Suri: Former Orthodox Jewish
Suri Robinson grew up in an Orthodox Jewish community in Baltimore, where she learned to suppress her needs, protect her family’s image, and strive for religious perfection. After seminary, she marrie...
9 Aug 1h 29min
Chantal: Exposing Abuse in the Episcopal Church
In this episode of Beyond Belief: Tales of Religious Exodus, host Shalom interviews Chantal, an Episcopal priest from North Carolina who grew up with both traditional church life and expansive spiritu...
2 Aug 47min
Gabi: Former Yeshivish Jewish
Gabi shares his experience growing up in New York’s Bukharian Jewish community, becoming deeply committed to Orthodox Judaism, and eventually building a life outside religious observance. He discusses...
22 Jul 1h 39min
Ilana: Former Zionist
On Beyond Belief, Ilana describes growing up in a strongly Zionist Jewish environment shaped by her Israeli father, her conservative rabbi stepfather, and Zionist youth programming. She learned to equ...
14 Jul 1h 15min
Zalman: Former Chabad Jewish
In this episode of Beyond Belief, Shalom interviews Zalman, who was born and raised in Vilnius, Lithuania, where his parents opened a Chabad center and Jewish school as "shluchim" aimed at bringing se...
29 Jun 1h 21min
Noor: Former Shia Muslim
This episode of Beyond Belief introduces Noor, an ex–Shia Muslim from an Iraqi family who grew up mostly in New Jersey.Noor describes performing prayers out of fear of hell, questioning rituals (washi...
23 Jun 58min
Mark: Former Irish Catholic Monk
In this episode of Beyond Belief, Shalom interviews Mark about leaving fundamentalist religion, focusing on Mark’s cradle-Catholic upbringing and later shift into mental health work. Raised in a deepl...
16 Jun 1h 3min
Adina "Flatbush Girl": Orthodox Jewish Activist
In this episode of Beyond Belief, Shalom speaks with Flatbush Girl, an Orthodox Jewish advocate working for change from inside the community. Rather than telling a story of leaving religion, she descr...
1 Jun 36min
