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"Among scholars of Jewish Studies, the process, history, and literature of exiting one's native religious community is increasingly recognized as a new area within the field which, ironically, has a history stretching back to antiquity. By presenting scholarship from a diverse range of disciplines-including history, sociology, psychology, and gender studies-this volume deepens and broadens readers' understanding of the complexity of the topic of taking leave of the Orthodox community in which one has been raised and establishing a different kind of life that is outside of its borders"--
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Paths That Rise to Meet Us / Glenn Dynner, Jessica Lang, Schneur Zalman Newfield, Joshua Shanes -- CHAPTER 1 "The Past Keeps Changing": An Occasional Reflection on OTD / Naomi Seidman -- CHAPTER 2 The Second Disenchantment: Three Phases of Exit in Ashkenazic Jewish History / Glenn Dynner -- CHAPTER 3 Contemporary Chabad-Lubavitch: Observations of a Former Chasid / Joshua Shanes -- CHAPTER 4 OTD and the Continual Act of Becoming Oneself / Jessica Lang -- CHAPTER 5 Role Redefinition: Costs and Opportunities for Formerly Hasidic Mothers / Miriam Moster -- CHAPTER 6 Empowering Doubt in Treading Old and New Derechs / Yehudis Keller, Estee Hirsch -- CHAPTER 7 The OTD Spectrum: Not On or Off but Somewhere along the Path / Rona Miles, Alla Chavarga -- CHAPTER 8 Reflecting on the Unobservant: Persisting Biases among Orthodox Leavetakers in Toronto / David Belfon -- CHAPTER 9 Marginality and Off the Derech's1 Intermarginality: An Exploration of the #itgetsbesser Movement / Alexandra Stankovich -- Conclusion: The Future of OTD / Jessica Lang -- About the Contributors -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
edited by Jessica Lang, Glenn Dynner, Schneur Zalman Newfield, Joshua Shanes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Orthodox Judaism ‡x Relations ‡x Nontraditional Jews