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• Ex-Hasidic Mother Loses Custody of Children

  By Shulem Deen

  Judge orders custody switch, citing concerns that the mother’s influence might jeopardize the children’s religious upbringing.

• Making Families a Priority

  By Leah V.

  Battling the ultra-Orthodox community’s efforts to separate OTD parents from their children.

• A Raizel by Any Other Name

  By Shulem Deen

  “Sean?!” my mother asked. “That’s what you go by now?” Her disdain was obvious, but I needed a moniker that jibed with the ethnically neutral persona I now sought.

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• A Fur Coat and Clicking Boots

  By Meagan Dwyer

  I crossed Bedford, Lee, and came to Division. As the clicking of my boots echoed against buses and buildings, I felt sickeningly insecure. The streets were too quiet.

• Uncharted Waters

  By Fruma Biegeleisen

  A mother struggles to guide her daughter with a new, confusing set of moral anchors.

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  A sexual abuse survivor wonders how to face his childhood trauma.

• It’s All Kosher (No. 9): Still Tznius Stylista

  By The Unpious Posek

  A recent emigrant of Borough Park wants to flaunt her new wardrobe – but finds herself grappling with discomfort.

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• Dreams and Ghosts…

  Mar 15, 2011 / 2 Comments

  It was my father’s birthday yesterday. I didn’t call him to wish him happy birthday. We’ve had another falling out (can you fall out of something that’s barely there?).

• ‘Ad Masai’? Until When?

  Apr 27, 2011 / 4 Comments

  Sometimes I wonder (hope?) if some of the cultural and social norms of the religious world are the same as those of the secular world, only with a time lag.

• Our Exiles, Our Freedoms, Our Questions

  Apr 20, 2011 / 3 Comments

  I attended to a seder this year, my first in maybe eight or ten years, and it surprised me to realize how much time had passed since I last heard those words, those tunes.

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The Sound of Sin

By Shulem Deen

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From Salon.com: How one little Panasonic radio tore apart my marriage -- and my faith.

Life After Hasidism

From The Brooklyn Ink

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Article on Jacob Gluck of Hasidic Williamsburg Tour and Unpious contributor Yakov Yosef.

The Shomrim: Gotham's Crusaders

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Profile of Brooklyn's Shomrim patrol groups, featuring Luzer Twersky. To read some of Luzer's essays, click here.

Venturing Beyond The Ultra-Orthodox World

From NPR: All Things Considered

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An interview with Samuel Katz about his journey into the secular world. To read some of Samuel's essays, click here.

It Gets Besser

By Leah Vincent and Samuel Katz

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Photo montage of lives in transition.

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