Category: Resources
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Prof. Solomon Schimmel’s Story
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Some Advice About Coming Out
Some simple advice on Reddit on Coming Out can be found here. One of the things it offers is a neat overview of when you should come out to your family and friends.
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OTD History: H. N. Bialik
Although not all of us learned about this during our education at Bais Yaakov or yeshiva, we are not the first generations to think and write about the experience of going off the derech. Of course dissent has always been a part of Jewish tradition, from Hillel and Shammai down to Spinoza. But the OTDers…
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Reasons Why People Go OTD
There is a widespread misconception (based on Sanhedrin 63) that the only reason why people leave observance is to indulge in their desires. In general, we can say that there are plenty emotional and rational reasons why people leave Orthodox Judaism. Rational reasons include: Lack of belief in the notion of God Lack of belief in the authority…
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Why I left – A personal documentary by Eli
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The High Price of Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Life
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Follow Us!
You can now follow Off the Derech on our Twitter Feed @OtdWeb
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Resentment
At first I had trouble thinking up any sort of resentment I have developed on this journey. In my case, my progression towards my own derech has in no way been caused by anyone in the frum community who may have wronged me, and so generally don’t carry any resentment towards my frum family, rabbanim,…