It’s always news when an Orthodox Jew is lauded in mainstream media. But what happens to these former headliners years down the line? ,15 Minutes of Fame ,It’s always news when an Orthodox Jew is lauded in mainstream media. But what happens to these former headliners years down the line?
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It’s always news when an Orthodox Jew is lauded in mainstream media the kiddush Hashem accompanied by name recognition autograph requests and speaking engagements. But what happens to these former headliners one ten or twenty years down the line and how have their lives changed since those days of media hype and attention?
Devorah Goldstein, 44
Baltimore, Maryland
My life was very quiet. I was a normal teen — I schmoozed a lot, was very social. I had a lot of friends I’m still in touch with. We try to attend each other’s simchahs, which is really special.
When my father wrote the book, The Bamboo Cradle, I was 16. He had lost his job and decided it was a great time to write a book about how he and my mother adopted me in Taiwan.
When he asked my permission, I said, “Absolutely not!”
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