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The All-Woman Secret Society That Paved the Way for Modern Feminism
The female debating club’s name referred to the many unorthodox women among its members. These individuals “questioned forms ...
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Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’ Is Yiddish, feminist and just what we need now
A profoundly human tale about a young woman who leaves the Hasidic Satmar sect has universal themes for the religious and secular. Back in 2012, when Deborah Feldman’s memoir “Unorthodox ...
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Unorthodox... Abby Stein’s journey, a transgender woman, excommunicated from her NY ultra-Orthodox community
The journey of Abby Stein from a married "Yeshiva Bocher" into a beautiful young woman (English) Abby, a transgender woman, grew up in a Chassidic ultra-Orthodox community in New York. She was ...
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Julia Haart wants to end the gett crisis
The 'My Unorthodox Life' star and activists are fighting to change coercive-control laws to save 'chained women' trapped in marriages Having spent most of her adult life in Monsey's ultra-Orthodox ...