Haredim who want out – are we giving them the help they need? By PEGGY CIDOR in THE JERUSALEM POST
Hillel, an association that provides assistance to haredim who wish to leave the community, was disqualified from broadcasting in July. So they took the network
In ‘My Unorthodox Life,’ Julia Haart Bares More Than Just Her Knees/ By Alexis Soloski in The New York Times
Less than a decade after fleeing a repressive ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, Haart heads a global talent empire. Her next challenge? Letting viewers peek behind the
Pandemic gives some Haredi New York Jews space to leave their community/ By PETER HUTCHISON in The Times of Israel
Groups says some people had more time for soul-searching, while others were troubled by social distancing violations Read the full article
For some ultra-Orthodox Jews, virus forges path to a very different lifestyle/ By MICHAEL BLUM in The Times of Israel
Non-profit Hillel, which helps haredim seeking different life, is usually contacted by around 350 youngsters annually, mostly aged 19-25, but requests doubled as pandemic took
When One Parent Leaves a Hasidic Community, What Happens to the Kids?/ By Larissa MacFarquhar in THE NEW YORKER
The irreconcilable differences between Orthodoxy and secularism increasingly end up in court. Read the full article
For These Women, the Path Out of Haredi Life Is Long and Hard/ By Eetta Prince-Gibson in Haaretz
In a way, Bina Broit says, she left the Haredi world because of her hair. The fifth of eight children, she grew up in Immanuel,
She’d never seen a smartphone or heard a radio before she fled. She’s racing to catch up/ By Steve Hendrix in The Washington Post
JERUSALEM — Ruth Borovski, doing a bit of homework, sat in a library and Googled “phosphate” on her smartphone. That could not have happened 19
When Living Your Truth Can Mean Losing Your Children/ By Sharon Otterman in The New York Times
Chavie Weisberger of Brooklyn lost custody of her children after she lapsed in raising them religiously. But her case was reversed on appeal and is
Between worlds: Former ultra-Orthodox Jews speak out/ By SARAH LEVI in the JERUSALEM POST
Donning an extra oversized white button-down shirt and a black Borsalino hat, holding a full wine glass in her right hand, Yael Shalem closes her