By Ari Margolies (the youngest guest poster ever on Frum Satire) Being raised an Orthodox Jew, when I enrolled in Fairhill School freshman year, it was scary to be thrust into a secular, mostly Christian place. I had it coming…
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Go for the Ger
I have always been attracted to the other. I am a baal teshuva coming from a secular family, a white alum from a mostly minority college in a black neighborhood, an Ashkenazi living in a Bukharian neighborhood, a youngster in…
How to Hate the Gays
Last night I was working at our local co-op market. The crowd there is pretty diverse — Hasidic Jews, Caribbean immigrants, Park Slope people with $50 t-shirts (ironic, baby, ironic!)…and anyone else in search of good, cheap food. Once a…
A Yeshiva Bochurs Wardrobe
I welcome guest posts of all kinds – please send me guest posts, or ideas for posts to [email protected] A Yeshiva Bochur’s Wardrobe – by Off the Derech The average yeshiva bochur wears black and white most of the time.…
Apartment of the damned
Our Apartment of the Damned By Ari (last name withheld by request) I should have known that our family’s stay in New York was destined to be cursed the second I drove our moving truck into the driveway and knocked…
Legends of Brooklyn
An interesting video done with my friend Luzzy Liff telling us about some legends of Brooklyn. From Yankel the fefercorn to the guy who tapes every simcha, to the mendel the coat rack, to some of the characters in Landaus…
Guest Poster: Am I still considered a goy?
I figured all the converts or prospective converts who read this site would be interested in this – I found it on Jewcy and the writer gave me permission to post it. For those of you new to this site…
Parshas Eikev devar torah
By Yosef Serabryanski Eikev – Life’s experience (Deut. 7-11) Some people live their lives through definitions or experiences of the past. Others feel alive when they are convinced that their present experiences are happening in order to generate a purposeful…