Category: Personal Stories

  • Riki Rotter’s Path to Freedom

    https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rke7fa483 The rebellious girl ran away from home to escape the constraints of her religious life, and today claims she ‘fucking loves my life,’ which she spends with her partner Anna and as a content creator and consultant for renowned Israeli figures such as Merav Michaeli, Amit Segal and others

  • Talk Beliefs Interviews the Dutch OTD Author Dina-Perla

  • Izzy Posen in The Guardian

  • Chasya’s Impressive Story

  • Personal Journey

  • Why I Left

  • Elul is a Mindfuck

    by Natan Stern Can we all agree that Elul—at least in the litvish/ashkinazi iteration—is a mindfuck? I am one of those people who has no malice or anger towards the frum community. But I have little doubt that Elul scarred me. On paper Elul may sound like a good idea – we can all use…

  • Josh’s Story

    Josh’s Story

    Josh is in his thirties, lives together with his non-Jewish girlfriend, and works in IT.  I met Josh on www.reddit.com/r/exJew/, an excellent resource for people who left the Jewish faith. Hi Josh, what can you tell us about your religious upbringing? I grew up on the east coast of Canada, so there wasn’t a real…

  • Why I went Off-the-Derech

    by NS My journey from an extremely religious ben Torah to an atheist was long and painful. Over a few years, I transformed from being someone who loved nothing more than connecting with the Torah to facing the realization that I had devoted my life to a lie. My questions started innocently enough, subtle incoherencies…

  • Melissa’s Story

    Melissa’s Story

    Melissa is 37 years old and lives in Ottawa, Ontario with two cats 🙂 Hi Melissa, thanks for agreeing to do an interview. What can you tell us about your religious background? Hi, thanks for having me! I grew up as an evangelical Christian, and was with the Baptist Church from birth until I was…