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34 relations: Abby Stein, Activism, Agudath Israel of America, Apostasy in Judaism, Baal teshuva, BBC, Blog, Child sexual abuse, Decentralization, Facebook, Faranak Margolese, Footsteps (organization), Frum, Haaretz, Halakha, Haredi Judaism, Hasidic Judaism, Haskalah, Hemant Mehta, Hugs and kisses, JQYouth, Leah Vincent, LGBT, Luzer Twersky, Matisyahu, Mavar, Modern Orthodox Judaism, Naftuli Moster, One of Us (2017 film), Orthodox Judaism, Reverse Marranos, Shulem Deen, The Forward, YAFFED.
Abby Stein
Abby Stein (born October 1, 1991) is an American transgender activist, author, blogger, model, and speaker.
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Activism
Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society.
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Agudath Israel of America
Agudath Israel of America (אגודת ישראל באמריקה) (sometimes called Agudah) is an Orthodox Jewish organization in the United States loosely affiliated with the international World Agudath Israel.
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Apostasy in Judaism
In Judaism, apostasy refers to the rejection of Judaism and possible defection to another religion by a Jew.
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Baal teshuva
A ba'al teshuvah' (בעל תשובה; for a woman,, or; plural,,, "master of return ").
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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Blog
A blog (a truncation of the expression "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries ("posts").
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Child sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse, also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation.
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Decentralization
Decentralization is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding planning and decision-making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group.
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Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.
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Faranak Margolese
Faranak Margolese (born 1972) is an American writer, best known as the author of Off the Derech, a book about contemporary assimilation in the Orthodox Jewish world.
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Footsteps (organization)
Footsteps is a not-for-profit organization based in New York City that provides educational, vocational, and social support to people who have left or want to leave an ultra-Orthodox or Orthodox Jewish community in the United States.
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Frum
To be frum (פֿרום; also transliterated frim; meaning "devout" or "pious") is to be committed to the observance of Jewish religious law in a way that often exceeds the bare requirements of halakha, the collective body of Jewish religious laws.
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Haaretz
Haaretz (הארץ) (lit. "The Land ", originally Ḥadashot Ha'aretz – חדשות הארץ, – "News of the Land ") is an Israeli newspaper.
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Halakha
Halakha (הֲלָכָה,; also transliterated as halacha, halakhah, halachah or halocho) is the collective body of Jewish religious laws derived from the Written and Oral Torah.
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Haredi Judaism
Haredi Judaism (חֲרֵדִי,; also spelled Charedi, plural Haredim or Charedim) is a broad spectrum of groups within Orthodox Judaism, all characterized by a rejection of modern secular culture.
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Hasidic Judaism
Hasidism, sometimes Hasidic Judaism (hasidut,; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group.
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Haskalah
The Haskalah, often termed Jewish Enlightenment (השכלה; literally, "wisdom", "erudition", Yiddish pronunciation Heskole) was an intellectual movement among the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, with certain influence on those in Western Europe and the Muslim world.
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Hemant Mehta
Hemant Mehta (born February 25, 1983) is an author, blogger, and atheist activist who gained fame for "selling his soul" on eBay.
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Hugs and kisses
Hugs and kisses or XOXO is a term used for expressing sincerity, faith, love, or good friendship at the end of a written letter, email or SMS text message.
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JQYouth
JQYouth (or JQY) is a New York-based social and support group for LGBT people from Orthodox and traditional Jewish backgrounds.
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Leah Vincent
Leah Vincent is an American author.
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LGBT
LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
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Luzer Twersky
Luzer Twersky (born July 26, 1985) is an American film and television actor.
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Matisyahu
Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his Hebrew and stage name Matisyahu (מתּתיהו, "Gift of God"), is a Jewish American reggae vocalist, beatboxer, and alternative rock musician.
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Mavar
Mavar is a UK-registered charitable organisation providing professional support to people who have left or want to leave the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
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Modern Orthodox Judaism
Modern Orthodox Judaism (also Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize Jewish values and the observance of Jewish law, with the secular, modern world.
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Naftuli Moster
Naftuli Moster (born 1986) is an American social activist.
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One of Us (2017 film)
One of Us is a 2017 documentary feature film that chronicles the lives of three ex-Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn.
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Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism is a collective term for the traditionalist branches of Judaism, which seek to maximally maintain the received Jewish beliefs and observances and which coalesced in opposition to the various challenges of modernity and secularization.
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Reverse Marranos
Reverse Marranos (RMs) are Charedim who appear to live a Charedi lifestyle but do not believe in the core beliefs associated with that lifestyle.
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Shulem Deen
Shulem Deen (born 1974) is an American Jewish author, essayist, and a critic of ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Judaism.
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The Forward
The Forward (Forverts), formerly known as The Jewish Daily Forward, is an American magazine published monthly in New York City for a Jewish-American audience.
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YAFFED
YAFFED (Young Advocates for Fair Education) is an advocacy group dedicated to improving secular education in Hasidic and other ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off_the_derech
