Tag: baal teshuvas

Why I’m jealous of Baal Teshuvas

I’m jealous of Baalei Teshuva. There I said it, it’s not easy for me as a supposedly elitist, cynical, sarcastic, and sometimes angry FFB to admit that I’m terrified and jealous of BT’s. Their inspiration, passion, and willingness to submit…

Why I hate Baal Teshuvas

Sometimes people take my satire seriously, in fact, the following email is a rant from a BT who mistook my satirical piece about why BT’s are a danger to the frum community as a serious post and decided that she…

Frum Feeding Frenzies

Frum Feeding Frenzies by Chaya Miriam Fried  Jews clearly have a something attached to their Jew Gene that makes them lose their minds whenever they see a table of food. I don’t think there’s any real mystery to how this…

Why Baal Teshuvas need to make art

Guest post by Pop Chossid Baal teshuvas think that because they’re new to the world of yiddishkeit that their words dont’ matter. Or they’re afraid that they’ll say something wrong, something that will turn people away from Judaism or condemn…

Stuff Baal Teshuvas like

Originally the Stuff Jews Like series was planned for a whole month of posts, but in reality I can’t do a month of exactly the same material. While I have a bunch of these posts planned, I will be spacing…

I love Flaming BT’s

Its sefiras Haomer and a husband calls home to ask his wife whats for dinner. She answers that last night they had chicken!!! Other posts that makes fun of Baal Teshuvas: How to be a flaming BT Messing with BT…