When the joy is gone and the benefits are mostly illusory, leaving may no longer be an option. A Dubneresque tale.
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WTF (What The Frum) Happened?
News coming out of the religious community seems to get worse and worse.
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News Roundup – Thurs. 6/9/11
ADA compliance vigilante, dead messiahs, and more, in this week’s News Roundup.
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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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News Roundup – Thur. 5/13
Another incident of Charedim in Mea Shearim getting angry about something or other and turning the streets into a war zone. This time it’s over the arrest of a Charedi organizer of violent protests in the past…
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News Roundup – Thurs. 4/29
Sholom Rubashkin gave a tearful apology in court at his sentencing hearing this week over the criminal charges on which he’s been convicted. Prosecutors in the case have asked for a 25-year prison sentence, which, defense attorneys …
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News Roundup – Thur. 3/25
A section of the Jerusalem Talmud’s Tractate Bikkurim is now intelligible. No, really, it is. It was once missing a sentence, but the sentence has now been found in a tin can in the Geneva University, part of the …
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News Roundup – Fri. 2/26
Strawberries, the Internet, Lipa Schmeltzer, and Track 5 on Michoel Schnitzler’s latest album have all been banned. So what’s a desperate rabbi to do? Ban salmon fish, it seems. Rabbi Moshe Karp from Modiin Ilit, Israel is seeking support …
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News Roundup – Tue. 2/16
Ladies, make sure to get your teeth straightened before you get married. Your ability to do so afterwards has now been severely limited. “After a thorough study of halachic material on the subject,” Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv ruled that braces …
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News Roundup – Fri. 1/29
Buddy, can you spare an eye? Or a heart? Or a kidney? Israel has a problem with organ donation, mostly due to halachic problems involved, which makes it problematic for the Orthodox (and perhaps the more traditional secular Israelis) to …
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From the Archives
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Anonymous No Longer
By Shulem Deen
An overview of anonymous and pseudonymous writing in the Chasidic world.
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It’s All Kosher (No. 3): One Pregnancy Too Many
The Posek advises a woman in her twenties who fears she might be pregnant. Yet again. For the sixth time.
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Eyes Shut Tight
By Deena Kohn
A remembrance of childhood secrets.
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Godly Innocence
By Zev Boded
I just needed to know why my mother was so terribly sad, sitting in the shadows of late afternoon, tears streaming from her eyes. “I miss my Tattie and Mommy and my brothers,” she told me finally.
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It’s All Kosher (No. 12): The Price of Freedom
A former Bais Yaakov student faces a tempting offer with many strings attached.
FreiFem: The Unpious Double X
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Men vs Women
Jul 29, 2011 / 13 Comments
Who leaves the community in greater numbers and why?
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One Day at a Time
Sep 16, 2011 / 9 Comments
No holidays means no pupiks and honey, but it also means the freedom to enjoy ingudai tibs.
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Who Is Your True Self?
Jun 6, 2011 / 3 Comments
How do you know which instincts or desires reflect your TRUE self?
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.
