Two Brooklyns, worlds apart. Or are they really?
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A teenage girl, hospitalized for anorexia, finds herself strangely captivated by her Hasidic ward-mates, and wonders about our religious and psychological obsessions with food.
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A thorough dissection of the frum community through the lens of its literature
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When a former Bais Yakov girl meets the perfect frum gentleman, she finds herself struggling with personal boundaries and wonders about her choices.
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Anna Wexler describes the journey that led to the making of her feature documentary film, “UNORTHODOX: A Jewish Journey.”
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“We can feel sad, but not bitter or angry; that's for people with no aibishter,” they said, as my brother’s dead body lay nearby, still warm.
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Asher got up, walked into his bedroom and returned with a bottle of wine and a mischievous grin. He was offering sex. For the Steins, sex was a tradeoff. This time he wanted to attend one of Dr. Feinberg’s conventions in Monsey.
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A non-Jewish woman finds camaraderie and acceptance among a group of Chasidim.
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"Who are you?" the crowd around us seemed to ask, staring at the long sidecurls I stubbornly refused to hide beneath my yarmulke.
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He has not spoken to his wife in four days. This is tolerable. After 38 years of her mounting nervous energy, a little peace and quiet is not unpleasant.
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A former Bais Yaakov student faces a tempting offer with many strings attached.
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Disappearing women, presidents and Hasidic zombie-rebbes, yeshiva students with excess-phlegm conditions, and more.
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Announcing the Unpious November Shorts Contest... "Beyond the Mechitza: Moving beyond boundaries and enclosures."
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A young man, violated in the night by a family member, holds on to a painful secret.
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Dealing with a husband's BCAD -- or Birth Control Anxiety Disorder. Holding the rebbetzin hostage, attending Bonei Olam parties, and more.
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Every revolution needs a bus ride, and the Hasidic world has now had theirs. But can a revolution ever come to the Hasidic world?
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A member of Jerusalem's "Sikrikim" gang gets beaten, B110 bus company promises to stop discrimination, Chabad scares off a Russian sailing vessel from docking at a U.S. port, and more.


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A Chumash teacher encounters an old acquaintance among the parents of her young students.
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The well-known machlokes on going off the derech le'mehadrin min hamehadrin.
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Will the outrage over sex-segregated buses effect change? Not until Hasidic women begin to speak out about it.
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A young father, estranged from his three-year-old child, would rather forget he's a dad.
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A young man is guided by cherished memories when purchasing an esrog.
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