Jenny Merkin and Chanel Dubofsky

How Halacha Plays a Role in Breeding — and Treating — Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are famously misunderstood. Earlier this week, The New York Times shed some light on them in an article detailing the high rates of these illnesses among American Orthodox Jews. The writer, Roni Caryn Rabin, reports on the various pressures Orthodox girls face, and looks at whether eating disorders might be the result of…