Audiobooks by Yehudis Fletcher

Responses to 7 October: Law and Society

"One of three volumes responding to the 7 October attack, Law and Society begins with a legal and a genocide studies critique of the claim that Israel is genocidal; another reflects on the absence of an understanding of antisemitism in international legal discourse. There are reflections on experiences in the Palestine solidarity movement and on the twists that discourse there takes. Contributions draw on Judaism, feminism, and sociology to face what happened and to trace how Israelis were transported back to a quintessentially pre-Israel Jewish experience. Others survey reports of antisemitism around the globe in the wake of 7 October, including pieces about Britain and Germany. This work will appeal to scholars, students, and activists with an interest in antisemitism, Jewish studies, and the politics of Israel."

Bianca Loy, Bruno Karsenti, Daniel Poensgen, Danny Trom, David Hirsh, Eric Heinze, Jack Omer-Jackaman, Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human R, Jeffrey Herf, John Strawson, Julius Gruber, Leslie Morrison Gutman, Philip Spencer, Robbie Sabel, Rosa Freedman, Samuel D. Landau, Ulf Haeussler, Yehudis Fletcher (Author), Sarah Kants, Simon Schatzberger (Narrator)

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[German] - (K)eine von euch: Mein Leben als Rebellin in der orthodoxen Welt

"This is not an exit story! Schon als Kind bekommt Yehudis Fletcher stets den gleichen Satz zu hören: »Yehudis, was hast du wieder angestellt?«. In ihrer streng orthodoxen jüdischen Gemeinde fühlt sie sich oft als Außenseiterin: Sie stellt mehr Fragen, sie widersetzt sich öfter und sie wird häufiger getadelt als die anderen. Als sie sexuelle Gewalt durch einen Rabbi erfährt, wird der Täter gedeckt – und sie kritisch beäugt. Doch Yehudis verfolgt selbstbestimmt ihren eigenen Weg. Sie wird zur lauten Stimme gegen Missstände und Missbrauch in der jüdisch-orthodoxen Welt und unterstützt andere in schwierigen Situationen. Über zwei unliebsame Ehen mit Männern hinweg erkennt sie, dass sie Frauen liebt, und steht später offen zu ihrer Beziehung mit Hanna. Obwohl ihre Familie sich von ihr abwendet, ist sie nicht bereit, sich zu verleugnen – weder ihre Liebe noch ihre jüdische Glaubensheimat. Sie könnte gehen, aber sie bleibt. Mitreißend erzählt Yehudis Fletcher in ihrem Memoir von ihrem Kampf um Liebe, Selbstbestimmung und den Platz, der ihr zusteht."

Yehudis Fletcher (Author), Elena Puszta (Narrator)

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Chutzpah: A memoir of faith, sexuality and daring to stay

"Brought to you by Penguin. Yehudis Fletcher was six years old when she decided to find out if there was actually a G-d. One Sabbath evening, she dared to defy a fundamental rule. She didn’t wash her hands before breaking bread. At the table, Yehudis braced herself for a terrible, biblical punishment: being swallowed by the ground or consumed by fire. But nothing happened. It was at this moment that she discovered a spark within that would grow to make her invincible. As the daughter of a rabbi raised in an Orthodox Jewish community, Yehudis struggled to conform to the strict expectations placed upon her and her siblings. Outspoken, curious and desperate to know more about G-d, she felt fenced in by arbitrary rules and questions left unanswered. As she grew older, these restrictions intensified and her questions for G-d hung heavier than ever. Repeatedly let down by those who were supposed to protect her and pushed on to a path that seemed to take her further away from who she really was, she began to yearn for a life where she could embrace all facets of herself. When Yehudis’s sexuality came to blows with the expectations of her family and her community, the pressure to inhabit a binary position reached fever pitch. Confronted with either losing the faith she loved or losing herself, Yehudis made the most daring decision of all: she decided to stay. Wry and exhilarating, Chutzpah is a fearless exploration of what is possible when one person simply refuses to choose between abandoning their roots and abandoning themselves. © Yehudis Fletcher 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Yehudis Fletcher (Author), Yehudis Fletcher (Narrator)

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