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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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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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
“Don’t start again with the Internet!” Breindy says to me this morning. She is sitting with the kids at the kitchen table as I grab my tallis beitel. I tap my new EVO in my breast…
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Leaving Charediism
When will we read of a comprehensive investigation into the dark side of Charedi Judaism?
Imagine opening the latest issue of the New Yorker, its bright and colorful cartoon cover capturing a quintessential New York moment in pitch-perfect irony, when suddenly you stop short, stunned. The week’s feature in our city’s foremost...
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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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Yossele the Troublemaker
Let me tell you a little about Yossele. No, no, not the famous one who could sing a mile and even the opera-goyim wanted him to perform for them. This Yossele was a little boy…
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The Self-fulfilling Prophecies of the Ex-Hasid
Do ex-Hasidim serve themselves well by establishing a vibrant community? Or does such community only amplify the narrative of struggle and displacement, inevitably confining them to the fringes?
Samuel Katz, a student at Stony Brook University, examines some of the ex-Hasidic community's unintended consequences.
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The Mask
Put away the book. Put it away and listen to Kiddush. Stand up, your father’s waiting. Shhh. Come on. Nu. Nu! We don’t talk before grape juice, you’re a big girl already. Kinderlach, let’s wash…
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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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Profile of Brooklyn's Shomrim patrol groups, featuring Luzer Twersky. To read some of Luzer's essays, click here.
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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.
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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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