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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Share Your Story

I was wondering if there are any readers who have either left the community or who want to leave the community who would like to share their stories. Can be as long or short as you want. I would be glad to post them and am really dying to hear how some of you guys are handling things.

Email me at 007inyeshiva@gmail.com

9 comments:

  1. If you have not found unpious.com head there immediately , there is a wealth of OTD stories , essays etc.

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  4. I have been to unpious and love some of the posts there. However, I'm looking more for personal stories and advice, I find unpious rather odd and literary a good portion of the time

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  5. Try the OTD group on facebook

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  6. This is from a long memoir I have written:

    One of the most frightening punishments in the Torah is to be cut off from the community. It is threatened in retaliation for a variety of acts, such as drinking blood, practicing witchcraft, committing incest, and sinning intentionally. It also seems to be the lot of a modern wanderer who finds questions more satisfying than the usual answers.

    When members of one Conservative congregation asked why I had left them, I said I had not found God there. That was an impossible and misguided burden to have expected them to ease. What I really wanted all along was to find myself, and no community could help me. I was there all the time, harboring infinite possibilities; I just had to open my eyes to them.

    If you want the full 8,800 word version, just let me know.

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  7. 007: Just join me and over 200 people of our private Facebook group here: www.facebook.com/groups/offthederech/

    kenAnahora: Would you like to publish your story on my blog? http://undercoverkofer.blogspot.com. We could also file it here: https://sites.google.com/site/otdresources/otd-stories

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  8. Thanx for the wonderful suggestion. Its exactly what I was looking for

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  9. oh im so glad i found this blog im really undercover and want to leave maybe this can be my help and show me how please respond major problem the computer i use has a stupid filter please help me u can email me jewishfun 2 @ gmail . com thanks again

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