Personal Narrative: My Interview With An Ultra-Orthodox Woman

Who knew a Jewish orthodox woman would know about ASOS, an online fashion store? I enter a hosiery store in Crown Heights, with the intentions of finding an ultra-orthodox woman to interview. Once I enter, the employer of the store greeted and welcomed my friend and I. We acted as if we were shopping for someone, but in reality, I was examining who would be ideal and willing to be interview. The women shopping at the store had a long wig, with a navy blue skirt and gray legwear. She was with two of her children, deciding on which legwear she should buy for herself. After seeing how the employer interacts with the customers, I figure she would be suitable to interview. I approach the employer stating my name, and the purpose of interviewing her that was for academic reasons. She laughed and stated, “I don’t understand why they make your kids do this these days,

I asked the interviewer of how the community deals with someone who wants to exit the community and if there is any rejection afterwards. She raised her voice and specified, “Everyone does what they want in this community… If someone wants to leave, it’s an issue with themselves and their faith. You will be shun out if they disrespect the community.” Instantly, I began to think about the Lev Tahor community and their way of life. In the reading, “A Visit to Lev Tahor,” it discusses the lifestyle in which this extreme community carries out. The strict approaches of Kosher, children discipline and women. And indeed, there is not exit in this community because of how much they are controlled. Fairly, it is the same in the community of the interviewer. There is not a way of exit without being rejected by your own family. The community is aware of their surroundings and the contemporary world but would not accept if one of their own devotees wanted to join the secular