Zalman Newfield

Zalman Newfield holds a Ph.D. in sociology from NYU and is a lecturer for NJ-STEP, Rutgers University’s college program for New Jersey state prison inmates. He is currently working on two book projects, a memoir and a scholarly account of Hasidic exiters.

The Unraveling Of My Hasidic Life

Zalman NewfieldDecember 27, 2017

My tefillin remind me of the exhilaration and alienation I’ve felt to religion, and how far removed I am from the heat and stings of those moments.

Ex-Haredim Cannot Save Liberal Judaism

Zalman NewfieldDecember 14, 2017

Exiters from Haredi Judaism don’t simply or completely jettison the attitudes of their upbringing regarding liberal Judaism.