Apparently, it’s very hard to leave an ultra-Orthodox Jewish environment not only in Israel, but also in the U.S.A. Netflix has released a wonderful new peace, describing the extreme difficulties of people trying to leave the “Hasidic” New-York community. The latter does its best to make life miserable for those who want to break free, including – first and foremost – disconnecting them from their children.
Apparently also, the American justice authorities can easily be manipulated to help with this disconnection. According to the law, keeping the “status quo” is the important thing for the young ones. That includes keeping them from appropriate education, absurdly because this is how they’ve been brought up so far…
See the ‘One of Us’ film in Netflix (no, I don’t get anything from Netflix for this promo). Some other resources:
The ‘One of Us’ official trailer on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBPn5oQNutI
An article in the English version of ‘Haaretz’: http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.818767