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• Sex Ed

  By Yoel Parnes

  Casting a stripper as his teacher, a former Yeshiva boy is left with more questions than answers.

• Smoke and Mirrors

  By Baal Devarim

  A Chasid wrestling with a double life watches his struggles vanish in a puff of smoke.

• My Antidepressant: An Outsider Looking In

  By Meagan Dwyer

  I had recently come back from a European spring break trip that left me distraught and, on certain days, inconsolable. Let’s blame it on a boy.

• How to Go Off the Derech: A Halachic Guide

  By Israel Kogan

  The well-known machlokes on going off the derech le’mehadrin min hamehadrin.

• Lord of the Wimps

  By Daniella Leifer

  Hasidic Judaism, game theory, and the case for an unpowerful God.

FreiFem: The Unpious Double X

• Firsts…/TV

  Apr 25, 2011 / 1 Comment

  I was watching TV and I felt my baby kick. The midrash of Yakov and Eisav in their mother’s belly came to mind. Was my baby kicking in response to the TV?

• Ya’ted Calls for Female Leadership!

  Apr 1, 2011 / 5 Comments

  Imagining an alternate frum universe.

• My Journey: Hashem, Buddha, Allah, Darwin

  Mar 18, 2011 / 23 Comments

  Reflections on a varied and colorful religious journey.

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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Oy Vey Cartoons

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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