Two Brooklyns, worlds apart. Or are they really?
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Off the Derech
First Person
A Cup of Coffee
When a former Bais Yakov girl meets the perfect frum gentleman, she finds herself struggling with personal boundaries and wonders about her choices.
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Film
From Rebel Teenager to “Off the Derech” Filmmaker
Anna Wexler describes the journey that led to the making of her feature documentary film, “UNORTHODOX: A Jewish Journey.”
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Advice Column
It’s All Kosher (No. 12): The Price of Freedom
A former Bais Yaakov student faces a tempting offer with many strings attached.
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Opinion
Occupy Rodney Street
Every revolution needs a bus ride, and the Hasidic world has now had theirs. But can a revolution ever come to the Hasidic world?
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Best of the Blogs
How to Go Off the Derech: A Halachic Guide
The well-known machlokes on going off the derech le'mehadrin min hamehadrin.
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Advice Column
It’s All Kosher (No. 11): Escaping Fatherhood
A young father, estranged from his three-year-old child, would rather forget he's a dad.
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Briefly Noted
Comments of the Week
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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Best of the Blogs
Meet My Baby
The baby and the bathwater. What to keep and what to throw away.
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First Person
Facing the Music
A Chasid receives a baffling response after unmasking his true identity.
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CONNECT
Editor's Picks: From the Archives
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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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Article on Jacob Gluck of Hasidic Williamsburg Tour and Unpious contributor Yakov Yosef.
From The Village Voice
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Profile of Brooklyn's Shomrim patrol groups, featuring Luzer Twersky. To read some of Luzer's essays, click here.
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.
By Shulem Deen
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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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