Sexual repression in the frum world will lead some to follow aberrant impulses. It is time we talked about it.
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A Wonderful Goodbye
He has not spoken to his wife in four days. This is tolerable. After 38 years of her mounting nervous energy, a little peace and quiet is not unpleasant.
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Special Report
The Price of Atonement
PETA and kapparos; the battle over one of charedi Judaism's most bizarre customs. An investigative report.
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Advice Column
It’s All Kosher (No. 1): Trapped in New Square
A young woman who is desperate to leave New Square asks the Unpious Posek for advice.
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Villamsburg Diaries: Back Again
“I heard you have Internet,” Reb Mordche said to me, and then he dropped the real bomb. “And what's this I hear, you're writing for treifeneh websites?!”
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Leaving Charediism
When will we read of a comprehensive investigation into the dark side of Charedi Judaism?
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Report
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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Yossele the Troublemaker
My classmate Yossele didn’t have much of a head for studying, but he sure had a mind full of tricks. Dead mice, aplenty at our school, figured in many of them.
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Opinion
The Self-fulfilling Prophecies of the Ex-Hasid
Do ex-Hasidim serve themselves well by establishing a community? Or does that only amplify the narrative of struggle and displacement, inevitably confining them to the fringes?
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From the Archives
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Skin is Skin
By Salma Habeeb
A Muslim doctor reflects on her father’s anti-Semitism and her love for a Jewish classmate.
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No Thanks, Mom and Dad
“What am I paying tuition for?!” my father’s shrieking voice echoed through our home as he kicked my legs under the table. I began to cry. My legs hurt, and I didn’t want to disappoint my father.
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From the Sacred Texts of the Schmelves: Part II
On the eve of Yom Kippur we ask for forgiveness. If we have not wronged anyone, we slap someone and then we ask for forgiveness.
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The Self-fulfilling Prophecies of the Ex-Hasid
By Samuel Katz
Do ex-Hasidim serve themselves well by establishing a community? Or does that only amplify the narrative of struggle and displacement, inevitably confining them to the fringes?
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Corner Girls
By Itchie
I see her face–a huge bruise right across her right cheek and nose. It still looks fresh. I imagine some dissatisfied john or pimp beating her in a fit of rage. Our eyes meet.
FreiFem: The Unpious Double X
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Becoming a Mamme
Sep 26, 2011 / 4 Comments
Does having a baby mean inhabiting the physical form of the “mammes” of one’s youth?
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Seder vs Chaos
Apr 4, 2011 / 3 Comments
Springtime means Pesach, and I still miss it so many years later. But even if I would be welcomed home this year (I won’t be), I’m too awake to melt into the nostalgia.
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Leiby Kletzky
Jul 13, 2011 / 30 Comments
Complicated feelings about the tragedy.
ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB…
By Shulem Deen
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From Salon.com: How one little Panasonic radio tore apart my marriage -- and my faith.
From The Brooklyn Ink
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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.
