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February 11th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda  |
| Fraidy Reiss |
By: Debbie Gross
(Scroll down for video) A sad trend is emerging in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, as women who have lived a sheltered and pure life for most of their life, feel the need to go out in the world and explore what “they are missing”.
While there are many people who find the beauty of the holy Torah, these women have suffered in one way or another and they hope that by running from the pain, to “the real” world they might somehow be better off.
Some of these “runaway” women speak out publicly about their situation. Now, another woman has released a video about her life as an ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman, her marriage and her life as a non-practicing Jew.
Fraidy Reiss, was 19-years-old when she was married and she moved to Lakewood, New Jersey, as is the norm for hundreds of young married couples. In Lakewood, New Jersey, the ultra-Orthodox Jewish men study the Torah, while the women go out to work.
Sadly for Reiss, her husband turned out to be violent. Reiss had no one to turn to for help and she felt trapped in an emotionally abusive relationship.
When Reiss went to the police for a restraining order against her husband, the local rabbis were outraged. At that time, it was unheard for a Jewish woman to go to the police. Today, it has become a regular occurrence for ultra-Orthodox Jewish women to go to the police with allegations against their husbands.
At that time, the rabbis took Reiss to court and made her retract her allegations.
Reiss left the community and she went to college. She graduated from Rutgers University at age 32.
Her family disowned her after she chose to no longer cover her hair as is the custom for ultra-Orthodox Jewish women.
With a degree in journalism, Reiss was hired as a reporter in New Jersey. In 2007, her reporting won her an award for outstanding journalism.
Reiss got her divorce and she gained full custody of her children. She also got a final restraining order against her former husband.
Reiss, founded Unchained At Last, according to her website. Unchained At Last is managed by a team of volunteers, each of whom escaped or avoided her own arranged marriage.
Their slogan is: “un-arrange a marriage, re-arrange life”. Reiss is also a member of the UJA-Federation’s Task Force on Family Violence.
Trailer for the Upcoming Documentary “The Hen That Crows” from Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo.
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