Unpious: Voices on the Hasidic Fringe

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Unpious was an online magazine of essays, fiction, poetry, humor and news by people on the Hasidic fringe: those who left, those who stayed with doubts, and those in between. It was founded by Shulem Deen (who also wrote as "Hasidic Rebel"). Its last article appeared in March 2014, and by early 2016 the site itself was gone. This is an unofficial archive rebuilt from public web-archive copies so the writing stays readable and searchable. All the writing belongs to Unpious and its writers.

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Most discussed

• Vil’amsburg Diaries: Drinking, Singing, Kissing, Crying
  Hershy Tam · Apr 1, 2011 · 160 comments
• Vil’amsburg Diaries: Evening Noises
  Hershy Tam · Feb 14, 2010 · 152 comments
• Walking the Line
  Sara Nordmann · Mar 17, 2010 · 150 comments
• Sin, Samantha, and the Talmud
  Chezkel Shammes · Mar 3, 2010 · 121 comments
• Sholom Bayis
  Fruma Biegeleisen · Mar 17, 2010 · 117 comments
• Ex-Hasidic Mother Loses Custody of Children
  Shulem Deen · May 20, 2013 · 106 comments
• Office Girls
  Chani Mink · Mar 10, 2010 · 90 comments
• The Wrong Questions
  Fruma Biegeleisen · Mar 23, 2010 · 87 comments
• The Get
  Shpitzle Shtrimpkind · Jun 23, 2011 · 85 comments
• Early Evening, Bedford Avenue
  Melanie Beaudette · Apr 30, 2012 · 84 comments
• Monsey Underworld
  Leeba Weisberg · Feb 25, 2010 · 81 comments
• The Long Wait
  Velvel Chusid · Feb 23, 2010 · 77 comments
• Nature Boy
  Pen Tivokeish · Feb 15, 2010 · 75 comments
• The Mom Delusion
  Weeping Madonna · Mar 21, 2010 · 75 comments
• Yesterday’s Voices
  Moishe Antloffen · Apr 19, 2010 · 75 comments

Latest articles

• Is It Purim Yet?
  Eli Mandel · Mar 13, 2014 · 4 comments
• Twice Born Souls: “Cut Me Loose,” by Leah Vincent
  Kelsey Osgood · Jan 21, 2014 · 9 comments
• Happy Fahboween
  Leah Vincent · Oct 31, 2013 · 13 comments
• A Halachic Question
  Eli Mandel · Sep 2, 2013 · 27 comments
• First Dance
  Shoshana Blum · Aug 27, 2013 · 40 comments
• A Price To Pay
  Naomi Seidman · Aug 22, 2013 · 7 comments
• Twilight of a Romance
  Chavi Silver · Jul 11, 2013 · 9 comments
• Wake Up Your Brain
  Yudit Feingold · Jun 17, 2013 · 26 comments
• God’s Victory
  Toeh Pastovich · Jun 3, 2013 · 11 comments
• Destiny
  Leah Vincent · May 27, 2013 · 7 comments
• Ex-Hasidic Mother Loses Custody of Children
  Shulem Deen · May 20, 2013 · 106 comments
• Making Families a Priority
  Leah Vincent · Apr 25, 2013 · 29 comments
• A Raizel by Any Other Name
  Shulem Deen · Apr 10, 2013 · 14 comments
• After the Double Life
  Frieda Vizel · Apr 7, 2013 · 6 comments
• My Hirsute Pursuit
  Emma Rubinstein · Feb 28, 2013 · 44 comments

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