She left Hasidic Boro Park | Melissa Weisz's story

About this episode

Melissa Weisz shares her story of growing up in Hasidic Boro Park and leaving the community.

Video of this interview: Melissa Weisz grew up in Hasidic, Yiddish-speaking Boro Park and left the fold well before the OTD phenomenon became famous. I believe she left the fold before me, and I'm of the old timers now! I have been waiting for the opportunity to share her story with my viewers. Here, we finally get Melissa's story live. Please come if you would like to see this live and ask questions. It will also be available for view later. Follow Melissa on her socials! https://www.instagram.com/melissaweisz/ https://www.melissaweisz.com/about Here's a trailer to this interview: https://youtube.com/shorts/oiWlef1AHVk?feature=share Melissa Weisz grew up in Hasidic, Yiddish-speaking Boro Park and left the fold well before the OTD phenomenon became famous. I believe she left the fold before me, and I'm of the old timers now! I have been waiting for the opportunity to share her story with my viewers. Here, we finally get Melissa's story live. Please come if you would like to see this live and ask questions. It will also be available for view later. Follow Melissa on her socials! https://www.instagram.com/melissaweisz/ https://www.melissaweisz.com/about Here's a trailer to this…

People in this episode

Host: Frieda Vizel

Guest: Melissa Weisz

Topics covered

• Hasidic community
• personal story
• leaving religion
• Yiddish culture
• OTD phenomenon

Keywords

• Hasidic
• Boro Park
• Melissa Weisz
• OTD
• Yiddish

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Frieda Vizel Podcast

Places: Boro Park

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