Featured on the Jeff Probst Show:
Unchained At Last founder/executive director is interviewed September 11, 2012, on the Jeff Probst Show on NBC TV.
Appearance on HuffPo Live:
Unchained At Last appears on HuffPo Live on August 20, 2012, to take on a group of panelists who are enamored of arranged marriage.
Setting the record straight:
Unchained At Last founder/executive director explains some of the less pleasant aspects of arranged marriage in the July 6, 2012, edition of The Algemeiner.
Featured in the Huffington Post:
The Huffington Post publishes a piece April 25, 2010, by Unchained At Last founder/executive director about problems women face when leaving an arranged marriage in the Orthodox Jewish community.
Recognized by the Star-Ledger:
Unchained At Last is featured in a Star-Ledger package April 15, 2012, including an op-ed by Unchained At Last founder/executive director about child-custody fears preventing women from leaving the Orthodox-Jewish community.
Working with Anderson Cooper:
Anderson Cooper takes a look at arranged marriage March 28, 2012, with behind-the-scenes help from Unchained At Last.
Great news from the IRS:
Unchained At Last now is recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, as of February 21, 2012 — so people can get a tax deduction when they donate to help women leave arranged marriages.
New study on arranged marriage:
Executive director Fraidy Reiss sets the record straight on arranged marriage in this July 6, 2012, article about the “benefits” of arranged marriage.
Fraidy Reiss: Breaking the chains of religious tradition:
The op-ed by Unchained At Last’s founder/executive director, originally published April 15, 2012, in the Star-Ledger, was republished April 25 in the Huffington Post.
Breaking the chains of religious tradition:
The op-ed by Unchained At Last’s founder/executive director, originally published April 15, 2012, in the Star-Ledger, was republished April 24 in the Washington Post.
Among N.J. Orthodox Jewish women, child custody fears form barrier to freedom:
Women in the U.S. in 2012 fear, legitimately, that they might lose their children if they lose their religion. The Star-Ledger published this opinion piece, written by Unchained At Last founder/executive director Fraidy Reiss, on the front page of the April 15, 2012, Perspective section. The Star-Ledger ran the opinion piece alongside a personal story from an Unchained director (see below), a breakout box about Unchained and a photo of Reiss that ran with the headline, “Breaking the chains: Shackled by an arranged marriage and religious customs, a New Jersey woman finds her freedom and tries to help others, too.”
My journey to freedom: Escaping an arranged ultra-Orthodox Jewish marriage:
This personal account, written by Unchained At Last director Elana Knopp, was published April 15, 2012, in the Star-Ledger, as part of the package described above. It ran with a photo of Knopp and a headline that read, “Ostracized for questioning the rules.”
The Allure of the Burka:
Why do fundamentalists want to wrap up women? This article in The Jewish Daily Forward, published January 30, 2012, includes a quote from Unchained At Last’s founder and executive director.
Strict Divorce Rules Leave Women ‘Chained’ to Husbands:
Orthodox Jewish law does not allow a woman to divorce her husband. This op-ed by Unchained At Last’s founder and executive director was published August 3, 2011, in The Jewish Daily Forward.