Archive for June, 2010

Yossele the Troublemaker

June 29, 2010
By Ben Maimon
Yossele the Troublemaker

Let me tell you a little about Yossele. No, no, not the famous one who could sing a mile and even the opera-goyim wanted him to perform for them.…


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Posted in Essays, First Person | 41 Comments »

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

June 18, 2010
By Hasidic Rebel
“Punk Jews”: Film, Movement, and Party of the Summer

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…


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Posted in Around Town, Arts & Culture, Movies | 7 Comments »

The Self-fulfilling Prophecies of the Ex-Hasid

June 18, 2010
By Samuel Katz
The Self-fulfilling Prophecies of the Ex-Hasid

Do ex-Hasidim serve themselves well by establishing a vibrant community? Or does such community only amplify the narrative of struggle and displacement, inevitably confining them to the fringes?

Samuel Katz, a student at Stony Brook University, examines some of the ex-Hasidic community's unintended consequences.


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Posted in Essays, Off the Derech, Opinion, Topics | 35 Comments »

Identity Not in Crisis

June 16, 2010
By Ruchy Fiedler
Identity Not in Crisis

This weekend I read a book called Fiedler on the Roof, a collection of essays about literature and Jewish identity by Leslie Fiedler. I received this book from a cyber-friend who, unaware that…


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Posted in Arts & Culture, Books, Essays, Opinion | 18 Comments »

Sins as White as Snow

June 14, 2010
By A.M. Yehuda
Sins as White as Snow

“My name is Baila Rothman, I’m from Ohio, I’m sixteen, I’m new here,” I said to each of my roommates when they wandered in to the dorm that night. Deborah Lee had the…


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Posted in Family, Fiction, Readings, Religion, Topics | 44 Comments »

The Mask

June 10, 2010
By Fruma Biegeleisen
The Mask

Tzomo Lecha Nafshi,

Put away the book. Put it away and listen to Kiddush. Stand up, your father’s waiting. Shhh. Come on.  Nu. Nu!  We don’t talk before grape juice, you’re a…


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Posted in Essays, Family, Off the Derech, Reflections, Topics | 55 Comments »

Leave No Trace

June 8, 2010
By Hasidic Rebel
Leave No Trace

Rievi and I sit on rocks near the shallow stream, the water cascading over tangles of rocks, branches, and fallen tree trunks, seeking its way, as water always does, to the lowest…


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Posted in Essays, Family, First Person, Off the Derech, Topics | 41 Comments »

The Day after Judgment Day

June 7, 2010
By Misyavni
The Day after Judgment Day

He felt the vibration on his waist. He removed the phone from its holster and glanced at the caller-ID screen. The number was unfamiliar, and so was the voice. But what it said…


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