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Category Archives: Hasidim
Many Hasidic Jews In New York Can’t Speak English
In the third part of his Torah in Motion lecture series on the Ben Ish Chai, Marc Shapiro says: “Students need to be given training so that they can earn a living. He also says that is important for the … Continue reading
Hasidim Don’t Tell You How To Change Your Jewish Practice
In his part one lecture on the Ben Ish Chai for Torah in Motion, Marc Shapiro says: “Anyone over 30 knows how different things are today than when we were growing up… We are accustomed to thinking that this sort … Continue reading
The Fear Of Seeming Gay
When a buddy went out to the desert with a friend to look at the wild flowers in bloom, he had to explain it as something gay. With homosexuality celebrated, many of the classy things men used to do, such … Continue reading
First Hasidic Woman Elected As Brooklyn Civil Court Judge
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A mother of six has become the first Hasidic woman to become a civil court judge in Brooklyn. CBS2’s Magdalena Doris reports Rachel Freier broke barriers after grabbing nearly 41 percent of votes in the 5th … Continue reading
10 Weird and Wonderful Things About Living Among Hasidic Jews
Gavin McInnes writes in 2013: The Great Bike Lanes War of Williamsburg has been raging since at least 2009. Hot girls on bikes ride through Hasidic communities flaunting their blasphemously saucy legs and ungodly cleavage. The Hasidim retaliated by painting … Continue reading
Hasids Busted for Plan to Murder Husband Who Wouldn’t Divorce Wife
Forward: Federal prosecutors announced the arrest Wednesday evening of two members of the Satmar Hasidic group accused of planning to kidnap and murder a man who had refused to grant his wife a religious divorce. Shimen Liebowitz, 25, and Aharon … Continue reading
60th Drug-Related Death In Orthodox New York Over Past Year
Forward: The granddaughter of one of Brooklyn’s most influential Hasidic rebbes, or rabbis, died of a reported drug overdose early this week, according to an Israeli newspaper, sending the tight-knit ultra-Orthodox community into mourning and raising alarms among advocates who … Continue reading
Rabbis: Why We Shouldn’t Force Hasidic Jews To Offer Secular Education
There’s not a word in this essay about what is plainly in America’s interests. Clearly, America benefits from a population that is literate in its national language, English, and knows basic math and history and other secular subjects well enough … Continue reading
Why Do Jewish Leaders Keep Ignoring Ultra-Orthodox Education Crisis?
Forward: The New York State Legislature is currently considering two bills, one introduced by Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee in early May , the other by Sen. David Carlucci and Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski in January , to strengthen existing legislation requiring nonpublic … Continue reading
Siege Mentality Grows in Hasidic Kiryas Joel as Corruption and Sex Probes Loom
Maybe these Hasidim should not act in ways that are dishonest, illegal and anti-social, and then maybe the wider society will have less reason to investigate them? (JTA) — Even before FBI investigators descended last week on the Satmar Hasidic … Continue reading