datlash
nounEtymology Borrowed from Hebrew דַּתְלָ״שׁ (datlásh), from a contraction of דָּתִי לְשֶׁעָבַר (datí l'she'avár, “formerly religious”).
- 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 degree),[…]2010 June 24, Nir Hasson, “The Orthodox Jews Fighting the Judaization of East Jerusalem”, in Haaretz, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022:
- Synonyms
- ex-frum