In recent years, many formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews have documented leaving their communities in published stories, films, and memoirs.
This movement is often identified as off the derech (OTD), or off the path, with the idea that the path is paved by Jewish law, rituals, and practices found within their birth communities.
This volume tells the powerful stories of people abandoning their religious communities and embarking on uncertain journeys toward new lives and identities within ma.