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What Becomes of Troubled Ultra-Orthodox Kids?

In Israel, a bevy of new programs are helping at-risk youth who’ve long been overlooked

By Sara Toth Stub · June 12, 2017

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Ferris Bueller and the Chamber of Secrets

This week on Unorthodox, Jason Diamond’s memoir about John Hughes, and the divinity school graduates analyzing Harry Potter as though it were a sacred text

By Unorthodox · December 15, 2016

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How a Principal’s Speech About Orlando Is Comforting LGBT Students in Orthodox Schools

Rabbi Tully Harcsztark, principal of Bronx-based SAR Academy, acknowledged the grief of the LGBT community in a speech that went viral on Facebook

By Rachel Delia Benaim · June 24, 2016

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Israel’s Teen Basketball Hopefuls Head to NYC

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s youth team met NBA stars and hit the court during visit

By Yaron Weitzman · February 20, 2015

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Dance Lessons To Prep for Bar Mitzvah Season

Listening in as two sixth grade boys face a Detroit preteen rite of passage

By Vox Tablet · February 6, 2015

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German Teens in Trouble Over Hitler Fan Club

Social media messages proclaiming ‘Sieg Heil’ intercepted by authorities

By Stephanie Butnick · October 29, 2014

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Yearbook Spells Israeli Student’s Name ‘J-E-W’

California high school prints 1,600 copies without catching misspelling prank

By Stephanie Butnick · June 11, 2014

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A Different Kind of Summer Vacation: Jewish Teens Take a Bus Across America

Through music, politics, and barbecue, Etgar 36 trips help high-school students develop a sense of identity as Jews and Americans

By Marjorie Ingall · May 22, 2014

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The Evolution of the Bar Mitzvah Dance Video

Introducing Sam Horowitz and his troupe of scantily-clad female dancers

By Elissa Goldstein · August 8, 2013

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Thirteen Signs That You May Have Attended Jewish Summer Camp in the 1980s

Still cry when you hear ‘Cat’s in the Cradle’? Remember how to Dippity-Do your hair? Take a trip down memory lane, camper.

By Marjorie Ingall · June 19, 2013

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Volunteer Service Draws Israeli Teens Before They Start Stints in Military

‘They learn to take responsibility, to be there for other people,’ says one organizer of the year-long Shin-Shin program

By Barbara Bamberger · June 7, 2013

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Learn To Love Your Jewish Body

As teenage girls wrestle with their body image, new programs look for solutions in Jewish tradition

By Rachel Heller · February 25, 2013

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The Devil in Sarah Stein

Thane Rosenbaum’s young-adult novel The Stranger Within Sarah Stein, takes on the Holocaust and Sept. 11 but can’t reconcile Jewish past and future

By Sara Ivry · April 17, 2012

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Personal History

Hypnotizing Norman

Outside my cloistered yeshiva, I found a new social order and a friend who, unlike me, was trusting enough to submit to someone else’s authority

By Daniel Itzkovitz · November 30, 2011