Kosel jokes, get-rich-quick ideas, thrifty BTs, and more, in this weeks search terms.
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How They Got Here: No. 25
From the Archives: Disturbed by the Bubble
In the midst of an SAT test, Rihanna sparks a student's awareness of the chasm between Talmudic tests and college exams.
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Comments of the Week
A world without Orthodox Jews, God as a comedia, and more, in this week's comments selection.
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How They Got Here: No. 24
Amish premarital sex, God's email address, RILFs, and more, in this week’s search terms.
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Super-Kosher Sex: Natural vs. Unnatural Acts
False rumors about anal sex do not tarnish a woman’s good name.
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From the Archives: Dancing to the Blues
A woman tries a new form of dance, vastly different from the "Yidden" of her childhood.
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How They Got Here: No. 23
Shmuley Boteach's newest bestseller, the evolution of sheitels, and more. In this week's search terms.
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Comments of the Week
Readers discuss eating on Yom Kippur and what is actually meant when someone answers a question with "It's complicated", in this week's selected comments.
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Readers ponder if the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence and question the difference between the bathwater and the baby, in this week's selected comments.
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Animal cruelty during kapporos, thoughts on the "wine barrel virginity test" and more, in this week's selected comments.
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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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