Several years ago, I attended a rooftop party in North Williamsburg alongside a bunch of hipsters who had names like Moshe, Uri, Chaya, and Faige. It didn’t take long for Uri,* a young man wearing a ...

Heidi Ewing’s and Rachel Grant’s documentary “One of Us,” recently shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Film, portrays with compassion and thoroughness the lives and world of three ...

A few years ago, the average American probably could not tell you what a Hasidic Jew was. But thanks to a set of shows running the gamut from serious scripted dramas to reality TV, that’s all changed.

There are several compelling and compassionate new books from former members of haredi Orthodox communities. (JTA) — In recent years, a spate of memoirs have been written by those who have left haredi ...

The modern day "OTD" – "Off The Derech" phenomenon in America, ("Derech" being the Hebrew word for "path" [of Orthodox/Torah Judaism]), also known as "Yotzim" ("leavers") in Israel, is not like the ...