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The Orthonomics Podcast

(13) The Stories of Those Who Have Left the Fold – with Naomi Seidman, Professor, Author and Host of the Heretic in the House Podcast.

Feb 26, 2023

In this episode, we speak with Prof. Naomi Seidman about people leaving Orthodoxy and the related stories, experiences and misconceptions. She shares what she personally learned in leaving her Haredi community, as well as the insights of many others.

We also draw upon the 2016 study “Starting a Conversation:...

(12) Approaches to Address the Plight of Agunot – with Keshet Starr, Esq., Executive Director of ORA, the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot

Feb 5, 2023

In this episode, we speak with Keshet Starr about the agunah (“chained wife”) problem and what is being done to resolve it. Hot off the press (from a large-scale survey that had not yet been released as we recorded this episode), we have new data on the agunah situation and some fascinating verbatim comments from...