Exodus uit de vuurtoren

Exodus uit de vuurtoren | Exodus from the lighthouse

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Dina-Perla Portnaar is known for the Dutch memoir Exodus from the Lighthouse – Exodus uit de vuurtoren. The book was adapted into a Dutch television production for KRO-NCRV, and has been discussed on various occasions, including events and academic research. In 2023, the Amsterdam City Archives added the book to its collection as a manifesto of herstorical value.

The book remains available as an e-book. Order now. The e-book version exists in the following formats: PDF, ePUB, and MOBI. The rights have been returned to Dina-Perla. Purchasing from Uitgeverij Aspekt is prohibited.

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What the book is about

Dina-Perla grows up in Jewish ultra-Orthodoxy and a stifling reality, in which nothing is what it seems. As a young girl, she fights for freedom and love, flees her parental home, and decides never to return. Exodus from the Lighthouse is a gripping revelation and deals with Dina-Perla’s extraordinary life lessons from that turbulent period. Never has such an entourage behind closed doors, including her time at the orthodox school the Cheider, been described so penetratingly and from the inside out as now.

Ten years after her escape, Dina-Perla is confronted with her biological childlessness. She sets out to investigate. Is it possible to unravel the truth? The memoir deals with some reflective testimonies, focused on the experience of the past. From a spiritual point of perspective, emancipated women are born. Strong women, however, are shaped through the course of their lives.