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When Your Family Says No

Author	Laya Martinez

When Your Family Says No

Name: When Your Family Says No
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Laya Martinez

In the wake of ex-communication, at age 25, Laya Steinberg was abandoned by every member of her family and every person who filled her childhood memories. When Your Family Says No is a story through the eyes of a young girl who falls in love with a non-Jewish man, violating centuries of tradition and Jewish law. As Laya chooses love over religious traditions, she wakes up to a new world of independence and freedom, where she must risk losing everything she has ever known to become the woman she was meant to be. This memoir details a story of love, passion, interfaith marriage, and family betrayal. For anyone who has abandoned for stepping outside their family’s expectations, Laya’s story reminds us of the beautiful and unexpected turns life can take us if we are brave enough to take the helm of our own truth,

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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.

Laya Martinez

Laya was raised in a traditional Orthodox home and was destined to become a housewife until her life took an unexpected turn. After initially studying at Yeshiva University, she began working during the infancy of computers, climbing the industry’s ranks to become one of MasterCard’s first female programmers. Laya went on to found two successful data processing companies serving Fortune 500 clients and was identified by the Philadelphia Business Journal as one of Philadelphia’s Top 25 Women Business Owners. She is credited with founding the first female club (and business club) table at the Union League of Philadelphia.

Laya has three grown children and works in the Philadelphia suburbs where she resides with her second husband. As two-time president of her local Rotary Club and a Paul Harris fellow, she regularly engages in international community service projects. When not writing, speaking, or spending time with her grandchildren, she travels extensively throughout the world.

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Her next project will be the creation of a secular cultural center called, ‘‘Our Cultural Center’’. The Center will be a warm and loving place that accepts and finds value in each person. It will be a space for families and individuals to be embraced by a community and participate in lessons and events, with no religious affiliation. This will build a community of character that endures from generation to generation.

Email: Author.Laya@gmail.com