing Girls on Shabbat" is only a love letter to Glass's children, herself, and her family - it is an unflinching window into the world of ultra-conservative Orthodox Jewish communities and an inspiring celebration of learning to love yourself. 

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Book Synopsis: A moving coming-of-age memoir in the vein of Unorthodox and Educated, about one young woman’s desperate attempt to protect her children and family while also embracing her queer identity in a controlling Hasidic community. 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 found herself unable to conform to her religious upbringing and soon, she made the difficult decision to walk away from the world she knew.