A teenage girl, hospitalized for anorexia, finds herself strangely captivated by her Hasidic ward-mates, and wonders about our religious and psychological obsessions with food.
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Religion
Memoir
An Image of God
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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Memoir
Part of the Plan
“We can feel sad, but not bitter or angry; that's for people with no aibishter,” they said, as my brother’s dead body lay nearby, still warm.
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First Person
A Goy at the Shabbos Table
A non-Jewish woman finds camaraderie and acceptance among a group of Chasidim.
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Best of the Blogs
Oh, Baby!
Dealing with a husband's BCAD -- or Birth Control Anxiety Disorder. Holding the rebbetzin hostage, attending Bonei Olam parties, and more.
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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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Opinion
Sex-Segregated Buses
Will the outrage over sex-segregated buses effect change? Not until Hasidic women begin to speak out about it.
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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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Memoir
Perfect Fruit
A young man is guided by cherished memories when purchasing an esrog.
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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.
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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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