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Archive for June, 2010

Yossele the Troublemaker

Yossele the Troublemaker

By Ben Maimon

June 29, 2010 / 52 comments

My classmate Yossele didn’t have much of a head for studying, but he sure had a mind full of tricks. Dead mice, aplenty at our school, figured in many of them.
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Tags: Borough Park, community, conforming, education, friendship, growing up, Israel, off the derech, university, yeshiva
Posted in Essays, First Person

“Punk Jews”: Film, Movement, and Party of the Summer

“Punk Jews”: Film, Movement, and Party of the Summer

By Shulem Deen

June 18, 2010 / 7 comments

Several year ago, still sporting payess and a more-or-less Chasidic appearance, I met a girl in Greenwich village who stopped me on McDougal Street to tell me, “I think Hasidic Jews are so fucking cool. Those curls …


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Tags: Around Town, Chulent, conforming, counter-culture, Elke Reva Sudin, film, Isaac Schonfeld, Levi Okunov, modernity, off the derech, parties, Y-Love, Yitz Jordan
Posted in Arts & Culture, Movies

The Self-fulfilling Prophecies of the Ex-Hasid

Opinion

The Self-fulfilling Prophecies of the Ex-Hasid

By Samuel Katz

June 18, 2010 / 45 comments

Do ex-Hasidim serve themselves well by establishing a community? Or does that only amplify the narrative of struggle and displacement, inevitably confining them to the fringes?
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Tags: African Americans, Al Sharpton, Andrea Dworkin, Barack Obama, Betty Friedan, Chulent, civil rights, community, displacement, feminism, Footsteps, Gloria Steinem, identity, Jesse Jackson, modernity, off the derech, parties, religion, struggle, women, Yiddish
Posted in Essays, Off the Derech, Opinion, Topics

Identity Not in Crisis

Identity Not in Crisis

By Ruchy Fiedler

June 16, 2010 / 19 comments

Despite being one of the most conspicuously Jewish Jews--a Chasid, the Jewish identity quandary that so many struggle with is not an issue for me.
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Tags: books, Fiedler on the Roof, Jewish identity, Leslie Fiedler, non-Jews
Posted in Arts & Culture, Books, Essays, Opinion

The Mask

The Mask

By Fruma Biegeleisen

June 10, 2010 / 56 comments

Put away the book. Put it away and listen to Kiddush. Stand up, your father’s waiting. Shhh. Come on. Nu. Nu!
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Tags: children, community, family, hair, off the derech, relationships, sheitel, women
Posted in Essays, Family, Off the Derech, Reflections, Topics

Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace

By Shulem Deen

June 8, 2010 / 42 comments

Rievi and I sit on rocks near the shallow stream as the water cascades over tangles of rocks, branches, and fallen tree trunks. It is now only Rievi and I, and I cherish each moment.
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Tags: children, community, divorce, family, fathers, hiking, New Square, relationships
Posted in Essays, Family, First Person, Off the Derech, Topics

The Day after Judgment Day

The Day after Judgment Day

By Misyavni

June 7, 2010 / 21 comments

The message sent a shudder down his spine. It read: "The Vaad wants to see you, tomorrow 8:30."
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Tags: community, infidelity, Internet, relationships, sin
Posted in Essays, Fiction, Love & Sex, Readings, Topics

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  • Leave No Trace Leave No Trace

    By Shulem Deen

    Rievi and I sit on rocks near the shallow stream as the water cascades over tangles of rocks, branches, and fallen tree trunks. It is now only Rievi and I, and I cherish each moment.

  • When It Comes Time To Leave A Shul When It Comes Time To Leave A Shul

    By Yisrael Feuerman

    Analyzing splinter groups and dissension in a shul, after recent events in New Square.

  • Assume the Position

    By Samuel Katz

    I went to part from my Rosh Yeshiva at the end of the semester. I told him I won’t be coming back….

  • Broken in Germany Broken in Germany

    By Marty Weinberger

    An adventure in Germany exposes unanswered questions and unavoidable realities.

  • The God Delusion The God Delusion

    By Berel Shuster

    I shall give thee a corner office, with a nubile maiden to attend to thy needs — secretarial matters only, verily. Beware unto thee, lest thine eyes wander to her bosom and I shall smite thee and banish thee back to page 7 of the Job.com listings.


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    Aug 3, 2011 / 6 Comments

    Thoughts on Shulem Deen’s article -Chasidic women also sweat!

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    Mar 10, 2011 / 6 Comments

    I was at a nude hot springs, in the mountains in middle of nowhere, where a mother was there with her young daughter. Her reason for bringing her was an eye-opener.

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    Jul 11, 2011 / 5 Comments

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