Distant Sisters The Women I Left Behind Author:Yehudit Rotem, Judith Rotem A remarkable window into the daily (and often harsh) lives of ultra-Orthodox women as told from the outside, by one who was once on the inside. Judith Rotem divorced her husband and along with him, an ultra-Orthodox lifestyle. Years later, she returned to this community, interviewed dozens of women, sometimes without their husbands' permissi... more »on or approval, and now shares their stories.