Adjusting to a new arrival.
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Happy Rosh Hashana
Questions to consider for reflecting on the past and planning for the future.
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The OTD Map
Identifying common experiences in the journey to selfhood.
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Becoming a Mamme
Does having a baby mean inhabiting the physical form of the "mammes" of one's youth?
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Touch Me
FreiFem is surprised to find that she misses something she was dreading.
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WTF (What The Frum) Happened?
News coming out of the religious community seems to get worse and worse.
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Home Sweet Home
After years of moving from rental to rental, it's time to come home.
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One Day at a Time
No holidays means no pupiks and honey, but it also means the freedom to enjoy ingudai tibs.
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One of Us
Atheists have their own community - and here's a 'dvar Torah' from one of our members.
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So Fragile
Remembering the events of 9/11, and the conclusions it led to.
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Editor's Picks: From the Archives
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The Self-fulfilling Prophecies of the Ex-Hasid
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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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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An interview with Samuel Katz about his journey into the secular world. To read some of Samuel's essays, click here.
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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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