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This podcast is a recording of the pieces on Neshamas.com, a site for anonymous Jewish writing. Each piece is done by a voice actor who has generously volunteered his or her time to this project. Our goal? To give voice to the people who feel they do not have one. We do it on our site, and now we're doing it with actual voices. About Neshamas: Neshamas was created because of a need we, the creators of Hevria, saw in the Jewish community: to share what’s deep, down in our souls without the ad ...
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"When you fall in love with an ex hassidYou need to know that their kisses are unadulterated by the media worldThat all they know is to feel in the moment and not for what they see on tvThat their romantic words are spoken from a past of never speaking to a woman, to never falling in love with anyone except their mothers"Read the full piece here: h…
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"I’m your neighbor, your friend’s sister, your daughter-in-law, your daughter, your mother, your wife. Maybe I’m you. I’m willing to bet there’s a lot of us out there. You can’t tell by looking at us. Oh yes, we know how to play the game. We know how to dress, how to speak, where to shop, where to be seen. We are part of the chorus – we blend into …
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"I woke up in the middle of the night, naked. I did not remember going to sleep like this. And then I found telltale signs: the scrunched sheets, the clothes, the wet sticky puddle. But my mind could not recall what happened.However, instantly it knew just what transpired. It was not good. My insides repulsed, screaming: this is a rape! I did not c…
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"To my abuser,What can I say to you, who has taken so much from me? Where do I start when it has taken me thirty years to finally acknowledge what you did to me? My heart has started to pound as I write these words. That is how much of a hold the abuse has over me."Read the rest of the post here: http://neshamas.com/letter-to-my-abuser/Voice acting…
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"I started coming out when I was about 15. I wasn’t even sure what I was coming out as. I knew I liked men, but I also knew I liked girls. Or I kinda wanted to be a girl. Or at least I wanted to wear girls clothing. I didn’t know what I was, but I was figuring it out over long, late-night phone calls with a couple of close friends in similar situat…
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"“Oh no, she can’t go anywhere else. We can’t transfer her anywhere else. State mental hospitals are the end of the line for adolescents. She’ll stay here until she can she can go home or to a long term residence,” announced Chaya’s therapist in the hospital.This was after a trial visit at home for Shabbos, where she flipped out and became aggressi…
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"I never thought being overweight would be the biggest blessing in my life.I never thought I’d be able to pull this off.I never thought I’d be telling my story.But all I can hope is that my baby darling will read this someday."Read the whole piece here: http://neshamas.com/my-daughter-my-secret/Voice acting by Aliza Polansky…
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