His year in one of the most unwelcoming neighborhoods Tuvia Tenenbom Interview

What happens when secular author Tuvia Tenenbom spends a year in Mea Shearim – the anti-Zionist Haredi neighborhood in Israel known for shouting insults and throwing eggs at people who visit her without appropriate clothing? Well, for Tuvia Tenenbom, it wasn't what he expected, nor what people told him to expect. His year at Mea Shearim was full of surprises.

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Tuvia Tenenbom is a character! He grew up in the Haredi enclave of Bnei Brak, which I introduced to you in another video – watch it below to get an idea of the hardcore world he comes from. He left the fold in his early twenties and became a successful author and journalist in Germany – with often hilarious and often controversial opinions. During Covid, he was sent on a mission to Israel's Haredi island enclaves, the world of his childhood, to write about his experience. Many people warned him that he would be deported as soon as he arrived. But what actually happened left him surprised, amused and a little in love with the Haredi world.

The result of Tuvia's stay in Bnei Brak is a book and a documentary, both of which I experienced. The book is called “Careful, Beauties Ahead” and the documentary, which I saw in a small theater in Manhattan, is called “God Speaks Yiddish.” I don't think you can watch the documentary anywhere other than limited screenings at various locations, but you can get his book!

Tuvia's book entitled “Beware, beauties to come / My year with the ultra-orthodox”: https://a.co/d/015wC8l2
Tuvia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tuviatenenbom/
Other works by Tuvia: https://www.amazon.com/s?istripbooks&rhp_27%3ATuviaTenenbom&srelevancerank&textTuviaTenenbom&refdp_byline_sr_book_1
Visit to Bnei Brak: https://youtu.be/f6cnYL94PSY?sihzOSx4fBlcWpLDdO