datlash

An apostate from Judaism.

Noun

  1. An apostate from Judaism.
    • Most are young people in their twenties and thirties, and they represent an entire spectrum: religious, datlashim (formerly religious, but usually people for whom religion and tradition are still important to some...

Origin

Borrowed from Hebrew דַּתְלָ״שׁ (datlásh), from a contraction of דָּתִי לְשֶׁעָבַר (datí l'she'avár, “formerly religious”).

Forms

datlashim

Synonyms

ex-frum