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    Anorexia and the Holocaust

    Descendants of survivors are sometimes afflicted with a unique pain of their own

    byJulie Goldberg
  • Design drawing for stained glass window with Yom Kippur; Sukkot; Simchat Torah. Jewish holy days on mid-grid.
    Design drawing for stained glass window with Yom Kippur; Sukkot; Simchat Torah. Jewish holy days on mid-grid.
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    Yom Kippur When You Aren’t Fasting

    Breaking the tradition of fasting

    byArielle Bernstein
  • (Alessandra Olanow)
    (Alessandra Olanow)
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    Ultra-Orthodox Parents of Children With Mental Illness Face Lonely Struggles

    When one teen began bingeing and purging, there were places she could go, but her mother felt she had nowhere to turn

    bySabine Heinlein
  • (Margarita Korol)
    (Margarita Korol)
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    From One Altar to Another: A Story of Worship, From Orthodoxy to Anorexia

    I spent my teenage years in rebellious pursuit of an unattainable body. It almost cost me everything.

    byTova Cohen
  • (Margarita Korol)
    (Margarita Korol)
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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

    byRachel Heller
  • (Lukas Vermeer/Flickr)
    (Lukas Vermeer/Flickr)
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    Big Eater

    Food-obsessed Jews, including an obese matriarch, are subtly rendered in Jami Attenberg’s The Middlesteins

    byAdam Kirsch
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    Orthodox and Anorexic

    As Orthodox Jews join the battle against eating disorders, one young woman shares her harrowing story

    byMichael Orbach
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    Anorexia, Bulimia Strike the Observant

    Physical ideals, dietary laws contribute to trend

    byMarc Tracy
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    Jewish Girls Not Immune to Self-Destructive Behaviors

    Reveals a new survey

    byHadara Graubart
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