Daily Archives: December 15, 2017

Growing Up Hasidic — and Racist

Shaindy Urman writes: In the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community I grew up in, racism is a common aspect of life. It is seen as necessary in order to maintain the separation from goyim, or gentiles, and uphold the status of chosen … Continue reading

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Manners, multiculturalism, and the battle of Stamford Hill

The Independent in the UK: On Wednesday, The Independent’s columnist Christina Patterson wrote a column detailing how rude she believed many Charedi Jews were to non-Jews. A gentile resident of Stamford Hill for 12 years, she described how the ultra-orthodox … Continue reading

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WHY ARE ORTHODOX JEWS SO RUDE?

From Jew in the City: I asked a Hasidic friend about this, as most of the complaints I’ve heard about rudeness seem to be about the Hasidic community. (Modern Orthodox students at Yeshiva University were recently named one of the … Continue reading

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Jews, Women & The Ordeal Of Civility

Steve Sailer writes: Jews have taken on the role of society SuperEgo, while wanting to remain the Id in private. This is an unstable combination, has the high proportion of Jews have gotten in trouble attests. …When I was a … Continue reading

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