Baffled by her own experience as well as those of friends, Margolese explores the phenomenon of yeshiva-educated children from observant homes abandoning their tradition, or ""going off the derech ...

Two not-for-profits, Moishe House and Footsteps, are teaming up to create a center for formerly ultra-Orthodox millennial Jews. Moishe House is known widely for subsidizing co-living spaces for ...

This article is part of a series of profiles of formerly Orthodox Jews. A report released last month found that though many formerly Orthodox — or “Off the Derech” — Jews struggle to find new ...

I recently heard Rabbi Joseph Telushkin speak about the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Rebbe believed that words mattered so much that he petitioned Israel to change the Hebrew word for hospital, Beit Cholim ...

I admire The Jewish Week for its front-page coverage of mental health issues in the Orthodox community (“Communal Response on Mental Health,” Sept. 22; the two-part series began Sept. 15 with a story ...

I was recently invited to give a talk, drawn from my book “Women of Valor,” about “off-the-derech” memoirs—stories of people, primarily women, who left their Orthodox Jewish communities and wrote ...

There is a big focus in our community on those youths who are at risk for going “off the derech.” However, I am an optimist. Let me explain. As Jews, what is our priority? What are we trying to ...