“Leig nisht dein hant in tash,” my father tells my son. It’s like my own childhood all over again. Hands in pockets were always considered wrong. It was never explained.
It’s Friday night and the three of us walk home…
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Links and Chains
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Bribing God
I had a dream that I spoke to God.
“God,” I said, “I need you to answer me.”
Now talking to God isn’t new for me. I’ve been doing it since I was a young child. When you’re…
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Listen, My Son
Sh’ma beni,
As my father would say: her in derher.
I have suffered. At home, in school, and in society in general. However, we are an am kshei oref—a stiff-necked nation. We get up, dust ourselves off ; men visht…
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Green Tuesday
Chaim Mayer’s mother usually calls in on Thursdays to remind him to pick up the lokshen kugel for Shabbos, or of a family member’s shulem zucher, which s’volt gepast that he attend.
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The Departed
A report on the Footsteps organization and the lives of those who leave the ultra-Orthodox world. Article by Orli Santo.
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From Tablet: A former Hasid moves to hipster Brooklyn. But what he gains in nightlife, he loses in camaraderie.
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