- Religion -

When those raised Orthodox don’t stay Orthodox, it is seen—and indeed deeply felt—as a communal failure, as if one of the central functions of the community itself is broken. 

Parental religious misalignment—when a husband and wife have varying levels of observance and faith—is not exactly an unknown phenomenon in the Orthodox community. 

. . . the experience of leaving [the community] is not binary. Very often, connections remain that are real, important and personal and shape people’s lives.