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Tisha B’Av With Faigy Mayer, o”h

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An essay I wrote about Faigy Mayer, o”h,’s death, the haste with which some blamed it on her chassidic community and the importance of addressing mental health in the Orthodox community ran today in Haaretz.  It can be read here.

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This entry was posted in issues of morality or ethics, Journalism, News, Orthodox-Bashing on August 10, 2015 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.

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