When Your Family Says No

When Your Family Says No is an inside look at the Orthodox Jewish Community, told by a girl who fled one of its most prominent families.

A modern-day version of Fiddler on The Roof At 19, Laya Steinberg fell in love and ran away with a non-Jewish man – violating centuries of tradition and religious law. In the wake of ex-communication and an intense campaign to win her back, including private detectives and family spies, she managed to make a new life for herself and her children. Laya’s story is the tale of tens of thousands of others, Jewish or otherwise, who choose to lead lives in ways that do not neatly conform to the expectations of their families. As Laya chooses love over religious and cultural traditions, she wakes up to a new world of independence and freedom, a world where she must risk everything, she has known to become the woman she was meant to be. We are reminded of the beautiful, unexpected turns life takes if we are brave enough to take the helm of our own truth.