An Outcasted Hasid Finds the Courage to Live By Her Own Beliefs: Deena Chanowitz

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Sexually abused by a rabbi in her Lubavitch (a branch of Hasidism) community, abandoned by her parents, and turning to Bulimia to try and make herself disappear, Deena Chanowitz has stared down mountains of suffering to go from suicidal to getting into med school.

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Website: http://www.chefdeena.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefdeenanyc/

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Deena's video was edited by Andrea Cruz and Naomi Ranz-Schleifer

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