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• After the Double Life

  By Frieda Vizel

  It’s hard to be a single ex-Chasidic girl, especially when your “gater” isn’t well honed. Frieda Vizel finds out firsthand.

• Family Secrets

  By Yoel Parnes

  A young man, violated in the night by a family member, holds on to a painful secret.

• The Crime of Isabel Huerta

  By Samuel Katz

  Isabel is now afraid. The man takes her to his house. Maybe he will call her Papi to come pick her up, but it has been so long and she is feeling hungry.

• Deep Fried Words for the Squeamish

  By Berel Berko

  Thoughts on sushi eaters, words, and folk tales, from a seeker.

• A Freshly Fallen Snow

  By Fruma Biegeleisen

  It dawned on me that the Torah does not obligate you to be an asshole. There is no mitzvah to smack your wife or scream at your kids. It’s only a chumra maybe.

FreiFem: The Unpious Double X

• “I wish things hadn’t worked out this way.”

  Sep 7, 2011 / No Comments

  Don Draper sparks an epiphany, breaking an old mental chain.

• One of Us

  Sep 14, 2011 / 13 Comments

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

• Meet My Husband, and My Wife

  Jul 11, 2011 / 5 Comments

  Examining what the Torah says about marriage, in picture form.

The After Life Podcast

• #008 Looking Back, Looking Forward
• #007 The Wicked Ones
• #006 What Is It About Music? Part II
• #005 What Is It About Music? Part I
• #004 The Games We Play
• #003 Too Shul for School
• #002 Build It and They Will Stay Out
• #001 Oh, The Food You'll Eat

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Another project by the multi-talented Ms. Shtrimpkind. Check it out.

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The Sound of Sin

By Shulem Deen

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From Salon.com: How one little Panasonic radio tore apart my marriage -- and my faith.

Life After Hasidism

From The Brooklyn Ink

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Article on Jacob Gluck of Hasidic Williamsburg Tour and Unpious contributor Yakov Yosef.

The Shomrim: Gotham's Crusaders

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.

Venturing Beyond The Ultra-Orthodox World

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.

It Gets Besser

By Leah Vincent and Samuel Katz

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Photo montage of lives in transition.

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