HeyJaredCloseted’s Substack
Stories and reflections from someone navigating Orthodox Jewish life without the belief that’s supposed to hold it together
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 6
- Latest publication
- Sep 28, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Aug 30, 2026
Latest issues
The Marvel Mesorah (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="600" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IJan!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F43151bc9-cf91-4366-96b8-16fdbed5d370_1030x6
A Gut Yohr From the Closet (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="620" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1jEm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8e0b0973-4c0d-42d2-bd1a-d08817728fd4_1254x
Truth Does Not Fear Questions (opens the original)
Read excerpt
“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”—Thomas Paine, Letter Addressed to the Addressers, on the Late Proclamation (1792)“Truth stands; falsehood does not stand.”—Shabbat 104aWe interrupt this series on Judaism’s view of women with some breaking news!Daas Yochid has finally released his long-awaited controversial post! In it,
Why I’m a Bigger Feminist Than My Wife: Part 2 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
In my last post, I promised to discuss the claim that Judaism treats its women so well that there’s no need for feminism. I’ll let people funnier than me provide a demonstration of what this claim looks like.Yes, Judaism is SexistBoy is this a can of worms. Frum apologetics is filled with misinformation, lies by omission,
Why I’m a Bigger Feminist Than My Wife: Part 1 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I had planned on sitting out on the frumstack gender discussion, largely because the way this subject is discussed tends to get on my nerves. My disillusionment with a way of life that I was so certain about has led to a broader skepticism toward grand claims generally. Whether it’s Andrew Tate and the redpill approach that knows women are motivated by hypergamy and require dominance or Shulman’s gentler vision of women needing their beauty to be acknowledged and a capable man, my response is to
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.