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• Green Tuesday

  By Bar Bi Rav

  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.

• Bottlecap Baseball

  By Itche Meyer Dicker

  A new design for Pepsi bottle caps affects gameplay at the shtiebel.

• Dali’s Painting

  By Pen Tivokeish

  Like a stadium wave, in a domino effect, the congregation rises. A messy instrumental cacophony fills the chapel.

• Between Paris and Williamsburg: “I Am Forbidden,” by Anouk Markovits

  By Zackary Sholem Berger

  Suppressed desire, menstrual obsession, and fear of death, coexist in the same book as deep joy and brilliant light.

• From Rebel Teenager to “Off the Derech” Filmmaker

  By Anna Wexler

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

FreiFem: The Unpious Double X

• Wednesday, 7am-2pm: A Schedule’s Declaration of Joy

  Mar 16, 2011 / 8 Comments

  Let us, this early afternoon, on this 16th day of March, in this year of 2011, declare our joys.

• Fauxhawked Ghosts

  Apr 22, 2011 / 2 Comments

  It’s been seven years since my last shift at the Grinch. I think my urge to go in now, every time I pass, is driven by an impossible hope that I might find myself there, still twenty two years old and, fretting about my new life.

• Just Put On a Yarmulke!

  Aug 15, 2011 / 7 Comments

  What do you wear when visiting religious family?

The After Life Podcast

• #009 Ari Mandel (Rachmuna Litzlon): an After Life Interview
• #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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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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