Confessions of a Former ULTRA ORTHODOX Rabbi
Cults to Consciousness
Shelise Ann Sola, Jonathan C Rosales
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Shalom’s childhood and education were dominated by intense religious indoctrination. He attended a strict ultra-Orthodox school 365 days a year, where boys studied religious texts from early morning until late at night, with little secular education and frequent physical punishment from teachers. The rigid environment, lack of emotional support, and strict moral expectations led to anxiety, obsessive religious guilt, and deep internal conflict, particularly around sexuality and personal identity. The community’s teachings pushed him toward early marriage as a supposed solution to normal sexual urges and loneliness. He then became a Rabbi and eventually left it all behind. We discuss all the ways rigid patriarchy harms the men too and the consequences of strict gender roles void of choice.
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| 0:29.8 | Hey everybody. Welcome back to Colts to Consciousness. My name is Shalise Anzola. And today we are |
| 0:34.2 | bringing back a guest who got so many positive comments and also interesting |
| 0:39.4 | comments. |
| 0:40.4 | The video has been skyrocketing since we posted it a few days ago. |
| 0:44.1 | And so we wanted to dive deeper into the topic. |
| 0:46.7 | Thank you for coming back. |
| 0:47.7 | Shalom Shore. |
| 0:48.7 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 0:50.3 | It's so great to be back so quickly. |
| 0:52.3 | Yes. |
| 0:53.3 | I know. Yeah, I was like, let's just ride this wave and keep talking because people have a lot of questions. |
| 1:00.0 | And if you're watching live, please leave your questions in the comment section. |
| 1:04.0 | We'll be answering those in the next few minutes. |
| 1:06.4 | Today's topic, we are focusing on the harms of strict gender roles and patriarchy on the men as well, |
| 1:13.5 | the flip side to patriarchy. We have Shalom here who was a rabbi. And for those who aren't |
| 1:19.4 | familiar, Shalom, can you give them a brief introduction of your story? And then if they want to know |
| 1:24.2 | all of the juicy details, they can go to your full interview, which is in the description. |
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