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  • February 22, 2012

From The Archives

From the Archives: Disturbed by the Bubble

November 2, 2011
By Unpious.com Staff Writer
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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Tags: education, exam, featured, Rihanna, Samuel Katz, SAT, test
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From the Archives: Dancing to the Blues

October 26, 2011
By Unpious.com Staff Writer
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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Tags: blues, dance, dancing
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From The Archives: The Dressing Room

October 12, 2011
By Unpious.com Staff Writer
From The Archives: The Dressing Room

A visit to an underground lingerie shop gives a young girl a peek into the secret world of Chasidic sexuality.
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Tags: bra, breasts, dressing room, lingerie, mirror
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From the Archives: A Tale of Two Chickens

October 5, 2011
By Unpious.com Staff Writer
From the Archives: A Tale of Two Chickens

A boy transfers his transgressions to a chicken -- but his sins are too great for the animal to bear.
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Tags: animal, chickens, cruelty, death, kaparos, PETA, Yom Kippur
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From the Archives: The Mask

September 28, 2011
By Unpious.com Staff Writer
From the Archives: The Mask

A frustrated wife tries to negotiate her freedoms, and finally considers taking matters into her own hands.
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Tags: sheitel, The Mask, Yom Kippur
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From The Archives: Sins as White as Snow

September 21, 2011
By Unpious.com Staff Writer
From The Archives: Sins as White as Snow

Flaunting her independence while in a Jerusalem seminary, a teenage girl buys a sweater, and changes her life forever.
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Tags: AM Yehuda, seminary, sweater
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From the Archives: Green Tuesday

September 14, 2011
By Unpious.com Staff Writer
From the Archives: Green Tuesday

A yiddishe mamme tries to convince her son of the power of segulas.
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Tags: From the Archives, segulah
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From the Archives: Sermon on the Hotline

September 7, 2011
By Unpious.com Staff Writer
From the Archives: Sermon on the Hotline

Yoshke delivers a memorable shiur, surrounded by his students Avremel, Shimon, and Yidel.
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Tags: Aroinim, Briefly Noted, Flaum's, gospel, Jesus, Yoshke
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From the Archives: ‘Nafkeh Mineh L’kedushin’ and The Quadratic Equation

August 31, 2011
By Unpious.com Staff Writer
From the Archives: ‘Nafkeh Mineh L’kedushin’ and The Quadratic Equation

Samuel Katz discovers that sophisticated mathematics do not lend themselves to Talmudic processes.
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Tags: From the Archives, math, quadratic equation
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From the Archives: My Mind’s Shadow

August 24, 2011
By Unpious.com Staff Writer
From the Archives: My Mind’s Shadow

God stalks Luzer Twersky, following him from Monsey to Vegas.
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Tags: God, Luzer Twersky, vegas
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