A New, True Story About Growing Up Hasidic and Leaving/ By LEAH FALK in JEWNIVERSE
Ex-Hasidic narratives — they seemed to be publishing’s hot ticket for a few minutes, with Anouk Markovits’s I Am Forbidden, Leah Vincent’s Cut Me Loose, and others. But Unpious editor Shulem
Life after conservative faith: the defectors who leave ultra-Orthodox communities/ By FARAH HALIME in The Guardian
A growing number of men and women are choosing to leave their overbearing religious sects behind – but they encounter new challenges in secular New
Why People Leave Orthodoxy — and How/ By Ezra Glinter in Forward
In “Becoming Un-Orthodox,” a study of ex-Orthodox Jews by University of Kansas professor Lynn Davidman, a woman identified only as “Leah” describes Friday night meals
Saying goodbye to God: Haredim apostates/ By JOHN REED in the Financial Times
When young ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel choose to break with their faith, they must learn how to function in an alien world Read the
“La llamada de Yavé”/ Por ESTHER VÁZQUEZ en EN PORTADA (in Spanish)
En Portada ha viajado a Israel para retratar a la comunidad ultraortodoxa Un equipo del programa ha entrado en sus casas y participado en sus
Leaving Orthodoxy for the IDF/ By Shira Rubin in TABLET
As the Knesset debates conscription for Haredim, some teens are already leaving their community to serve Read the full article
Newly secular receive scholarships/ By Yaakov Lappin, in Ynet News, Israel Activism
Newly secular youths collectively received NIS 500,000 (about $122,000) in university scholarships last week during an awards ceremony held by the Hillel charity in Tel
Ex-haredim receive college scholarships/ By Haviv Rettig in THE JERUSALEM POST
Young ex-haredim discover that their education has not prepared them for the secular workplace. Read the full article