PETA and kapparos; the battle over one of charedi Judaism's most bizarre customs. An investigative report.
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A Kofer’s Conscience
A heretic is forced to accept an aliyah in shul, and agonizes over the consequences of his sin.
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September Shorts Contest – “My First Aveirah”
Read and vote for your favorite essays.
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The Day after Judgment Day
He felt the vibration on his waist. He removed the phone from its holster and glanced at the caller-ID screen. The number was unfamiliar, and so was the voice. But what it said send a shudder rippling down his…
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My Mind’s Shadow
Escaping from God to the city of sin. Without success.
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Sin, Samantha, and the Talmud
One who sees his evil inclination getting the better of him should dress in black and go to a place where he isn’t known.
That’s the famous passage in the Talmud that played in my head over and over like…
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Vill’amsburg Diaries: Morning Sins
The phone is ringing again. I glance at the cordless resting on the night table. The caller is indicated on the lit screen, but I am reluctant to get up and look at it. I want to sleep.…
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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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