Leaving the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem - Documentary, Off The Derech, GOTDS

[@Midgy21747]

Poor guy, leaving such a structured life and family must have been so difficult. I wish him all the best and hope he finds a good life for himself.

[@GoodKarma1020]

Hey 👋🏼 from Canada 🇨🇦.... found this documentary amazing!!!! Leaving a life behind that did not serve him, took a tremendous amount of strength!! Keep going Ben you will find your place in this world 🌎

[@thekatt...]

Northern Ontario here !🤗❤🇨🇦🎄

[@cash6684]

As a former muslim, I feel such a strong kinship with Ben and everybody like him. I'm so happy for him...it's the greatest feeling to find yourself rather than living someone else's life. Away from all the identities that we were forced into, we belong to a brotherhood of just simple human-beings!!

[@lydiamickael9318]

I'm a Muslim going through the same thing as this guy. He's very brave

[@aluce22]

choose freedom my friend

[@aladinhussein7487]

All religions are fucked, I don't speak to my parents or siblings, but unfortunately that's how life is sometimes...

[@aladinhussein7487]

lydia mickael youtu.be/addme/5GzlzgO1Pel5kZ_T713sBFaPF3UaUw

[@aladinhussein7487]

@OMAR what do you want?

[@aky19832001]

No your not. Stfu.

[@ab7244]

Who thumbs downs this?!? It's such an honest window into a beautiful journey of self discovery. I hope for all the happiness for Ben.

[@johnleggatt4953]

I think he should be admired he seems like he has determineation to cope with life !

[@luizaali1612]

I'm sorry you had such a horrible family life. Hopefully you will build a happier life for yourself. All the best.

[@rogercarroll2551]

You are saving yourself from a kind of madness of religion. NOW you are becoming a real human being, not an artificial puppet.

[@natanyaaberra4984]

While they study Torah all day long they still have no understanding. How can you study Torah all day and live off your wife and not know how to care for your wife? How can you study Torah all day and not provide for your own family? How can you study Torah and yet choose not to prepare you children for their futures? How can you study Torah all day and not know the illegality of physically assaulting people who are simply not from your neighborhood? How can you study Torah all day long for understanding and still emerge ignorant?

[@mlonardoxu]

Watch the Netflix movie "Unorthodox" and "One of Us"

[@screamtoasigh9984]

@@mlonardoxu no. Better to watch "jew in the city" Netflix is a joke.

[@wisemanspoke]

You are so smart and full of potential. In their heart your parents would still love you. Enjoy your new life and hope you get your dreams come true....stay healthy and God really blesses you!

[@franceslock1662]

I hope he finds moderation and a drive to study and aquire new skills. I hope he cares for himself by stopping smoking etc. retaining and appropriating reexamined positive family values he learnt in his previous life. Finding his equilibrium in modern society and retaining what was positive. The self discipline of study is unavoidable and something to find pleasure in. Wishing him fulfilment and success.

[@EC2019]

"Ben Stein, cool American name!" American guy's reaction to that name: "Oh he's a Jew."

[@gefiltefish2000]

Really well made documentary! Haim/Ben is a smart, brave and strong man and will do well in life ..hi speaks English and articulates so well .. wishing him success and all the best wishes

[@kellyjeffries8953]

would love to know how Ben is doing now. Any updates?

[@gloriawilliams1030]

This is very sad. I admire Hasidic Jews and their passion to live for God, however, I feel they either have a lack of understanding, or purposefully ignore other parts of God’s Word. What about a man who doesn’t work doesn’t eat and if you don’t provide for your family you are cursed? Why act all superior to others when you depend on the government to provide for you? How do you not teach your children the basics of life to survive in the world they live in? I think one would profit more from a prosperous, educated community then uneducated, and poor?

[@janesmith3287]

Yes, if self sufficient, fair enough but if other tax payers are contributing that is not fair.

[@lisaross9335]

Nothing to admire

[@nalimedicalnalimedical5989]

they are ignorants,comming from a craps towns for Europe.

[@fabbrunette]

Hasidim is nothing more than a religious cult ( granted there a different sects) whose lives are built & revolve around misery. Why would you admire that?

[@lorenabonazi2536]

@reshi p Unless her husband is crippled or a dwarf a female breadwinner is unnatural.

[@franceslock1662]

Mental health and education might be the first priorities, too bad there's not more support.

[@joaosouza7624]

I felt so conected to his story, I wish him good luck and good signs, I hope he finds his way - I'm still seeking mine too - that is such a huge step, man, I hope he can see how great he is and how so many people from arround the world want him to be okay.

[@rivkah5219]

I was

[@363Magi]

Please read the comments I wrote above.

[@jamesmccann355]

Respect and love for having the courage to be you. Well done 👏

[@shaifafarooqui6861]

Your story is heartbreaking and lonely, I’m sorry you have to go through all this and I hate that your government won’t help you. You chose your identity and your own truth despite the harsh consequences and that is admirable. I hope you make it to NYC/LA soon- you will fit in perfectly! :) As you said: you don’t need to conquer the world in one day.

[@glyntutt1586]

Please could we have English subtitles......

[@MrButton1988]

This documentary is really well done... You get a keen sense of how new all this modern living stuff is to him, and the novelty of basic things like going on an amusement park ride. Yet underneath it all, there's this feeling of ambivalence or uncertainty.

[@MarjorieNardini]

He is blessed for following his heart, being true to himself. We can not share our light when stifled by any world of extremes. A good person does not need to be controlled, does not need to act, dress, behave as others to prove his love, his worth. Can't help but feel the comparison to Hitler and Kim Jong-un.

[@somalipanzer8097]

As Somali and Muslim this was eye opening documentary of Ultra-Orthodox Jews. I hope he finds happiness some day. He's young and should be happy, carefree and determined to make a career in whatever field he chooses. I think Ben stein is too much focused on his family and the reasons they cut out the outside world. The outside world is not as pretty as he thinks and he will find out some day. I hope to visit Jerusalem and Tel Aviv one day. Amazing to see the similarities between Islam and Ultra-Orthodox Jews.

[@lanazh2443]

To say that this guy will die from drug overdose or the "outside world full of filth" both are the worst statements ever. You are so cult brainwashed that you cannot think like normal human being. "Outside world" does not make you do things you do not want to do, it does not force! You decide who you want to be & have no one to blame but your own decisions. Your decisions decide your life!

[@barbarastepien-foad4519]

God bless you Ben Stein, I hope you find what you're searching for, it's not so difficult to be an individual you know, it's good to have support but you can also support yourself, at the end of the day we come alone and naked into the world ...and that's how we leave.

[@Canada4Israel]

Freedom. What a great word, freedom, not to do wrong, freedom to do right. Like a bird set free, not doing wrong , living how you're supposed to live , close to God ,the true God, the God of Israel ,not the god of man. Not even making yourself God, but being one, Echad with Abba, our Father.. Isaiah 53 Blessings from Canada and shalom

[@safaaatassi897]

It is very hard to be raised in a very strict religious views, your identity belongs to the religion! You are brave, follow your heart!

[@fittergrady]

It appears similar to the struggles young people endure when they choose to leave Amish communities. In fact, I see a number of similarities between the Amish and the Hasidim - anachronistic clothing, rejection of all things modern, insulation from others (ie everyone NOT part of the segregated community) who may destabilize the larger, and rejection of those who choose to live in the wider world. Interesting, and a little frightening.

[@wendybusby9415]

I live in Amish country in Ohio and thought the very same thing.

[@louis-vd3ur]

They aren't Amish-like one iota. The Amish are self sustaining Hassidim need the outside world and very much participate. Come to NY and see for yourself. I've never heard of an Amish councilman or and Amish landlord. One is Gospel the other is The Temple, one speaking of redemption and the other of a kingdom to come with constant preparation very much involving the outside world. A chassidic rabbi was head of MTV for many years. They are not similar to the Amish, that's absurd.

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

@@louis-vd3ur Similar in many ways. Not in "all" ways. It's obvious.

[@MendelDanzo]

nah dude, depends which Hassidic sect, but Lubavitch for example, completely doesn't reject modern things. Insulating themselves? To the contrary, they leap into the frying pan, into far-off countries such as Brazil, Switzerland, Russia, Italy and go there to help other Jews.

[@trentbateman]

@@louis-vd3ur exactly. Amish don’t vote and ask nothing of society except to leave them alone. The hasidic couldn’t be anymore different

[@johnindo6771]

I have a tremendous amount of respect , admiration, and awe of this young man’s courage, love, and faith!!! I am a 72year-old widow. I am Pam Indo. John was /is my beloved , deceased husband. I was a nurse (RN) here in Houston, Texas for about 45 years. I went through (along with my 2 sisters-both now dead) something similar to what you are going through. Our escaping occurred in 1966 (for my older sister, Linda,and again in 1968 when my younger sister , Karen, and I escaped. I was raised a Christian , and have always felt that Jews were my brothers and sisters . I have a MSN in Psych Mental Health Nursing, and I think that you are doing very, very well. But at some point please stop smoking. And do not partake of drugs!

[@smag61306]

Yo bro I feel your pain. In Judaism it's not all or nothing. Many people paint this broad brush of Orthodoxy. Hashem loves you no matter what. I'm sorry you didn't feel loved. I'm sorry you were given over things without explanation. I wish you the best and hope you find your way.

[@ranchump]

not true- not all or nothing. just ask chabad. god wants you to be near him. if you can do that with a minimum or no practice of ritual- trust me, god is pleased. and if youra an atheist- god just misses you more!

[@363Magi]

Please read the comment I posted at the top.

[@absurdist_666]

I'm in the same position as him. Your comment was very inspiring and makes me feel more accepted. So thank you! I hope other Jews see your comment too. Hashem bless you ✌

[@absurdist_666]

Wow. I'm a teenage Jewish girl and I live in the Orthodox Jewish community of Brooklyn. And sometimes I feel the exact same way! Here, girls and boys my own age go fully off and start doing drugs and stuff, it makes me so sad. But yet, I feel so lost. I think the problem is that our authority are way too strict. Seriously if let's say, our hair isn't in a pony or if our collar is a centimeter lower than the collar bone, it means your off the Derech!! I love my family, I love my community and I love the Torah.. But nowadays the Jewish community is hhijacked by Tzinius police. This is not the Judaism that I know... I just really hope that our teachers realize they're doing more harm than good. Shalom ✌

[@poppy25718]

So sad to read this.I am a Jew but not orthodox.I love all Jews.I feel so sad to see so many orthodox or ultra orthodox study the Torah but some of them don't even believe in God.the rules are too strict.613 is just too much.I hope HaShem will guide you to peace and happiness in your life.shalom

[@absurdist_666]

@@poppy25718 Thanks dude. But I don't believe it's the Torah that's too strict. I think it's the ridiculous interpretation of the Torah that our community leaders conjure up. Why they do this, I honestly have no idea. But I'm rebellious. I question everything even when I'm not supposed to. Many other students in my community just buy into this, no questions asked, and simply accept the extreme interpretations. For example LGBTQIA+, why were Homosexuals created the way we are if it's "sinful"? This is probably the most frequent question I ask. And so far no Rabbi or Morah provided me an answer. Btw I'm a closeted Lesbian.

[@poppy25718]

I can't answer your question on a KZbin comment.I will pray for you that Hashem through His love will bring light to your life.Never forget that you are loved by God!!shalom

[@AdventureswithaaronB]

Ik how u feel kinda, I’m from nj and it’s rough

[@shaifafarooqui6861]

Hello, I’m sorry you are going through that! May I please ask, how do you have access to the internet/KZbin? I thought this was strictly forbidden. I hope you’re doing ok! -your neighbor in Brooklyn. :)

[@lesliesmith5797]

Good for you, Ben. No one should have to live a life of deprivation due to other people’s rules and customs. You are a grown man and a very nice person. You deserve better than being brainwashed. Be proud of yourself 👏🏼. Wish you a happy fulfilling life.

[@Bess9779]

I enjoyed your story. I hope all your dreams come true my friend.

[@irenechong5037]

Carry on with your new life. God will guide you because your intention is good and you love him. Wish you all the best.

[@karendarling1]

Thank you so much, this was a great documentary

[@gloriaseramulet4683]

I am a Christian, thank you for sharing your experience, I have a better understanding of your community and the diversity among Jewish people. I am happy you made the decision to know learn about life in general.

[@sophiak3557]

gloria sera mulet i know him, would u like to marry him

[@alexandraharris3659]

cool documentary:) I hope Chaim/Ben is doing well and living his dreams:)

[@alexandraharris3659]

+Alexandra Harris also the more docs are made & the more we keep talking about this, it's slow but it's going to get better- more awareness. The government HAS to address this. A grown man with grade 4 level education is insane.

[@eugeniasyro7315]

@@alexandraharris3659Subpar education is a ticket to failure.

[@holamad]

Eugenia Syro education is the key to freedom

[@ellenschnur6228]

He seems depressed.Get educated man.There has to be some organization in Israel to help him transition but he does seem very depressed

[@zarahdrew4056]

He should get a kitten.... Animals are very therapeutic for people who have had this type of life. They will help a lot with the loneliness.

[@walther7147]

Ellen Schnur that’s what I thought. The state of Israel should help young people to leave the orthodox communities if they want to.

[@shopsshire9282]

Love these documentaries that just let people relate their experiences without the need for narration or commentary.

[@suzannemarsh8414]

Hellishly strict. But if love and affection were present, his misery may have been less hellish.

[@naomim5272]

Let's not forget he grew up in a ultra orthodox Hasidic life, that's not how normal Orthodox Jews live.

[@mlonardoxu]

Yes but this group has 10-20 kids so they are rapidly expanding..

[@samiyam3949]

you are amazing. i love this documentary!!!!!!

[@marcelopepinho]

Excellent documentary.... 5 stars

[@TheSeedsower107]

What you have been through is very difficult . But please don't give up on our Creator . He loves you and if you continue to cry out to Him and seek Him with all of your heart you will find Him.Shalom

[@absurdist_666]

I live in a community just like his and I'm a teenager. Honestly nowadays it's very hard to stay on the right path when our authority is controlled by Tzinius Police and don't even display joy when teaching us Torah. I just really hope that soon our teachers will value Rachamim over Din in our schools. This whole system just sucks!

[@Cate7451]

SchnitzelBerry13 , you take care of yourself. Have a plan.

[@SnekiJugoschwabo]

There is no creator. Difficult to accept that, huh? It‘s called evolution.

[@adnanalamoudi]

WOW I thank God I was born in this age where we have the Internet. So you are normal human beings just like us.

[@claudiengel1976]

Wish him all the best for his life and all the others who leave the strict community! ❤️

[@cinnaminson0653]

this was great. in the usa most people associate jews with success. the idea of jews living in poverty is very strange.

[@oscarm5368]

The ultra-Orthodox community in the United States are one of the poorest communities in the country. Half of the men don't work because they don't get much of an education. Women are the homemakers and cannot work.

[@Ingi132]

I feel sad for this guy. But it was so sweet seeing him at the fair ground enjoying the rides, like a child. Hope he finds happiness.

[@carmenn4074]

BRAVE BRAVE BRAVE regular guy!!!! tragic males get to a grade 4 level only...this is religious abuse and perpetuates dependence and hopeless life for some

[@aluce22]

i agree, this guy touches my heart deeply,he his so brave

[@ella9574]

You are strong, you will be fine.

[@barbaralong1469]

Ben, you are a wonderful young man and I know you will make the best of your life. Stay strong, work hard and your dreams will come true. All the best.

[@SARAH-oj6zc]

G-d bless you Ben Stein, I'll hope your dream for going to America come true! Gbu

[@gnarlytreeman]

Everyone who leaves a restricted small religeous group goes through the same stuff. You can be a good person, but do not throw away Yhvh, you need religeon to keep the mind stable. If it makes you feel bad to be so strict, then do not be. Wow, the israeli government needs to enforce education standards for religeous groups. There is some serious societal degeration going on there which is causing the children of citizenry to be repressed and not uplifted as they should be.

[@chaimbucsko9896]

A man has a dream about a treasure buried underneath a bridge in a town across the country. When he wakes up, he thinks it was an interesting dream and goes about his business. The next night he has the same exact dream in vivid detail. And the following night. And the next, as well. For weeks, he dreams of the same buried treasure under the bridge in this town across the country and finally he can't take it anymore and embarks to find this treasure he's been dreaming about. When he gets to the town, he describes the bridge to the townsfolk and they point him in the right direction. Lo and behold, it's the exact bridge from his dream in every detail! At night, he sneaks down below the bridge with a shovel to collect the treasure that's destined for him. He digs and digs for hours, to no avail. Exhausted and desperate, he lets out a cry, alerting a nearby policeman. The startled policeman quickly makes his way to the bottom of the bridge and begins interrogating the stranger with the shovel. The man, embarrassed, eventually explains the reason for his travels and where he came from. The policeman is clearly startled and informs the man that he, too, had a dream every night for weeks about a treasure in a town across the country, buried under the living room floor of a certain house. The man can't believe his hears as the policeman describes in perfect detail his own living room. Immediately, the man rushes back home as quickly as he can, breaks up his floor and discovers the treasure of his dreams, which had been lying under his very own feet.

[@janesmith3287]

Although sometimes the grass is indeed greener on the other side. As there is no God spending so many hours a day on a load of pointless rules and regulations only a man not a God might have invented is a pretty big waste of time.

[@Cate7451]

Chaim Bucsko , this sounds like a made up story!

[@thekatt...]

Decades ago, my little cousin who was about 6yrs old , who had a name that in Canada was a girls name by sound. Well, he just calmly said out of nowhere, I want to change my name. To what , I asked ? "Steve" he said with a manly tone. My cousin Dana never did change his name.❤🇨🇦

[@j.p.9423]

Super interesting. What an amazing story. I wish him (and others) all the best.

[@sattarcashmere1689]

Very nice documentary 🙏🙏🙏have a good time god bless you dear friend

[@mychannelmtl2496]

Brave young man!

[@gio22514]

Great documentary. Keep up the good work!!

[@theowlabovethefox2565]

This guy deserves to be loved for who he is. Happy for him that he is free to make his own choices now

[@ryderwilson7955]

the first 15 seconds were the most interesting thing i've seen in my life so far.

[@mccannpf]

"Ben" go to the Gillgal Hotel in Tel Aviv and speak with Jacob and his wife. Perhaps they can help you.

[@absurdist_666]

Who are they? My family plans on visiting Tel Aviv this summer.

[@tassie7830]

Heart break, he is not equipped with skills to get a normal job, resume, interview process. Even for me finding a job is a stressful process. I hope someone gives him a chance.

[@brandy18star55]

At 21, I was Baptized in a mennonite church, no family showed up. That night, I walked up a steep hill to go to my apartment. I said to God, I did this for You, and You only. I felt so alone that night. BUT, I knew my life had a purpose. God instills that in you, right after you get Baptized. At 59, I still feel alone, but I am not lonely. May God Bless everyone on this earth plain. Amen.

[@enekervis]

I'm back to rewatch this excellent biography. So good

[@888cassel]

Your very brave ! The Torah has never endorsed Ignorance !

[@daisyq3418]

Sad. The parents could have 12 children and never show Love or even HUG?!? That is the most extreme abuse. 😢 Hope he finds Happiness. Secular just means FREE. 💕

[@docashley8472]

what a touching story...very nice

[@clarkewi]

Respect is always good. I like that. You are a fine young man.

[@esterherschkovich6499]

You have to follow your soul but it must have been hard to leave such a world.

[@lulolancy]

Ben you're going to be OK! Religion damages more than smoking cigarettes ever will.

[@aluce22]

good point lulo !!

[@jackbulman8114]

my heart is with you , Ben . come to new York, you'll love it!

[@jacklynwhitt7866]

said or written before intensification gates through which the word was created your presence and representation from the county would be meaningful and greatly appreciated by the Jewish community

[@Hands2HealNow]

Thank God he feels the blessing to respect first.

[@eliyahum4285]

Join the IDF and get your education from them.

[@duplessis3]

They rejected him.

[@Jasia-bh7ou]

Ben n Steve now you r breathing man 👌👏👏👏 How colorless life the people have there....sad

[@jstone247]

I admire your bravery for living such a rigid, monotonous life. We should all be free to choose our life path and experience our humanity. As people, we can still have a spiritual life with our god by being an honest, respectful and caring individual.

[@estherreizel451]

For which reasons Chaim and the other young men in the documentary received rejections from the Army? What about the civil service option that is available to those who are not physically fit? They even accept special needs people for cafeteria duty and autistic people for aerial photo analysis. I understand that it is difficult to make a big change, especially, without family support, having made 2 big moves myself --territorial and cultural: from atheist USSR to religious US at a very young age, and then from US to Israel.

[@Jesuslily]

A Man once said: "They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them." The true Lord and Father of life wants freedom and joy and a living personal relationship with each one of us. He is not afraid of our questions, our education and us enjoying ourselves. Keeping a bunch of exterior rules will not save anybody who hasn't got the love for God and his fellow man. We love because He loved us first. Keeping people ignorant or marrying them off and thus chaining them before they even have a sense of self is just wrong. True faith lives in the heart of man. Hypocrisy is not of God, neither is shunning and lies. Man can not save himself but the Lord has paid the ransom. The messiah has come and liberated man from dead actions. The life of atheism is indeed empty but our heavenly Father is not afraid of going through the process with us. No one can fall out of His Love.

[@jrg1709]

Beautiful film.

[@elenad6879]

I enjoyed very much this documentary, the way it is made I really felt what Ben was/ is going through. I hope he is still on the path towards freedom and that he is closer to finding inner peace.

[@diomede14]

I just watched 15 mins of this and feel so much for the story-teller's narrative. I do not come from a religious background, and yet, ACCEPTANCE of oneself is the biggest challenge - no matter who you are. I don't believe you need my advice, but here it is anyway...just live YOUR life. You'll be disappointed if you are ever looking for it from your community. Use your jewish chutzpah and fulfill your life's mission. So rockin' proud that you made this movie.

[@jklsr55]

I have been reading and studying this subject a lot lately. If I had to wager I’d bet most young ultra orthodox kids have these yearnings. What these ultra orthodox leaders require from young people and women too is very oppressive. The natural heart yearns to be free and experience things and grow. Slamming ones face in ANY spiritual text for that much time is unhealthy. Shame on these families who shun their own offspring for choosing another path.

[@farzad5362]

This guy is cool!

[@ariebrons7976]

not allowed to bike? the KS''A mentions not riding a horse (without a saddle), how was this law extended to bikes? (as they have saddles)

[@kijiji93]

this is interesting. hasidic judaism is almost as equally oppressive to men as it is to women...usually with super extremist sects the restrictions are much more severe for women only. so many rules and prohibitions designed to repress individuality and personal freedom..

[@janesmith3287]

I was thinking about the gender issues of it. It can be harder for girls to leave as once you have a small baby you are tied in and you are more physically vulnerable outside to being hurt by others so boys probably do find it easier to get out but on the other hand they sometimes have even less proper education than girls.

[@MusicPlaylistsChannel]

Actually women have more freedom in the ultra-orthodox sects. There's much more rules and things you have and can't do, for hassidic men. Men are more robots than women, women just have their whole life planned for them (don't get to chose, but they don't really have to do things), whereas men have restrictions 24/24: praying and studying the Thora all the day, women don't have to do that and they don't do that. (those who do, do it less than a handful hours a day, all together 1 hour of paying and if you're in school studying, but when you read finished school, you barely study, just a old-fashioned mom and some work too).

[@apove1814]

@@MusicPlaylistsChannel they can’t leave abuse this and if they try to leave the orthodoxy helps the man keep the children, even if abusive. Do I disagree whole heartedly “easier” for women who also had to shave their heads.

[@klientproby]

I can understand him wanting to break free. But, as happens with a lot of people like him, they end up not appreciating the positive aspects of their culture. So sad he's so naive ref the USA. Little does he know.....Definitely, growing up in such a strict, orthodox way can be detrimental to 21st century life.

[@rutbrea5140]

Just lose your Jewishness. Keep loving your Eternal G-d. Keep his commandments and love Him above all things. Some men have made their extra rules, to make others miserable. But Hashem, blessed is He, already gave His commandments for us, all we need to do is keep them and love Him above all things. Seek Him always for everything you do. Maintain your prayers and seek His presence. I believe that you will be alright. He loves you and all those who seek Him with a sincere heart and love Him. B"H

[@elccollins99]

Why was Ben rejected by the army? Can he go back to school to get the skills he needs to get a job?

[@nazimasiddikova1949]

I wish him good luck and happiness in life that he wishes for himself.

[@mrssawilson54]

Your a very courageous man. Go out and live the way you chose. You only get one chance at life. Just do it. Don't let anybody stop you.

[@goroh1]

I couldn't understand half of it

[@janesmith3287]

It is a very big wrench, I am sure because you are leaving all your siblings too although I think he says his family have contact with him which will be more than most. The biggest problem is lack of education so hard to make a living on the outside.

[@ayidala7]

O.k. you ran away .What did you find in replacement? ?

[@veramentegina]

the chance to find his own answers, fail and succeed in his own terms, live his life in his own terms, take responsibility for his own decisions, realize his own wisdom, and not be a mindless sheep. That's what he will find in replacement.. That we all have the right and the wisdom to choose our own path.

[@ayidala7]

@@veramentegina I would love to have a follow up update video

[@1pen2booksyehuda7]

Shalom from Sefarad.

[@JobitoCota1998]

this was a very good and insightful video into the lives of people who leave their religion to find their way out in the world. I was raised orthodox christian and at 19 left my home to be "free" of my parents and orthodox christian religion although i never stopped believing in God and Jesus. So i identify in that aspect to this 21 yr old guy. And guess what happened 10 years later? i came back to my church again after never have found true happiness outside of it.

[@jacovawernett3077]

L'chaim from Jacova 11..Gevurah born March 11...in Bethlehem...God is Everywhere...You can be what you want, where you want...Danke und liebe...It is Elohim Adonai Avra that teaches me.

[@kathleenklein4231]

I have respect for everyone's religion except if you are hurting someone. I think if your sect is missing the fulfillment of Judaism, then take that brave move and leave. I wasn't getting anything out of being Catholic and find much more of what I want in Reform Judaism. Everyone should have the right to chose how they want to worship, but it is a very hard thing to do with pressure from family and friends. The Ultra-Orthodox have a disadvantage because of their lack of secular education. I plan to retire in Israel if possible. I hope for him, he can come to the US and I am just lucky I was born here.

[@dfcoinc]

I would love to see an update!

[@Reporterreporter770]

This is very helpful

[@SnyderBearFarm]

The kid arguing with the Rabbi at 28:20 is amazing.

[@ArkofJoe]

Btw when he said he hates people with an American citizenship he probably meant to say he's jealous. Not 'hate'.