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News Roundup: 11/3/11
Disappearing women, presidents and Hasidic zombie-rebbes, yeshiva students with excess-phlegm conditions, and more.
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Announcements
Announcing: November Shorts Contest – “Beyond the Mechitza”
Announcing the Unpious November Shorts Contest... "Beyond the Mechitza: Moving beyond boundaries and enclosures."
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Best of the Blogs
Oh, Baby!
Dealing with a husband's BCAD -- or Birth Control Anxiety Disorder. Holding the rebbetzin hostage, attending Bonei Olam parties, and more.
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Opinion
Occupy Rodney Street
Every revolution needs a bus ride, and the Hasidic world has now had theirs. But can a revolution ever come to the Hasidic world?
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First Person
Teacher of the Year
A Chumash teacher encounters an old acquaintance among the parents of her young students.
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Opinion
Sex-Segregated Buses
Will the outrage over sex-segregated buses effect change? Not until Hasidic women begin to speak out about it.
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Ancient Wisdom
Super-Kosher Sex: The Virginity Test
Testing a woman's virginity by placing her on a barrel of wine, then sniffing.
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Advice Column
It’s All Kosher (No. 9): Still Tznius Stylista
A recent emigrant of Borough Park wants to flaunt her new wardrobe - but finds herself grappling with discomfort.
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From the Archives: Sholom Bayis
Check out some of the old Unpious favorites! This week, “Sholom Bayis” by Fruma Biegeleisen.
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Editor's Picks: From the Archives
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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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Article on Jacob Gluck of Hasidic Williamsburg Tour and Unpious contributor Yakov Yosef.
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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.
By Shulem Deen
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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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