Posts Tagged ‘Anna Wexler’

Film

From Rebel Teenager to “Off the Derech” Filmmaker

December 18, 2011 / 10 comments

Anna Wexler describes the journey that led to the making of her feature documentary film, “UNORTHODOX: A Jewish Journey.”
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The Joke Is On You

By Shpitzle Shtrimpkind

Shpitzle steals from the mikva and submits herself to the horrors of universal feminine rituals.
Here Comes the Messiah: Act Two

By A.M. Yehuda

I have been in front of the Rebbe twice before, standing for hours in a line that shuffled forward, his eyes, in that moment, searing my soul. But this time it is different.
A Walk in the Park

By Pen Tivokeish

“What kind of a man doesn’t go to shul on a Shabbos morning?” she says, and so I went to shul. And now I imagine how cross she must be that I am not home yet.
“My Name is Asher Lev”: The Pain and Passion of a Young Hasidic Artist

By Sara Trappler-Spielman

Asher Lev, a gifted young Hasidic artist — “a prodigy in payos” — is an unusual child. He is aware of only two things: an un-pretty, painful world and a burning need to draw.
The Get

By Shpitzle Shtrimpkind

Although desperate for her freedom, a Satmar woman finds her heart breaking as her husband grants her a divorce.

Days of Mourning Turn to Joy

May 9, 2011 / 1 Comment

Mother’s Day makes me sad. It reminds me of everything I don’t have, everything I lost when I chose to live a secular life.
To Cut or Not to Cut

Mar 9, 2011 / 14 Comments

Our fetus’s genitals are not yet detectable to the human eye, and yet we are already preoccupied with the question of slicing off a part of our baby’s genitals.
One of Us

Sep 14, 2011 / 13 Comments

Atheists have their own community – and here’s a ‘dvar Torah’ from one of our members.